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350 West Bowery Street
Akron, OH, 44307
United States
+1 330 252-9220
Official website for EarthQuaker Devices. We build guitar effects by hand in the quaint landlocked city of Akron, Ohio.
Thanks to digital technology emulating analog circuitry, it is possible to find smaller effects units that provide the feeling of a real tube amp. Some pedals are meant to emulate only tube amps, while others can handle a variety of amplifier simulations.
Read MoreFixing broken guitars can be daunting, but you may surprise yourself with what you are capable of doing when you to have to fix something on the fly. Are you ready? Let’s get into it.
Read MoreWe are very excited to announce that Mission Engineering has created an EarthQuaker Devices Expression Pedal, the EQD-1!
Read MoreThe Data Corrupter is a lot more than just your passport to noise nirvana. Here are half a dozen super-usable Data Corrupter settings that are well worth checking out.
Read MoreGina Gleason (lead shredder for Baroness) humbly commands you to check out this list of five crushing bands immediately!
Read MoreVernon Reid of Living Colour lists his most important & less obvious guitar influences.
Read MoreAnother month, another batch of amazing releases from our EarthQuaker artists.
Read MoreFrom releasing a powerful album and then reimagining it entirely, to recording with Sting and touring with Bruce Springsteen, this Oakland soul visionary is just happy to be here.
Read MoreHere are five classic songs with instantly recognizable chorus sounds, along with the Aurelius settings that will help you replicate them.
Read MoreDavid Pajo (Slint, Papa M, Tortoise, Stereolab, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gang of Four) lists his guitar inspirations.
Read MoreEver since I started playing guitar at 12 years old, I struggled to feel like I fit in. As a young woman, I didn’t see myself represented in music. All my musical peers were boys, and all my teachers were men.
Read MoreWhether you’re into epically melodic heavy rock, layers and layers of effect-drenched guitars and synths, atmospheric pop-punk emo, blazing guitar virtuosity, Sabbath-on-steroids British doom or outerspacey 60s garage swimming in a sea of righteous reverb - or, like, all of the above - we have something for you!
Read MoreBeing a huge admirer of players such as John McGeoch, Keith Levene, and Robert Smith, I like to have some form of modulation and/or chorus on almost all the time. This is also the case for distorted sounds. I’m almost always trying to do something to disfigure the sound.
Read MoreHere are five things you can do with a phaser — i.e., five good reasons you should definitely have one in your sonic arsenal…
Read MoreDave Depper of Death Cab for Cutie discloses his Five Favorite Guitar Players.
Read MoreIn this guest blog post, PLANT Group co-founder / executive director Austin Arrington talks about their upcoming exhibition at Brooklyn gallery The Locker Room, and interviews composers Jesse Serrano, Wicked Rio, and Jo3yott on working with EarthQuaker Devices to help compose a nature-based soundscape for the show.
Read MoreWe kicked off 2023 with a spate of killer new releases from our family of artists.
Read MoreFor most guitarists, choosing an overdrive or distortion pedal is one of the most important decisions to be made, because a lot of us consider our distorted tones to be our signature sound.
Read MoreHow can you heal your band? Healing your band or healing anything has to start with the individual.
Read MoreWhile December is generally not a popular time for new music releases, last month’s lack of quantity was more than made up for in QUALITY.
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