EQD.Hoof.Reaper

Coming Soon! 

Hoof Reaper Octave Fuzz Street Date: Friday November 23, 2012 Watch a video demo:  MAP: $295.00 USD The Hoof Reaper features our popular Hoof and Tone Reaper fuzz pedals in one handy enclosure with the added bonus of an old school analog octave up. It was originally released as a special limited run item back in 2010 and demand was so high that we decided to reintroduce it back into our line on a semipermanent basis. This device will be manufactured in limited quantities.

EarthQuaker.Quick.Demo

Here's a quick demo with a few of our favorites from the EarthQuaker line up. We delayed, verbed, organized & rainbowed for this one. Enjoy!

Pedals On: Tone Job, Ghost Echo, Dispatch Master, Disaster Transport, Disaster Transport Jr, Rainbow Machine, Organizer

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EQD.Talons

$195.00 + Shipping

The newest from EarthQuaker Devices is here! 

The Talons is an extremely versatile overdrive with options of a clean OD all the way to heavy metal and everything in between. In EarthQuaker style this all handmade machine will not break the bank, coming in at just $195. 

From EQD: "The Talons Overdrive is a project we have been working on for a long time at EQD. After nearly a year of variations and fine tuning we finally nailed the versatility we were after! It very well may be the best and most useful go-to overdrive we have ever heard! Embracing best-of-breed functionalities, it features a full active tone stack, a presence control for sculpting the top end and more gain than one should ever need from an overdrive in a very compact format. Unlike all our other overdrives, the Talons was not designed to emulate any specific sound or era. It can be glassy and open, scooped and chunky, gritty and wild, light and airy, drunk and unhinged... Maximize your visionary functionalities with the Talons! Artwork by the legendary Dan Grzeca!"

The Talons is an ultra flexible dirt machine that can go from clean to crunch and everything in between with a swift turn of the gain control. Add to that a powerful active 3 band equalization sector and some top end contour via the presence control and you’ve got one versatile little buddy at your disposal. Unlike all our other overdrives, the Talons was not designed to emulate any specific sound or era. It can be glassy and open, scooped and chunky, gritty and wild, light and airy, drunk and unhinged… it will not disappoint you.

True Bypass and Handmade with sweet loving care in Akron, Ohio.

Measures

4 5/8″ x 2 1/2″ x 2.25″ with knobs

Power

A standard 9-18 volt DC power supply intended for musical instruments with a negative center 2.1mm barrel. 18v will yield higher headroom with a slightly brighter, stronger tone and more volume. We strongly recommend a high quality power supply with isolated outputs and good filtering to avoid unwanted noise. Will also run off a 9v battery for you olde tymee types.

Controls

Treble: Noon is flat, boost is clockwise from noon, cut is counter clockwise from noon.
Middle: Noon is flat, boost is clockwise from noon, cut is counter clockwise from noon.
Bass: Noon is flat, boost is clockwise from noon, cut is counter clockwise from noon.
Presence: Adjusts the top end and upper mids to control the amount of “sizzle” in the dirt. Turn clockwise for a brighter tone, counter clockwise to mellow it out.
Gain: Preamp volume control. Controls the amount of dirt available, from clean to heavy crunch.
Level: Master volume control. There is a lot of level on tap, please adjust accordingly.

EQD.Monarch

We get a lot of questions on this more than fantastic overdrive by EarthQuaker Devices and as OD's go it's on of the best not to mention one of our personal favorites. 

Monarch Overdrive

The Monarch Overdrive is an all discrete, FET based dirt machine. It’s designed around the input stage of a vintage amp produced by a company that bears the same name as the color of the monarch (hint...). It’s been configured to produce higher gains that sound very natural and free of compression. The treble and bass controls function as frequency boosters, not the traditional roll off filters in most OD’s. They are located in the preamp section and have a large impact on the over all tone, nature and distortion characteristics of the pedal as well as your amp. It gives big bottom end with a snappy, bright top at all gain ranges with some careful tuning of the tone controls. If you are looking for an overdrive for big fat chords with excellent low end retention, this is it! And, yes, it's true bypass.

Handmade with sweet loving care in Akron Ohio.

Measures4.37" X 2.37" X 1.75" with knobs

PowerAny regulated 9-18 volt DC power supply with a negative 2.1mm center barrel. Higher voltages will yield more headroom with a fatter and more focused tone and a wider gain range.Controls:Treble- Boosts the HighsBass- Boosts the LowsGain- Controls the overdriveLevel- Output

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EQD.Tone.Job

$145.00 U.S.

The newest creation from EarthQuaker Devices is here!

Tone Job

Welcome to the Tone Job, a complete tone enhancement tool designed around a stereo preamp to cover as much frequency range as possible. What does this mean for you, the user? It means it can handle a wide variety of frequencies from electrical guitars, bass guitar, synthesizer machines and just about anything else you can plug in. The treble, bass and middle controls can cut or boost up to 20db. In addition to that, the level control will boost the signal (post EQ) up to 5 times the input depending on where the dial is set. It's very plug and play and easy to dial in on all applications.

Controls

Level: Post EQ volume control. Can boost the signal up to 5x the input. Unity is around 10 O’ Clock. 

Treble: Noon is flat, boost is clockwise from noon, cut is counter clockwise from noon.


Bass: Noon is flat, boost is clockwise from noon, cut is counter clockwise from noon.


Middle: Noon is flat, boost is clockwise from noon, cut is counter clockwise from noon.

