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EarthQuaker Devices Zoar Distortion

The EarthQuaker Devices Zoar is the Ohio company's take on the modern-sounding, transistor-based medium-high gain distortion. Moderately tweakeable thanks to the (passive) 3-way EQ section, which operates on the frequencies between 0 and 800Hz for Bass, 500Hz and 3kHz for Middle and 1kHz and 10kHz for Treble, the pedal also…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Zoar Distortion

EarthQuaker Devices Aurelius Chorus

It looks like 2023 is going to be the year of the chorus! The EarthQuaker Devices Aurelius is the fifth effect of that type released this year by an established US boutique builder (after Jackson Audio, Beetronics, Old Blood Noise, and Walrus Audio, with the last two launched just yesterday!).…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Aurelius Chorus

EarthQuaker Devices Pyramids Stereo Flanging Device

EarthQuaker Devices has just expanded its ever-growing line of effect pedals with the Pyramids Stereo Flanging Device. Built on the same proprietary digital signal processing (DSP) architecture as the company’s hit Avalanche Run delay and reverb pedal, Pyramids is packed with features and a full palette of great sounds. It…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Pyramids Stereo Flanging Device

EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run Delay + Reverb

With up to 2 seconds of delay and lush Stereo reverb, the EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run creates floating ambient tones through deep but still user-friendly functionality. It has Tap Tempo functionality and modes for Both (standard delay and reverb) and Reverse (reverse delay and standard reverb), but the real prize…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Avalanche Run Delay + Reverb

Reissue: EarthQuaker Devices White Light Overdrive

The EarthQuaker Devices White Light was one of the early pedals released by the Ohian company, helping to put it on the map when it wasn't yet established. With the reissue of this 2011 pedal in a limited 2,000-unit run, the builder is launching a series revisiting its older stompboxes,…... Click for more

Reissue: EarthQuaker Devices White Light Overdrive

EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2

The EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2 is an authentic emulation of a Model T Amp from Sunn, a solid-state amp known for its loud and bassy tones manufactured by a Portland-based company founded in 1967 that was acquired by Fender in 1985 and unceremoniously terminated in 2002. The amp's dark…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2

Earthquaker Devices Afterneath V3

The EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath is an otherworldly reverberation machine that uses a cluster of short delays to create wild and cavernous reverberations with scattered, rhythmic reflections, offering fine-grained control over the reverberations it produces. More than a simple emulator of acoustic reverb, this pedal lets the player design the character…... Click for more

Earthquaker Devices Afterneath V3

EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz

EarthQuaker Devices is back at it with a new fuzz designed in collaboration with Wata, guitarist of the cult Japanese experimental band Boris. The pedal, called Hizumitas, is a recreation of Wata's favorite distortion pedal, the Elk BM Sustainar, a Japanese variant of the "Triangle" Big Muff Pi. The EQD…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz

Earthquaker Devices Night Wire V2 Harmonic Tremolo

The Earthquaker Devices Night Wire V2 does what classic harmonic tremolos do, but adds an envelope tremolo option that is quite unheard of. When both toggles are set to Manual mode, the circuit splits your signal into high and low-frequency ranges and then applies an LFO to each that is…... Click for more

Earthquaker Devices Night Wire V2 Harmonic Tremolo

EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter

The EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter is a Modulated Monophonic PLL Harmonizer with modulation. This ain't a simple pedal to describe in a few words, but we can certainly tell you that it belongs to EQD's tradition of experimental and even "synthy" stompboxes. Here's the intro from EQD's website: It takes…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Data Corrupter

EarthQuaker Devices Aqueduct Vibrato

It's a busy week for pedal releases: it's only Wednesday and Seymour Duncan, Mooer and JHS announced new pedals. Today, it's EarthQuaker Devices' turn. The Akron, Ohio based manufacturer unveiled a new "vintage-inspired pitch vibrato" pedal called Aqueduct, which by the company's standards looks like a fairly simple device, with two…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Aqueduct Vibrato

EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Overdrive

EarthQuaker Devices just unveiled a new pedal, which - rather surprisingly - appears to be a Tube Screamer evolution, named Plumes Overdrive. Of course, this ain't your regular green overdrive clone, but an entirely redesigned circuit presented as a "small signal shredder" and featuring three clipping voices selectable through a…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Overdrive