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Earthquaker Devices Gray Channel

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A truly versatile and space-saving overdrive based on a classic hard-clipping overdrive.

The Gray Channel is a real “twofer” of an overdrive. It is based around a classic hard-clipping gray box overdrive (subtle hint, huh), one of Earthquaker's a...

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Zachary Cole Smith

Cole use EarthQuaker Gray Channel in Deceiver Tours.PEDALpunk designed, programmed and delivered these pedalboards.
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Justin Meldal-Johnsen

In his studio, 2018
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Mark Arm

Mark Arm discusses using the Grey Channel pedal in the linked video
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John Baldwin Gourley

This was on his board 11/04/2016 at their Show at Cat's Cradle. This was his base distortion tone.
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Lee Kiernan

The guitarrist endorsees the brand.
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Tyler Bates

In this image, taken from his [Premier Guitar interview](https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29613-man-in-the-mirror-tyler-bates?page=1), many of his studio pedals are photographed. One of the pedals in this photo is Earthquaker Gray Channel.
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Doug Gillard

Listed on Doug's official EQD artist page.
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Erik "Ripley" Johnson

I’ve been tweaking my pedal board lately but right now it is: TC Electronics PolyTune 2 > Teese Real McCoy Custom wah > Earthquaker Devices Gray Channel > MXR Phase 95 > Strymon Brigadier delay > Klon Centaur > Ditto Looper X2. Plus I have the built-in “Transwarp Drive” on my custom Airline. I use it for a boost, or, if the Gray Channel is engaged, to add a little more dirt.
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Devin Holt

According to the Premier Guitar's interview, Holt uses the Earthquaker Gray Channel overdrive pedal.
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Jesse Tobias

Listed under "Currently Using" on Jesse's official EQD artist page.
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Joseph D. Rowland

Seen on Pallbearer's Rig Rundown video.
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Description

A truly versatile and space-saving overdrive based on a classic hard-clipping overdrive.

The Gray Channel is a real “twofer” of an overdrive. It is based around a classic hard-clipping gray box overdrive (subtle hint, huh), one of Earthquaker's all-time favorites. Coincidentally, this is the very same pedal that got the founder of Earthquaker started building pedals and launched EQD.

It is two channels of a simple hard clipping overdrive that leaves the character of the guitar and amp intact. The Gray Channel retains the classic warm overdrive sound and expands upon it with several clipping options and bigger bass response. Each channel has 3 clipping modes.

The Green channel- “Si” (Silicon clipping diodes), “Ge” (Germanium clipping diodes) and “N” (no clipping diodes). The “Si” mode will be bright/loud/fuzzy and has a natural tube type break up. “Ge” mode is a little looser with more lows and warmth and less output. “N” mode acts as a clean boost until you hit roughly 1 o’clock on the gain, at which point it’ll start to saturate the op amp into a biting, loud distortion. Phew! Still with them? Cool, onto the modes of the Red channel.

Here, you’ve got “LED” (LED clipping diodes), “FET” (Mosfet clipping diodes) and “N” (again, no clipping diodes). “LED” mode is the loudest, cleanest and most touch sensitive/least compressed. “Mos” mode is the most compressed with a tighter crunch; the biggest hesher of the group. And finally, the “N” mode is the same clean to crazy loud op amp distortion set-up as the Green channel. With a couple of switch clicks you can go from your bypassed tone to warm break up to over-the-top gnarly grind and any/every combination in between.

With more and more drive pedals moving onto already crowded pedal boards, having the Gray Channel dual overdrive is like, totally crucial for sonic growth and sustain. Join the fight to stop pedal board overcrowding, because before we can overdrive tomorrow, we must first drive today... or something.

Each Gray Channel is built one at a time, part by gorgeous part at a former automotive paint factory by a bunch of smokestacks on a dead end street in Akron, Ohio.

Specifications

Two channel hard-clipping overdrive
Si (Silicon clipping diodes), Ge (Germanium clipping diodes) and N (No clipping diodes) modes for Green channel
LED (LED clipping diodes), FET (Mosfet clipping diodes) and N (No clipping diodes) modes for Red channel
Gain and level controls for each channel
Handmade in USA

1 Earthquaker Devices Gray Channel Review

nils813

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Incredible drive, two channels of great sounding dirt

This pedal sounds fantastic. The green channel has a toggle switch that alters the diodes in use: either germanium, silicon, or no diode. The red channel has a similar toggle that has three options: LED, none, and FET (to emulate a Mosfet drive). I keep my green channel lighter and the red heavier, and it gets the job done more than well for my drive needs. Can also be stacked with other drives.

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