Heavy Menace Pedal by Empress Effects

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Really enjoyed testing out the Heavy Menace by Empress Effects today, it's got loads of features and super versatile for such a compact enclosure.
For more info check out empresseffects.com
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Boss Katana Presets
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
To install them on your katana mkii, the easiest way is to drag the downloaded files to your desktop.
Open up the tone studio with your katana connected and go to the top right corner and click the down arrow. Locate your file and it'll bring it into your library where you can drag them across to the katana :)
Two-Notes Torpedo Captor X Presets (Sounds like my 1936v 2x12 & SM57) The preset I use 99% of the time is called - Marshall 4x12 V30
drive.google.com/file/d/1-66l...
Capturing Tone Settings
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Amplitube 4 Presets
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Archetype Nolly Presets
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Mercuriall Reaxis Presets
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Fortin Nameless Presets
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
For all business enquiries feel free to contact me - Lambchopper678@me.com
00:00 - Intro / Rig rundown
01:00 - Basic Overview
01:45 - Testing Noise Gate
02:30 - Dialling Tones Eb
04:34 - E Standard / Metallica
05:40 - Rust In Peace
07:26 - Drop D / Lamb of God
09:42 - Whole Step Down - Sepultura
11:45 - Running Through Mesa Mk V
12:21 - Outro / And Justice For All

Пікірлер: 93

@dissonant_a Жыл бұрын

Absolute pleasure as always mate. Good to hear Ola giving your channel a plug on his latest Katana video too.

@corycourtney8923 Жыл бұрын

Love seeing Ollie tap his feet to them mean riffs. Pedal sounds great too. Seems like a really great grab and go solution for when you don't know what the backline will look like for jam or a gig.

@LabiaLicker Жыл бұрын

Loving all those Sepultura riffs. Man what an awesome band.

@JimmyStrain1 7 ай бұрын

i can't help but giving a thumb up for the beautiful parrot... 🥰

@user-lo3ql3we5l Жыл бұрын

Great job, great as always! Hello from Ukraine!

@nightpandas7178 Жыл бұрын

The tones you get out of this thing are so spot on to some of the originals. That is dead on LOG!! Hell yeah brother

@zuszmanpatrice8409 Жыл бұрын

All those riffs perfectly played congratulations and the sound is so great

@DRodMuzicman 10 ай бұрын

I just ordered my Empress THANK YOU 🤘🏼 for the demo. Can’t wait

@xavierhorthcastilloux605 Жыл бұрын

Killer pedal tone wow!!Lambchopper678 all the way brother!!

@peppergrand1072 Жыл бұрын

I could argue that any type of over drive playing Postmodern-Riegn in Blood is going to sound bad ass, it's a combination of riffs that all together make the hammer of metal pound that nail deep into the skull of all things metal lover's.

@stefanokrivtzoff1593 Жыл бұрын

Man that era with max is absolutely mental!! Such riffage!!

@mikerauter1859 Жыл бұрын

Basically runs the gamut of thrash tones! Awesome!

@aryinc Жыл бұрын

awesome as always. Also cool to see ollie has a new mate.

@hardstones17 Жыл бұрын

ooooooh this is a new welcome pedal from Empress. I may have to keep my eyes open for one to try it.

@nckhed Жыл бұрын

2:18 I think you spooked the little bird. 😆

@voa.aquino Жыл бұрын

Incredible how close! Thanks to you I'm waiting for a DSL20HR! Please do more videos with DSL. You could try to get the Vulgar Display of Power tone into DSL20. Greetings from Brazil!

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

It’s a killer amp mate, one of my all time favorites

@jimjimmy7365 8 ай бұрын

Best pedal for VDOP tone is the mxr fullbore I’ve tried them all and thats super close and has that scratchy sound and it’s not expensive.

@SeabeeBuckeye Жыл бұрын

Well feck, this video just got me a new pedal and Lambchopper678 got him a new subscriber! 🤘Killer fn pedal!

@orokusaki7595 Жыл бұрын

Love the channel!

@bentravis99 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@slingshotcrazy 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic video, great playing!! Just got mine but yet to try it out? Playing through a Randall RD100H into a Zilla cabs 2x12 Fatboy, gonna be killer!!!!

@StonyBlazestation Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see you demo the Ibanez Pentatone preamp pedal. I can get some great sounds out of it, but you have the magic touch for dialing in perfect tone clones.

@ThomasPaine01 Жыл бұрын

Great pedal and riffs. Birds are sleepy though. 💯🤘

@thomassaunderson2746 Жыл бұрын

Last 20 seconds are mint

@MetalDragon5745 3 күн бұрын

Sounds killer i just ordered one. The gate was the deciding factor have to have a gate that works like it should. This one is more dynamic like a rocktron. Most are all or nothing. The price was a bit more than i wanted but it does everything so i'm not going to complain.

@Cthulhu_Awaken Жыл бұрын

It sounds like the Torpedo's speaker sims sound better when trying certain tones (Megadeth, Lamb Of God) than with others. I think especially when dialing in Metallica tones with that you always get that Marshall sort of buzz, but a bit more boxed in... Might just be my ears though.

