EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz | Tone Report Demo

[@hazelelcamino7453]

I can’t imagine, at this point, how many pedals you’ve sold for various companies. You always pull out the absolute best in every pedal. We’re lucky to have you, Andy!

[@AndyDemos]

Thanks so much, I love this job and I get to share my music in there as well. Much appreciated!👍🏻

[@Lycanthropy54or]

We’re not worthy!

[@MinorInfluence92]

Made me buy the Bellows and the Cloven Hoof

[@randallgrealish658]

Hey Andy. Awesome demo as always. I picked up a Hagstrom Ultra Max and wondered if you could recommend a good case for it? Not finding any Hagstrom cases around so appreciate your opinion. Cheers

[@GearSmackMusic]

@Zach Sabbath Wtf....?

[@okimotdm]

And this is why Andy will forever be the king of gear demos!

[@AndyDemos]

Much appreciated! 🤘

[@edadpops1709]

Talented dude 🤙🤙

[@ThelurkingScottsman]

He really is. Dude is responsible for a myriad of my pedal purchases 💯

[@randallgrealish658]

Andy is that Hagstrom for sale?

[@AndyDemos]

@@randallgrealish658 Nope! I’ve relied on it for many demos. If you mean for sale in general, I don’t think the cherry burst is still made but it’s the Korean made Super Swede (Railhammer pups) 👍🏻

[@davisgwynn4295]

Can’t believe we live in a time where Boris gets their own signature pedal and it rips this hard

[@svartmetall]

I know, right? It's clearly some sort of trap...

[@zenmonkey9]

Andy's serene, bemused expression while he calmly churns out the chunk is pure gold.

[@regularnimnule9715]

THIS is the demo I was waiting for ever since learning this was going to drop. Andy just knows EXACTLY what to play to showcase the very best any piece of gear has to offer. Fuck yeah!

[@heggy_69]

The purple actually looks cooler than the black

[@jackarcher_]

Absolute crushing sounds!

[@thewhyzardinblack4808]

EQD is exciting enough but with BORIS?! Hail the Riff Lords for blessing us 🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@josephdubuc5482]

I think that was the first time Ive seen andy really smile like that and thats gotta say a lot about this pedal.

[@Simto]

“Hizumi” means distortion in Japanese. Fitting name. Cool pedal

[@sine_wave1]

The low-end is just as good as a Civil War Pedal. And top-mounted controls!

[@lzryd]

That's exactly what I heard too comparing it to my Civil War clone.

[@sonictemple2925]

I can’t wait to get mine. Great job Andy. I’m interested to pair it with my Life Pedal.

[@WitchxBrew]

God that intro riff sold me on the pedal

[@walterbarth4690]

Been seeing your reviews for years. Always a great job.

[@vetzaaak]

Finally, a muff type fuzz pedal with three controls and a status led. About time.

[@johndiaz1024]

LOL ..oh gosh

[@ErosGalaxia]

Nah, this muff has a usable midrange that will cut through the mix.

[@spacebass79g98]

@@ErosGalaxia I don’t do muffs for that very reason and why I feel like this will be the Muff I’ll finally settle on.

[@nickolasecker9596]

I know, everyone is going crazy for it. Don’t get me wrong, it sounds great, but honestly you could just use an EQ pedal in front of the muff you already probably own and get close enough. Muffs are my fave, and I’d totally buy this if I didn’t already own the jhs crimson (also has a mid boost), Ram’s head, op amp and triangle reissues as well as the nyc.

[@spacebass79g98]

@@nickolasecker9596 I have both and they sound different to me. The Crimson is closer to the Op Amp Fuzz section on my Darkside IMO. Love em both though! 😀

[@whataboutit1430]

That intro is kickass af! Andy's got riffs \m/

[@deathbysonar]

I have to say thanks to eqd for this one. Proud to be an Ohio native. Definitely going to get my hands on one of these.

[@toddjoseph1tj]

Another plus side of this pedal made in my State

[@grapejuice2589]

The legendary guitarist Willie Lopez jr. III used this fuzz on every album he recorded with the band Turtle Cum!!!

[@albertyamoah8827]

Andy, please for the love of fuzz, make that opener into a song!