Treble affects frequencies from around 2k Hz up, bass affects frequencies from around 500 Hz down. The middle is an adjustable resonant filter acting as a mid-range control with it’s center frequency around 1k Hz. Treble and bass response are dependent on middle control settings.

EQD.Speaker.Cranker

SPEAKER CRANKER IS NOT A BOOSTER, IT'S AN OVERDRIVE.

The Speaker Cranker is an all discrete dirt enhancement device designed to give your amp some grit and a slight boost without drastically changing the character or tone of your set up. It’s perfect for those that don’t like to fiddle with pesky controls yet want to add a little tube-like breakup or enhance an already over driven amp (or pedal) to give it some extra crunch without over loading the preamp. The single “More” control allows you choose the amount of break up you desire. Just like you would with a tube amp, back it off to thin out the sound and clean it up or crank it up for a fuller sound with a bit of compression.

Measures4.37" X 2.37" X 1.5" with knobs

Power9v Battery or any standard 9 volt DC power supply with a negative center 2.1mm barrel.

Controls:
More- Controls the amount of dirt

EQD.Bit.Commander

This is one of our favorites of EarthQuaker Device's line up and it demands attention!

The Bit Commander is a monophonic analog guitar synthesizer with four octaves of vintage square wave synth tones. It’s no-nonsense interface makes it easy to add or subtract octaves to create a wide variety of sounds without having to dial in envelopes or oscillators. Ripping sub-octave thump, pulsing octave down, a lightly squared base tone and a swelling transformer based octave up all join together to make a single guitar sound like an army of olde tyme synths.

Like all analog octave effects, there are some basic rules to follow that will get you the most enjoyment from your Bit Commander. Use the neck pickup and play single notes. The best tracking occurs from the 7th fret up on all the strings. Below the 7th will still track but there will be occasional glitches and stutters. The lower the note, the harder it is for the Bit Commander to register. The use of Bass and lower registers on keyboards will yield unexpected, sometimes pleasing, sometimes disgusting results. These are not mistakes or flaws, it is the nature of analog octaves.

Controls:

Sub: Two octaves down level

Down 1: One octave down level

Up 1: One octave up level

Base: Squared input signal level

Level: Master volume

Filter: Tone control, more highs clockwise, more warmth counter clockwise

The Bit Commander is analog & true bypass. Made by hand! 

Reviewed here by Premier Guitar Magazine! 

EQD.Press.Release

We are happy to announce two new pedals from EarthQuaker Devices. These two devices were released at Winter Namm 2012 and are sure to make waves much like the recent release of the Rainbow Machine.

Read all about them and get psyched to get yours from Elevation Boutiques as soon as they are up for purchase! 

The Organizer

The Organizer is a polyphonic organ emulator with controls 

for octave up, octave down, choir, direct signal, lag and tone. 

Like the highly praised Rainbow Machine, it uses a mix of 

analog and DSP circuitry with true by-pass switching. The 

organizer has a warm and very analog feel with a hint of 

Leslie warble that is unlike other modern octave shifters. It 

tracks all over the neck on both guitar and bass on both 

notes as well as chords. The unique choir control takes a 

blend of the octave up, octave down and direct signal to give 

you an additional octave up, +2 octaves up, octave down, +2 

octaves down and direct feed with a roomy delay that is 

unbelievable! On top of that, it has compact foot print and 

great price! 

Controls: 

• Octave up (polyphonic octave up level Octave down 

(polyphonic octave down level) Choir (multi octave voice) 

• Direct (analog direct signal level) 

• Tone (LP filter) 

• Lag (delay between the wet and dry signal) 

• MAP: $185.00 USD Release Date: March 2012 

Tone Job

The tone job is an all analog active guitar and bass EQ and 

booster with a small foot print. It was designed to be subtle 

yet highly effective while dialing in all the right frequencies. It 

was tuned by ear using a number of different guitar and amp 

combinations with the goal of delivering booming low end, 

chiming highs and cutting mids without being overbearing 

like most guitar oriented EQ’s on the market. Simple and 

effective, exactly what a guitar EQ should be. 

• Level (boost control) Bass 

• Middle 

• Treble 

• MAP: $165.00 USD Release Date: June 2012

EQD.Rainbow.Machine

Okay, this one just couldn't wait for the newsletter! The Rainbow Machine is the newest noisemaker from EarthQuaker Devices!

The Rainbow Machine is a Polyphonic Pitch Shifting/Harmonizing/Alien Aliasing Modulation Generator

This one is for experimenters, adventurists and noisemakers. Totally not for purists and/or tone hounds, there are no “natural sounds” that will come from this box. It takes modern DSP and uses it as a tool of future past to create real time pitch shifting using digital oscillators. The sound is much different than most modern day pitch shifting devices. It was imagineered to be wild and out of control and slightly imperfect while still tracking up and down the guitar neck without glitching out. A cold digital beast made to pretend it has feelings. It will do basic polyphonic harmonies from a 4th down through a 3rd up and every atonal pitch in between.

 You may add in an accompanying 

octave to the harmony by bringing up the Secondary function control. You can take it way beyond and open up your third eye by bringing in the Magic. The Magic is the heart of the Rainbow Machine. In conjunction with the Tracking control, the Magic creates wild pitch take offs and descend’s, chaos chorusing, shrieks, pixie trails and wealth of other general mayhem inducing noises. The pitch can be controled by an external expression pedal for extra fun! The Rainbow Machine can be used on bass, keys, vocals or anything else you can dream up!