How EarthQuaker Pedals are Made

[@sweetwater]

This was such a cool trip! Thank you for joining us on this tour of the EarthQuaker Devices' facilities! If you enjoyed this behind-the-scenes look, don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe👍

[@scirasco1]

Would of been nice to know how many people work for the company

[@sweetwater]

@@scirasco1 I believe there are around 50 employees at Earthquaker. See my interview with Jamie Stillman, the founder/president of the company, he talks more about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gITXknufatumY5Y Thanks! Mitch

[@siavashmassoudi]

EQD is such an amazing company. I’m slowly becoming a die hard EQD fan!

[@stephenfell4338]

Terrible after sales support maybe because there cheap and with all the chinese copies out even way cheaper they cannot address​ issues 2/10 shop around

[@yungstaben7675]

@@stephenfell4338 liar

[@hossfox30]

I just got an EarthQuaker devices Dispatch master. And they are now my favorite pedal. I will be checking out more of their products and purchasing from Sweetwater.

[@T-Hawkeyes]

EQD is impenetrably cool.

[@lueysixty-six7300]

Give me ten good men and some good climbing rope ..and I could penetrate the bitch. 😊

[@PMAWoodner]

Damn Sweetwater! Ending the decade with a bunch of great behind the scenes videos - please keep em coming!

[@KRayxKodessA]

I’ve admired EQD from a distance for a while, and I think it’s time I got one... Love seeing this sort of pedal Renaissance - crazy variety, sounds for everyone, and mainly handmade. Great video.

[@nordicguitar8395]

Their stuff is really cool. I have three of their pedals. Some do quirky things that other pedals don’t. Check out the Rainbow Machine.

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

YAY!! Corey Haren is the BEST and immense musical talent!! ❤️

[@davemccall9594]

Lisa, your most recently-published Moog video is the bees knees. Thanks for that! Keep on rockin'.

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

Dave McCall Thank you so much! ❤️🙏🏻❤️

[@professorhamamoto]

Nice. I was an early adopter and received compliments on my playing when it was the Earthquaker device doing all the work.

[@edharmicar6227]

Love the Sweetwater manufacturer tours.

[@theabsentlight]

Good job Brian.

[@jakeadams-wilson7697]

This is great! Thank you Sweetwater and Earthquaker Devices for doing this!

[@skyviewdesign]

Loved getting a tour at EarthQuaker Day 2019! Looking forward to attending in 2020 to see what new shenanigans the wonderful people at EQD are up to!

[@rooster1737]

Very interesting to see the process. I had a job at one time doing bench work and really loved it.

[@dyonight]

such a great serie!

[@demantoid418]

This was a fun tour Thanks 🙂

[@sweetwater]

🙂👊

[@jamesduckworth9117]

Very cool. Thanks for the virtual tour.

[@Zwidawurzn]

I like that each pedal is buildt by just one person.

[@mm7480]

The girl at 10:00 is so gorgeous 😍😍

[@basslinger]

Awesome, great episode, cool company

[@nickwilson9210]

Wow this pretty amazing for a pedal company I’m going to have to try out their product

[@nordicguitar8395]

Their stuff is fantastic. I own three of their pedals.

[@benjaminbrody7180]

It is so weird how u talk about Brian right behind his back instead of just asking him. We want more Brian. Give us Brian

[@antmerritt]

Benjamin Brody yes definitely and also Ali, we want more Ali. Yes much more please. 😁🤣👍🤘👊

[@antmerritt]

And mike yes more mike too! 😁👍

[@user-qk1xt3yb7i]

It felt so awkward

[@Boomheyyou]

Earthquaker I’m already a fan got three of them

[@matthewbrown8391]

I’d love to work there.

[@alenamusic888]

Very cool 👍

[@mheberling5939]

Ohio represent!

