KMA Machines launches WURM 2 distortion pedal

April 5, 2022 · 4 sources

KMA Machines announced the WURM 2, an updated version of its WURM distortion pedal, in late March 2022. Guitar World reported the pedal on March 29¹, and Music Instrument News listed it on April 5².

The WURM 2 is a high-gain metal distortion that KMA describes as a modern take on the original Boss HM2 MIJ³. The company says the original WURM was a limited edition released in 2020²¹. The new version keeps the Volume and Terror controls, with Terror setting the amount of distortion, and the four-band active EQ: the HM-2's high and low bands plus two mid bands³¹. Each band has an internal trim-pot for changing its center frequency³. Delicious Audio lists the ranges as lows 60 to 150 Hz, low-mids 300 to 1050 Hz, high-mids 950 Hz to 3.2 kHz and highs 1.4 to 5.0 kHz, with the high-mids range applying only in KMA mode⁴.

The EQ style switch, internal on the original, now sits on the front of the pedal³¹. It has three positions: HM-II for the classic chainsaw high-mids character, KMA for a more balanced, less peaky response, and BOTH to combine the two³. An internal dip-switch engages an input filter to tame high frequencies at extreme settings³¹. KMA also moved the pedal to a smaller enclosure with top-mounted jacks and added relay-based silent switching³.

Specifications differ between sources on current draw. KMA's product page states a maximum of more than 60 mA³, while Music Instrument News and Delicious Audio both give 50 mA²⁴. All three specify 9 V DC, center negative, 2.1 mm. KMA lists dimensions of 60 mm high, 74 mm wide and 128 mm deep, and a weight of 350 g³. Music Instrument News states the pedal is handmade in Berlin, Germany².