So, think of this as a "bonus" Boss pedal blog entry. In my review of the AionFX Emerald, I'd indicated that it was my second Boss pedal build after the Dimension Chorus and later edited the post indicating that there was one other Boss pedal I'd completed. I'd forgotten that this particular build, the AionFX Graviton, was a Boss pedal for a couple of reasons. First, it was one of my very early builds and second, I went with a completely non-Boss inspired original enclosure design for the pedal itself. The project itself is a clone of the somewhat niche Boss HM-2 "Heavy Metal" distortion pedal. It was only originally produced from 1983 to 1991 with little fanfare, but apparently the Scandinavian Death Metal scene has decided to pick it up, crank all of the knobs to 11, and run with it. Waza Craft new production versions of this pedal will set you back almost $200, with original Boss models exceeding that. So once again this is a great candidate for cloning.
