Weehbo Effekte: MORBID DRIVE High Gain Distortion (ESP-T7 to HIWATT SA212)

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The Weehbo Effekte Morbid Drive is a high gain distortion with a ton of tone shaping tools. Start with the 4-band active equalizer -- BASS, MIDDLE, TREBLE and DEPTH (controls lower mids ~ 400Hz). These alone give you serious versatility. The MIDRANGE toggle sets the bandwidth of the MIDDLE knob: low, mid or high mid. On the top face of the Morbid Drive you will find a DYNAMIC rocker switch. This lets you set the internal supply voltage of the pedal: 9V (left) or 18V (right). Running the pedal at 18V makes it louder with increased dynamics and headroom. This is the way I would use it on stage. The 9V is great for a more compressed and less amp-like sound -- great for practice or a little extra distortion. The RHYTHM/LEAD footswitch toggles between two different gain voicings, from soft treble to fat, strong bass.
The guitar you are looking at is an ESP Custom Shop Stephen Carpenter T7. The amp is a HIWATT Custom 50 SA212. I used a Violet Design 'The Amethyst Standard' to mic the HIWATT and fed it to an M-Audio ProFire 610 soundcard. Pro Tools 9 did the recording honours and there's a Waves L3-16 Limiter on the Master Output to keep levels in check. I really like the Morbid Drive for high-gain stuff. It's unforgiving and mean, yet it has a so much potential in terms of EQ options. Highly recommended. Thanks for watching. Check out my other Weehbo Effekte demos on this channel.
Link to ESP Stef T7 STD. - www.espguitars....
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