[@autosmiley1532]

This playing (guitar servicing music) is such a pleasure to ear... O-M-F-G 🤩

[@GRen1990]

Coming here first of all for Andy's guitar playing. The gear is so secondary in these videos.

[@ThorneyedWT]

Warching this video I suddenly realize what those rubber sides on shoes are for.

[@thetribalist6923]

Awesome opening song, Andy. Was this a cover or something original?

[@AndyDemos]

Thank you, it’s an original tune inspired by the pedal!

[@thetribalist6923]

@@AndyDemos that’s awesome! Love your originals, especially the aggressive ones. We need an album soon! Also, thanks for taking time to talk to us fans! I’ve been a huge fan of yours for almost a decade, so it’s a thrill to have your respond to one of my questions.

[@tommygungd]

@@AndyDemos Sounds great. Looked through the comments to see if it was a real song. You got some sick riffs Andy!

[@AndyDemos]

@@tommygungd I really appreciate it!

[@AndreaAustoni]

@@AndyDemos You've been writing originals for your demos since forever. Impressive output! Always a pleasure to listen to you.

[@enema_myanemones598]

Please just start a DOOM band

[@joermnyc]

Band name idea: Ghost Pick (since Andy never uses one)

[@francismcfadden3305]

Dude seriously. He's the best at demoing fuzz pedals because of this, I swear lmao

[@kilgoretrout321]

​@@joermnyc maybe Ghoststrike? Pick is too referential to music but strike is a synonymous verb that works

[@ElChadinotunes]

Man, sounds so good! I def wanna try this out.

[@kevinhetzel8654]

Andy crushed this opener...wowwwwww

[@caught.in.throes]

What's the tune?

[@christopherwilliams1059]

That opening riff is nassssstyyyyyyyyy

[@eDWICHt]

This is f'ing incredible! Holy cow, I think I need a bit of a lie-down after the crushing that just occurred.

[@chaoticembrace6984]

I needed a smoke....and a shower !!!

[@AndyDemos]

Thanks so much!! Your drums helped a bit 🤘

[@thefrankly]

EPIC, this totally delivers that square sound of the BM... wowza

[@dmac3316]

I played one of these in a guitar shop yesterday. Fantastic pedal. 👍

[@kyleplunkett2490]

Damn, those fuzz tones are way better than the classic Big Muff! I am impressed!

[@4stringjoe2]

This sounds much less "fizzy" than W&C's White Elk. Great demos as always Andy! Definitely...scooping...one of these soon.

[@clawfoot8400]

7:30 2 knobs, 1 hand, amazing Andy!

[@mazzaroth7]

Torn between this and the Sunn O))) Life V3... I haven't seen a video of anybody doing anything with the V3 besides letting it drone on that killer wall of doom Opinions?

[@chaoticembrace6984]

your a MADMAN BADASS GUNSLINGER MR. ANDY !!!!!! ......(promotion paid for by your good friends, everywhere!!!)...........this was EPIC!!!!

[@theshape100]

Andy is the king!

[@IronSwan-ll5ju]

I didn't see this coming. Really cool!

[@MEGAMIGA]

Yet another fuzz... Yet another GREAT fuzz! Will have to check this woman!

[@carolinehaf21]

Okay so yesterday I bought the Fender oxblood jazzmaster and today they drop this incredible fuzz pedal after I've been weighing up fuzz pedals between op amp and rams head and everything in between for weeks?? It's a sign...

[@ahmadsyahmi1461]

Last riff so sick man!

[@lucastedman9867]

You Sir are fucking brilliant!

[@tite93]

Andy should start a Sunn O))) cover band with all that gain!

[@edadpops1709]

Oh yea awesome pedal I never knew about

[@tylercarter5724]

Just found out Jonny Greenwood uses this with The Smile 🤯 sounds so good!

[@jimbaaab]

Love it when Jonny goes 'Graham Coxon' at the end of Bending Hectic.

[@malcolmbliss777]

It came today…. Holy friggin’ shnikes! Love love ❤️!

[@chrisegg7936]

not only do I want this pedal now but I also want a reverend and a baritone

[@nicolas.grisanti]

That sounds amazing as everything EQD does!

[@sandyturner1911]

I got one of these new, and it was extremely noisy. I assumed it was faulty, so I returned it. I'm wondering if anyone else has that problem? I really like the way this sounds, but I couldn't get it to sound musical, there was so much mechanical noise. Thanks, Andy!

