The EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz Pedal was designed for the one and only guitar player, Wata, from the legendary band, Boris.

The Hizumitas has loads of heavy distortion and smooth sustain with an underlying grit to it that sounds like the speakers are on the verge of ripping apart, all while still delivering amazing clarity that you wouldn’t expect from something this aggressive sounding. The Sustain control has a wide range of saturation, even small changes will have a great effect on the overall tone. It has excellent response to different pickup types and playing dynamics. Power chords sound huge and heavy, open chords are dynamic with fantastic note separation, and single note leads are smooth and powerful, especially when using the neck pickup.

The Tone control is atypical for this type of distortion and can drastically change the distortion’s character in conjunction with the Sustain setting. The opposite of conventional tone knobs, it boosts from unity, with the bass frequencies boosted as you turn clockwise and treble frequencies boosted when turned the opposite. The treble side can go from piercing highs to an aggressive mid-range grind. As the Tone is turned clockwise, the mids become less present, highs are tamed, and a massive, thundering low end comes to the forefront. As you might expect for a pedal that Boris would be proud to use, there is plenty of output gain on tap, so everything above unity is set to the absolute extreme. It uses relay based true bypass switching, so requires power to pass signal.

• Volume adjusts the overall output volume. Unity is around 9 to 10 o’clock
• Sustain introduces more distortion and sustain clockwise
• Tone boosts bass frequencies clockwise and boost highs counterclockwise. This control has a massive effect on the character of the pedal

EarthQuaker said this of the collaboration, "We could not be more excited to have the honour of working with such an iconic legend known for her crushing riffs and mind melting leads". The EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz Pedal is a faithful sonic recreation of Wata's go to distortion (the Elk BM Sustainar), which has been a staple of her tone for many years.

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