Jo Ola! Loving all the sweet content you´re putting out! Keep it up mate. just a question? Doesn´t everything chug with a fucking dual rectifier behind it ? xD haha
i remember this being my first ever pedal and since i was more into blues i would set the gain to 0 and the volume to like 15% and set my amp to a low volume to and it would still sound like death metal
I bought one for cheap HM-2 sounds and was blown away by how good it sounds. EMGs into the Eyemaster into the clean channel of a Crate GT-500H, absolutely crushing tone.
Evan Youtz mind sending a phone vid? I bought a Aion Metal Distortion (a decent quality HM-2 clone) and it sounded different from what I was expecting. My main rig right now is a RG150 into a Carvin 4x12 with 75s. I don’t know if it’s my rig but it doesn’t seem to capture the chainsaw sound I had in my mind. However, when boosted with an OCD it sounds ballsy like a dual rec.
It's funny that I was watching Eyemaster videos yesterday, and a minute ago I wondered if Ola had a review. Video was literally just posted. I think we are soulmates Ola.
I bought an amazing guitar today (Jackson Warrior Japan 98' with Nazgul/Sentient magnets installed) and also bought this pedal, because I don't currently have money to spare for the real deal, the HM-2w. It sounds absolutely brutal, holy shit!!
I like the Eyemaster so much that I quit using my MIJ Boss HM-2, annnnd that was after I had gone back to the HM-2 after I ditched the over-hyped Left Hand Wrath. TC Electronic nailed this one.
TC electronic are incredible, they've obviously been in the game for decades now but lately they've been killing it. My flashback 2 delay pedal is absolutely phenomenal for the money. Are there better delays out there? Yes, but marginally and none with the flexibility and size of the flashback 2. Also, toneprints are underrated as hell.
Dude, now I just have to pick it up. Been using my HM-2, but I'm so fuckin' scared that it'll croak on me(the fuckin' thing is over 30 years old now, and has been through some shit) so lately especially, I've been trying to not "put as many miles on it" and have been looking for sort of a replacement. I'll keep the HM-2 for special occasions and stuff, maybe make a little shrine for that thing, so I can worship it lmao.
@@ilikepotatoes1345 that's the same reason I started using the Eyemaster live with my old band. I wanted to save my last HM-2 (I used to have 4 of them 2 Japanese, 2 Taiwanese) from getting wrecked at basement shows and dive bar gigs.
Its a Boss HM2 clone, but more in the sound of the Wolverine Blues sound than Like an everflowing stream or Left hand path. For the price it's cool pedal.
Its supposed to sound terrible, but since you are a fucking poser that doesnt listen to death metal you dont know that, they were trying to imitate the heavy metal pedal, and they nailed it.
TC makes a boost/overdrive that is so good. It's in the same style housing and it's really cheap. It has so much gain in a boost pedal it will shoot your amp into boarder line distortion.
@@coffinfeeder7732 Yeah, for sure man, but there are lots of great boutique clones (Wurm, Left Hand Wrath, Nihilist, Angry Swede, Red, etc). I think it would be great to see some of the high-end clones compared with Ola's great riffs.
@@turaly0n It's the Walrus Audio Red distortion. It's also based on the HM-2, but it's more versatile. It's not that accurate, but you get a really great sound too.
I love how this has a little bit of fuzz on top on distortion when the pedal is turned to high gain which is something you might want if your into bands like ISIS or Mastodon.
interesting, and as a big HM2 fan (i own a original mint japanese and a bashed up modded taiwanese pedal - they sound pretty much identical if you where wondering) i appreciate the recent interest in this type of oldsql swedish buzzsaw sound that i have learned to love ever since hearing bloodbath in the early 2000s.
back in the 90s i had no idea how to get close to that entombed tone, only stumbled across something very close once by accident by plugging a digitech floorboard into a russian bass amp. (rehearsal after that it didnt sound the same, never got it sounding like that again). when the internet happened, i did some research and finally bought an hm2. now its 2019 and theres virtual hm2s, boutique hm2s, mainstream market hm2s. this is great but also very strange to me :) "somewhat peculiar"
This pedal comes with the "low" and "treble" potentiometers internally, from the factory you may expect those to be set at noon, but is the first thing I would double check to be at "max", that is probably the reason why is not chugging the way it should.
