What is it?Designed in collaboration with guitarist Lee Kiernan of Idles (whose records, T-shirts and commemorative plates we hoard and treasure), Gary is a versatile dirt box with a split personality, with one side providing gnarly automatic pulse-width modulation fuzz while the other side offers robust op-amp overdrive based on the green channel of EarthQuaker’s classic Gray Channel dual overdrive.Mix up the letters of “Gray” and you get “Gary,” which is a perfectly cromulent name for a schizophrenic stompbox if it’s anything like the Garys we know (you know who you are, Gary!).The PWM fuzz and overdrive circuits are independent, each featuring a duo of controls and separate on/off footswitch so you can switch between or blend the effects at will.
Specs(Image credit: EarthQuaker Devices)Launch price: $199/£209/€249Type: PWM Fuzz and dynamic natural overdrive pedalControls: Go, Yes!, Oosh, That's it, silent relay-based footswitch with Flexi-Switch techConnectivity: 2x 1/4" input/output, standard centre negative power inputBypass: TruePower: 9V DC, 20 mADimensions: 121 x 64 x 57 mmOptions: NoneContact: EarthQuaker DevicesUsability and sounds(Image credit: EarthQuaker Devices)The Gary pedal’s design is about as simple as it gets. On the left side representing the overdrive section, there’s a big knob labeled “Go” that adjust the gain level and a smaller “That’s It” knob a.k.
a. master volume. Directly below those knobs is the OD effect’s footswitch.