@_jdm.z33_57 10 ай бұрын

Id love to see you compare this pedal with the chug pedal.... i love metallica but i need a new distortion pedal. I only have a boss ds1 going into my marshall origin 50

@bodydomelight Жыл бұрын

Chopper - I know you’re feeling the Love ❤️ we all have for Sepultura !!!! We who are !!!!- NOT AS OTHERS!!!! And BTW, I triple dog dare you to cover “Hungry” off Beneath the Remains . And I’m out ….

@GabeHelma Жыл бұрын

Biotech is godzilla. True visionaries

@nokomisnichols Жыл бұрын

That pedal sounds kickass. Especially when you play slayer and megedeth and lamb of god.

@ronniefrown3458 Жыл бұрын

The *source audio* aftershock distortion is supposed to be a modeling pedal for bass but I really think you should check it out and do a review.

@C-Ro Жыл бұрын

Keep on thrashin'!

@mosesdallmann298 Жыл бұрын

What's that third guitar you used. Kinda looks like a Jackson Surfcaster?

@bradcofield7848 6 ай бұрын

Nice Eclectus and Green Cheek.

@finishin.my.coffee8780 Жыл бұрын

LC, not sure if you heard yet, but Ola gave you a shoutout in his last video!

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

I did mate, Ola’s a dude 👍🏻

@portuguesebeer5069 Жыл бұрын

Sounds fuckin' awesome! Cant wait you buy the studio Silver Jubilee! Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

I’m getting an 800 soon and after I’ll prob get a jubilee 🤘🏻

@Espresso101 Жыл бұрын

@@LambChopper678you know you're going to have to do a shootout of all three heads and help give some direction on which head to go with depending on what you're looking for.

@Firxxgod 9 ай бұрын

What’s the name on the second guitar u pulled out it’s cool

@peppergrand1072 Жыл бұрын

Whats cooler, the riffage he's playing or the pedal?

@thomassaunderson2746 Жыл бұрын

Awesome work, as usual. Bloody love it. Which model of Jackson is that? I have the Pro Series V with the Distortion pups. Looks like you have EMGs? Which model is that?

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

It’s a 2019 KVX, it came with active Jackson pickups but I’ve swapped them out with EMG’s as I had some spare lying around. It’s an awesome guitar with the carbon reinforced neck rods. Really rich tone

@DanPellegrino486 Жыл бұрын

I think all the Pro stuff has the Distortion set in them now. My new Pro RR does as well.

@gake16 Жыл бұрын

Hi, do you think this pedal will give good results in front of a Katana amp (clean channel ?) Ty. Love all your killer tones, espeacialy for the Katana, but all of the. Ty Mr.

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 👍🏻 Even straight into the fx loop

@stephaneaudet Жыл бұрын

Hi mister , me i deconnect my pedals because they produce lot of noise.Guitar direct into Marshall is the best choice for me.

@Savaios Жыл бұрын

Can you do some Yngvie Malmsteen Tone guide? :)

@oscarostman9341 Жыл бұрын

Why did you remove the mustaine duncan and replaced it with EMGs? in your King v

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

I tried them out in my Dominion and they suit it better. I’m always trying different tones with them

@kevinmartel9230 11 ай бұрын

How would you say this pedal compares to the tones from that real Mesa V you have there on Mark II C+ mode? Sounds like its right there to my ears. Not sure of another pedat that can do the C+ thing convincingly. Whats the in the room feel like?

@LambChopper678 11 ай бұрын

It’s got a cool tone with loads of control but it’s not trying to emulate the saturation of a boogie. It has its own voice.

@ScottStieg Жыл бұрын

Will I miss out on any functionality if I sell my heavy pedal for the heavy menace?

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

I don’t really know sorry, I think if you’re happy with your heavy then I’d hold onto it. One thing I learned over the years is to stop selling my gear

@azimovalisher7737 Жыл бұрын

Sepultura power !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@moribnd Жыл бұрын

Lambchopper: what do you honestly think about using this pedal through the front of a high-gain amp such as your Marshall? Does it help the amp's saturation nicely and add nice transistor distortion along with better EQ for chugs --ie. resonant palm muted notes???

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

It’s a preamp so it’s not transparent like an od that you can run beside an overdriven tone. It sounds cool through a clean channel

@moribnd Жыл бұрын

@@LambChopper678 Thanks for saving me time! Nice EQ and noise gate, but the drive is of no use. BTW, do you have a distortion pedal recommendation for a Marshall aside from a RAT and aside from Mad Professor's Stone Grey Drive (I have that one)?

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

Electric Eye Audio’s Mud Killer 👌🏻

@moribnd Жыл бұрын

@@LambChopper678 Good idea!

@Tim.Traveler Жыл бұрын

Just when I said I wasn't going to be buying any pedals for a while... LOL... ok, 1 more.

