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....
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.
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.
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 😁
@@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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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. :-)
@@korolev-musictodriveby6583 Russian pedal maker, Zephyr Fx. I think you can find some demos on RUclips. He also has a modified version of the Acapulco Gold pedal
I wonder how this would compare with the BAT pharaoh supreme. is the octave before the fuzz+clip? edit: BTW, this pedal sounds awesome. edit: I went to EQD's website and read about this to answer my question: Yes the octave is first then the dist, then the boost
The octave IS the fuzz. It is a circuit with a couple diodes based on the Super Fuzz and Shin Ei Companion Fuzz, and they are wired before the Rat distortion circuit/clipping circuit, which is wired before the MOSFET boost.
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.
*feeding back
@@matturner6890 GRAMMAR-NAZIS UNITE!
Same here
Lol I seriously was secretly hoping that as well haha
@@matturner6890 I'll be sure to fire my editor for his failure to miss this.
I guess playing that pedal with a cranked Sunn Model T full stack creates a portal to the 4th dimension
It made me see Mordor
Makes to move your insides for sure....
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....
Yeah, but not when you play blues licks like Andy :/
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.
This is the first chaotic distortion I've come across that I think genuinely sounds musical
Hank Hill Thanks Hank, good to see ya again.
what, you think the HM-2 and Fab Tone aren't musical?
play the zvex machine
Death By Audio's pedals are cool too! Fuzz War or Apocalypse to a tube amp fucking rips!
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.
1:16 The guitarists' version of a mic drop. Love your playing, Mr. Andy Martin - cheers!
I had a V1 for a minute. Even on a Jaguar it really did sustain forever.
"Andy out"
I thou shall annoyth thy neighbor.
*shalt annoy
I you will(t)annoy your eighbour?
Thee cossner ,
An’ thee wussner if thee cust, wust ?
Or your wife.
Thou shalt annoy thy neighbour*
Does Andy doom? Yes. Yes he does.
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.
I already have this but this video makes me want to buy it again
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 😁
The ball park of D O O O O O O M
Rat > octaver > boost ? Plain octaver or octavefuzz?
@@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.
Ya I’d rather stack pedals, I think this is rad but I am achieving a very similar sound with octave-opamp muff-klone
But first here’s my clean tone
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...
That thing sounds pissed. I love it.
Even more than sunn0))) this sounds like BORIS in a box.
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.
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.
in a different Earthquaker Devices review, Andy called it the "all inclusive resort of Akron, OH." I've thought about that ever since.
I just love how he walked away at the end, and the guitar kept snarling
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.
All Andy's riffs are *at least* double the speed they should be!
I love this pedal and I love Sunn O)))!
Wow killer demo Mr Martin -thank you! 👍 Very cool pedal 😈
Alena C Thank you!!
At the halfway point of the vid, I totally expected andy to be wearing a hooded robe and corpse paint !
I just bought the original on reverb for a small fortune...damn you Earthquaker!!! [shakes fist at sky]
I’m always late to the party, but I’ve indeed joined the LP V2 party.
Sounds massive. I need this
fuckin love how hard this pedal clips on the low riffs and sustains those high notes and drones, sounds fantastic
i can't tell if ordering this post haste makes me a fool or a genius.
Andy plays sludge! Awesome! 🤘
The C standard HAGSTROM! beast. All the QOTSA riffs of old PGS that sold me on God knows how many fuzzes..
The precious hag
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.
That was sick. (good sick)
This and the “Swiss things” I can hear all the possibilities.
Sounds so heavy I think you need a fork lift to move it around.
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.
Sounds like the gates of heaven opening, can't wait to get mine. Killer playing as always, Andy.
@@esond Indeed. The gates of Hell sound like a Miku through a Metal Zone.
Oooooooohhhhhh myyyyyyyy myyyyyyyy ... that is PUNISHING!!!
3:49, any idea what that riff is from? I’m in love and need more of it
Zach Hughes Man, same. Let me know when you do!
@@reverendstephansams5608 it’s him riffing off of the main verse from the Electric Wizard song “Return Trip” off of their Come My Fanatics album.
Op Amp sounded amazing
How convenient. The other day, I was looking at Sunn Model T stuff. Might have to get me one of these
Reverb currently has 666k subscribers. Let's keep it that way.
The walk off! Hell yeah Andy!
Wave your gloom axe, Andy Martin!
Yeah, I'd say they nailed the sound.
