There's something in the water at California's Rancho De La Luna, something that sounds like the EarthQuaker Devices Dirt Transmitter Rancho De La Luna Fuzz. This limited release from Akron's favorite effect wizards is a fuzzy oasis in a desert of tone, so come to the water and take a swig.
In 2023, EQD founder Jamie Stillman visited Rancho De La Luna, the famed recording studio of guitarist and producer Dave Catching. An alumnus of Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age, Catching operates Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California. Stillman jumped at the chance to go and ended up using one of EQD's oldest effects, the Dirt Transmitter. The Transmitter originally shipped in 2008 with three controls for harnessing its Fuzz Face-style tone. Today's Dirt Transmitter features a new, fourth control, Bias, that starves the circuit for a chokey, sputtering sonic profile.
One thing that elevates this Dirt Transmitter is its use of EQD's rare silicon transistors that behave similarly to germanium. Running the gamut between Velcro-ripping wildness and subdued overdrives, the Dirt Transmitter is a knockout fuzz effect that can achieve so many different highs. The Dirt Transmitter, a standby in EarthQuaker's catalog until 2017, is back in full Rancho De La Luna fashion for the players of today for a limited time.
As a classic for EQD fans revived for today, the Dirt Transmitter Rancho De La Luna is a wonderfully versatile and expressive fuzz circuit in iconic EarthQuaker fashion.
