Justin & Jamie look at very rare and unique EQD Overdrive
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Hello Pedal lovers!
We're back with another episode of This Old Bench with your bearded and aproned host EQD builder Justin Seeker. In this trip to the basement, Justin welcomes back EQD founder, President, and Lead Designer Jamie Stillman to talk about an extremely rare pedal from his personal collection, The Royal Drive.
Enjoy the relaxed banter as Jamie and Justin highlight the pedal's unique hammered spray-paint coating, "hand sprayed in a garage, no mask. Which probably explains a lot," Jamie surmises about his early days as a pedal maker.
The Royal Drive is one of Jamie's favorites, and he and Justin ponder why it never made it to full production in the EarthQuaker Devices line.
Then listen closely as the pair open it up to reveal the Royal Drive's DIY, veroboard guts. Jamie whips out a Jazzmaster and jams a bit as we listen and learn about the Royal Drive's interesting internal dipswitch setup. The dipswitch allows the lucky Royal Drive owner (of which there are fewer than 10) to try out various combinations of LED, Mosfet, silicon, and asymmetrical diodes to sculpt their signature overdrive tone.
"I'm really happy with this pedal," Jamie says.
We hope you are happy with this fun look at one of EQD's early and most rare pedals, straight outta the basement.
Shot by Chris Tran, Dannesh Moosa, David Whited
Recorded and Mixed by Jeff France
Hosted by Justin Seeker
Music provided by Bensounds.
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I’m down for a reissue of this with an accessible set of switches on the back for sure, that on the verge of speaker explosion tone @14:37 was killer
It sure is pretty gnarly!
Have the dippers surface mounted at front, call it a BIG DIPper, some kind of mountain size wave graphic with surfer dude in front of it and the dip switch being the surfboard, thx, i accept payment in pedal form.
You reboot it, I’ll buy it. Make them dip switches accessible from the outside. $99. Sell a million of em. Sit and grin while the money rolls in.
This is the way
Yes please. Ill take 2!
agreed, that or put the diode type on a knob like the walrus eras
I’d get one of these in a heartbeat. Wow. The tone!
That mode with the one led and the very last dip switch engaged sounded like the amp was exploding and I loved it! Its be so cool if this pedal was re released!
Jamie Stillman talks very quietly and softly, the exact opposite to the way he plays guitar. Love it! And yes, the Royal Drive needs a comeback!
Thank you for making these videos and pedals. Really appreciate everyone at EQD for making video content.
And we appreciate you! Thanks so much 🤟
LED 10 combined with asymmetrical clipping 1, is magic. Sounds fuzzy. Sounds awesome. I have a few songs I would use that sound on. It would be great to have this pedal in a platform such as the Palisades.
Definitely make this a production model! Sounds epic!
Thats some cool stuff . Dips on out side for sure . Have a paint the pedal day. Lets go!!! 🔥🔥🔥
I love your guys' sense of humor. Keep up the great work!
I feel like my dad (RIP) when he used to watch This Old House. Another excellent episode on my favorite YT channel.
That sounds freakin’ great!! Love these episodes!
Glad you enjoyed 😊
This was super dope. I love the mix and match options.
We need more of these episodes!
More episodes on the way!
Wow! Please make a run of these pedals as a straight up replica! I'll take two! Sounds incredible. And super versatile with the mix and match clipping switches.
What a cool concept! You should definitely release one of these with an external dip switch
Sounds great. Would be cool to release with the clipping options on top of the pedal, and maybe a bias control?
Also, can't wait for your new delay pedal. Bring it out already. Please.
I'd definitely be among the first in line to buy a reboot of this if it happens
I Love that sound too!
I absolutely love Earthquaker!! I have the Astral Destiny and my guitar player has the Dispatch Maker! When we click them on together the whole rehearse space goes in a complete different direction!
One of those drives that sounds great no matter where the knobs are ❤️
Fav series
I love these "This Old Bench" videos.
Love the laidback attitude in these videos!
I want one of these pedals. Please make more Jamie.
YEEEEESSSSS! Need with those dip switches as like 37 toggles on the face of the pedal. Hook it to my veins.
Okay this needs to be reissued because it sounds amazing
I really liked the demo on this pedal. Bring it back!
Thanks for watching!
You had me at EQD + Overdrive + Dipswitches + Rare.
Cool if this makes it into production one day!
It’s a beautiful color, Jamie. I regret to this day selling my Pulse Machine- I can still see and smell that old finish. If I can find some old cans I’ll send them to EQD
Definitely a sharp dressed man there. Love that blue hammer tone. So hard to tell from online videos. But it does sound nice. I liked the brief low gain spot too.
Far out man
Right on!
Sounds great !
I've owned the Plumes and Hoof in the past and I absolutely loved the sound I got through them into my solid state amp.
Killer 😎 great to hear!
