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TechKnow : Ask A Tech Nerd

Malcolm X Abram

You asked, he answered and now you lucky pedalheads shall receive some expert tech advice from EQD’s beloved tech blogger Lane Sparber, a.k.a Mr. TechKnow.

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categories TechKnow, How To
tags JFET, pedal, effects, Strymon, Flint, Hoof, Dirt Transmitter, headroom, voltage, tremolo, bass, fuzz, kill switch, volume, knob, bias, transistors, vacuum, tube, hardware, solder, soldering iron, tech, DIY, buffer, wah, Fuzz Face, BOSS, reverb, circuit, impedance, EarthQuaker, polychorus, 24v, vintage, Fender, Tweed, Champ, AlNiCo, Vox AC15, AC30, midrange, Celestial, amp, blogger, guitar, EQD

EQD on Record: May 2020

Uri Garcia

Attention tone hounds: here are a few releases for this month. Please check out these albums in your desired format and support the artists that use our pedals!

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categories EQD on Record
tags Koko Die Rutyny, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Viscerals, Sweet Spirit Trinidad, Josh Lippi and the Overtimers Sacramento EP, Broken Record I Died Laughing, The Bottom Dollars Eye of a Radio, Caveman New Sides EP, Forager Arthur/Contact High, Harkin, Aqueduct, Avalanche Run, Plumes, Hoof, Disaster Transport SR, Rainbow Machine, Data Corrupter, Ghost Echo, Dunes, Dispatch Master, Gray Channel, White Light, Hummingbird, Grand Orbiter, Sea Machine, Night Wire, Speaker Cranker, The Warden, Afterneath, The Depths

Ahmed Gallab and the Legend of Sinkane

Anna Blumenthal

We chat about his incredible journey - both geographical and musical, from playing in high school hardcore bands to the process of developing his solo project, Sinkane, all the while getting scooped up by bands like Caribou, Of Montreal and Yeasayer.

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categories Interviews
tags Ahmed Gallab, Sinkane, Caribou, Of Montreal, Yeasayer, Atomic Bomb Band, William Onyeabor, Luaka Bop, Avalanche Run, Grand Orbiter, Zap Machine, Hummingbird, The Warden, Hoof, Dream Crusher, Terminal, Roland Jet Phase, Brown Dog Gated Fuzz, BOSS DD-500, BOSS MD-500, VOX AC15, Stone Deaf FX Fig Fumb

The Black Angels’ Kyle Hunt: “My main goals were to buy a Moog synthesizer and a BMX bike.”

Anna Blumenthal

I wanted to move away from home, get a BMX bike, and a Moog. Those were the two things that were on my list, and those were the first two things that I did.

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categories Interviews
tags The Black Angels, Kyle Hunt, EarthQuaker Devices, Hoof, Space Spiral, fuzz, delay, modulated delay, Christian Bland, Austin Texas, Levitation, DOD, Supra Distortion, Tube Screamer, Prescription Electronics, Tone Machine, TS9, Tama, Moog, Micromoog, Minimoog, Fender Rhodes, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, distortion, Fleetwood Mac, Donovan, the Beatles, Anthrax, Primus, Slayer, Biohazard, Faith No More, Nirvana, C&C Drums, Pearl, Lita Ford, Alvarez, Crate, Ozzy Osbourne, Big Muff, Chorus, Pro Tools, levitation, Squier, Passover, Mineral, Hairball Audio, Fairchild, Universal Audio, Soundtoys, 500 Series, Wurlitzer, piano, humbucker, Dan Auerbach, the Black Keys

Board to Death Ep. 11: Pallbearer's Brett Campbell & Devin Holt

Aaron Rogers

“For live stuff, I stick with pedals that are going to be the most useful,” says Pallbearer’s Brett Campbell. As the frontman for the Arkansas sludgelords, Campbell’s ideal tone is much like his powerful vocal delivery, “heavy…warm, and clear.” To achieve his signature sound, Campbell needs gear that can keep up with his low A-E-A-D-F#-B tuning. “[The Hoof] is very controllable for a fuzz,” he says...

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categories Board To Death
tags Pallbearer, Hoof, Tone Job, Avalanche Run, Levitation, Arrows, The Warden, Fuzz, compression, reverb, delay, boost, EQ

EarthQuaker Session: Earthless - "Violence of the Red Sea"

Aaron Rogers

What a trip. We invited San Diego instrumental riff worshipers Earthless to EQD HQ to tear through this ripping performance of “Violence of the Red Sea” off their album From the Ages, and the sound was monumental...

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categories EarthQuaker Session
tags Earthless, Isaiah Mitchell, Hoof, Grand Orbiter, Dunes, Spires, grand orbiter, disaster transport sr, Fuzz, Overdrive, Reverb, Delay, Phaser, Vibrato