SUPER HEAVY TONES. Empress HEAVY MENACE Distortion

[@usagi2988]

Your grin as you were going through the super distorted tones (towards the end, during the solo demo section of the vid) was an exact mirror of mine... I don't know that it's an "everyday food," but playing around with loads of distortion sure is a ton of fun! And yes, as always, your demo song & playing is unparalleled... regardless of genre, decade, or platform, you are one of my absolute favorite guitar heroes.

[@mykneeshurt8393]

Loads of gain is a "breakfast, lunch and dinner" food... 😃

[@MesaGuitarGuy]

you know it's legit when the grunge plaid comes out, killer demo Pete!

[@Tony-w5x]

Your music is always as interesting as your licks. Monsters are real!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Empress makes top-notch gear. Sounds brutal. Love it.

[@zAvAvAz]

absolutely smashing through the boundaries tone!

[@marks8437]

Pete your choice of notes is always so great. And your knowledge for dialing in a great tone is stellar. I feel like I have a better understanding of what I want from my sound every time I watch one of your videos. Thanks man.

[@PeteThorn]

Thank you!

[@raymondsurace2575]

What a tune!!! This needs to be on. Pete’s next album!!!

[@dmarty3696]

Always impressed by the versatile playing. 🤘🏻

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@kbgrevolver4563]

I feel like you could get some really nice 90's style-sounding riffs from bands like Helmet or Soundgarden with this pedal. And some underground stuff like Acid Bath if you wanted to go even heavier

[@jasonmayse5585]

Those harmonics popping out with articulation has a early sounding VH vibe also amazing for a pedal !

[@foggyblues13]

It’s very difficult to assess gear in Pete’s demos. He’s the Macgiver of music and could make a toenail and dental floss sound amazing

[@wileym]

This is why I constantly get different gear. I can never replicate anybody's great tones.

[@foggyblues13]

@@wileym LoL. ... I watch a lot of video before purchasing anything. I usually try to find that KZbinr who's an average to mediocre player so that I know what I'll sound like with the new gear. lol

[@AlexMessanoMusic]

Nice, its got a little bit of the Rectifier thing, super grindy and beefy

[@BStab]

All these amps, and effects sound so much better on your channel. Im convinced its in your hands. Great playing.

[@notgonnatellya1350]

I hope you are remunerated well, Pete. If I had the money I would run out of space, you make me want the tones and tunes you pull from every single piece of gear that you showcase. Never a meh.

[@PeteThorn]

Thank u!

[@the-creech4790]

Nice job Pete!

[@Superjet113]

Love rockin out with Pete Thorn and checking out new kick ass pedals and gear!

[@TiwazPagan-if3og]

That was some mad shredding, awesome demonstration!

[@PeteThorn]

Appreciate it!

[@peterschaefer1665]

Killer tones and pickin Pete! Love the Suhr HH tele with wiggle stick.

[@uugr3]

Hey Pete. A pleasure as always. Thanx.

[@Whydyoucare]

Amazing demo, amazing considerations, amazing pedal!

[@geneparmesan8827]

Pete !! You got out put an album With you singing to these songs you create !! so we’ll arranged

[@futurewolf336]

Thank you for just @#$#ing playing it first.

[@BradRocker]

The newest sleeper in town. Love this one !

[@teaserrocks1768]

Amazing playing! Love this!

[@EddieB2047]

Serious heavy tones🤘🏻

[@stevengoodman3498]

Incredible playing Pete and great demo of this pedal! Thanks man.

[@joeriffanucci]

brutally awesome Pete!

[@Ghost_BC]

Wow! Amazing introduction song. 👏👏👏 I even forgot you were testing the pedal. LOL!

[@RokDAWG1]

That was crunchy awesomeness!

[@doubleblack3329]

Nice groove Pete.

[@atishep]

Killer solo!🤘

[@Jonhobbs64]

Awesome, as always!

[@reverendg5937]

Nice!!!

[@Bairov]

Rebel yell BKP for the win!

[@johannjohann6523]

Oh to be that good. Love ya Pete.

[@WDeeGee1]

Another epic demo track!

