“The same hand soldered through-hole construction and super rare military spec germanium transistors that were used in the original”: EarthQuaker Devices celebrates two decades of stompbox design with the Hoof Fuzz 20th Anniversary Edition

EarthQuaker Devices Hoof Fuzz 20th Anniversary Edition.

EarthQuaker Devices is celebrating 20 trips around the sun with a special VOS reissue of the pedal that started it all, the Hoof Fuzz.

This “hyper-limited edition” follows a similar template to the original fuzz pedal, and features a circuit with a hybrid silicon/germanium design, and if you are into cork-sniffing component tasting notes, that might suggest a fuzz that copes better with fluctuations in temperature (thank you, silicon) and maybe more touch-sensitive and warm (thank you, germanium).