Empress Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal

The Empress Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal by Empress Effects is a versatile distortion pedal with advanced EQ and gating features for total control over sound and silence. It offers three versatile distortion modes: Lite(ish), Heavy, and Heavier, along with a footswitchable noise gate and a three-band EQ with a sweepable mid frequency. The pedal also features a Weight control to sculpt low-frequency response and linked or independent switching of the distortion and gate. Additionally, it offers true bypass or buffered bypass options.

The specifications for the Empress Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal are as follows:
- Input Impedance: 1MΩ
- Output Impedance: 100Ω
- Frequency Response (-3dB): 35Hz - 17kHz
- Input Voltage: 9VDC Centre-Negative
- Required Current: 250mA
- Power Input Connector: 2.1mm Barrel Connector
- Height (Enclosure Only): 1.5”
- Height (Including Controls): 2.5”
- Length: 4.8”
- Width: 2.6”
- Weight: 1lb

The pedal also features an adaptive gate with envelope followers in the circuit that respond to your playing, allowing sustained notes to decay naturally while clamping down quickly during fast stops. The gate is footswitchable with two available modes of operation, and it includes a key input for optional triggering with an external signal.

The Empress Heavy Menace Distortion Pedal is designed to provide a wide range of high-gain tones, from classic hard rock to searing modern metal, and it is built with a compact enclosure for easy integration into pedalboards.