[@glennscottharris]

This tune is a hit Pete.

[@iestynwalters7681]

Great riff 🤘

[@TheCyberMantis]

Great demo. Very good sounding pedal with nice features. I like it.

[@doctoribanez]

Cool song. Im not really in the pedal market but i clicked because i knew the song would be badass. I was right

[@ArloTarr]

I picked up a Menace a month ago. Extremely versatile for my guitar god rock needs🤘

[@mikeromanowski1379]

Pete as his Best .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jefffitzgerald2032]

Pete, very angry sounding, I loved it. Keep up the good work. Thanks for being you.

[@NikolajChristensen]

We know you mean business when the EVH comes out. Awesome playing (but you know that)

[@MRxr400]

awe, come on. that was an insane opening track. heavy as all, but the tone was so intense.

[@Andybaby]

0:46 - 0:50 .... my face just melted.

[@9559mike]

Great vid

[@bee663]

You have come a long way since O’Leary high school Pete ! Proud of you man. Sounding great ! From another guitar player in Edmonton ! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@PeteThorn]

Harry Ainlay!

[@bee663]

@@PeteThorn ah haha my buddy told me it was O’Leary haha my bad. Love the content though. Keep up the good work. You taught me so much about my Marshall JCM800 2203 I never would have known in the Mr.Scary mod video.

[@drzecelectric4302]

Haha dude this song is Grammy worthy 😊

[@christisgod3354]

Why dont my guitars play like that........Mr. Thorn, you are a certified bad ass.

[@zacate1983]

Holy sacred flying poop! this may be the third pedal I buy because of your demos… oh well😢😅

[@chrisellerton1199]

Guilty of watching pete for way too long without subscribing,i feel so ashamed!

[@dimebagtribute]

Never let the menaces unbattle!!! Destroy them with all you dirty sound hooked to your JCM900 at max!!!😂😂😂😂

[@jacoblickliter76]

I think pedals with that much functionality and options should have a stored preset button kind of like strymons, because in studios you can tweek away but live your stuck with one sound within a song!

[@PeteThorn]

Think of it more like an amplifier’s controls and then maybe it makes more sense. It’s basically like the preamp of an amp. But it’s a pedal meant to be run into an amp. Ha!

[@Aaron_at_ESP_Guitars]

Pete - great video! are all the amps going through the OX Box?

[@Ryan-Hall]

Wow 😯😲😳🤯Mind Blown!! Holy Distortion,!! That's a Lots of Gain!! Really Simple Song But man it really Rocks The Houses 🏘️ PETE that's so KOOL Brother your Favorite Music-In-Law 🎸🤘🤠

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

I heard in on it's release date so I already know it has no equal. It is that good.Even though it is very easy to dial in my guess is it will take weeks to pick our own sound only to change are mind a week later,lol. I am sure that good ol' Pete will have us staring at our flexible friend and saying Yes or no, or , yes, or maybe no or yes ...

[@chrisstewart7078]

Hi Pete, what’s your take on the Friedman BE-OD ? Trash or treasure?

[@PeteThorn]

Great pedal! It is more Marshall. This more sort of modern/Diezel tone

[@anthonymlg6083]

Classe !!

[@digiwaves]

How HEAVY can we get? 🎸😎

[@quadrogong1111]

What’s the red sparkle axe? Duesenberg? btw you’re a badass

[@toddc453]

Knaggs

[@PeteThorn]

The red sparkle LP style is a Knaggs Steve Stevens

[@goatman3057]

That shits so complicated haha only person I know who could utilize it fully is probably Gran Hechicero

[@DanialAbrar]

That solo tone, would an EQ pedal with that specific freq boosted, with a volume bump after a distortion work?

[@hirvillas]

And now, the friedman be-od or the Empress? 🤣

[@goldenrod1676]

Be-od is hard to beat, but that noise gate with key on the empress seems like it could be extremely useful!

[@PeteThorn]

Both great, I would say the empress is a bit more Diezel and the Friedman a bit more Marshall

[@ricklesshorse8159]

Bonjour, do you prefer this one or the old version? Empress heavy bigger with 2 channels? Thanks for your work.