@81giorikas Жыл бұрын

Well it sounds like a modded metalzone of sorts. But the dude playes justice stuff on a dave mustaine V lol. I mean, awesome!

@nathancloud6344 Жыл бұрын

I noticed you're wearing headphones. Is that capturing the live sound through your amp? I've never had much luck using phones, do you have any recommendations on a good set of earphones?

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing silently through headphones for so many years that it’s just normal. I don’t like to feel like I’m bothering anybody. I’ve been using the Roland RH-300’s for about 12 years. Have 2 sets and they both work great with 3 meter cord

@nathancloud6344 Жыл бұрын

@@LambChopper678 May I ask this?? Do you feel that they have a natural feel in terms of a live amp sounds? My issue has always been while listening through head phones the clean sounds are solid as the over driven tones tend to be less than desirable. Almost a clipping or artificial sound to my ears. I was looking into getting some Bayer dynamic 700 for a solution. Keep in mind the phones I use are of the cheaper variety. I always liked how Paul Gilger used headphones during some of his live recordings as I'm wanting to give it a go.

@tims3370 Жыл бұрын

@@nathancloud6344 I too play almost exclusively through headphones, dont skimp out, get yourself a nice set of headphones or in-ear montiors, the sound is damn good. I got myself Sennheiser IE400 Pro Earphones and they are bloody awesome

@nathancloud6344 Жыл бұрын

@@tims3370 thank you much for the reply. My concern has always been for them sounding authentic and true to what's being captured. Cheers!!

@tims3370 Жыл бұрын

@@nathancloud6344 Well I cant comment on how true or authentic it is, I tried using $10 inear headphones and it wasnt bad with the sound, I like the Seinheisers because they are supposed to be 'neutral' in terms of frequencies delivered and I use them for everything between guitar/bass playing through a Scaerlett 4i4 to watching KZfaq or gaming. These are not cheap and I dont know about where you are from but here its quite difficult to return earphones if you have used them already. For silent playing good inear or overear monitors are an absolute blast to have, I used to use AudioTechnica cup headphones, in summer I get sweaty quite a lot and I found that the sweat builds up on the chassis after a while and then your head will stink of sweat, yuk! hence why I chose for inear, less real estate covered, no sweat issues but full cup of course gives a more fuller sound as background noise is cancelled out. AudioTechnica ATH-MX50s are great over-ear monitors, cheaper then in-ear Seinheisers. You would also probably want some sort of Audio interface as well if you plugging into a computer, direct headphone into Hx Stomp or other modellers/amps should work though. Good luck and enjoy!

@paulcarter105 Жыл бұрын

R u using 9v or 12v power

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

@stephaneaudet Жыл бұрын

Is this better to put 9 volts battery for the noise?

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

There is no noise with this pedal. It’s absolutely silent when you engage the gate

@stephaneaudet Жыл бұрын

@@LambChopper678 Yes it's perfect.

@djlowtek 5 ай бұрын

This pedal is amazing you don't need to worry about power noise with it.

@wootks Жыл бұрын

Heavy Menace vs Thrasher. Really like my Electric Eye Trasher.

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

They’re really different. This has a more modern distortion tone like a recto

@wootks Жыл бұрын

@@LambChopper678 The HM-Empress sounded really good going right into an IR as well. The Thrasher needs to go through a clean front end of an amp to sound best IMO. It lacks presence if going direct into a power amp or IR I feel. EDIT: I just realized after watching it 3 times you quickly mentioned it's going into the front of the Boss Katana.

@spookyverb 11 ай бұрын

I prefer The Thrasher.

@franek866 Жыл бұрын

cool video man! could you try capturing spreading the disease tone?? that one is sick

@charlesbataille8119 9 ай бұрын

🦜🙉⛔️‼️

@LambChopper678 9 ай бұрын

Every video I explain that I record silently, I wear headphones so I can hear my guitar

@kurzackd Жыл бұрын

08:50 -- song name pls??

@kantys2 Жыл бұрын

Descending maybe?

@kurzackd Жыл бұрын

@@kantys2 hm... don't think so? :O

@Lomni Жыл бұрын

11th Hour

@kurzackd Жыл бұрын

@@Lomni yeahhh! :) Thanks! :)

@kantys2 Жыл бұрын

@@Lomni Thanks!

@anthonypiskorski Жыл бұрын

No offense but when you were playing some Metallica riffs in E standard, it looked cursed when you were playing with a Dave Mustaine signature guitar 😂

@skivvyboy123 Жыл бұрын

Great content!!!

@ronb7481 Жыл бұрын

Dude. What's with the birds sitting there? Talk about animal cruelty. That really sucks.

@LambChopper678 Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry you feel that way man. I give them the best life I can. They eat fresh fruit all day and live as part of the family. I’ve had Ollie for nearly 20 years and he loves sitting with me. I can only assume that you think I’m blasting their ears out in the room but I play silently with headphones, they’re never exposed to the raw cabinet. I do state that in the videos but maybe I should explain it at the start.