Earthquaker Devices & Sunn O))) Life Pedal V2 | Reverb Tone Report

[@tothefinlandstation]

I was really hoping when Andy put his guitar down the next six minutes of the video were going to be just the guitar feedbacking. LOL.

[@matturner6890]

*feeding back

[@purpled4864]

@@matturner6890 GRAMMAR-NAZIS UNITE!

[@vwjordan89]

Same here

[@ConceptualLogic]

Lol I seriously was secretly hoping that as well haha

[@tothefinlandstation]

@@matturner6890 I'll be sure to fire my editor for his failure to miss this.

[@JeremyBeut]

I guess playing that pedal with a cranked Sunn Model T full stack creates a portal to the 4th dimension

[@dkaniewski5862]

It made me see Mordor

[@furlag2]

Makes to move your insides for sure....

[@furlag2]

Two conditions: they meed to play together (Lord&Soma) with all stacks on. During soundcheck Somabhas switched between stacks and it wasn't the same....

[@Arni142]

Yeah, but not when you play blues licks like Andy :/

[@wulyf4lyf]

I imagine someone running this thing through a Fender 400 PS , a guitar loaded with P90s, and holy hell. I can’t wait for mine to come. Ordered it a few days ago when it went up on musician’s friend.

[@Mitchnagel58]

This is the first chaotic distortion I've come across that I think genuinely sounds musical

[@AndyDemos]

Hank Hill Thanks Hank, good to see ya again.

[@juno980]

what, you think the HM-2 and Fab Tone aren't musical?

[@christopherrusch]

play the zvex machine

[@otsop]

Death By Audio's pedals are cool too! Fuzz War or Apocalypse to a tube amp fucking rips!

[@wulyf4lyf]

The versatility of this is pretty impressive . I can get a pretty awesome sound by chasing my Turbo Rat to one of my octave up pedals, but the cleaner tones on this box are just as impressive as the darker, distorted ones.

[@chrisf6216]

1:16 The guitarists' version of a mic drop. Love your playing, Mr. Andy Martin - cheers!

[@fooschmack]

I had a V1 for a minute. Even on a Jaguar it really did sustain forever.

[@monoscopes]

"Andy out"

[@BarnacleButtock]

The C standard HAGSTROM! beast. All the QOTSA riffs of old PGS that sold me on God knows how many fuzzes..

[@corrieheesters1521]

But first here’s my clean tone

[@jeremiahbayani184]

Dont know why but when I read your comment I heard Vin Diesel's voice saying it in my head. Hmm...he does have a super clean tone of a voice. Anyways, as they say, when in Rome...

[@chriswareham]

Does Andy doom? Yes. Yes he does.

[@groteandreas1482]

Sounds glorious, love it... For those who are not lucky to get one... it's no secret that an octaver like the eqd tentacles or a clone into your old rat into a clean boost should get you in the same ball park 😁

[@smokanmiraz6942]

The ball park of D O O O O O O M

[@tomvice]

Rat > octaver > boost ? Plain octaver or octavefuzz?

[@drpibisback7680]

@@tomvice The tentacle is just an octave, but it's an analog octave like an octafuzz rather than common digital octavers, so that should be taken into account. Some amount of reverb, preferably from your amp or in the fx loop, is probably also a good idea. Also, it's probably: guitar > octave > rat > boost > amp from their description. Edit: The specific octave is based on the Dan Armstrong Green Ringer, so make sure to use something with that circuit. It verges on a ring modulator compared to most octaves.

[@TheNeonMuppet]

Ya I’d rather stack pedals, I think this is rad but I am achieving a very similar sound with octave-opamp muff-klone

[@flux1968]

I can't use this pedal as it doesn't fit in with my style, but it sounds incredible. The world is a better place with this pedal in it.

[@deathbysonar]

I thou shall annoyth thy neighbor.

[@rickc2102]

*shalt annoy

[@joshualessore7652]

I you will(t)annoy your eighbour?

