Empress Effects Heavy - Black
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This is the Empress Heavy, a two-channel high-gain distortion with a noise gate built in, handmade in Canada. Each channel, heavy and heavier, has its own gain, mid, weight and output knobs and its own mid frequency and gate switches, and heavier has more gain on tap. Hi and low in the middle set the EQ for both.
Mid boosts or cuts about 10 dB at 500 Hz, 250 Hz or 2 kHz, so the channels can be set alike, with one as a solo boost, or nothing alike. Weight changes the low end itself: down low it tightens palm mutes, turned up it adds size. The gate is triggered by your guitar signal before it's distorted. Natural lets notes die away on their own, aggressive clamps down for tight stops, and a trim pot on the side sets the threshold. Each footswitch turns on its channel, and pressing the lit one bypasses the pedal. Input is on the right side, output and power on the left. It's all analog and true bypass, and runs on a 9-volt supply, center negative, drawing about 200 mA.
Black. Very good condition, shown in the photos. Comes with just the pedal, no box.
Includes: The pedal only, no box
