On Saturday, August 6, at EarthQuaker Devices headquarters in the heart of Akron, Ohio, your friendly pedal builders will play host to pedal lovers, gear heads, and all curious community members.
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Our latest list comes from guitarist Lzzy Hale, lead singer, and guitarist of Halestorm.
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We're back with another look at an entire category of EQD pedals- octave and pitch. This category is perfect for the sonic adventurers and the knob tweakers looking to really weird out their signal and introduce different sounds into their music.
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This unique Plumes is part of a fundraising campaign spearheaded by the organizing committee of the Firestone High School Class of 1972, who wanted to do more for their 50th reunion than simply have a good party.
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If you like the bands in the music genre of shoegaze guitar, you will need lots of pedals to recreate the layers of sound.
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It's time for another walkthrough focusing on a specific category of EarthQuaker Devices for you to chew on as you fill out your dream pedalboard with cool-sounding stompboxes.
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Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi is one of the Godfathers of heavy metal guitar and a rightfully celebrated Riff God. Though his signature tone is in his hands and his superior gear, we think we can steer any guitar player into near Iommie-esque levels of H.E.A.V.Y with just a few EQD pedals.
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We polled a few of our in-house music makers to see what pedals they have on their pedalboards and in their home studios and how they use them.
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True bypass, buffered bypass, freeway bypass. What do those terms all mean and do they make one pedal better than another?
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For this edition of "...for Noodlers," we're focusing on EarthQuaker Devices' latest stompbox sensation, the Special Cranker Overdrive!
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There are countless options for power supplies, and they all have their features, advantages, and disadvantages. You should assess how many pedals you have with each of their voltage needs, polarity, and how much current they draw.
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Philly, Philly, Philly. Where do we even begin? Home to the Rocky statue, Liberty Bell, Hall & Oates, the Fresh Prince himself, cheesesteaks, and most importantly, two absolutely fantastic guitar shops - Russo Music and DiPinto Guitars.
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Are you new and interested in the world of signal modulation, but not quite sure where to start and what you need to for your sound? Well, EQD has got you covered with a new roundup and dive into our three excellent and versatile modulation pedals.
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Filmmaker, musician, and Northeast Ohio native son, Jim Jarmusch, shares a list of guitar players that he loves.
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We've teamed up with Sweetwater (the world's leading music technology and instrument retailer) to show how well pedals work with synths and in electronic-based music and in-the-box productions.
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i've compiled a list of the most common transgressions that will leave you with more enemies than friends when you finish the session.
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Through the entirety of his three-decade career, bassist Brian Cook has made a name for himself by delivering brutal and powerfully effected tones while creating innovative music across heavy genres.
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Our newest fuzz is the Hizumitas, a simple three-knob wonder created in conjunction with Wata, guitarist of Boris. We’ve compiled a few audio clips to give you an idea of the range of sounds the Hizumitas can provide on guitar and bass.
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Hawaiian singer-songwriter-mom Isabeau Waia’u Walker talks about her Mexican made Stratocaster, writing and performing authentic Hawaiian music that doesn’t fit the comfortable stereotypes.
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The Afterneath has a bit of a reputation as an ambient player's dream or a tiny chaos machine, but if you only have space for one reverb on your pedalboard ... get a bigger pedalboard!
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