[@kosmonument2682]

No noise but I have gone through two of them trying to get one that isn't damaged.

[@d_walsh]

Thats what im worrying about

[@IsaacJDean]

Never thought I'd see the day when you went down to Drop G# Andy! Totally awesome. Ordered the limited edition, but had to go through a freight forwarder to get it to the UK so we'll see how that goes :|

[@dimitriosilio3039]

Amazing pedal, so much to do with it

[@ElFimpo]

I'm gonna buy this pedal. I love the sound WAY too much!!!

[@toddjoseph1tj]

I have it it's badass

[@ElFimpo]

@@toddjoseph1tj Since i play loads of Psychadelic this pedal is fucking perfect.

[@ReddestRosa]

I love how positive this comments section is

[@teriakamoto]

Had the Promotional Hizumitas Fuzz w/ Record in my Cart to wake up and find it Sold Out. In Black ! Luck of the Irish. Gotta be quick. Did everyone or anyone know about this release ? Were there hints or info on a EQD site ? Guess i'm out of the loop. Is this going to be another Sun O))) Life pedal situation ?

[@ps2lover666]

There were a couple teasers posted by EQD earlier in the week, I believe. I've been keeping a close eye since Boris is one of my favorite bands and I've been in the market for a good fuzz pedal that would give me a similar tone. Glad I waited!

[@teriakamoto]

@@ps2lover666 Score ! Don't Ya love Blackout pedals !

[@teriakamoto]

Thanks Andrew !

[@limozeenjenkins]

They only made 500 of the black/silver variant, but the purple ones are going to be a regular production model.

[@teriakamoto]

@@limozeenjenkins Thank Yous

[@malcolmbliss777]

Bought mine from seeing and hearing this video. Niiiice.

[@wesmitchem825]

Holy shit that's right up my alley with all that bass and great fuzz I thought I was done buying fuzz pedals but I guess not

[@3star2nr]

Cant have too many fuzz pedals

[@andrewfuentes1632]

Immediately ordered 🤙🏽 Gomma go great with my Pink Eu Claire Thunder

[@markferguson3745]

Will always be a classic-, pink , Baby, or not.

[@jimilee459]

Great sounding pedal. It could make good use of a Q knob. I can hear the need in the all treble settings. It would add another dimension to it. We all feel like we know you. Always the best. You’re my go to when looking at different pedals.

[@terminalglimmer]

The EHX Deluxe Big Muff has a parametric midrange control if you're looking for something along those lines.

[@fuzzmountain7583]

Love it. EQD does fuzz right.

[@joshuasummers6109]

I'd have a hard time getting rid of my Hoof Reaper.

[@1upfx281]

This pedal is killer!

[@rhapsody1the]

would this work on a bass love the sound

[@ArgentPure]

The Frost Giant Electronics Massif - one knob to rule them all!

[@SlyHikari03]

Sounds pretty rad.

[@useless987]

Damn, that opening jam is so tasty.

[@proxymerchant]

Ordered IMMEDIATELY

[@matthewcurtiss7557]

That Jazzmaster riff was so nice

[@matttorres8921]

Was really wondering how this would sound on a Jazzmaster style pickup, sounded pretty surprisingly good! Would really like to hear what this sounds like with a compressor and a JM pickup. Maybe it's not much different, just curious.

[@kylegreen434]

4:30 in the vid he uses a jm homie

[@matttorres8921]

@@kylegreen434 For sure, I saw that

[@ManicMaximus]

The sound is already squashed and the sustain is crazy. Why would you want to add a compressor to a waveform that look like a sausage?

[@matttorres8921]

@@ManicMaximus Not sure, just interested

[@jasunfeddema7539]

That's super heavy

[@SisterRose]

what a fucking killer intro

[@JoeAmaral427]

Just received this pedal. Anyone want to buy it?

[@webinfront]

Opening song was very Soundgarden-esque.

[@kimL93]

5:57 smiles sold im gonna buy them tomorrow!

