Skip to main content

EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder

EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder Angle

Click to enlarge

EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder

EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder Angle

EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder Side

EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder Back

EarthQuaker Devices – Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder

$199.00

-

Zoar® – Dynamic Audio Grinder

Zoar is a medium-high gain discrete distortion (using only transistors; no opamps or diodes in here!) that has that touch sensitive amp-like quality to it that everyone craves. It has been finely tuned to create a highly tweakable hi-fi and modern sounding distortion, but with the ghosts of old school circuitry to deliver a grind that is both instantly familiar and delightfully unique. Want that defined sparkle and tightness of an overdrive? This has it. Want that low-medium gain fuzz that’s perfect for drop tuned guitars and basses? This has it. Want to be able to dial in and control every nuance of your tone from jangly on-the-verge of break up to blowing the walls out heavy saturation? Then this is the pedal for you.

Availability	in Montreal
Brand	EarthQuaker Devices

In stock

Add to wishlist

SKU: EQD-ZOAR Category: Overdrive/Distortion Tag: EarthQuaker Devices

Description

Level: Adjusts the output volume.

Weight: This is an input frequency control that changes the voice and saturation of the distortion. Turning Weight clockwise allows more low frequencies to pass through. This increases the gain, allows lower frequencies to clip faster and can shift the tone of the pedal from tight distortion to a loose fuzz.

Gain: Turn clockwise to increase distortion. This adjusts the transistor bias. A little static sound when turning is completely normal.

Bass: Passive bass control, adjusts the low frequency content between 0 and 800Hz +/- 15dB.

Middle: Passive middle control, adjusts the midrange frequency content between 500Hz and 3kHz +/- 10dB.

Treble: Passive treble control, adjusts the high frequency content between 1kHz and 10kHz +/-15dB.

Customize Your Sound

This meticulously crafted box has six knobs that allow you to truly customize your sound with the Level, Weight, Gain, Bass, Middle, and Treble controls. The red LED light indicates when the distortion is activated by the Flexi-Switch® enabled footswitch.

The Gain control on Zoar goes from the edge of break up all the way over the cliff into the crunchy, grinding abyss. The character of the distortion is heavily dependent on the setting of the Weight control as well as your guitar’s pickup type, and it is further fine-tuned by the EQ section.

Touch-Sensitive Controls

While having its roots in a very familiar past, the passive 3-band EQ has been finely tuned for modern tones. While this style of tone shaping seems simple on the surface, it is deceptively complex and highly interactive.

The 3-band EQ and Gain controls give you nearly unlimited options with great focus and sensitive precision, but the real powerhouse of Zoar is the Weight control. This control dictates the amount of low end that is passed into the circuit, thus controlling the entire character of the pedal. From a mere clean boost to a high gain distortion to overdrive to the crispy Hi-Fi fuzz territory, this function gives you everything.

The Level control hits unity gain around noon, but this is dependent on where the other controls are set. In addition to controlling the output volume, it also plays a small part in the controlling the voice of Zoar. By adjusting the Level control with any combination of EQ (boosting the frequency bands and cutting the output volume), you can achieve drastically different curves that have the feel of the more traditional low pass filter type tone control.

Running Zoar at 18v

Want to elevate your sonic spirit to a higher level? Try running Zoar at higher voltage! Zoar can handle power up to 18v DC. Higher voltages will yield a different frequency response with more defined dynamics and a faster response. When powered at 18v, the range of clean tones are widened, dirty tones become punchier with better note articulation, low frequencies are tightened, the Treble control will cover a broader spectrum without becoming harsh and the output volume nearly doubles! The experience is not unlike plugging into a wall of high wattage tube amplifiers!

About EarthQuaker Devices

About EarthQuaker Devices

We inspire a lifetime of musical adventures for all sonic explorers.

Do you like effects pedals? We do! Here at EarthQuaker Devices, we like pedals so much that we make them one-at-a-time, by hand, the hard way, in the idyllic post-apocalyptic wasteland metropolis of Akron, Ohio, USA - where the soldering smoke blocks out the sun, and the fiery Cuyahoga River pumps white-hot liquid magma into the steam engine that powers our great riff factory in the sky.

PHILOSOPHY

We believe that effects pedals and synth modules should be simple and user-friendly, with lots of practical, useable, and musical sounds, but should also be a launchpad for sonic exploration and aural innovation. Most of all, they should always work correctly all of the time, which is why each and every single EarthQuaker Devices pedal is hand built, hand tested, and guaranteed for life. We use only the highest quality components, but if for some crazy reason your pedal does break, send it back to us and we will fix it for you!

