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The Empress Effects Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal is in New condition and made by Empress Effects , it is a great Pedal Distortion Menace Heavy Effects Empress Guitar Effect Pedal – The Empress Effects Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal is the ultimate tool for high-gain players. With its three modes advanced EQ circuit and adaptive gate you can achieve any sound from crunch to crushing and control your tone with precision. Begin with one of the pedals three modes: Heavy Lite(ish) or Heavier. These settings allow you to shape the distortion to your style while the adjustable low and high bands provide +/- 15dB of gain to get your preferred sound. Plus the Weight control sculpts your low frequency response giving you thick chords or tight palm muting depending on what you need. And to top it off theres an adaptive gate that responds to your playing – letting sustained notes decay naturally and clamping down immediately during fast stops. The Empress Effects Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal is a must-have for any musician seeking searing and saturated tones whether youre unleashing guttural roars on an extended range guitar or blasting out flamethrower leads. . Available from Guitar Pedals Amps & Stuff for only £ 239 – A tone to thrill The Empress Effects Heavy Menace is one of the most versatile distortion pedals ever created. Whether youre looking for creamy vintage rock tones crushing modern metal or something inbetween it has you covered. With its advanced EQ and gating youll have total control to shape your ideal tone – and the responsiveness to supercharge your sound at all the right times. Whether youre firing out barrages of palm-muted chugs or letting a screaming note sustain the Heavy Menace will give you all the attitude you need. Three modes of Heavy Able to take you from low-gain to high-gain without breaking a sweat the Heavy Menace comes with three modes: Heavy Heavier and Lite(ish). Take the Heavy mode for vintage rock tones or Heavier for searing metal sounds. Or if youre looking for something a little less intense (but certainly not tame) try the new Lite(ish) mode for a more restrained but still powerful sound. Advanced EQ for perfection Fine-tune your tones with the Heavy Menaces three-band EQ. The Weight control sculpts low-frequency response while the mid-frequency can be adjusted between 200Hz and 2.5kHz to achieve the exact sound you want. The EQ allows you to boost or cut each frequency band by up to +/- 15dB allowing you to really tailor your sound. Adaptive gate for total control The pedals adaptive gate responds to your playing letting sustained notes decay naturally while clamping down immediately during fast stops. Its foot-switchable and also features an external key input. Split a clean signal with an additional pedal and connect it to the Gate Key Input and the gate will stay consistent no matter the changes at the main input. True or buffered bypass It defaults to True Bypass for maximum transparency but you can switch it to Buffered Bypass if you need to preserve the Heavy Menaces tone over long cable runs. It also features advanced setup options that let you choose whether the gate is linked to the distortion or completely independent and even whether the distortion and gate default to on or off when powering up the pedal. A must-have on your pedalboard The Empress Effects Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal is built with the player in mind. Now in a more compact pedalboard-friendly enclosure it has all the features of its predecessor in a package thats a breeze to gig with – plus more! Get classic vintage hard rock tones and modern metal sounds plus superb EQ and an adaptive gate with key input. With the Heavy Menace you can get whatever high-gain tone you desire. Specifications Product Name: Empress Effects Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal Product Code: EMP-HEMA Bypass Type: Switchable Power: 9v DC (adaptor not included) Audio: Mono Circuitry: Analogue Controls Gain: Adjusts the amount of distortion in conjunction with the Channel switch. Low Mid High: Boosts or cuts each frequency band by up to +/- 15dB. The low shelf filter starts around 80Hz and the high shelf filter starts around 3kHz. Gate Thresh: Adjusts the threshold level for the noise gate. Mid Freq: Selects the center frequency of the midrange EQ; sweepable from 200Hz-2.5kHz. Gate Footswitch: Turns the gate on and off. Weight: Changes the character of the low end. Turn clockwise for a thicker sound and turn counterclockwise for a tighter response thats perfect for palm muting. Output: Adjusts the overall pedal volume. Channel: Selects the voicing and gain range. Lite(ish) Heavy and Heavier offer progressively more gain and high end. Bypass Footswitch: Turns the pedal on and off.