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

Thee cossner , An’ thee wussner if thee cust, wust ?

[@5.56Chronicles]

Or your wife.

[@sercastamere9853]

Thou shalt annoy thy neighbour*

[@robertyboberty]

I already have this but this video makes me want to buy it again

[@scotchrobbins]

That thing sounds pissed. I love it.

[@fiveways]

Even more than sunn0))) this sounds like BORIS in a box.

[@carloscoll5249]

I just love how he walked away at the end, and the guitar kept snarling

[@jeremiahbayani184]

Rumor has it that someone knocked on the door that's why he left the guitar there. Then, supposedly, he came back only to find his guitar's high E string to be slightly flat...after inflating, Andy shook it off and filed that day under "Just one of those days..." Best believe it to beaver. To make the long story short, the end.

[@liamtahaney713]

Wow it manages to sound like fuzz, od and distortion all at once. Brutal af "The chipper city of Akron Ohio" that's a new one.

[@ecscottindiana]

in a different Earthquaker Devices review, Andy called it the "all inclusive resort of Akron, OH." I've thought about that ever since.

[@Jay-bw3fl]

Andy you are a guitar god and you make me want to buy everything you touch but I know I’ll never make it sound as good. You are the best gear reviewer in the world hands down.

[@McSwift]

I just bought the original on reverb for a small fortune...damn you Earthquaker!!! [shakes fist at sky]

[@tothefinlandstation]

All Andy's riffs are *at least* double the speed they should be!

[@Pumpkin_Fart]

So I own the black V1 of this. What made me smile was you setting your guitar down and walk away while it sustains. I did something very similar: I put my Tele on a stand and just looked at it as it sustained for-ever.

[@patsquanch]

fuckin love how hard this pedal clips on the low riffs and sustains those high notes and drones, sounds fantastic

[@alenac7269]

Wow killer demo Mr Martin -thank you! 👍 Very cool pedal 😈

[@AndyDemos]

Alena C Thank you!!

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

At the halfway point of the vid, I totally expected andy to be wearing a hooded robe and corpse paint !

[@alexbrando417]

I love this pedal and I love Sunn O)))!

[@whiskybravo4648]

I’m always late to the party, but I’ve indeed joined the LP V2 party.

[@paketed88]

Sounds massive. I need this

[@cdbrown30]

This and the “Swiss things” I can hear all the possibilities.

[@christianpescado4826]

Andy plays sludge! Awesome! 🤘

[@rob217]

Sounds like the gates of heaven opening, can't wait to get mine. Killer playing as always, Andy.

[@rob217]

@@esond Indeed. The gates of Hell sound like a Miku through a Metal Zone.

[@michaelholmes9153]

I gave up on fuzz pedals as I can't dial one in properly and it completely changes my amp tone. I had an EH Little Big Muff, Fulltone Octafuzz and MXR Slash Fuzz. Was going to try a Zvex Fuzz Factory but I am too afraid lol. Then I heard this ED Life Pedal. Thanks Andy. There is hope for me now.

[@BassBooking]

i can't tell if ordering this post haste makes me a fool or a genius.

[@wulyf4lyf]

I can’t wait for mine to arrive. Ordered it the day it went up, last week, and they ship out on 1/29. I missed out on the original one, and bc they were limited, the prices were crazy for any used ones. These are limited to 2500 worldwide, so I had to snag it and feed my pedal addiction. Can’t wait to mess around with this and chain it to some of my other pedals.

[@YEABREAD]

How convenient. The other day, I was looking at Sunn Model T stuff. Might have to get me one of these

[@Amazology]

That was sick. (good sick)

[@MakeSomething]

My face was just melted right the ef off.

[@comarastaman]

Reverb currently has 666k subscribers. Let's keep it that way.

[@benjaminfeddersen7937]

Uh oh. I'm gonna need a bigger board.

[@garybobst9107]

Great. Another EQD I have to get....

