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Build Reports / Noise Floor (No-knob HM-2)
« on: May 25, 2022, 01:34:54 PM »
While Brian was introducing the Boss Bonanza, I suggested a one-knob HM-2 as a potential giveaway. I thought the knob should be for the LEVEL; Brian said that the HIGH control was vital to dialing in the 'ICE PICK.' We both realized that how cluttered that one-knob interface would be. There was only one option: a no-knob HM-2 with internal trims. Betty Wont provided the name with the following comment:
To accompany this most user-friendly panel arrangement, the board layout is super streamlined: optimized with overlapping resistors and a top half that looks like celebratory confetti—a reaction we've all had when playing or hearing an HM-2.
I haven't boxed this one up yet (partially because the board itself is so amazing), but it is verified. And, maybe surprisingly, the noise floor is not too out of control.
10/10 best board of all time. Thank you, Brian, for this masterpiece.


From what I understand, the HM-2 is the standard by which all other pedals are measured. So anything with the HM-2 circuit would be….wait for it…..boss…..It is the boss of unacceptable noise floors, for sure.
To accompany this most user-friendly panel arrangement, the board layout is super streamlined: optimized with overlapping resistors and a top half that looks like celebratory confetti—a reaction we've all had when playing or hearing an HM-2.
I haven't boxed this one up yet (partially because the board itself is so amazing), but it is verified. And, maybe surprisingly, the noise floor is not too out of control.
10/10 best board of all time. Thank you, Brian, for this masterpiece.