Click here to view more products

EarthQuaker Devices best sellers

EarthQuaker Devices - Hizumitas Fuzz Sustainer

EarthQuaker Devices – Hizumitas Fuzz Sustainer

$239.00

-

Hizumitas was designed for the one and only Wata from the legendary experimental band Boris, one of the heaviest bands

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Westwood Translucent Drive Manipulator

EarthQuaker Devices - Westwood Translucent Drive Manipulator

EarthQuaker Devices – Westwood Translucent Drive Manipulator

$239.00

-

Westwood is a touch sensitive translucent overdrive manipulator as clean and pure as the breeze which blows through a grove of Douglas Fir trees, and as hot as a damn fine cup of coffee.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Space Spiral Modulated Delay Device

EarthQuaker Devices - Space Spiral Modulated Delay Device

EarthQuaker Devices – Space Spiral Modulated Delay Device

$265.00

-

The Space Spiral is a dark and dreamy modulated delay designed to take you across the highways of fantasy. While the delay may be designed around a “dawn of digital” echo processor, the sound is out of this world, man. If you are a fan of the dreary echoes produced by old oil can delays or the ethereal sound of a well-loved tape delay, the Space Spiral is totally going to tickle your tone bone.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter

EarthQuaker Devices - Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter

EarthQuaker Devices – Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter

$409.00

-

Towers teleports your sound into a vast stereophonic expanse, weaving it into its unique resonant filtered feedback networks. Reflections hang in the air and move in and out of a sprawling multidimensional soundscape, where they don’t just fade away—they radiate, breathe and drift endlessly into the void.

The filter frequency offers three distinct modes of navigation: Manual Mode puts the player in charge of the filter frequencies. Envelope Mode where playing dynamics breathe and morph into everchanging filter movements. LFO Mode where the player surrenders control to a slow-moving oscillator that sweeps across the stereo field.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - ZEQD-Pre All-Analog Simulation Solution

EarthQuaker Devices - ZEQD-Pre All-Analog Simulation Solution

EarthQuaker Devices – ZEQD-Pre All-Analog Simulation Solution

$529.00

-

This all-analog tube preamplifier brings together EarthQuaker Devices’ innovative pedal design and Dr. Z Amplification’s decades of tube amp expertise. With a passive three-band EQ, professional headphone output, balanced XLR output, and onboard analog cabinet simulation, the ZEQD-Pre delivers authentic tube warmth and dynamic response in a complete analog amplifier system that fits right on your pedalboard.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Barrows Fuzz Attacker

EarthQuaker Devices - Barrows Fuzz Attacker

EarthQuaker Devices – Barrows Fuzz Attacker

$179.00

-

Barrows pays homage to the iconic MKII circuit while adding modern refinements that would make even the most discerning vintage purist weep tears of harmonic joy. At its heart, Barrows features a trio of carefully matched germanium transistors nestled within finely tuned circuitry that has been lovingly coaxed to produce everything from light, singing distortion to crushing fuzz tones with nearly infinite harmonic-rich sustain.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Gary Automatic Pulse Width Modulation Fuzz and Dynamic Natural Overdrive

EarthQuaker Devices - Gary Automatic Pulse Width Modulation Fuzz and Dynamic Natural Overdrive

EarthQuaker Devices – Gary Automatic Pulse Width Modulation Fuzz and Dynamic Natural Overdrive

$269.00

-

EarthQuaker Devices is proud to introduce you to your new best bud, Gary. This little big guy was dreamt up by the one and only Lee Kiernan from the crushing and most necessary band IDLES!

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices – Silos Multi-Generational Time Reflection Device

EarthQuaker Devices – Silos Multi-Generational Time Reflection Device

EarthQuaker Devices – Silos Multi-Generational Time Reflection Device

$269.00

-

Silos™ Multi-Generational Time Reflection Device

Unlike anything before it, the Silos™ merges together a digital, analog, and tape delay into one compact and powerful pedal. In addition to the tri-voice delay, it features tap tempo, user-assignable expression control, and the ability to save and recall six presets, making it endlessly customizable and easy to operate. It’s like having three classic pedals all rolled into one! Now you can save room on your pedalboard while never having to decide which single delay to use again.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder

EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar EarthQuaker Devices - Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder Angle

EarthQuaker Devices – Zoar Dynamic Audio Grinder

$199.00

-

Zoar® - Dynamic Audio Grinder

Zoar is a medium-high gain discrete distortion (using only transistors; no opamps or diodes in here!) that has that touch sensitive amp-like quality to it that everyone craves. It has been finely tuned to create a highly tweakable hi-fi and modern sounding distortion, but with the ghosts of old school circuitry to deliver a grind that is both instantly familiar and delightfully unique. Want that defined sparkle and tightness of an overdrive? This has it. Want that low-medium gain fuzz that’s perfect for drop tuned guitars and basses? This has it. Want to be able to dial in and control every nuance of your tone from jangly on-the-verge of break up to blowing the walls out heavy saturation? Then this is the pedal for you.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Blumes Bass Low Signal Shredder

