The Heavy Menace takes the Heavy's sound into a smaller enclosure and adds a third voice. A three-way switch picks Lite(ish), Heavy or Heavier, so it reaches from classic hard rock crunch to full modern metal. The EQ is three bands with a mid frequency that sweeps from 200Hz to 2.5kHz, and the Weight control is a high-pass filter inside the distortion: up for a big, full bottom, down for a tight response that suits palm muting and extended-range guitars.
The gate follows your playing so sustained notes decay naturally and fast stops cut clean, and it now has its own footswitch. Run it linked to the distortion or as a separate gate, and there is a key input so a clean signal can trigger it even with other drive pedals ahead of it. True or buffered bypass, your choice. Built in Ottawa.
SPECIFICATIONS
SPECS
Modes: Lite(ish), Heavy, Heavier
Controls: Gain, Weight, Output, Low, Mid, High, Gate Thresh, Mid Freq
EQ: -15 to +15 per band; Mid Freq 200Hz - 2.5kHz
Gate: footswitchable, linked or independent
Gate Key Input: 1/8" TS or TRS
Bypass: True bypass or buffered bypass
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
