The Chainsaw Files - KMA Audio Machines Wurm (Boss HM-2 clone comparison) feat. Dome / Nightbearer

[@thepedalzone]

This is a really great demo, man!

[@caseyking8394]

Interesting place to find you commenting, love your videos dude!

[@matttaylor1449]

The Wurm is definitely my favourite. Having bought one and had a couple of weeks to play with it, i can confirm it can sound exactly like the original. But it’s more flexible and can be used to design your own personal chainsaw character.

[@angels3325]

I really enjoyed watching The Chainsaw Files and decided the Wurm is the one for me. Thanks for the great content! 🤘

[@DomeNightbearer]

Thanks, man :)

[@MartinvonBargen]

So glad I watched this again. I bought one from KMA just before Xmas and the dog ate the user guide. I love the pedal and want to try it out on some different heads, as I feel it will react really well to being in front of a raging 100W set up.

[@mayonaden]

Just bought the Wurm, and despite never having dabbled in chainsaw before, I instantly got the meanest guitar sound I've ever had. As Dome says, the controls on this one are actually usable.

[@gentGTR]

Thanks for the very thorough review! A more in-depth look at the trim pots and DIPs would be great. Please do it!

[@H_A_R_M]

I definitely want to hear more from this pedal. This beast sounds ferocious, wow! 🤘 That song is brilliant, too! 🤘👍

[@DomeNightbearer]

thanks man! I have some other videos in the making with higher priority, but I'll revisit it this year :D

[@gaelbgalbar9307]

Yea its sound is just great. I got one.

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

When you turned the high mids dial i heard sounds I really liked.

[@DomeNightbearer]

Yes, that's where the magic happens!

[@Hellseeker1]

The wall of sound, nah bro I call it the wall of death

[@StephaneThirion]

This one I was looking for and waiting to find a used one. You video will probably makes me purchase a brand new one if they are still available :)

[@DomeNightbearer]

At least here in Germany you can still get them new! Used however... seems like nobody wants to get rid of theirs :D

[@menneskefiendsk]

I own both. As well as the Left Hand Wrath. If you love the chainsaw tone, be like a baseball card collector and just buy them. They won't be around forever.

[@MartinvonBargen]

I'm super happy with mine. Don't have a LHW yet, as the used prices are bananas if you live in Norway.

[@seank.2589]

YO, THE LOVECRAFT QUOTE ON THE CURCUITBOARD!!

[@martinbachhausen290]

Would be awesome to have a comparison of the KMA Wurm vs. KMA Guardian of the Wurm vs. HM-2 MIJ

[@bryantk4616]

I would also love to see a more in-depth review

[@StephaneThirion]

and I'm curious to know how the internal switches are sounding

[@MartinvonBargen]

As I own one I can say that they affect the tone drastically. Best to loop a riff through the pedal and play away with the trim pots. The instructions from KMA give you some great tips on the bandwidth of each pot too

[@Hellseeker1]

I’m pick this up gonna use it as a extra layer, running duel amps Engl Invader 2 and a Peavy 6505 MH. Gonna mix and match see what I come up with

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

The Wurm is almost more HM2 than the HM2 is, that thing sounds absurdly disgusting. If you'd like to do more with it, I would definitely watch 🤘🤘🤘

[@DomeNightbearer]

I have, man, a couple weeks ago!

[@AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic]

@@DomeNightbearer I'll be sure to check it then! 🤘

[@TheJMan1K]

Have you tried the Airis Effects Merciless Distortion? Killer demo, you’ve convinced me to get a HM-2 clone just I don’t know which one!

[@DomeNightbearer]

Thanks, man! No, I haven't yet. I still have some other pedals here to try out. They also cost money which I don't have endlessly, but I try to purchase one this year / summer!

[@TheJMan1K]

brtzlfx good to hear! Happy that I found your channel, big fan of he Swedish sound but not many seem to be doing that. Personally I like the more modern melodic stuff involving Rectifiers and similar amps but the EQ of the HM-2 I dig.

[@DomeNightbearer]

I also like this melodic stuff, but the more chainsaw the better ;)

[@TheJMan1K]

brtzlfx yeah I’d say so. I like the chainsaw sound in general HM-2 or not.

[@jcurwen]

Okay, this is thing have some Lovecraft inside -> so it is must buy!