EarthQuaker Devices - Blumes Bass Low Signal Shredder Angle

EarthQuaker Devices – Blumes Bass Low Signal Shredder

$159.00

-

Blumes® - Low Signal Shredder

Blumes® is an all-analog tri-mode soft clipping bass overdrive that carries the torch of the classic screamer circuit but has a voice all its own. While embodying most of the characteristics and features of our beloved Plumes® Small Signal Shredder, this modified circuit has double the gain and a deeper bass response to retain all the low end. It utilizes internal bipolar power, which gives you more dynamics and all the headroom you could ever desire. The end result is a three-dimensional tone with added clarity that really pushes a nice tube amp over the edge.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Ledges Tri-Dimensional Reverberation Machine

EarthQuaker Devices - Ledges Tri-Dimensional Reverberation Machine Side

EarthQuaker Devices – Ledges Tri-Dimensional Reverberation Machine

$269.00

-

Ledges is a compact, three-mode reverb with the ability to save and recall six presets and user-assignable expression control with loads of customizable options. If you’re craving that warm, lush reverb tone from the players and songs you love, then this is your pedal. If you want to push the limits and take it further to sonic reaches that only you can uncover, then this is also your pedal. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted and needed out of a reverb.

Add to wishlist

EarthQuaker Devices - Disaster Transport Legacy Reissue - The Original Delay Modulation Machine

EarthQuaker Devices - Disaster Transport Legacy Reissue - The Original Delay Modulation Machine Side Left

EarthQuaker Devices – Disaster Transport Legacy Reissue – The Original Delay Modulation Machine

$299.00

-

Limited to 3,500 units worldwide. Behold! The newest incarnation of one of our most beloved pedals ever, the Disaster Transport. For those of you well versed in the pedal’s celebrated history, you might notice some differences on this beautifully sparkly box. A new Mod Mode switch allows you to bend or stretch the modulation wave. The new Mod Speed switch offers three rates of modulation, from bizarrely animated gradual climbs and steep drop offs to rapid chorus and intense vibrato.

The delay line has been redesigned to reduce the noise floor and improve the quality of the delay. Plus, it’s now filtered to sound more like an analog delay than any of the previous versions. With knobs to control the Speed, Intensity, Mix, Repeats, and Time; this analog-voiced digital delay sits perfectly in the background with an evolved ambiance, but can also be dialed in for the dramatic effect of your choosing.

Add to wishlist

Shipping

Livraison Nantel

Livraison Nantel

FREE SHIPPING ON MOST PRODUCTS OVER $100

We offer free shipping on most products of $ 100.00 and over with a dimensional weight under 35 pounds.

For orders over $100 with no weight overload or fuel overload, after checking the best delivery options, we could refund you part of shipping fees.

Free shipping is not valid for remote regions such as Nunavut, Yukon, Northwest Territories and the non-metropolitan regions and all other areas driven by our courier. (Purolator / FedEx / UPS). All items will be shipped uninsured via Purolator or Canada Post. Insurance can be added, please just call us to know the details. It is also possible to deliver order by bus for Quebec resident. Please contact us to get more information about this option.

In store pick up

To pick up your order in store, please write it down in the additional information. Specify the store of your choice. (Laval or Montreal)
When your order is ready, we will notify you.
You can then come to the selected store to pick up your order by presenting the credit card used for the transaction and a valid Photo ID card showing the billing address that appears on your order.

Specifications


TECH SPECS
Dimensions	4.75 x 2.50 x 2.25 in. (121 x 64 x 57 mm) with knobs

Current Draw	10 mA

Input Impedance	1 MΩ

Output Impedance	<10 kΩ

Flexi-Switch® Technology	This device features Flexi-Switch® Technology! This relay-based, true bypass switching style allows you to simultaneously use momentary and latching style switching.

	• For standard latching operation, tap the footswitch once to activate the effect and then tap again to bypass.

	• For momentary operation, hold the footswitch down for as long as you’d like to use the effect. Once you release the switch the effect will be bypassed.

	Since the switching is relay based, it requires power to pass signal.

Power	This device takes a 9-18 volt DC power supply with a standard 2.1mm negative center barrel plug. We recommend using a pedal-specific, transformer-isolated, wall-wart power supply or a power supply with multiple isolated-outputs. Pedals will make extra noise if there is ripple or unclean power. Switching-type power supplies, daisy chains and non-pedal specific power supplies do not always filter dirty power and may result in unwanted noise. DO NOT POWER THE ZOAR HIGHER THAN 18V!

Artwork	Artwork by Dave Neeson