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Matt Parker

The Catalinbread Carbide takes a fully cranked Boss HM-2 and makes its chainsaw tones (moderately) more usable

Catalinbread Carbide distortion pedal

Catalinbread has dropped the menacing Carbide Distortion – its take on the classic Boss HM-2 ‘chainsaw’ distortion pedal.

Metal tonehounds have long prized the original Boss unit for its ultra-aggressive tones and the unit was a staple with the Swedish death metal players of the ’90s – typically with every knob cranked to full. However, production stopped in 1991 and, until recently, guitarists in search of the sound were mostly limited to used pedals.

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