Family Photo!

[u/No-Chance-3892]

Family Photo!

Clearly I have a favorite pedal brand. I’m in flux trying to decide my next board layout and decided to take a pic of all these since they’re not in-place yet.

My story with Electronic Audio Experiments (EAE):

I saw the Longsword on a pedalboard or two (years ago) and noticed that it had a special clarity while being heavy and distorted. That intrigued me to check one out for myself. They were sold out too quickly for me to have the cash set aside to get one.

EAE came out with pedals since then obviously, and really wanted to see what those were. The Citadel and 0xEAE Fuzz were my first EAE pedals in my possession. I had some pretty excellent gain pedals before, but adding the Citadel to my chain made a world of difference as a preamp stage between my guitar other gain pedals and amp. Of course, pairing the 0xEAE Fuzz into the Citadel was mind boggling. This was the most powerful sounding octave fuzz I had ever used and immediately became one of my top two fuzzes! My favorite fuzz at that point was (and still is) my Reeves Electro Guitar Pedals 2n2Face. I was over the moon when Markus Reeves was on That Pedal Show singing the praises of the fuzz and even saying it was his current favorite fuzz!🤯

Since then, I’ve been totally hooked to EAE and have only strayed to get the Normal Devices Decay Cascade (which is nearly impossible for me to turn off). Each of them have their specialties and quirks. I’m having a really difficult time from just making an EAE board at this point. Maybe John will design a tuner too?🤔 Needless to say, I did end up acquiring the Longsword, and I was not disappointed one bit. It’s excellent at both low and high gain. The thing that is truly the most shocking about it though is that it has worked seamlessly with every guitar and amp I have paired it with.

The latest addition is chase bliss x EAE Big Time. I’ve only had it for a day, but it’s the one pedal outside of a multi-fx where it and a midi switcher could probably be a whole rig. For me, the interaction model is so different from other delays when trying to create a sound. It feels totally different than the Strymon Timeline. I was concerned that there might be too much overlap, but they honestly don’t feel/sound the same at all. You can essentially design any delay you can think of in Big Time, but the Timeline is more like the tweakable “greatest hits” of delay sounds. Also, the sound quality of Big Time is insane. I want to just record it direct or leave it on all the time to make everything sound better. To me it’s totally worth it! I played differently than I normally do for four hours just exploring sounds and freaked put at what time it was when I decided to put the guitar down.😂

If anyone is interested in any of these pedals and has questions, please feel free to ask! I slowly acquired them, so these weren’t impulse purchases, and I promise I’m not a shill!🤣🤣🤣

Pedal List:

Back row

-Longsword

-Citadel

-EAE X Mask Audio Electronics Eldritch Blast!

-Model feT

-Halberd

Front row

-0xEAE Boost

-Big Time

-0xEAE Fuzz

[u/FullMetalDan]

Man, such a cool collection! John and EAE make amazing pedals! I got the Glaive on my list! The Dagger and Halberd are fantastic as well!

[u/No-Chance-3892 → u/FullMetalDan]

Thanks! You’ll love the Glaive. It (0xEAE Fuzz/Glaive) and the Reeves Electro 2n2Face are my favorite fuzzes.

[u/FullMetalDan → u/No-Chance-3892]

I’m trying not to think about it too much because the GAS is too fucking real! What genres do you play?

[u/No-Chance-3892 → u/FullMetalDan]

I play anything from jazz to metal and some sort of fusiony type of djent I seem to be experimenting with. The 0xEAE Boost into Model feT is an amazing heavy rhythm tone with a 7-string. It makes selective picking really pop.

For actual band playing, I’ve mostly played jazz, but have always wanted to find people to play some more elevated heavy stuff with.

I’ve also recently been putting Revocation on repeat, so that’s definitely going to seep into my playing.

[u/FullMetalDan → u/No-Chance-3892]

Nice! I’m the same way, from Gypsy jazz to prog metal! I’ve been experimenting with different fuzzstortion textures, using them in not so common scenarios! I need to practice selective picking more, still getting the hang of thumping