Oh so it really is an HM2 but the low and treble pots are trimmers? That's good to know cuz that means with some work, we can replace the pots with external ones
I almost bought one of these but I was lucky and found a 1986 Japanese hm2 in pretty good condition and not stupidly expensive so I snagged that not long ago lol it’s so damn fun
Not only getting some of those hm-2 sales, but to provide guitarists that sound at an affordable price. Or to provide them from the store to begin with.
Seen em on the Wolverine Blues tour in the U.S. in Berkeley,CA..I think it was 1994..wanna talk about a SICK AF SHOW man...only reason it's a good thing I'm 41,I got to see Pantera 4x and catch a beer cup Dime drank out of that we ended up sharing(I kept that plastic cup for yrs in a box.lol ) Metallica back when they still kicked major ass and in their home stadium, Sepultura Chaos A.D. tour and Prong in their prime,and 150 others...Korn opening for Sick Of It All...good shit..i want this pedal just for the name.lol
It's an exact copy of the boss heavy metal pedal that entombed made famous as the swedish death metal chainsaw sound so that's why it's got the take on entombed. Being that its actually a behringer pedal I doubt any money has been given to entombed.
Lol! How to drive your apartment building neighbors insane with demolition distortion rumbling, when this pedal is hooked up with a baritone guitar into the Mesa Boogie clean channel. This High Gain distortion is, of course, a different type of sound from the flubbier traditional fuzz box distortion. But the TC Electronics Eyemaster's growly sound with Ola's baritone guitar reminds me a little of the growly sound of a Stonefly Effects Grizzly Fuzz with a bass guitar!
Fairly solid HM-2 circuit, but without the Lo / Hi knobs. It'd sound best with a boost in front to tighten it up. Or pehaps this pedal boosting a dirty channel (like I do with my HM-2). An EQ pedal would compliment this pedal nicely.
death/black metal annoys the ever living shit out of me but watching Ola's face light up when he hears that tone really warms my heart. hurts my ears. warms my heart.
WILL IT CHUG? Getting into the Swedish Death Metal sound here.
Honestly,I prefer the TC Electronic Fangs...
That's it!! You owe me new headphones..and ears now..lol
Subtítulos por favor!!! Abrazo desde Argentina
Jo Ola! Loving all the sweet content you´re putting out! Keep it up mate. just a question? Doesn´t everything chug with a fucking dual rectifier behind it ? xD haha
New merch idea: a coffee mug that says "WILL IT MUG?". Varsågod. Du får den gratis, inga royalties nödvändiga.
Meanwhile, Ola's neighbours
"I thought our guitarist neighbour bought a house outside the city?"
"He did, he's there now demoing a pedal"
Jaime Gómez 😂😂😂😂😂
LOL
Demo as in demonstration, or demo as in, your house turns to a pile of rubble?
@@bard119 Yes.
Neighbours at 1:45 "IT'S CHUGGING ALREADY! HEY, OLA, IT'S *CHUGGGINGG*!!!"
i remember this being my first ever pedal and since i was more into blues i would set the gain to 0 and the volume to like 15% and set my amp to a low volume to and it would still sound like death metal
Why did you get this one if you were into blues, thats like me buying an overdrive pedal not using distorsión and playing death metal
@@deadiwtd1858 my parents bought it for me /:
Great parents
@@microwaveableselfie3421 i know im very lucky to have such great parents
@@jakkeboenti you should make a hm2 3 bar blue, see, it even rhymes!
Bro it chugged the second you turned it on lmao
eggzactly
That’s almost every one of these videos.
I was gonna like your comment but i saw the metallica pic then i regretted it
sounds like shit
@@laguna2869That comment was hilarious
I like how defined and articulate this thing is.
LOL
HAHAHAHAHA
Love the versatility of it
Lol I love how he starts at full gain full volume positions...
szatanovsky that’s how you buzzsaw I once had the pleasure to play an HM-2 through a 90s Peavey Butcher big flex
If that isnt how you dial an HM-2 or similar, you're missing out buddy :)
Who wouldnt
This pedal would’ve been perfect for every Swedish death metal band in the 90s
Tbh it still has too much knobs for the way they use it 🤣
Kinda the point
Where do you think the name Eyemaster came from 💀
Thats why they used the Boss HM2
I bought one for cheap HM-2 sounds and was blown away by how good it sounds. EMGs into the Eyemaster into the clean channel of a Crate GT-500H, absolutely crushing tone.
Evan Youtz mind sending a phone vid? I bought a Aion Metal Distortion (a decent quality HM-2 clone) and it sounded different from what I was expecting. My main rig right now is a RG150 into a Carvin 4x12 with 75s. I don’t know if it’s my rig but it doesn’t seem to capture the chainsaw sound I had in my mind. However, when boosted with an OCD it sounds ballsy like a dual rec.