I want one because I can't have one. Also, that colour is perfect.
😂
Oh. Myyyyy! Very full tone OD for sure
That sounds fanatstic!
Holy shit that thing sounds incredible! It’s like a cranked Marshall. PLEASE MAKE THIS!
Love that color
That pedal is terrific
Seeing those dip switches made me laugh! I was not expecting that at all haha Pedal sounds fantastic though.
That drive sounds great! love the idea!
Reissue time!
Cool song Mr. Stillman.
It looks and sounds amazing! Reissue it guys!
That was so much fun to watch!!
Thanks for watching!
PLEASE release this
Awesome sounds in this one!
That thing sounds nuts/awesome
Holy shit the sound at 14:33
If it only did that I would buy this tomorrow.
Sounds great. Id use this.
Count me in for the reissue! Before you starting going through the dip switches, it felt like a slightly more transparent version of the Westwood.
Absolutely beautiful stuff.
The paint job reminds me of a Charvel Model 3 I stupidly repainted back in 1990 using the green Hammerite paint, but didn't know how to put the guitar back together again. I was really stumped by the Kahler vibrato,as well. Took it to a luthier, and she commented that it looked like alligator skin. A melting alligator. I still have bits and pieces of that guitar. Love your videos. Need he Rainbow Machine to really annoy my bandmates.
Bring it on! This sounds great. Would love to see the Terminal Fuzz re-issued or at least a 200-unit limited run for the upcoming holidays. I'm ready with my credit card 😄
That would be cool!
It'sound kinda "lo-fi", I like it.
Woohoo! New EQD vid
What a cool drive!!
Sounds nice! I'd love to take the royal dive one day
Sounds great btw!
14:35 that sound is diamonds
Once you started mixing those, they sounded really cool. This was a cool vid.
Thanks!
Thank you EQD for the great series and killer pedals! I was wondering about the Ghost Disaster pedal. I scored one a few years ago but I don't know much about it.
There’s about 80-100 of them, don’t let it go!
We want one. The demand is there!
This'd be cool!
Sounds great. Just plonk the DIP switches on the outside Chase Bliss style and put it out.
This is a great sounding pedal.
Make this available and I will buy 2! (Maybe add a how to video on how to diy that paint job too)
yup...I'd buy that
I recognized that damn paint color immediately. I tried to get some for some chorus pedals I was working on this spring and the only one I could find online to order was nearly $40 a can 😅 I tried using silver hammer with a translucent light blue over and I just couldn't get that color.
So that sounds great! Reissue?
So glad to see the RBG shoutout! I LOVE when businesses expose their political views! Tell me you aren't a free thinker without telling me you aren't a free thinker.
Heck yeah, put that mahfk into production!
Awesome pedal ! Voting for a V2 release !
This would be sweet if it had the Palisades treatment with the toggle knob to switch between the groupings. I hope they reissue this!!!
Needs a comeback! Throw it into a Rainbow Machine size enclosure and put the clipping options as toggles like the Palisades. The happy medium between Dunes and Palisades that does some fun stuff the others can’t.
This is the best od pedal ever
Sounds wonderful 👍 I would buy one.
I. Want. One!!! (Or possibly more than one!!!!) That finish shouldn't be too hard to reproduce, the MXR Classic Fuzz had it, that was mass produced.
Sounds great 🤩
Oh pls make it againnnn
I've never wanted a discontinued pedal more
I have a cowboy graphic Acapulco Gold. I have only seen a handful since I got it.
🤠
No comments yet, surprising! Also, maybe a rotary switch of some kind for the diodes.
It would be cool to see a schematic.
Or maybe create a PCB for DIY.
3:10 How you instantly know it's an Earthquaker pedal.
😂 true
that sounds fucking amazing!!!!
Your company makes some of the best delays and drives
Why thank ya!
Take my money right now!
The original Zap Machine is in hammertone as well.
Neat.
I think the title card for MOSFET should be Rectifier, no? When they opened the pedal it was on Mosfet and they skipped it when going through the different sounds.
oof.. welp, nobody's perfect. Thanks for pointing that out!
If you made it again I would buy it even in this economy.
Peace
sounds goooood
14:37 is the move.
Make it. Make it now. Please.
Just add rotary switch for diode option and you've got a new pedal in line ;D
Yep, sounds like an overdrive
Cool pedal! I wanted to hear no diodes, or is just op amp clipping no good?
#420 thumbs up
Playing with diodes is always fun, nothing like breaking your brain trying to make a decision. Staring at a prototype from lockdown that has weird pots alligator clipped together, another mystery. No idea what was going to be the abandoned end result. Should plug it in
Is the writing on screen is wrong at 11.30? I thought he said they were rectifier diodes not mosfet, the mosfets were the setting at the beginning which he skipped over when going through the dip switches
Hoping you guys would re-issue this! Sounds gnarly