Boss - ML-2 VS MT-2 VS HM-2 VS HM-3 Distortion Shootout

[karolnoymann]

On your demo, the Metal Core and the Hyper Metal have the same sound !

[karolnoymann]

Thank you !

[piratatrillo]

This is an awesome demostration brother, don't pay attention to the rest of the other comments. this hm-2 sounds the way swedish death metal sounds. now a question, what's the difference between the one made in japan and the one made in taiwan? witch one are you using? l really dig it. sorry for my bad english btw.

[xtimehascomex]

@piratatrillo thanks buddy, i did some research about the Taiwan and Japan versions and the answer is always that they sound identical. Mine is the Taiwan Version…

[piratatrillo]

@xtimehascomex awesome bro!!! because l just bought the one made in taiwan... the japanese is more expensive and can't afford it. thanks and keep rocking.

[headbangyoucunt]

hm-2 sounds like a wet fart

[WereWolf4100]

ML-2 and MT-2

[spicecrop]

the setting you have for the HM2 is not that pedals sweet spot at all. I have one and it sounds much better with a different setting on the eq

[xtimehascomex]

@spicecrop Please watch "Daniel Ekeroth Demonstrates Swedish Death Metal" thats actually what i thought would be cool in this shootout...

[BernietheShredder]

@spicecrop I found that to be an interesting bias in this review as well; though I don't dislike the sound he chose to demonstrate it, I find it strange that it's the pedal with both the lowest gain setting, as well as the most extreme EQ setting (i.e. both knobs all the way up)

[spicecrop]

FUCK OBAMA

[WereWolf4100]

@spicecrop lol :]]

[tdwpestk]

what guitar and pickups did you use?

[TheElectroman2010]

good try but i own every 4 pedals and my settings are completely different from yours and it's true that the HM-2 Can sound a lot better than what you show us. But thank's anyway for the demo

[xtimehascomex]

@TheElectroman2010 Thats pretty strange cause I dig the sound of the HM-2 like this and on top this is the HM-2 setting that made the sound of bands like Entombed (all knobs to 11)

[Xyrium]

HM-3

[hirofire1994]

i own a mt2 metalzone but his sound settings are set up like shit.

[xtimehascomex]

@hirofire1994 Its pretty hard to get a cool tone out of a can full of bees...

[DGENERATE07]

i really fucking love the sound of that ML-2

[leatherface235]

hm-2 most brutal and wild pedal! ml-2 and mt-2 are pedals for muthafuckers.

[varokiller]

3:29. I was waiting that shit.

[varokiller]

mt-2 all the way.

[pallatys]

un desastre colosal

[b44styreraug]

ML-2 sounded kinda thick and bassy, HM-2 sounded too thin and trebly, HM-3 sounded pretty good. Just that rhythms sounded kinda messy and unclear through it. MT-2 sounded great among all of them. Maybe its just me not liking stuff with lots of bass, that's why I love the sound of the MT-2.

What's your (@xtimehascomex) favourite pedal anyway?

[spicecrop]

@b44styreraug the HM-2 sounds thin and treble because of the stupid settings this guy uses. look at the knobs. the mid and treble are maxed out. this pedal smokes when they are like this ( \ ) ( / )

[DroehnIng]

ML2 kam vor 10 Minuten die Tür ein. Sobald ich aufgehört hab wie n Kind auf Red Bull vor Freude um nen Weinachtsbaum zu hüpfen knüppel ich mal was ein und dann gibts auch von mir ne Bewertung ;)

Aber schonmal riesen THX für den zügigen Versand. Jammen morgen ist gerettet \m/

[luisalonsoreyes]

HM-2 Wins. Pure Old School up your ass, motherfuckers...

[MMZen]

The HM3 actually sounds pretty ripping in this. 

[StratLM]

the HM-2 is set up really stupid

[xtimehascomex]

@StratLM The setting on the HM-2 is not at all stupid cause this is the setting most players prefer on the HM-2 and which also sounds best!!!!

[StratLM]

@xtimehascomex

i have watched other demos of HM2 and almost nobody use this setting. Since it is "heavy metal" pedal i dont think that heavy metal sounds like that. Other pedals sound good and comparing to them u made HM2 sounds pathetic. Try to set the color mix to 3 oclock positions it sounds better IMO.

[MsWarumono]

@xtimehascomex swedish bro \m/

[spicecrop]

@StratLM Exactly I have that pedal and I sounds totally better with a different setting than that.

[jonathansargent8787]

mL2 all the way, hM2 sounds pathetic.

[cableaddict]

???

You have them all set completely differently! What kind of a test is that?

THIS IS WORTHLESS. - could have been very useful.

[xtimehascomex]

@cableaddict The knob values and sound of these pedals are pretty different, I tried to dail in some sweetspots that sound best to me to give you an idea how the ideal setting on those pedals compare to each other…

It doesent make sense to me to have one pedal pristine sounding and the other 3 bad sounding just to have the same settings on them cause they really differ alot…

[llamatimetobi98]

@xtimehascomex in my opinion, you could have set all knobs to 12 o'clock

[xtimehascomex]

@llamatimetobi98 i will consider this for future shootouts but the HM-2 for example is used with the knobs set to full by most users and also the MT-2 needs alot more tweaking to sound at least okay and not as a bee locked in a can...

[llamatimetobi98]

@xtimehascomex I see... Fair enough. :)

[vincentxavier93]

All the pedals on at once, was the most thoroughly disgusting noise I have ever heard. Thank you, I loved it!!!

[youshit666]

Definitly Metal core, as some one says; "RAPES ALL THE OTHERS" hhahahaha

[ashmansearch]

all sucks accept mt2

[100Sudsy]

My vote's gotta go:

ML-2

HM-3 / MT-2 (tied for 2nd)

HM-2 (distant 11th)

Owned them all, and the only two I kept were the ML-2 and HM-3. Never use the HM-3, though . . . too much "nest of bees" for my taste (any "nest of bees is too much, IMHO). Between the Metal Muff and the ML-2, just about any metal sound you'd want is there.

[Bolion23]

HM-2, badass pedal.

ML-2 sounds a bit too much like MD-2.

[dougstjohn]

ml-2 rapes all of the others

[BenPigIron]

HM-2 all the way...

[macLabz81]

HM-3 wins the shootout

[xCYNICOUTCASTx]

not a good demonstration of the HM2. it destroys all of these. its the only boss pedal i own or really care about.

[TheSAJ11]

HM-3 as I said before , the closest thing to a big muff to my ears :)

[hillysats]

HM-2 with the his rolled back a little would've better competed.

[WalrusDoom]

It's funny to see how you have the HM-2 set up. I remember reading an interview in a guitar magazine years ago when one of the guys from Entombed was explaining how you get "the Swedish sound" that you can hear on all those classic death metal albums of the early 90s. Basically he was like, "well you get an HM-2, put the level at noon and everything else all the way up, and there you go."

[Madsakre]

@WalrusDoom

If i remember it correct, its everything at max. Nowadays we use it as a booster instead. max everything except the gain, you leave it at 1/10.

[blackboy707]

hands down HM-3

[Karinmakoto]

HM-3 wins out of the bunch if you ask me

[Distortionize]

Could it be, that you made the video, because i said the ml-2 was better than the mt-2 ? ;)

Nice idea by the way, i still prefer ml-2 ;)