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The latest pedal in my pedal arsenal is the Boss HM-3. According to Boss Area The HM-3 Hyper Metal replaced the HM-2, 1993. Until the release of the MD-2, 2001, the HM-3 was the distortion pedal with the highest gain. The controls are the same as on the HM-3 and the design goals remained unchanged; create a powerful hard-edged sound with powerful sustain with more accurate dynamic response. The MT-2 Metal Zone had been released 2 years earlier and the the HM-3 never managed to get out of the MT-2s shadow and was discontinued 1999.

Serious high gain is the name of game with this pedal, with deep lows and the ability to get too much high if you are not careful. This pedal in my opinion is less fizzy than a stock DS-1, but can get fizzy if you are not careful with your settings.

Here is a sound clip of the HM-3 from clean to very heavy distorted.

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Source http://burlapandblues.com/uploads/boss_hm3-sample.mp3

I am not sure if I will be keeping this on my board or not. If I do I will make sure that it is in a loop that can be easily switched on and off as this, like all high gain distortion pedals can be very noisy.