[@Hexendrucken]

In depth review on this pedal plz

[@deanbootlegguitarist9000]

Hey maite, dean here from Malaysia. I has a question on the pedal settings. I have a behringer hm300, so I watched a lot of KZbinrs saying all knobs max on clean while some say dist knob is just a bit on a distorted amp while all the knobs dimed. Thus which is which?

[@DomeNightbearer]

Hi Dean, I personally prefer dist knob just a bit through the distortion channel of my amp, but both ways work. I'm working on exactly this subject for another video, so be sure to check this out, too. Regarding the hm300: just turn the mid knob a tad down to get a more similar hm2 sound. I also reviewed the hm300!

[@deanbootlegguitarist9000]

@@DomeNightbearer haha thank you. To me u are like the last master of death/trash metal. Kinda like a sifu

[@DomeNightbearer]

thanks so much! It's very cool to get such nice reactions from all over the world :)

[@deanbootlegguitarist9000]

@@DomeNightbearer ✌

[@francescosantagati2581]

Check out ghe JPTR FX Death Saw, no knob hm2 like pedal.

[@UrbanAnimism]

Hi Dome. If you had to choose only one pedal of the following two, which one would it be: Left Hand Wrath Deluxe or KMA Wurm? Cheers!

[@DomeNightbearer]

Hi Sergio, haven't tried the LHW Deluxe yet, but I can answer your question in less than 2 month, I hope. Just watch the channel ;)

[@UrbanAnimism]

@@DomeNightbearer Thanks for the kind answer man!

[@UrbanAnimism]

​@@DomeNightbearer : have you been able to test the KMA and the HM-2+KMA combined EQ modes on the Wurm? Would be interesting to see if the pedal also works for more melodic styles (Dark Tranquillity-kind of tones, for example).

[@DomeNightbearer]

@@UrbanAnimism It's on my list and I am going to test it, haven't sheduled the video though!

[@ajanabh3718]

This is the klone that least comes close to HM-2, but I want to think that if it had appeared before HM-2 itself it would not have gone down in history

[@TheChainsofAlice]

I have a Japanese hm2 and the wurm....you can get the the wurm to sound EXACTLY (very easily) like the original hm2.

[@jonathanbary3389]

Are you running this through a clean amp or plug in? Or a dirty amp?

[@DomeNightbearer]

Dirty amp

[@matttaylor1449]

After i a get a better noise gate I’m getting this pedal.

[@ilikepotatoes1345]

Dude fuck it, I never personally use any noise gates for my HM-2. The deafening buzz gives it more character.

[@sam7021]

Thanks for Engineer pleasing video, I was wondering which one is the best clone and I thought Wurm is the best but this video changed my mind. It sounds incredible but I think that if you tweak wurm so much then you could possibly get very close without so much high frequency boost. However my main question from a very talented and well informed musician like you is this: "If you want to complement the sound of HM2 MIJ then what would you add to your pallet?, like having parametric, graphic eq, compressor? or any possible pedals. would you boost it? (not my favorite at all), what sort of humbuckers will you try? something like Dimarzio steve special that has some scooped frequency curve?" und vielen dank

[@DomeNightbearer]

Hi Sam, thanks for your kind words. Regarding your question: There is a boost- video around the corner, so keep your eyes open. As for the others, I have to do some more research, BUT the Six-Hammer EQ is my current go to when refining my HM2.

[@sam7021]

​@@DomeNightbearer I am looking forward to your next video. Except David Gilmour (item collector) fans who turned the price of HM2 MIJ and may have tried alot of different things with HM2 metal heads are all having same approach to this pedal: dime all the knobs and run it through clean channel of your amplifier and think no further. However there are some engineers like Mr Kurt Ballou, who has tried to take chainsaw sound one step further. Lets do research and see what's coming. By the way on the EQ section what is your aim? I mean are you trying to tame any frequency or boost something? How about noise gates what do you do with the noise on this pedal? Thanks for reading :)

[@DomeNightbearer]

@@sam7021 I released a video of the 6 Hammer today, you might want to check it out. Noise is a problem however and a good gate is a must if you want the brutal death metal sound ;)

[@giovanniamore2438]

grüsse aus nürnberg ; D

[@Hexendrucken]

I want one

[@hellf.o]

Why not to have both?? 😂😂😂

[@DomeNightbearer]

That's what I keep telling myself 🤣

[@hellf.o]

@@DomeNightbearer 😂👌👍