EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Manual De Instrucciones

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Welcome to the Hizumitas from EarthQuaker Devices brand of guitar stimulators! The
Hizumitas was designed for the one and only guitar sorceress, Wata, from the legendary
band, Boris! We could not be more excited to have the honor of working with such an
iconic legend known for her crushing riffs and mind-melting leads. The Hizumitas is a
faithful sonic recreation of her go-to distortion which has been a staple of her tone for
many years: the Elk BM Sustainar.
The Elk Sustainar is a Japanese variant of the more well-known "Triangle" BMP. During
development, we used several vintage models of the BMP, as well as a few different
versions of the Elk, and quickly realized all of them were wildly different. The only way we
were going to truly capture the magic was to get our hands on her original pedal. Wata
was kind enough to send her beloved pedal halfway across the world so we could see
what made it tick. Right away, we realized it had something special that none of the others
had - heavy saturation with a gritty edge and a massive bottom while still maintaining a
clear and dynamic tone with enough mids and top end to cut through the sludge. We set
out to faithfully recreate all these characteristics in the Hizumitas!
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. The Hizumitas 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. Bass frequencies are
boosted clockwise while treble frequencies are boosted when turned counterclockwise.
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, there is plenty of output gain on tap, so be careful. Unity is around
9-10 o'clock and everything above that is set to destroy.
Each and every Hizumitas is all-analog, true bypass, and built one-at-a-time by certified
technicians from the Technical Institute of Tone Betterment in sweltering Akron, Ohio.
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Controls
Sustain: More distortion and sustain clockwise; less counterclockwise.
Tone: Boost bass frequencies clockwise and boost highs counterclockwise. This control
has a massive effect on the character of the Hizumitas.
Volume: Adjusts the output volume. Unity is around 9-10 o'clock.
Power
This device take a standard 9 volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative center barrel.
We always recommend pedal-specific, transformer-isolated wall-wart power supplies
or multiple isolated-output supplies. 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 filter dirty power as well and let through unwanted noise. DO NOT
RUN AT HIGHER VOLTAGES!
Current Draw: 10 mA
Input Impedance: ≈150 kΩ
Output Impedance: <10 kΩ
Switching
This device uses relay-based true bypass switching; it requires power to pass signal.
Warranty
This device has a limited lifetime warranty. If it breaks, we will fix it. Should you encounter
any issues, please visit www.earthquakerdevices.com/warranty.
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