@@TheJMan1K Yeah man lemme see what I can do for ya.
Evan Youtz I greatly appreciate it!
“You don’t care”
But I do, Ola. I do.
It's funny that I was watching Eyemaster videos yesterday, and a minute ago I wondered if Ola had a review. Video was literally just posted. I think we are soulmates Ola.
I now pronounce you man and Swede.
Mini banjo into Amazon Alexa... *will it shug??*
Lmao literally nothing happened when u turned the gain dial down 😂
" Noise gates are for pussies!"
Ola - you nailed it for all time with that line.
Greetings from Southeast Louisiana in the USA!
Im like a kid shouting along with the "will it chug" intro
3:36 **Sunn0))) has entered the chat**
The tremolo picking after that actually reminded me of "It Took The Night To Believe"
I bought an amazing guitar today (Jackson Warrior Japan 98' with Nazgul/Sentient magnets installed) and also bought this pedal, because I don't currently have money to spare for the real deal, the HM-2w. It sounds absolutely brutal, holy shit!!
I like the Eyemaster so much that I quit using my MIJ Boss HM-2, annnnd that was after I had gone back to the HM-2 after I ditched the over-hyped Left Hand Wrath. TC Electronic nailed this one.
TC electronic are incredible, they've obviously been in the game for decades now but lately they've been killing it. My flashback 2 delay pedal is absolutely phenomenal for the money. Are there better delays out there? Yes, but marginally and none with the flexibility and size of the flashback 2. Also, toneprints are underrated as hell.
Dude, now I just have to pick it up. Been using my HM-2, but I'm so fuckin' scared that it'll croak on me(the fuckin' thing is over 30 years old now, and has been through some shit) so lately especially, I've been trying to not "put as many miles on it" and have been looking for sort of a replacement. I'll keep the HM-2 for special occasions and stuff, maybe make a little shrine for that thing, so I can worship it lmao.
@@ilikepotatoes1345 that's the same reason I started using the Eyemaster live with my old band. I wanted to save my last HM-2 (I used to have 4 of them 2 Japanese, 2 Taiwanese) from getting wrecked at basement shows and dive bar gigs.
Sounds like bloodbath when it’s on the distortion channel. Love it.
3:36 my face when i first heard how it sounds.
Thats the face I made, when I hit the gain switch on my Peavey Rage, while running a HM2
that's face I made when he show how big his D is..
Its a Boss HM2 clone, but more in the sound of the Wolverine Blues sound than Like an everflowing stream or Left hand path.
For the price it's cool pedal.
3:14 And there it is...Chugface, it's sooo beautiful
That's str8 wolverine blues...
Put that thing on a bass rig!!
DUSTIN BROWN ive already done that, its got excessive amounts of bass, so it fit perfectly
That was my first thought. Perfect for the Dan Lilker, SOD bass tone.
I agree, it would sound better on a bass....especially since you can't tweak the EQ, i.e. adjust the massive bass output.
It actually sounds pretty awesome as a bass drive, I use it with my Ibanez through an Ampeg combo amp, and it sounds pretty awesome
has anyone tried it with an electric guitar and a bass amp?
This is my absolute favorite video for a pedal demonstration.. I laugh and love this every time I see it!
I had a D.O.D. "Death Metal" pedal back in the days that sound THIS badass!! Exactly!! Just 100% distortion and them low low frequencies - killer
I love how when you change to Vintage High Gain, it instantly sounded like the first 10 seconds of Wolverine Blues - including the feedback! Hahah
‘NOISE GATES ARE FOR PUSSIES!’
Primo clip right there. Always bringing the quality content.
As you grow older you start to appreciate the blues... Wolverine Blues \m/
I use the eyemaster as a clean boost into a metal zone. Chainsaw go brrrrrrr
Acoustic Simulator: Will it Chug? please
Neighbours: "Why is the living room shakin' ?"
"Our neighbour is testing some Gear..."
So many Entombed riffs!!! ❤️🤘❤️
Do you know why its called eyemaster?
well it cant be a earmaster
First song of Wolverine Blues
@@kahdeksanbit an
Pedal master, I require your strongest gain
Its supposed to sound terrible, but since you are a fucking poser that doesnt listen to death metal you dont know that, they were trying to imitate the heavy metal pedal, and they nailed it.