[@mefirstandthegimmiegimmies5160]

I own three of their pedals and will definitely buy more. Between EQD and EHX all my money is going quick lol

[@musicmore8315]

This is interesting and fun to watch. Love these behind the scenes building gear videos. Can EarthQuaker Devices design us a looper with a metronome feature? Nothing fancy just a knob to adjust tempo. My ditto looper is my band. My band hates me because I can’t play in time with the rhythm guitar. If I had a drummer ‘Metronome’ in my band people might stop throwing beer bottles at me and yelling things like, ‘Do the world a favor and go wash your mouth out with buckshot’. Just sayin.

[@andriooxsb]

Nice, you should visit us, making the mics

[@josephkennedyemmanuel9658]

Great to see American quality builds..

[@return2sender791]

Thats gotta be the best job.

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

So cool

[@petersmith6098]

Corey :) TOAPP+EQD lovin', man!

[@coreyharen24]

Hell yea!!!!

[@LAME_MMA]

you guys should do Walrus audio next!

[@AlfonsoCorace]

very very interesting! :) Love EQD!

[@kimL93]

need an official distributor in malaysia please hard to buy your stuff eqd

[@WutipongWongsakuldej]

Sweet!!

[@thierrythierry1013]

What is the name of the piece of music starting at 9:50? Nice ambient with piano.

[@magnusnording]

Mitch ser alltid så skitnödig ut av någon anledning

[@christisgod3354]

Can they package up the dog and send it to me?😁

[@galactivation9577]

I appreciate that EQD is still made in America and not in China with slave labor. Worth paying extra for sure.

[@patrickcarroll1754]

At this point, Mitch is almost cooler than Earthquaker itself.

[@alanbezada8830]

a ten year younger Oliver Ackermann and a 10 year older Jamie Stillman

[@christophernoia5197]

Santa's workshop.

[@thebasinker]

I didn’t know that Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory also works at Earthquaker Devices!

[@hookedonwood5830]

Old fasion electronic manufacturing.. really only for small scale production. It look like the ESD procedures and equipment need some attention even most components are analog there are still some that will be prone to damage by sparks etc. And the mounting stations can be upgraded quite allot and still suit the low volume run's. But great tour! and great pedals (have a few).

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

I have to make a complaint here. The most important worker there, at 16:19, was not introduced to us. This is very offensive with him. Without him there would be no EQD, we all know.

[@jameseveritts8113]

Its about the pedal not the workers get over it

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

@@jameseveritts8113 you're an idiot..

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

@@jameseveritts8113 it's a joke

[@davemccall9594]

@@AnonymousBosch3158 Missed it by a hair.

[@kylegushue]

Weeeeed man.

[@pCeLobster]

Mitch's hair is like if Trump was a rock musician.

[@sprouts5156]

He’s about to bust out some mad Hilary Clinton hate lyrics

[@chaisehombre7723]

Hey Mitch, thanks for showing that these pedals aren't worth the 400+ dollars they charge in Canada. I guess 30 miles of water is worth $300CDN.

[@lueysixty-six7300]

You forgot the hefty surcharge levy for every curly moustache and every Man-Bun....those badboys really add up! 😉

[@benthies9531]

$400+?? Are you buying from Canadian retailers??

[@benthies9531]

I guess with inflation it really is about $400 for their bigger more detailed pedals. I've always thought the price was fair though. Keep in mind that Jamie spends years tweaking and designing circuits. This video also doesn't show the time and skill it takes for some of the more detailed soldering. In the video he mentions the boards with "surface mount" components. These tend to be a huge pain in the ass, and these are found on their more expensive pedals, like the Avalanche Run. They also get high quality components which can cost up to (if not more) $50USD (probably around $80 for you?). The fact that they have pedals starting at $135 (in Canada) is actually pretty fair.

[@benthies9531]

There's also the cost of buying and maintaining all of these machines. There's the cost of the building, the cost of labor, the cost of having a graphic designer from Marvel...

[@lueysixty-six7300]

This is sooo boring, I just wanna see the bright coloured finished boxes! The pink/white rainbow machine; the aqua/white Organizer etc etc