[@davelang7838]

welp i'm sold

[@andredegiant3876]

“See Boris has a way of seeing right through my eyes”

[@desperatemeasures5514]

Andy I watched both your reviews of this pedal and the giygas pedal and they are both stone cold awesome. You do great vides and when I have a question about the real tone of a pedal I look specifically for your reviews which are straightforward fair and just plain rock. I am now torn between Hizumitas Fuzz and Giygas fuzz. I play bass for a stoner rock group with similar tones to electric wizard black sabbath O.R.B etc. I'm leaning toward the giygas because I play both guitar and bass and I love that this has switchable eq but the Hizumitas is also equally inpressive. What do you suggest? How can I decide between theses pedals?

[@edadpops1709]

Sweet Reverand

[@I_dont_even_like_money]

Andy, do you have any music projects/bands?

[@supersonicnomad8437]

What is the opening jam??? Killer pedal. Killer demo. Thanks Andy. \m/

[@eDWICHt]

It's an Andy original he came up with for this demo using one of my drum tracks I regularly provide him with. (;

[@supersonicnomad8437]

@@eDWICHt thank you! Right on & rock on! \m/

[@manson90x22]

Something like cornish p2?

[@chunkyfunkdunk]

Is that a Data figurine?? Tight.

[@DubZero1]

Killer fuzz, but how do you maintain such a not so mysterious smile while playing? The rest of us look like we are in pain while we play such wicked licks. Poker face.

[@jake_dumb]

Haven’t liked a Fuzz this much in awhile

[@subjectt.change6599]

So the cool color ISNT limited? Got it.

[@TheTargetedScapegoat]

Can’t wait to plug this into my cat and launch him across the obsidian death mines where we forever toil - forever toil - where we forever toil - toil.

[@trenceraponer]

Was that Obituary at the end?

[@thecaptainatlas]

But...I just bought a fuzz pedal! 😵 This sounds amazing.

[@ArgentPure]

Get use to it! LOL

[@EasyHeat]

Those pups in that Hagstrom freakin' RIP!!!

[@nicoguarini28]

Pedal sounds very thick but one must remember some of that is from it's ultra low tuning. G#?

[@iamgodbringmecake]

Late night pedal demos..I’m down

[@dreamingone615]

Andy! Toss me your pick!

[@オールマイト-y1f]

Wow, a Fuzz that sounds actually usable.

[@joshsolo9398]

were you only using this pedal, or also running distortion or high gain amp channel with it?

[@LeviBulger]

I had an original Elk Sustainer and then the Wren and Cuff white elk at one point in time. I have to be honest that neither of them sounded better than a good Muff, imo. Unless there's something special about this one (can't wait to try it), I'm pretty sure I would still prefer a Muff. The "Elk" style muffs always have insane amounts of low end and hardly any mid-range. So in the bedroom, they do a great Smashing Pumpkins thing but struggle to cut in a mix. Even more so with drop tunings. Based on everything I've heard from this pedal, it sounds very much like an Op Amp Muff. That might be a good thing and I'm hoping that this one can actually poke through a mix. I'd be totally on board for one if so. As it stands now, I'm pretty keen on the Big Muff Tone Wicker and the Skreddy Mayo as my two fave Muffs. P19 if I'm trying get Gilmour type leads.

[@TheNeonMuppet]

I just picked up an op amp and I’m sitting here going, wait, this sounds exactly like the pedal I just bought. And trying to talk myself down from ordering, and u just confirmed it haha. I sounds almost identical to my ears. But, then again, one can never have too much muff

[@LeviBulger]

@@TheNeonMuppet lol yeah there'd probably be a lot of overlap between the two. Are you into Rats at all? I find that between a good versatile muff and a Rat, you can cover a LOT of ground in the realm of that particular type of fuzz. I really really like the Tone Wicker Muff for versatility and its immediate attack, but if the Deluxe Big Muff wasn't so big, I would absolutely use that as my only one. It's even more versatile. It can even do the Elk/Op Amp type of tone.

[@TheNeonMuppet]

@@LeviBulger I haven’t entered the rat world yet. I’m still stuck on the ds-1. I think I’m gonna pull the trigger on the new JHS pack rat. I figure I can’t go wrong and will probably be the cheapest way to explore all the different ones. Do u stack ur fuzz with the rat? I find with them ds-1 and the op amp, they don’t play that nice together it’s kinda one or the other. But I would like to be able to stack them.

