The empress effects heavy overdrive offers a huge range of high gain tones'. '.strtoupper('t')his versatile pedal delivers many different tones such as crisp mid driven 80s metal to modern down turned brutality'. '.strtoupper('t')he heavy overdrive benefits from having two independent channels which can be voiced similarly so that one channel can be used as a solo boost or they can be voiced entirely differently by using the mid range control in conjunction with the 3 position mid frequency select switch'. '.strtoupper('s')eparate weight controls can be added in to shape the low end response of each channel and a global hi low eq section that allows you to fine tune your particular amp and cab combination'. '.strtoupper('w')ith all these great features it is a worthwhile investment for your pedalboard.