HEIMDALL-2 / BALROG DOUBLE PEDAL

The only thing more brutal than a BALROG or HEIMDALL-2 distortion is BOTH.

Now you can have both in the same box with a reverse order switch so have four unique tones in one without touching one of the 14 control knobs!
•BALROG
•HEIMDALL-2
•BALROG>HEIMDALL-2
•HEIMDALL-2>BALROG

Be warned, this is more gain than the laws of physics allow so if you want a noise and feedback free sound, you’ll need a quality noise gate (feel free to message me for suggestions of some of my favorite gate pedals of all price points)

This thing is At The Gates-“Slaughter of the soul” for 2021

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• BALROG DISTORTION brings you the molten high gain fire of MOUNT DOOM through a trio of TL072 opamps.

The new V3 version brings more available treble and the ability to scoop the mids ( PLENTIFUL mids still on tap) for more modern brutal death/black/hardcore tones.
That “throaty” sound so many of us crave.

Capable of sheer brutality into even the cleanest amp it can also deliver excellent “edge of breakup” low gain tones as well. From huge overdrive boost to saturated gain it works perfectly for both tube and solid state amps.

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•HEIMDALL-2
The original version of the HEIMDALL was many months of hard work where I never fully nailed what I was going for. The low end wasn’t tight enough, it was too noisy, the frequencies weren’t exactly what I wanted to hear. However my experience designing and building over the last couple years has taught me how to perfect those sounds I was going for. IM FINALLY HAPPY!!!

First off, this is not meant to be an exact HM2 clone. The three main EQ gyrators (low high mid and treble) are all directly from the HM2 but otherwise it’s a very different pedal.
I’ve redesigned the gain staging to be more of a classic high gain overdrive for better articulation. I’ve also designed the circuit with lower baritone tunings and bass in mind (although it works perfectly with standard tuning)

Personally I love some brutal caveman death metal (ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER) but I also am a huge GODFLESH fan and wanted something that could get me even closer to that streetcleaner tone. Namely more clarity, articulation and a ton of tight low end for the CHUGS

Right off the bat you’ll notice there are three trim pots: BOOST, TONE and BALANCE.
Many of you will immediately want to go in and tweak these.
(((TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH BEFORE ADJUSTING THE TRIM POTS)))
They have been dialed in very precisely for each build but you can refer to the close up in the photo of the trim pots above.
The BOOST is at the end of the circuit but this boosts the entire signal including the clean blend.
The TONE is a simple passive low pass filter which can take off some of the shrill highs while leaving those high mids crisp.
The BALANCE is a crucial part of the tone stack and the most sensitive to changes. Too much in either direction and you lose the chainsaw effect so this is the most important one to note the original position of when tweaking pots.

The added mid EQ band which has a sweepable frequency (250hz-950hz) and both cuts and boosts as do all the EQ pots.

Finally I’ve gone with the “W” taper pots (audio for the first part of the rotation, linear for the middle and reverse audio for the last part of the rotation) so they actually are balanced at noon and cut or boost from there.

Available in Black and Blackened Metal enclosures.

PS! I should also mention that if you’re looking for that specific, “chainsaw” sound, you’ll need some tweaking of the EQ to dial that exact tone in. Just cranking all knobs up will give you way too much midrange from the added mid control (the knob marked “M”) so you’ll actually want to cut it all the way as well as the frequency for the classic chainsaw sound. (See knob setting in main photo for a good starting point)

Videos are available on Instagram @blackhawkamps

UNIVERSAL CONTROL TRANSLATOR FOR ALL BLACKHAWK PEDALS/AMPLIFIERS:

🔱=gain
V=volume
T=treble
B=bass
C=clean
M=midrange
O=octave
D=depth
F=frequency

All BLACKHAWK pedals and preamps are true bypass and standard “one spot style” 9v, Negative tip, 2.1mm barrel.

Please allow 1-2 weeks build time as every BLACKHAWK pedal is made by hand for YOU.

Availability

• Black

  10 in stock

• Blackened

  0 in stock

• BLACK METAL CRACKLE

  10 in stock