Empress Effects Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal

£235.00

This is a New Empress Effects Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal from Empress Effects, listed in Distortion Pedals on Just Pedals. Read More below.

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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.

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Empress Effects

Empress Effects is a Canadian manufacturer of high-quality guitar and bass effects pedals, known for their innovative designs and exceptional sound quality. The company was founded in 2009 and quickly gained a reputation for creating pedals that combine top-tier craftsmanship with user-friendly functionality. Empress Effects is particularly well-regarded for its attention to detail, versatile features, and the ability to produce pedals that suit a wide range of musical styles.

The brand’s products include a variety of effects such as overdrive, distortion, delay, reverb, modulation, and multi-effects units. One of their standout products is the Empress Tape Delay, which is praised for its realistic vintage sound and versatile control options. The Empress Reverb is another popular offering, known for its rich, atmospheric sounds that can cater to everything from subtle room reverb to deep, expansive hall sounds. Empress Effects is celebrated for producing pedals that meet the needs of both professional musicians and hobbyists, often incorporating advanced features like MIDI control and preset storage, making their products suitable for both live performances and studio work.

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Distortion Pedals

Distortion clips the waveform more firmly than overdrive, generating dense upper harmonics, longer sustain and a more compressed response. Circuit topology and filtering decide whether the sound is tight and focused, broad and aggressive, smooth or deliberately abrasive. Gain sets the amount of clipping, while pre- and post-distortion tone controls strongly influence low-end definition, midrange presence and high-frequency texture.