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With the MT-2, Boss sought to appeal to that market with an improved pedal as death metal's popularity surged. [26] The pedal's thick, saturated, tight tone [22] and the extreme sounds the pedal was able to produce thanks to its powerful EQ controls made the MT-2 divisive both upon its release and throughout its ongoing production. [26]
The 'Turbo RAT' pedal uses red LEDs for this purpose (red LEDs have about a twice as high forward voltage as the original silicon diodes), while the 'You Dirty RAT' pedal uses 1N34A germanium diodes (clipping at a much lower forward voltage). [5] [6] The distortion stage is followed by a passive "reverse" tone filter and volume control.
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, one of the Boss most popular metal distortion pedal The Metal Zone was released in 1991, following the discontinuation of the earlier HM-2 Heavy Metal , which failed to sell well during its production run, but was popular among death metal players, since amplifiers of the time were not capable of the amount of distortion ...
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In 2020, Boss Corporation president Yoshi Ikegami announced that the pedal would be reissued as a part of the Waza Craft pedal series under the name Boss HM-2W. For the reissue, the company also established a Facebook group to seek design feedback from the fanbase. [6] [5] The prototype of the HM-2W was tested by Ola Englund. The Waza Craft ...
The Boss DS-1 is a distortion pedal for guitar, manufactured by the Roland Corporation under the brand name Boss since 1978. The first distortion effects unit made by Boss, [ 1 ] it has become a classic effect, used by many notable guitar players.
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