• Four dedicated pedal demonstration installations themed after EarthQuaker’s most notable flagship pedals: Rainbow Machine, Avalanche Run, Space Spiral, and Erupter.
3 of these 4 are variations on delay. I wonder if the Erupter could be a harmonizer/short delay (or harmonizer/glitchy delay).
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Thu May 04, 2017 7:29 pm
by echorec
I guess this is the beginning of the Erupter story.
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 8:20 am
by echorec
So...I did some Web-sleuthing, and it's going to be a for $195.
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 12:19 pm
by echorec
*likely $195 CAD/ $145 USD
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 7:25 pm
by bobcat
look what I found: (probably same source), $195CAD
"The Erupter is the result of over two years’ worth of tone-chasing, tweaking, and experimentation in search of what EarthQuaker president and product designer Jamie Stillman calls “the ultimate classic fuzz tone . . . with a big low end, but not too mushy, a biting top end without being too harsh, and just enough output to politely send a tube amp over the top.”
In developing the Erupter, Stillman “[used] every trick [he] ever learned” to craft a fuzz Device that sounds good with any pickup type anywhere in the effects chain, even before a wah pedal, and without any impedance mismatching. To this end, the Erupter uses a buffered input section, transformer-based pickup simulation, new production 5% ½ watt carbon composition resistors, metallized polyester film capacitors, Sprague and BC electrolytic capacitors, and low-gain, hand-matched NOS silicon transistors to deliver a “well-rounded and defined fuzz tone with just enough pummeling intensity.”
The Erupter’s simple control set stands in stark relief of its rigorous design process. A single control labeled “Bias” adjusts the amount of voltage fed to the NOS silicon transistors. Low “Bias” settings yield a rude, spongy fuzz tone with plenty of sag and a blossoming attack envelope that’s gated without entering “dying battery” territory. As the “Bias” control is increased, additional harmonics stack atop the input signal, producing a stiffer, more complex fuzz tone with a tighter response, increased output, and longer sustain. The Erupter uses a fixed output level and gain setting for the “thickest fuzz possible,” and to “push the full frequency range of the guitar out front when you kick it on.”
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 8:49 pm
by echorec
I can't see anything on EQD's social media sites, but these are on the Tube.
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 9:42 pm
by jrfox92
Sounds nice but doesn't sound like something I'd want in the one-knob format.
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 9:50 pm
by Inconuucl
If I wanted that sound I'd just go for a Frazz Dazzler?
However, I have plans for a board of one knobbers, so this might fit the bill.
Times are hard for the GASsy man.
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 9:14 am
by jrmy
HMMMMMMMMMMMM...
I remain skeptical of one-knobbers, but would like to try this out in person..
Also, an FYI, EQD's Memorial Day sale is about two weeks away, and one of the rare times you can get unused EQD products at a manufacturer-approved discount.
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 5:44 am
by benjuro
jrmy wrote: HMMMMMMMMMMMM...
I remain skeptical of one-knobbers, but would like to try this out in person..
I dig one-knobbers but they're definitely hit or miss. I love my Acapulco Gold but had two others that didn't have quite the same voicing and were meh.
The Gearmanndude riffs in the EQD demo aren't selling me on this.
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 11:45 am
by jrfox92
benjuro wrote:The Gearmanndude riffs in the EQD demo aren't selling me on this.
I think that, if anything, Gearmandude demos have actually turned me away from pedals. Like every time he does something related to pitch shifting, octaves, reverb, delay, modulation...overdrive, fuzz, distortion.
Just awful.
Re: EQD Erupter
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 12:22 pm
by rickenbastard
I really want to try this. Curious how it will mix with my amp gain. I think it sounds amazing.