[@lolobuggah2670]

The walk off! Hell yeah Andy!

[@andreasatlars4281]

Sounds so heavy I think you need a fork lift to move it around.

[@nexusobserve]

Op Amp sounded amazing

[@sczarnecki5887]

Yeah, I'd say they nailed the sound.

[@rtymoltz]

That little smirk at 3:26

[@reib_asnah]

Thank you for saying the Bandname right

[@basscasey1]

SunnOOOOOOOOOOOOO :)

[@GuitarWithGabe]

Oooooooohhhhhh myyyyyyyy myyyyyyyy ... that is PUNISHING!!!

[@patrickschafstein5848]

When in another universe Sunn o))) is a heavy blues band.

[@NoUploadJustComment]

It sounds almost more QOTSA than Sunn O))) Neat pedal.

[@SKY_DWELLER333]

Yeah, the versatility of this pedal is really kind of amazing, but I see what you’re saying. Trust me though, if he were to tune down to B-flat or A comma we would be entering the void. The intro video over on the EQD channel demonstrates this very nicely.

[@morbida]

Ordered one

[@mypal1990]

1:18 - well that's the end of the review. Wait...

[@danec1384]

Too bad the shipping to Australia was half the cost of the pedal for the first limited run.

[@thuuryn6249]

Playback Speed = 0.25

[@alanshewitt]

Wow. That’s really something.

[@BP9000]

My. God. BRUTALITY

[@haiimharry]

I would kill for a tab of these riffs

[@charlesuhl7629]

Use your eye holes

[@rickc2102]

And your ear holes

[@Vikingbloodguts]

"Behind the scenes"- Andy playing dopesmoker ☠

[@MBGA123]

that's awesome

[@tite93]

Wave your gloom axe, Andy Martin!

[@axecatstudio6583]

I wanted to hide under my desk once I heard the tone

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

I came just to see andy using the hagstrom

[@yomuthabyotch]

even though theyre made in china, i want one...

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

@@yomuthabyotch I thought they were made in korea...

[@yomuthabyotch]

@@AnonymousBosch3158 nope. china. since 2004, according to wiki.

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

@@yomuthabyotch yes I saw...

[@hellview78]

China or no, hagstrom are fantastic! I have two and would swear my allegiance! And I heard they will be moving production back to Sweden btw. That’s direct from Hagstrom

[@GiulioImparato]

unexpectedly loved the tone with single coils

[@janarnold5569]

5:43 : Sounds like Electric Wizard

[@siircodyy]

Jamie Stillman you gotdam mastermind.

[@machmen1000]

Nice.

[@shaundonovan6780]

I played this video at half speed, and it’s awesome! Andy even sounds like Iggy Pop!?

[@guilleags6599]

Holy shit!!!!! i need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JobyP]

Yes, but does Andy DOOOOOMMMM... yes apparently he does.

[@RafeSanger]

Yes

[@slavojdyrdek]

Goddammit, I already got the first run but now I want this too 😡

[@dezionlion]

What’s the difference?

[@traktorfaktor]

That grit!

[@keithstoodley6233]

And the GAS continues! Sounds like my Hoof pedal combined with my La Machine.

[@-Earthless]

SOME EARGASM

[@dogwater9535]

nice

[@amberraining9546]

I'm tryna convince myself that I don't need it but I need

[@jips123]

Reminds me of the zvex fuzz factory.

[@motorradkaffee4919]

hagstrom yeeeeeeaaah!

[@zachhughes9220]

3:49, any idea what that riff is from? I’m in love and need more of it

[@reverendstephansams5608]

Zach Hughes Man, same. Let me know when you do!

[@nicholasderimow2315]

@@reverendstephansams5608 it’s him riffing off of the main verse from the Electric Wizard song “Return Trip” off of their Come My Fanatics album.