[@LeviBulger]

@@TheNeonMuppet The Rat will change your life! Lol. I would honestly skip the pack rat. There's almost no difference between all the different Rats that came out through the years other than the components. Not only that, but everyone I've talked to about the Pack Rat says none of the modes sound better than a basic Rat, and that like most JHS pedals, they have way too much high end which is definitely something the Rat doesn't want. The overall best Rat for the money that you can get is probably the Fat Rat. Or if you want to stay budget friendly, I can vouch that the mini Rat they released a few months ago is awesome and you can even upgrade the chip if you want. But I personally love the Fat Rat. What's funny is that for years Josh Scott has been saying that a Rat is a Rat is a Rat and now suddenly he's changing that tune so he can sell his new pedal. All the modes seem to just have different frequency centers, so basically it's just like changing the dial on the gain ans filter knobs. Go for the Proco is my advice.

[@LeviBulger]

@@TheNeonMuppet By the way, the DS1 rocks too! I play through Fenders mostly so I don't use them much anymore, but when I fire up the Marshall, I love plugging in the DS1 and a chorus pedal to get some gnarly 80s or Nirvana tones.

[@mitokyo3679]

at first i thought the name was a spanish word or something, but now i got it… the name roughly means like “add distortion” in japanese

[@sczarnecki5887]

Almost some Helmet vibes to this song.

[@teriakamoto]

Mr.Martin, did you change pick ups on the orange Hagstrom ? What Pickups are in that and what year and model is that ? The black model ? Been wanting one for years. They make a Swedish high end model new around 5k, then there's the Northern (Czech ?) I am not interested in The Chinese,Indo, or whatever models.I like the Pat Smear , but made in China. There is an original model of that one, do not recall model name or #.

[@AndyDemos]

Hello, the pickups have been swapped to Railhammer Reeves Gabrels signatures which help with dropped tunings. The Hag is a regular Super Swede from about 2006.

[@teriakamoto]

@@AndyDemos Thats so weird, I was looking at those pickups and the ones with 3 poles and the other half straight bar magnets like a Bill Lawrence. with many different models. Billy Corgan,etc. Is that the same company ? Thanks Andy !

[@AndyDemos]

@@teriakamoto Yes, they have a Billy Corgan signature pickup too, which is like a P-90. Joe Naylor of Reverend designed the pickups. Really cool approach to pole pieces.

[@randallgrealish658]

Andy do you have an opinion on the Hagstrom Swede vs Super Swede? Cheers!

[@AndyDemos]

@@randallgrealish658 I like the Super since it has the longer 25.5” which helps with dropped tunings!

[@gibson2623]

what s the amp this pedal is on? Cause it matters ;)

[@NDWoj]

For once my insomnia paid off.....just ordered. Looking forward to the EP too!🤘

[@evolman123]

For real. Never felt so lucky to be staring at my phone at 1am like a zombie

[@horrifyinggelatinousblob]

Honestly sounds a lot like tone wicker big muff with wicker on

[@joshcarlton9184]

And when the clone pcb becomes available, I can give it the graphics of nicholas cage burning in "wicker man"

[@benjaminfowler4513]

@@joshcarlton9184 oh God NOT THE BEES!!!

[@220_hz4]

@@joshcarlton9184 There's already clone pcbs, it's an elk fuzz sustainar

[@fuzzmountain7583]

@@220_hz4 this is a modified version of the elk. My guess is the tone control is completely removed and the "tone" on this pedal is similar to the shift control from the hoof. Also likely a bigger value volume control. 1M or something. Just a guess though!

[@220_hz4]

@@fuzzmountain7583 if you check the promotional material & watch some vids of the other elks, you’ll kinda see what I mean by saying it’s a clone. They didn’t change any tone knob values, the vintage ones sound pretty similar but the parts in Wata’s pedal have all drifted tolerance in a way to make it sound slightly unique from the rest. Think Russian Big Muffs, no two sound exactly the same and some are better than others even though they could be production siblings. Not trying to condescend, Elks are a white whale of the muff world & Wata got lucky with hers. I imagine she doesn’t want to tour it anymore because of how old it is now

[@Fender420]

WATA FUZZ!

[@BonafideToolJunkie]

I could really tell the difference when you went from clean to dirty.