Sound Island Slight breeze of acoustic intelligence BOSS HM-2 Heavy Metal distortion pedal February 25th, 2008 I am deeply impressed by the sound this baby produces. It was a pleasant experience to use this BOSS’ creature. Now it is definitely one of my most favourite distortion pedals along with BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone and AMT Fatal Tube. As its name says, first of all, by using this effects pedal you can get a heavy metal sound like, you know, Iron Maiden. But furthermore, it also provides you with wide range of distortion settings so you can find grunge or nearly overdrive sound as well. I personally used it to form ’80s hard rock sound (Scorpions, Yes!) and the pedal was really perfect in it, at least on my set-up (Fender Stratocaster, Marshall 100 watt amp, Marshall “head”). So in the first place I recommend this effects pedal to those who needs this type of sound. On the other hand, I’m sure if I get on with experiments with distortion settings and other equipment, more new interesting sound would come up. Maybe something like Alice Cooper’s or even industrial or nu-metal. Just keep turning knobs and find your sound. Posted in Equipment | No Comments » AMT Fatal Tube distortion pedal February 25th, 2008 This is one of the most amazing pedals I ever used and no doubt one of my favourite ones. One of the most notable features is that the pedal has some kind of equializer settings. This does not include particular frequencies ranges settings, but provides you with a handy feature of rough “low-mid-high” fixing. I generally used it with Peavey Classic combo and this combination gave me a lovely warm sound suitable for blues and hard rock. But surprisingly, when I tried to use another combo (Fender) I found out that the pedal was able to give me a powerful, dense nu-metal sound. The only setting I had to fix was cutting off the mid. I suppose it should also be tested with Mesa Boogie amp equipment. Probably its soun