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“When it came out, there was no experimental reverb pedal category. Ifeel like it’s the first. Quote me on that!” How EarthQuaker Devices went beyond the boutique pedal boom and took left-field tones mainstream

EQD founder Jamie Stillman on the pedal that made the company famous, why the overcomplicated is not for him, and the stompbox that serves death metal and country guitarists alike

"The EF86 tube is often described as hi-fi, and honestly, that's the perfect way to describe what's coming out of this thing": EarthQuaker Devices EQD ZEQD-Pre review

"The EF86 tube is often described as hi-fi, and honestly, that's the perfect way to describe what's coming out of this thing": EarthQuaker Devices EQD ZEQD-Pre review

This new collaboration is exactly what the doctor ordered for modern guitarists suffering from a serious case of digital fatigue

“It bothers me that there is a generation that has never plugged into a tube amp because they have a free one on their laptop”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr. Z launch a tube-loaded preamp pedal – and it could be the missing piece of your digital rig puzzle

“It bothers me that there is a generation that has never plugged into a tube amp because they have a free one on their laptop”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr. Z launch a tube-loaded preamp pedal – and it could be the missing piece of your digital rig puzzle

The ZEQD-Pre pedal has been described as the ultimate end-of-signal-chain tonal tool, giving authentic tube warmth to any setup

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“You’ll notice when you play it. You hit this pedal on and your amp just becomes huge… It’s just this big, big sound”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr Z team up for a tube-driven preamp that might just be the cure for whatever ails your tone

The ZEQD-Pre has an EF86 pentode just like Dr Z's sweet high-end amps, and it might just give your rig the analogue warmth, colour, and hifi sheen you've been waiting for

“You don’t really see that a lot with competitors in other industries – throwing parties together, doing joint releases, supporting each other online”: The boutique pedal explosion and what comes next in this golden age of guitar effects

Jamie Stillman of EarthQuaker Devices gives GW a pulse check on the trends affecting what we see on our pedalboards

“A feral supernova awaits if you dime those dials”: EarthQuaker Devices Barrows Fuzz Attacker

EarthQuaker Devices' latest fuzz is a love letter to the fabled Tone Bender MkII that presents its dynamite sound in a mini-pedal format

“Even without its connection to the studio, it's simply a killer fuzz pedal”: EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter – Rancho de la Luna Limited Edition review

An EarthQuaker Devices fan-favourite makes a return, with the backing of a famed studio

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“Big Muffs are usually 'all or nothing', but the Chelsea is a different beast”: EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver Pedal review

“Big Muffs are usually 'all or nothing', but the Chelsea is a different beast”: EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver Pedal review

The secret weapon behind LCD Soundsystem's bass tone is here at last, and it's... a Big Muff?

“There was talk about doing a pedal release in conjunction with the album, and the Dirt Transmitter was the perfect fit”: EarthQuaker Devices joins forces with Dave Catching of Rancho de la Luna to bring back an old EQD fuzz classic

“There was talk about doing a pedal release in conjunction with the album, and the Dirt Transmitter was the perfect fit”: EarthQuaker Devices joins forces with Dave Catching of Rancho de la Luna to bring back an old EQD fuzz classic

The Fuzz Face-inspired Dirt Transmitter returns, complete with its second-generation Bias control – and some new artwork to celebrate Catching's legendary Joshua Tree studio

“I’m going to guess that you have heard this pedal”: EarthQuaker Devices and LCD Soundsystem join forces for a “one-of-a-kind” pedal based on James Murphy's vintage fuzz

“I’m going to guess that you have heard this pedal”: EarthQuaker Devices and LCD Soundsystem join forces for a “one-of-a-kind” pedal based on James Murphy's vintage fuzz

The Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver is a three-knob fuzz with a tone bypass switch and it sounds pretty awesome for bass and guitar alike

“The same hand soldered through-hole construction and super rare military spec germanium transistors that were used in the original”: EarthQuaker Devices celebrates two decades of stompbox design with the Hoof Fuzz 20th Anniversary Edition

“The same hand soldered through-hole construction and super rare military spec germanium transistors that were used in the original”: EarthQuaker Devices celebrates two decades of stompbox design with the Hoof Fuzz 20th Anniversary Edition

EQD takes it back to the very beginning with a deluxe reissue of the fuzzbox that started it all

“With proper playing dynamics, this creates a very cool effect that can sound like an exploding amp coming in and out of life”: EarthQuaker Devices and Lee Kiernan of IDLES introduce Gary, a drive/fuzz wildcard for maverick tone-seekers

“With proper playing dynamics, this creates a very cool effect that can sound like an exploding amp coming in and out of life”: EarthQuaker Devices and Lee Kiernan of IDLES introduce Gary, a drive/fuzz wildcard for maverick tone-seekers

There are two sides to Gary's personality, one is a wide-ranging drive. The other?Well, it's an "Automatic Pulse Width Modulation Fuzz" and it's not for the faint-hearted

“Incredible… will significantly expand your mind and your sonic palette”: Death By Audio/EarthQuaker Devices Time Shadows II review

“Incredible… will significantly expand your mind and your sonic palette”: Death By Audio/EarthQuaker Devices Time Shadows II review

EQD’s Jamie Stillman and DBA's Ollie Ackermann put their heads together and design a pedal that will blow your mind

“An ambitious foray into uncharted territory”: Tired of over-complicated delay pedals? EarthQuaker Devices’ Silos might just be the answer

“An ambitious foray into uncharted territory”: Tired of over-complicated delay pedals? EarthQuaker Devices’ Silos might just be the answer

Meet EQD’s Multi-Generational Time Reflection Device – the no-nonsense compact delay pedal with settings you’ll actually use

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Another delay pedal? But EarthQuaker Devices' Silos takes a best-of approach that has us very interested

A Multi-Generational Time Reflection Device that combines digital, analog and tape delay in a compact unit

"This Noise Defender is meant to be a noise gate but it actually makes it noisier": Revisiting Steve Albini's tour of his worst effects pedals

"As a combination, I travelled the furthest and wasted the most in terms of the percentage of value on those two pedals, of any purchase I've ever made"

“An insane synth buzz bazooka sound on the EarthQuaker side and a remorphinator of cosmic waves on the Death By Audio side”: EQD and Death By Audio revive their cult collaboration pedal, Time Shadows

The two firms’ original collaboration sold-out almost immediately in 2020, now it’s back as a full production run

Why Earthquaker Devices founder Jamie Stillman has an unbranded $200 'klone' Centaur from Ebay on his pedalboard

"It's made with garbage parts but it sounds just like it" says the guitarist and designer who's owned (and sold) two real Klons

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