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It's all ANALOGUE - Earthquaker Devices ZEQD-Pre

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Big THANK YOU to the amazing people at EQD Australia - find out more about the ZEQD-Pre

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Today we are checking out the ZEQD-Pre...a collaboration between Earthquaker Devices and Dr. Z Amps! Put it at the end of a Pedalboard, use it as a headphone amp for silent practice, use it as a Preamp into a Poweramp or as a Drive/Boost into the front of an Amp - tons of uses and we will go through most of them in this Video!! Big THANK YOU to the amazing people at EQD Australia - find out more about the ZEQD-Pre: https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/zeqd-pre Are you thinking about purchasing the ZEDQ-Pre…?? Maybe from Sweetwater…?? Use our affiliate link and help out the channel: http://sweetwater.sjv.io/DWVnoa 0:00 Hello 0:45 What is it...?? 1:26 Direct Setup 1:41 Controls 3:11 Going Direct w/ Strat 4:19 The EQ 6:07 The BOOST 7:18 w/ Humbuckers 9:06 Let's run a Drive Pedal into it - w/ Humbuckers 11:05 Drive Pedal w/ Strat 12:01 Drive Pedal w/ Low Tuning 13:45 into an Amp - Setup 14:36 into an Amp - w/ Humbuckers 16:09 into an Amp - w/ Low Tuning 18:53 into an Amp - w/ Strat 20:16 Let's use a Cab Sim - w/ Strat 25:16 Cab Sim - w/ Humbuckers 27:04 Thoughts PLEASE make sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel if you like what we do - around 90% of all our views on YouTube are from people who are NOT subscribed to us! If you subscribe and give us a thumbs up that would help with the ever changing world of YouTube algorithms that prevent our videos to be seen by more people! - THANK YOU!! ============================================= You can email us: superfunawesomehappytime@gmail.com You can find links to our PODCAST and all Social Media stuff here: https://linktr.ee/superfunawesomehappytime ============================================= Help out the channel by shopping at Sweetwater via this Affiliate link: http://sweetwater.sjv.io/aOMWOY Use our VIP Link to get 7% off your first years membership with DistroKid: http://distrokid.com/vip/superfunawesome Celestion Plus IRs affiliate link: https://www.celestionplus.com/ref/190/ ============================================= Stuff we use: Strings - Gabor: https://stringjoy.com/guitarstrings/strings/electric-guitar-strings/orbiters/6-string-orbiters/balanced-medium-11-50/ Strings - Alex: https://stringjoy.com/guitarstrings/strings/electric-guitar-strings/orbiters/6-string-orbiters/balanced-light-10-48/ We use Pig Hog HEX Silent Cables: https://pighogcables.com/ We use a LEWITT MTP440DM to mic our cabinet: https://www.lewitt-audio.com/microphones/mtp-live/mtp-440-dm We use a Two Notes Torpedo Captor X: https://www.two-notes.com/ We use a Mozztronics Amp Switcher: https://mozztronics.wordpress.com/ We use My Glyn's Pickups in some of our Guitars: https://www.mrglynspickups.com/ We use Fishman Fluence Pickups in some of our Guitars: https://www.fishman.com/product-series-fluence/ We use Triad Orbit stands: https://www.triad-orbit.com/ A lot of the gear we use to film these videos: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/thesuperfunawesomehappytimepedalshow ============================================= More about the PartsMaster: Video: https://youtu.be/p_c74FAOu38 Martin A Smith Pickups: http://www.martinasmith.com.au Mako Guitars - Neck: https://www.facebook.com/makoguitarsworkshop/ h_e_r_a_d - Pickguard: https://www.instagram.com/h_e_r_a_d Emerson Custom - Wiring Harness: https://www.emersoncustom.com Mark Shipton - Instrument Repairs: https://www.facebook.com/MarkShiptonInstrumentRepairs/ ============================================= More about the DoomMaster: Vander Guitars - Body: https://www.vanderguitars.com.au Baguley Guitars - Neck: https://baguleyguitars.shop h_e_r_a_d - Pickguard: https://www.instagram.com/h_e_r_a_d Descendant Vibrato: https://www.instagram.com/descendantvibrato String Switch Noise - Wiring Harness: https://stringswitchnoise.com.au/ Deluxe Tone Instruments Repairs: https://www.deluxetone.com.au/ ============================================= Thanks everyone!

About This Video

Today I’m checking out the EarthQuaker Devices x Dr. Z collab pedal with the Z on it… the ZEQD-Pre (or the “ZQD Pre” if you want to say it like we did). EQD Australia loaned it to us (not sponsored), and the whole idea is: stick it at the end of your board and you’ve got a proper “amp-ish” hub—XLR direct out with analogue cab sim + ground lift, headphone out for silent practice, or run it into the front of an amp like a normal pedal. And yep: it’s all analogue. The cab sim is analogue. Everything is analogue. We start going direct into Logic via XLR and I run through the controls: level, a passive 3‑band EQ, and a boost that’s full-range and bypasses the EQ. Clean-wise, it’s properly clean going direct—very punchy and dry, and it doesn’t really break up even when you crank it. The EQ is super usable (you can’t really “break it”), and the mids sit in a nice spot. Then we throw humbuckers at it, and I run a drive pedal into it for that mid-forward, punchy, aggressive “Queens of Stone Age” kind of vibe. After that we run it into an amp (Ceriatone Creme Brulee) and honestly… I was pleasantly surprised how good it sounded into the front end, especially as a boost/drive into a lower-headroom amp. Finally, we bypass the internal cab sim and use it as a preamp into a Two Notes Opus for more cab/power amp flavor options. Lots of uses, lots of tones—stick around for the timestamps and have a listen.

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