If you’re looking for an awesome guitar pedal that provides some very rich tube tones when turned on and a true signal bypass when you’ve got it off, then take a look at the DigiTech HardWire CM-2 Tube Overdrive Pedal. True bypass is really the only way of making certain your tone sounds exactly like you want it to sound after it travels from your guitar to your amp, which is why pedals like the HardWire Cm-2 are in such demand by the pros. How does true bypass differ from traditional pedals? In true bypass, the signal actually goes right through the box when the effects are turned off, so your tone never gets colored or distorted in any way.
Need more? The CM-2 also provides improved headroom via its high-voltage capability, plus it has level, gain, high, and low controls and a two position voicing switch with both classic and modeled options. This high-voltage capability makes the CM-2 compatible with many more guitars since it won’t cause any clipping when used with electric guitars that have high-output pickups. You don’t have to worry about any odd sounds when using the CM-2 with you instrument.
With these two features, the HardWire CM-2 Tube Overdrive Pedal stands a bit above many other pedals. Most would think, then, that this pedal would be much more expensive, but it’s not: the CM-2 retails for $99.