Empress Effects Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal
Dave Miner from Empress Effects shows Justin Waterfield from Long & McQuade Toronto the brand new Empress Heavy Menace distortion pedal.
00:00 Intro
00:48 Overview
01:51 Lite(ish) Channel Demo
02:16 Heavy Channel Demo
02:38 Heavier Channel Demo
03:19 Signal Chain
03:42 How does it sound? How does it feel?
04:27 Weight Control
05:22 EQ Circuit
05:53 Adaptive Gate
07:09 Key Input
08:09 Setting Defaults
08:40 Advanced Configuration Mode
09:24 Wrap Up & Sign Off
The Heavy Menace is an evolution of the Heavy distortion pedal in a compact enclosure. A new Lite(ish) mode joins the original Heavy and Heavier settings to cover everything from crunch to crushing. The three-band EQ features a sweepable midrange frequency, and the Weight control sculpts low frequency response for thick, full chords or tight palm muting. The footswitchable adaptive gate adapts to your playing, decaying naturally over sustained notes and clamping down during fast stops, with a key input for additional flexibility. However you get heavy, find your perfect sound with the Heavy Menace.