The look of pure joy on your face when you kicked on the gain channel of the amp made my morning.
TC makes a boost/overdrive that is so good. It's in the same style housing and it's really cheap. It has so much gain in a boost pedal it will shoot your amp into boarder line distortion.
Anyone know the name of it?
Im not sure if its what hes talking about, but I have a Cinders OD pedal bt TC and its pretty versatile.
It would be great to see you doing an HM-2 clones comparison video!
He did one with the Boss HM-2 and Behringer HM-300 and they basically sounded exactly the same.
@@coffinfeeder7732 Yeah, for sure man, but there are lots of great boutique clones (Wurm, Left Hand Wrath, Nihilist, Angry Swede, Red, etc). I think it would be great to see some of the high-end clones compared with Ola's great riffs.
@@UrbanAnimism What is the red pedal you mention?
@@turaly0n It's the Walrus Audio Red distortion. It's also based on the HM-2, but it's more versatile. It's not that accurate, but you get a really great sound too.
I love how this has a little bit of fuzz on top on distortion when the pedal is turned to high gain which is something you might want if your into bands like ISIS or Mastodon.
interesting, and as a big HM2 fan (i own a original mint japanese and a bashed up modded taiwanese pedal - they sound pretty much identical if you where wondering) i appreciate the recent interest in this type of oldsql swedish buzzsaw sound that i have learned to love ever since hearing bloodbath in the early 2000s.
back in the 90s i had no idea how to get close to that entombed tone, only stumbled across something very close once by accident by plugging a digitech floorboard into a russian bass amp. (rehearsal after that it didnt sound the same, never got it sounding like that again). when the internet happened, i did some research and finally bought an hm2. now its 2019 and theres virtual hm2s, boutique hm2s, mainstream market hm2s. this is great but also very strange to me :) "somewhat peculiar"
Stop the clock at 00:00:01. It chugs alright straight from the beginning. 🤘
That's some straight sludgey tones and I love it!
Really funny that the pedal came this morning to my mail and when I check youtube I see Ola's testing it. Awesome, man!
The gain knob does literally nothing until it’s at like 0.5 😂😂😂 it’s just all gain or no gain
You try to turn down the gain and pedal tells you no
Cheaper parts than an on/off switch I guess
Definitely a 90s entombed sound, damn deal done demonstrated this perfectly, chunky distortion with some severe dirty fuzz, very cool
Why did you even bother to time it? 😂😂😂
Instachug! 🤘🙈
It totally slugs....I want to hear it with a bass, I reckon that'd sound badass
I do that for my live setup.... and it does sound badass
HM-2 sounds great on bass but you have to parallel blend it for optimal results.
I was waitng for this demo, very good thank you ola!
This is the best series on TH-cam
Awesome pedal, purchased one locally after watching this video. Thanx for the great content Ola.
As soon as I saw eyemaster, I thought Entombed.... yup, sounds just like Wolverine Blues album
Ola I adore you, every piece of gear I look up you have done a will it chug. Makes me happy
I'm curious how it would sound in the effects loop, Metal Zone style.
I tried it it sounds pretty terrible
Bad.. But still better than fx looped Metal Zone. Way better. But putting it up front is the best if not the greatest.
The stock emptied at Thomann in just few hours after the release of this video
GOD that tone is brutal idk if my soul can even handle it
Man that actually pretty much nails the tone on Wolverine Blues!!
This pedal comes with the "low" and "treble" potentiometers internally, from the factory you may expect those to be set at noon, but is the first thing I would double check to be at "max", that is probably the reason why is not chugging the way it should.
Oh so it really is an HM2 but the low and treble pots are trimmers? That's good to know cuz that means with some work, we can replace the pots with external ones
"You don't care..." Oh that's where you're wrong, Ola. That's one sexy as hell guitar.
3:37 is the face… of the chainsaw blade coming to slice you before you see it. So badass! 😈💀
Just ordered this, really wanted the early 90s Black Metal Tone and this seems perfect
You know you're early when there's still adds on the video
Love the tone on some of those riffs
The best part is that it's just DIMED from the start and you only temporarily turn the gain down and then back to 10.
Can't forget about old Grave either fellows
I love your face reactions man, haha. Thanks for demo, you made me buy it just now. 29€, brand new!!!
I love how Ola's head is so full of knowledge that he had to search for that Entombed factoid.
I almost bought one of these but I was lucky and found a 1986 Japanese hm2 in pretty good condition and not stupidly expensive so I snagged that not long ago lol it’s so damn fun
My girlfriend bought me one of these for my birthday
Sounds like Black Breath's tone.
