Empress Effects Heavy Menace

Empress Effects Heavy Menace

The Heavy Menace is the most versatile distortion pedal we’ve ever created. It’s an evolution of our original Heavy with new features and a compact enclosure.

In addition to the original Heavy and Heavier modes, the Heavy Menace adds a new Lite(ish) mode, covering any high-gain sound from classic hard rock to searing modern metal.

Features:

• Three versatile distortion modes - Lite(ish), Heavy, and Heavier
• Footswitchable noise gate
• Three-band EQ with sweepable mid frequency
• Weight control to sculpt low frequency response
• Linked or independent switching of the distortion and gate
• Gate key input (⅛” TS or TRS)
• True bypass or buffered bypass
• All-analog signal path

Specifications:

• Input Impedance 1MΩ
• Output Impedance 100Ω
• Frequency Response (-3dB) 35Hz - 17kHz
• Input Voltage 9-12VDC
• 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