Rancho de la Luna Dirt Transmitter Fuzz Driver

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In early 2023, Jamie Stillman was invited by guitarist and producer Dave Catching to participate in a recording session at Rancho de la Luna for an album celebrating 30 years of the legendary studio. Needless to say, Jamie jumped at the chance to go and ended up using the Dirt Transmitter on a lot of the recordings. After the session, there was talk about doing a pedal release in conjunction with the album, and the Dirt Transmitter was the perfect fit.

The Dirt Transmitter is one of the oldest circuits in the EarthQuaker line. The design is Fuzz Face inspired, and the idea started when Jamie came across some very unique silicon transistors. These transistors are lower gain and have a warmth similar to germanium transistors when overdriven. But they also have the top-end grind typical of silicon-based fuzz pedals, which adds to the mids and helps cut through.

The combination of these rare transistors and the starved voltage creates a wide variety of textures at the turn of a knob, which made the Dirt Transmitter a mainstay in our line until its discontinuation in 2017.

We couldn’t be more excited to have worked on this project with Dave. He is such an amazing human, and we’re beyond stoked to bring the Dirt Transmitter back into the world.

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Directed & Edited by Vice Cooler
Director of Photography: Dalton Blanco
Audio Engineer: Scott Cornish
Rancho De La Luna Audio Engineer: Jon Russo

Music Performed by:
Dave Catching
Vice Cooler