Versatile Big Muff with Clarity

Hi! I'm a casual-but-serious guitar player of almost a decade now, and only started to venture into physical equipment recently. This was the first pedal I bought, as I couldn't pass up the signature pedal of Wata. I initially got it because the muff sound is so synonymous in noise rock/shoegaze, but as I've transitioned into playing doom, sludge, crust, hardcore, and all the like, this pedal has done astoundingly. With the gain rolled all the way back, it acts as a filter, and the second you begin to turn it you get bold overdrive, into tearing distortion, into facemelting two note power-chord territory. I've seriously become disenfranchised with my Rat 2, as the Hizu can do everything I liked about the rat better. When this pedal can't survive nuclear fallout, EarthQuaker Devices will repair it in any* conditions under their incredibly confident warranty. Absolutely bonkers pedal, and one that I see having a home on my board for a very long time.

*not every condition, but most. My friend fried my Hizu with higher voltage than it was meant for and EQD fixed it at the cost of shipping.

An improved Triangle Big Muff

This pedal is a copy of Boris guitarist Wata's fuzz, an Elk stusainar, which was itself modeled on the original Triangle Big Muff by Electro Harmonix. So you can say that it's a Triangle BM copy, which is good enough as there are not so many boutique versions of the Triangle, as opposed to the many Ram's Head or Russian muffs that are offered these days. As I have a recent reissue of the Triangle, it is easy for me to compare those pedals. I'd say that they're pretty similar but that the EarthQuaker Devices pedal has more of everything, more gain, more volume on tap and a wider tone range. The tone knob is probably the most original aspect on this thing. Counterclockwise, you get more trebles and clockwise you get more bass, so that works in an opposite way compared to most existing pedals. Once you've understood that, it's easy to build yourself a reliable tone. I did not even have to open the manual and immediately got everything I expected. It's buzzy and hairy as any good Big Muff pedal should be, with an everlasting sustain, even when that knob is dialed down a bit. I'd say that compared to a traditional Big Muff, it has less of the straightness of a distortion and more of the unpredictability of a fuzz, with a gated, bit crushed ending, and good note separation. So, yes, the Triangle Muff is gone for good and that improved version is gonna replace it. My favorite aspect? The switch. A no click switch is just so much better in a live situation. I play some post-rock, shoegazey, alternative metal kind of music and I like to stack dirt pedals a lot (in addition to the Big Muff kind of pedal, I've got a Rat clone, a Blues Driver and a boost and they're quite often played altogether, with the BD-2 and the boost always on as my 'clean' tone). The Hizumitas is going to be the perfect tool for the sort of stuff I like to do.

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The Wata Sound in a box

Everything about this pedal oozes Doom/stoner rock Goodness. I was wondering before I ordered one would it have that thing and it nailed it! The Elk muff / Ehx rams head clone but with better tone A+++++++

Creates a great dark foundation of fuzz to build songs on.

Have used this on recordings, jams, and live; great build quality, unique and variable fuzz that can cut through for leads or laydown a carpet of fuzz which the other instruments and vocals can stand on.

Crazy sounds

This thing is super fun, sometimes scary to use. Tone knob changes the sound drastically. Volume can’t be pushed much further than 9 o’clock before destroying ears or maybe the amp, proceed with caution! Nonetheless, this pedal rips, sounds super nice with a tube screamer in front. Great doom tones which is the intent considering it is a Boris signature pedal

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