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Earthquaker Devices Cloven Hoof
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Strangeman86:
I really wanted to let the honeymoon period wear off before I spoke my mind on this pedal (I've had it four solid months). I'd been looking for an articulate, aggressive, dynamically responsive and doom-ish fuzz and every one that I'd tried or listened to came up very short of what I wanted. I actually emailed the folks at Reverb who were kind enough to recommend this little box (in fact, the gentleman I spoke to had recently been looking for something similar, purchased and fell in love with this particular fuzz). So I found one gently used and pulled the trigger. Now...
Pros:
- Incredibly adjustable between the shift (mid frequency), tone and fuzz knobs. It can go from dark and roaring to thin and splatty and a bunch of flavors in between.
- It sounds great with the fuzz knob anywhere (it really depends if you want more of a 'vintage' sound or something modern/heavier).
- It responds to adjustments of the volume knob wonderfully.
- Note separation is just fantastic.
- it has inspired me to write more than a handful of riffs/licks.
Cons:
- I constantly have to convince myself NOT to buy a second one (but on the real, it could use a hair more output on the volume knob, I almost have to max it out).
- The white LED is bloody blinding!
Overall, this is my dream fuzz. It's a grind-y, chainsaw-y, wall of a fuzz that makes me smile every time I stomp it on.
darkbluemurder:
Great review, thanks for sharing.
Personally I am split with fuzzes, although I have to admit not having tried many of them. The ones I tried were
- Fulltone Octave 2: not my thing at all
- Roger Mayer Voodoo Axe: - OK with single coils, cannot take humbuckers or any other high output pickups well, great as a signal splitter though
- Barber Trifecta: somewhat OK but overall too thin sounding to me
- Lone Wolf Audio Iron Fist: this is my favorite so far - does a good distortion and also the broken sounding fuzz tones
The Cloven Hoof was and is still on my list to try.
Cheers Stephan
chad25:
Love ED products. Great sounding
darkbluemurder:
+1. Especially the Levitation, Dispatch Master and the Space Spiral. Night Wire is also great
Of the drive pedals I only tried the Acapulco Gold and sent it back. The Talons would have interested me but it's out of production.
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