Not only getting some of those hm-2 sales, but to provide guitarists that sound at an affordable price. Or to provide them from the store to begin with.
Will a metal pedal do metal sounds? yes it will.
😂😂😂
Metal? This is a classic death metal sound. Fantastic.
You'd be surprised how many don't do it well lol
4:37 trying to keep my eyes open in the shower so the demon doesn't eat me
lmao
I love when talk between you and yourself
LOL your face at 3:37 gives me life.
"Sounds like ass. Good ass. It's not ass, it's good ass"
I legit lmao'ed
Seen em on the Wolverine Blues tour in the U.S. in Berkeley,CA..I think it was 1994..wanna talk about a SICK AF SHOW man...only reason it's a good thing I'm 41,I got to see Pantera 4x and catch a beer cup Dime drank out of that we ended up sharing(I kept that plastic cup for yrs in a box.lol ) Metallica back when they still kicked major ass and in their home stadium, Sepultura Chaos A.D. tour and Prong in their prime,and 150 others...Korn opening for Sick Of It All...good shit..i want this pedal just for the name.lol
Damn Deal Done.
Damn, I remember you covered that song when you didn't speak.
with a tiny terror. one of his most orgasmic tones to date imo. that sounded so perfect.
It's time to try Fullbore Metal!!
It's an exact copy of the boss heavy metal pedal that entombed made famous as the swedish death metal chainsaw sound so that's why it's got the take on entombed. Being that its actually a behringer pedal I doubt any money has been given to entombed.
Just got my eyemaster in, it definitely chugs
Ola ure faceexpression is awesome, 👍 love it🤘🎸
Lol! How to drive your apartment building neighbors insane with demolition distortion rumbling, when this pedal is hooked up with a baritone guitar into the Mesa Boogie clean channel.
This High Gain distortion is, of course, a different type of sound from the flubbier traditional fuzz box distortion. But the TC Electronics Eyemaster's growly sound with Ola's baritone guitar reminds me a little of the growly sound of a Stonefly Effects Grizzly Fuzz with a bass guitar!
It is a HM2 clone with the settings dimed from the factory
I like your face expression,....i love this pedal,...also this Rewiew is THEEEE BEEST !! Thanks Ola,... ;)
With the distorted channel you got a pretty nice black metal tone
The TC Electronic Eyemaster is a very nice pedal. Got one myself and I really really like it. \m/
"Noise Gates are for pussies, okay?" 😂
I just got a special feeling in a special place... Off to Reverb.com again...
WOW, Im sold on this one. geeze that pedal is straight awesome. Sounds better than the full bore in my opinion.
Airis effects should've sent you their merciless distortion too
Fairly solid HM-2 circuit, but without the Lo / Hi knobs. It'd sound best with a boost in front to tighten it up. Or pehaps this pedal boosting a dirty channel (like I do with my HM-2). An EQ pedal would compliment this pedal nicely.
killertonetexas used the hm2 as a preamp and boosted it with a fortin grind
@@xangrycatmanx5104 Yeah, I saw that one. It sounded great!! That killertonetexas guy fuckin rocks!
I Just received mine today... So duckin fun to play. And for 35€, sounds massive.
Does the ehx metal muff chug?
This episode made me buy the pedal INSTANTLY
and i cant even play LMAO
but im learning u__u
I was hoping for you to play Under a Serpent Sun once you engaged the dirt channel on the amp.
death/black metal annoys the ever living shit out of me but watching Ola's face light up when he hears that tone really warms my heart. hurts my ears. warms my heart.
Question is will it chug on a more affordable amp without a 4x12...
Probably not, probably will sound like shit just like it did in the video, I really wonder what is the point of a pedal like that....
@@BlackZar84 I think if it had less gain, it would make a good bass tone.
Shaul Boilov it’s 2x12 actually ...
@@BlackZar84 The HM-2 style tone is an acquired taste, for sure!
@@BlackZar84 go listen to entombed, dismember or bloodbath and you'll get it
Your reviews make my day!
I bow to you, your Chuggness!
How did I miss this when it came out? I must have been busy not thinking about chugs.
Youve got the right attitude.
That pedal mutates your amp's channels.
Clean Channel: Entombed - Wolverine Blues
Dirty Channel: Darkthrone - Transylvanian Hunger
Sounds like the first Bloodbath album! Cutting down some trees with that chainsaw