[@jburdsinfuse]

I have no need or space for this pedal, that said, my tuner really doesn’t add anything to my tone...soooo

[@LukeG_Eire]

I'm GASing again

[@PDDistVideo]

I have serial 062 of this.... nice

[@crnknmusic]

I’ve never bought a pedal so fast

[@artslife3876]

Does it work well with bass, or is it only a guitar pedal?

[@Aiden-zi3xf]

Lets go.

[@adamkrauss303]

Interesting, but always like to hear what it can do at its lowest gain setting and this demo didn’t touch that domain.

[@AndyDemos]

Sounds like a Rat with minimal gain, still about twice as dirty as a Tubescreamer.

[@adamkrauss303]

AndyDemos Thanks!!!

[@emiliorizzo7690]

Great vid, what pick ups are on that hagstrom?

[@yetiisland8223]

Railhammer pickups :)

[@stubkar]

Either the pedal or the amp, or both in tandem, create an amazing compression bump when the pick attack hits..... Yowza.

[@kuroneko057]

I have the same shirt. But not the same playing skills.

[@hiroyukikawamura5076]

これ、欲しい！

[@blonk333]

I think I got a contact high just hearing it.

[@sinnertrain7405]

This sounds a lot like the guitar sound on Sleep's Dopesmoker in the intro parts, except for the octave aspect. What dropped tuning are you using? This is a significant factor in the sound of these type of fuzz units and doom guitar in general (e.g., Iommi used C# tuning on Master of Reality). And I don't even play doom metal guitar, I just like to listen to it occasionally (such as Electric Wizard's ulta so mo doom. :-)

[@tin322]

Maybe Drop D(Gibson Lespaul)

[@adotbeck]

Just listen to that sustain.

[@jwmcmillenii]

How much does the distortion/fuzz part of the circuit have in common with the Acapulco Gold? They seems to live in a similar zone.

[@tungtobak]

They both use opamps in the distortion circuit. Although the two 386s in the acapulco works quite different than the 308 in the RAT (which is what the distortion part of the lifepedal is) but it's not completely different things, no.

[@JulianA-tr6pt]

Barely anything, other than the fact that they both use ICs. The AG is marketed as sounding like a Sunn amp about to explode while the Life Pedal is a custom, multi feature Fuzz that Sunn was involved with. The Acapulco Gold is just a monster of a boost, which distorts itself of course. Two stages - one into another. They call it "power amp distortion" because the LM386 chip it uses is a low power power amplifier chip. It's funny because it mainly slams your amp's preamp, causing preamp distortion. It's no more of a Sunn amp emulator than the Life Pedal is, and that isn't a bad thing. I get it though - it kinda can sound like Sunn O)))'s amps about to blow up. Cool pedal, but it's usability can depend on your amp. The Life Pedal, which has a Rat-like stage presumably uses the standard opamp stage with some shaping and diode clipping.

[@waynetowers5046]

Some say that the guitar is still feedbacking, and that he is on his way to the UK to be made a Duke. All we know is, is he's called Saint Andy the Awesome.

[@theotang681]

that is some doom riffage!!! wow.

[@dubbybub]

ANDY DOOMS

[@edadpops1709]

bam brutal

[@hommedammn7132]

I love Andy’s vibrato after he sets the guitar down... 😜

[@olivergebauer2406]

Was that your Burny in the back of the Pedal? 😍

[@gb-nz]

Easy there Yngwie

[@alessiocasertano8294]

"To persuade any amp into self destruction" cit. Give the fuckin' Booker Prize to that man.

[@teriakamoto]

I have the original (larger model). Which one would you prefer if it was given to you as a gift based on sound and options ? Not size and how nicely it would fit on your pedalboard. Anyone ? I think the Original sounds bigger and evil. I think the smaller one is slightly more usable and obviously takes up less space on a board. Alrighty Then. t- Oh, That Andy................... but boy could play Guitar.

[@faunoram]

Line 6 HX Stomp users , like me, watching this video after the Firmware update 3.50 😈🔥