[@Ricky0450]

Are the 3 channels [lite(ish), heavy, heavier] foot-switchable?

[@fbaraky660]

are you using the attenuator power station back there for these?

[@NINERS8able]

Quick question. On the heavy menace pedal when i hit the bypass button i hear a buzz. Have not hooked it up yet but wanted to plug in to test

[@onionheadguy7094]

A dedicated footswitch for the gate seems like a missed opportunity. I'd much rather have that button switch to the low gain mode?

[@tpherndon]

I have the Empress Heavy, which is two channels of gain, and a gate that is mini-switch controlled. I do love the channel switching, but there are times I do miss the ability to turn off the gate on the fly. Trade-offs must be made, I guess.

[@lionPGF]

Hi Pete! Awesome demo…I was wondering how this empress sounds with a single coil guitar ? I’m sure that many guitar players are interested in this. Thanx

[@jfoquendo]

God I love when you play like this ! BU YOU STILL HAVENT ANSWERED MY QUESTION how to do you deal with the noise that comes in through your pickups that you mentioned in another video

[@PeteThorn]

If we’re only talking about RF/noise coming through the pick ups, and you can determine if that’s the case by Rolan and Guitar volume all the way off, and the sound should be relatively silent- if you’re using single coils, it’s always a bit of a compromise, and you just have to find the right position to sit in when recording. If it’s humbuckers, even then, there can be 180° position that sounds like the right angle to sit at when recording high gain parts. Beyond that, using a good noise gate can sometimes work, although they can be finicky.

[@lashlarue7924]

Aw shucks Pete MFin' Thorn would make anything sound good.

[@psychoholic72]

Hi Pete, is the red suhr tele you're playing a current production model? Rock on!

[@PeteThorn]

I’ve had it since about 2009 it was a custom order, has Fishman Fluence pickups now

[@NINERS8able]

Does it take a 9v battery as well?

[@gabrielstevens41]

Wonder if it would work as a preamp into one of the pedal sized power amps?

[@HeadbangoO]

Aw man, sometimes you just don't want the music to stop...

[@michaelyolch79]

PSSH! I can do everything Pete can do...until he picks up a guitar.

[@Willjrockstar]

i might get this pedal, but i aint giving my money to sweetwater

[@ikestoddard2458]

Pete!! What was the red guitar you used for rhythm? Guild? Gretsch? (Not the dark red Suhr)

[@PeteThorn]

Knaggs Steve Stevens

[@christianrosenqvist2904]

Hi, can you show whats the least amout of gain you can get out of it? Thanks!

[@PeteThorn]

Actually, I do show one sound, the first tone in the song,, that has a very low gain level…

[@christianrosenqvist2904]

Thanks!

[@dsarlis]

Did you try it into the effects loop return to use as a preamp? Or you did, and right into a clean amp was the way it sounded the best?

[@PeteThorn]

Generally speaking, I’m not into the pedal into Amp FX loop method. Unless the pedal is specifically designed to be a replacement for a full on amp preamp.

[@dsarlis]

Agreed! I am like that as well, just that a lot of people who do review these use them like that......great work and great result!@@PeteThorn

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

Holy crap, dude. You are an awesome tasty player, and you compose some monster tasty hooks. How come you aren't writing an album full of heavy monster chunk metal tunes like this... why some high power super band hasn't scooped you up must be due to your busy schedule, but you should be in a [...you go and mention] DEFTONES, yes something like that, you are just totally made for that heavy a band, and beyond that. Hell, i even say you'd have made a better fit in Motley Crue than John5. But still, you're better than that, maybe replacing Jason Hook's empty spot in Five Finger Death Punch. He's wicked tasty, and you can hang there with ease. And doing your own metal band would be killer. Bro, you're one of my favorite of the newer breed of rippers. Oh yeah this pedal is sick.

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!!

[@simondixon6761]

Anybody know what the first red guitar is? Pedal sounds killer!

[@PeteThorn]

Knaggs

[@simondixon6761]

Thanks Pete!

[@MrG100000008]

Tom Cruise?

[@zenn3339]

$250 for a distortion pedal. No thx.