Uh oh. I'm gonna need a bigger board.
Thank you for saying the Bandname right
SunnOOOOOOOOOOOOO :)
5:43 : Sounds like Electric Wizard
Great. Another EQD I have to get....
When in another universe Sunn o))) is a heavy blues band.
1:18 - well that's the end of the review. Wait...
My. God. BRUTALITY
that's awesome
Playback Speed = 0.25
Too bad the shipping to Australia was half the cost of the pedal for the first limited run.
Yes
Ordered one
I would kill for a tab of these riffs
Use your eye holes
And your ear holes
Yes, but does Andy DOOOOOMMMM... yes apparently he does.
My face was just melted right the ef off.
Holy shit!!!!! i need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It sounds almost more QOTSA than Sunn O)))
Neat pedal.
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.
I came just to see andy using the hagstrom
even though theyre made in china, i want one...
@@yomuthabyotch I thought they were made in korea...
@@AnonymousBosch3158 nope. china. since 2004, according to wiki.
@@yomuthabyotch yes I saw...
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
I wanted to hide under my desk once I heard the tone
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.
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.
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.
Wow. That’s really something.
I'm tryna convince myself that I don't need it but I need
Jamie Stillman you gotdam mastermind.
Nice.
I have no need or space for this pedal, that said, my tuner really doesn’t add anything to my tone...soooo
"Behind the scenes"- Andy playing dopesmoker ☠
unexpectedly loved the tone with single coils
Does it work well with bass, or is it only a guitar pedal?
I played this video at half speed, and it’s awesome! Andy even sounds like Iggy Pop!?
That grit!
Reminds me of the zvex fuzz factory.
nice
I have serial 062 of this.... nice
How much did these sell for when they came out?
And the GAS continues! Sounds like my Hoof pedal combined with my La Machine.
Line 6 HX Stomp users , like me, watching this video after the Firmware update 3.50 😈🔥
Great vid, what pick ups are on that hagstrom?
Railhammer pickups :)
That little smirk at 3:26
So is this basically a Proco Rat on stetroids?
More like 2 stacked with octave, boost, and a speaker cranker
Aonghus MacCready on a serious note: could I get a similar tone if I use a rat, octave pedal and an ovderdrive/boost?
@@haiderman1610 Pretty much, but not the digital octave, the Green Ringer/Tentacle type, like in a Superfuzz
Aonghus MacCready how about something like the mxr blue box?
Aonghus MacCready paired with a rat obvs
Goddammit, I already got the first run but now I want this too 😡
What’s the difference?
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. :-)
Maybe Drop D(Gibson Lespaul)
I’ve never bought a pedal so fast
What tuning was used?
aw shit! No clean tone needed....ah...there was a little :-)
I'm GASing again
Does it work for bass?
これ、欲しい！
SOME EARGASM
Interesting, but always like to hear what it can do at its lowest gain setting and this demo didn’t touch that domain.
Sounds like a Rat with minimal gain, still about twice as dirty as a Tubescreamer.
AndyDemos Thanks!!!
Just listen to that sustain.
"To persuade any amp into self destruction" cit. Give the fuckin' Booker Prize to that man.
That pedal sounds like Billy Corgan had a hand in making it. Pair this bad boy with a big muff I bet it would be fucking bad ass.
Was that your Burny in the back of the Pedal? 😍
that is some doom riffage!!! wow.
Easy there Yngwie
I have the same shirt. But not the same playing skills.
Lets go.
EQD claims this is the last run of the Life Pedal so get one quick unless you want to be paying $500+ on resale
You can get a clone of it now though
ThornInTheEye - Who does that , TITE ? Love to know !
@@korolev-musictodriveby6583 Russian pedal maker, Zephyr Fx. I think you can find some demos on RUclips. He also has a modified version of the Acapulco Gold pedal
ThornInTheEye - Thanks , Thorn , I appreciate that ! Research Time ! Have a good one 👍
Once again, it’s coming out on 5/6.
I think I got a contact high just hearing it.
I wonder how this would compare with the BAT pharaoh supreme. is the octave before the fuzz+clip? edit: BTW, this pedal sounds awesome.
edit: I went to EQD's website and read about this to answer my question: Yes the octave is first then the dist, then the boost
The octave IS the fuzz. It is a circuit with a couple diodes based on the Super Fuzz and Shin Ei Companion Fuzz, and they are wired before the Rat distortion circuit/clipping circuit, which is wired before the MOSFET boost.