General
The Earthquaker Devices Gray Channel is a comprehensive overdrive pedal that adds the necessary grit to your sound without altering the characteristics of your amp and guitar. If you activate the stomp box's Green overdrive, you'll have three options to choose from: Si, Ge and N. Si (Silicon clipping diodes) lends a clear, loud and fuzzy tone to your output. Ge (Germanium clipping diodes) brings out warmth and depth with less output. N (No clipping diodes), meanwhile, delivers a clean boost that saturates your amp with natural gain once your turn it up.
Earthquaker Devices Gray Channel: Green and Red channels
The Gray Channel's Red channel also offers three different clipping options: FET, LED and N. Fet (Mosfet clipping diodes) results in a compressed tone with a light crunch. LED (LED clipping diodes) is the pedal's loudest, cleanest and most responsive setting, perfect for guitarist who put loads of definition into their playing. Finally, the N mode (No clipping diodes) hits your amp with full force, making it roar like a lion when it's turned up, or creating a subtle crunch at a lower setting. In short, with the Gray Channel, there's virtually no drive sound that isn't within your reach. The Earthquaker Devices stomp box is powered by means of a 9-volt battery or adapter.
Earthquaker Devices
The American company Earthquaker Devices originated in 2004, more or less by accident. When devoted musician Jamie Stillman broke one of the potentiometers on his favourite overdrive pedal, he decided to fix it himself. Once he opened up the pedal, he quickly got the hang of the circuitry, which induced him to start creating his own stomp boxes. Stillman turned out to be very talented, and it wasn't long before other musicians started using his pedals. From 2004 to 2010, Stillman was tour manager and guitar tech for the Black Keys, and partly responsible for Dan Auerbach's sound. In 2005 he launched Earthquaker Devices, which by now has grown into a sizeable company that manufactures handwired, boutique-style guitar effect pedals for a very reasonably price. Built by musicians, for musicians!
