Black and gold Lichtlaerm Gehenna Distortion + Preamp pedal for guitars
Gehenna | Distortion + Preamp
Black and gold Lichtlaerm Gehenna Distortion + Preamp pedal for guitars at Cult FX headquarters

Lichtlaerm Audio

Gehenna | Distortion + Preamp

$219.00
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Variant: Lichtlaerm Gold / Black

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The Gehenna is Lichtlaerm's take on a highly flexible metal distortion: From classic NWOBHM to early 2000s Metalcore, from raw Black and Death Metal to super tight and modern progressive Metal - it's all in there!

Featuring LL's proprietary cut control that allows you to dial in different gain structures, saturation types and adjust the frequency response to the tuning of your guitar: from super tight and controlled to roaring and huge vintage sounds!

Features:

  • Lichtlaerm Audio Smart Relay Technology
  • Tight, amp-like tone with lots of sustain
  • 4-band active EQ + presence & depth
  • Huge range of gain and output volume
  • Proprietary cut-control
  • Foots-witchable gain controls
  • Increased headroom through internal charge pump
  • 9V center-negative power supply
  • Made in Germany
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The Gehenna boasts one of the most expansive, yet easy to use EQ-sections you'll find in any pedal: An active dual-band mid control allows for tailoring both high- and low-mids separately, while active treble and bass controls and a set of passive presence & depth controls really set this thing apart from other distortion/preamp pedals and allow for immense tone-sculpting capabilities.

The mix of passive and active controls give you sounds that range from classic amp-like distortion to filthy sounding tones you never heard before!

Instead of adding a separate boost in front of the distortion section, we added a second, foot-switchable gain control, which lets you switch between two levels of gain inside the insane spectrum that the Gehenna offers.

Another unique feature is the level control itself: while a lot of solid-state based devices tend to sound harsh and fizzy when you increase the volume, the Gehenna has a unique active output stage that holds the sound together by attenuating harsh frequencies, while bringing out the musical mids at high level settings: very much like a tube amp.

The Gehenna was designed to be used as a distortion pedal in front of a clean amp, but also lends itself to be used as a preamp, due to its immense output level and flexible EQ. You may want to use extreme settings, especially on the presence & treble controls for this application, though.