The dude with the chainsaw is the most important member of any good pedal building company.

@SeanPorio

Жыл бұрын

Happy to be appreciated 😉

@michaelyahner6695

Жыл бұрын

I like how it wasn’t mentioned, just casually back there.

@AaronFrederick843

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelyahner6695 dude talked about the newspapers on the floor but didn't mention chainsaw charles over there

@kevinmurtagh4996

Жыл бұрын

@@SeanPorio Could you guys please make a Chainsaw pedal?? That would be life-affirming for me. :)

Everyone needs a Heather in their life.

@MrBeauChat

Жыл бұрын

Heather’s the real MVP 🤘

@michaelsnydermusic

10 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Without her he would be so lost in chaos. It’s pretty cool to see a dude like him be successful because us musicians know many guys like this who go nowhere because they forget to pay their electric bill or don’t realize there is such a thing. Obviously, Heather handles all of that so he can go off and create.

@mariustravel8837

9 ай бұрын

I have one ❤️ Her name is Flora ❤️

You guys really got Oliver to finally explain the guitars and amps, yet another EarthQuaker win

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

🏆

That double-amplified spring reverb pedal sounds utterly incredible holy fuck

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

It really does!

@lowandodor1150

Жыл бұрын

@@EarthQuakerDevices It so does!

@ulyssestinoco3719

Жыл бұрын

Time stamp for spring reverb?

Imagine lending this guy a guitar

FUN FACT: Chainsaw guy at 8:08 is the actual A Place to Bury Strangers musician and the band pantomimes to a tape of his performances. Another FUN FACT: That man is, technically, the buried stranger (these are not facts)

The guitars going into the bag had me cracking up.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

3 guitars in a bag!

@mescaliiiiine

Жыл бұрын

Done that when moving houses with an acoustic guitar bag. Much roomier, but I couldn't just stack them against each other, had to protect them with a layer of bath towels at least. The way he just chucks them in there was nails to a blackboard for me !

@infinidominion

Жыл бұрын

So economical

@victormaniaci2104

Жыл бұрын

@@mescaliiiiine He smashes guitars, glues them back together and still uses them. The last thing he is worried about is some scratches.

The flightcase serving a purpose as a synth is so genius!

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

💡

@michaelsnydermusic

10 ай бұрын

I’d love to have seen the airport baggage check guys face when he saw that.

@christophernoia5197

4 ай бұрын

It was hard to watch him stuff 3 jaguars into that gig bag, but if he's smashing and cutting them with a circular saw anyways, damage from checking that bag probably doesn't matter lol

This guy is my new favorite super hero. He’s a charming mess of a genius

I like how Oliver treats his guitars, amps and pedals as what they are; tools. He's not precious about them and definitely 'relics' everything himself. That said, I would never loan him any of my guitars!

We need to start a petition to get DBA to release that spring reverb.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

I think the comments alone are attesting to this lol

@nym053

Жыл бұрын

I agree!

@lowandodor1150

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes we must! Let us worry about the feedback. Or not. Only the sound guy side of me worries about feedback, the musician side treasures it. What a great sounding pedal it is!

@SlyHikari03

Жыл бұрын

I second this

@ulyssestinoco3719

Жыл бұрын

Time stamp for spring reverb please 🙏

Oliver is seriously the mad scientist of the pedal business! Loved this video!

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Right! Thanks for checking it out!

@mrmatthew2443

11 ай бұрын

Also David Rainger

@michaelsnydermusic

10 ай бұрын

I wonder how many times he’s electrocuted himself. Man he’s cool though.

Yes, us DBA fans want "beyond usability"

Oliver is like the opposite of an orderly person. Everything has to be messed up or challenged or explored. It is so fun to watch.

I could've watched 2 hours of Oliver talking about pedals, music, and anything else. He's so stoked and passionate about what he does. What a rad human being.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Super rad🤙

@503punxoioioi9

Жыл бұрын

Found him to be totally boring.

@pickandhoop

Жыл бұрын

@@503punxoioioi9 thanks for sharing. Have you figured out the upload image button? Don’t forget to send us your videos of half guitars, split input guitars and flight case synths

I had heard of Death By Audio and perhaps thought the peeps behind the company had a few trim pots loose but was not expecting to this degree. And I mean that in the best possible way. The Franken-guitar/circular saw philosophy alone is about the most rock n roll thing I’d ever heard of before. Fucking awesome

You can feel his passion for sound. I can see why he and Jamie get along. Superb video. Soundscapes. Dreamscapes. Brick walls. Freight trains. Smashed guitars and focused repairs. Entropy. DEATH BY AUDIO.

“What if we took 15 practice amps to the show and threw them around” *cut to those ZTs looking extremely nervous 😂

Been following Oliver and his band on and off since about 2012. He's the realest and he hasn't changed one bit! Brings me great joy to see him still doing this stuff.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Super awesome dude!

I miss going to shows at DBA. good times. 10 years of playing in bands without any of their pedals, now have a decent handful and no one to play with. fml.

The guy is literally the opposite of Paul Reed Smith, which is neither good nor bad, but I like the fact that it's a different philosophy.

I literally live down the block from these guys and I pass their shop every day. I always wanted to go in there! This video is perfect! thank you!!!!!!!

@R1GAMBLER

Жыл бұрын

bring them flowers. marigolds.

@josefk5659

Жыл бұрын

@@R1GAMBLER I don’t know, they might be more receptive to a box with human feces.

Seeing A Place to Bury Strangers for the first time in France has been one of my favourite concert experiences. The overwhelming sound in the dark room.. seemed like the whole crowd lost it when they played Now It's Over on the little portable rig with the starburst light going. They know how to make a show!

Protect this man at all cost Seriously tho Oliver love you man

I love DBA and their pedals. Their support also is amazing. I sent my faulty micro dream delay to them and they have it fixed immediately! It took only a few days and sent back to me. Took only two weeks all in all! BTW, I'm residing in the Philippines so it was really a fast support from them. Thank you guys of DBA!

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

Damn, that double-amplified spring reverb sounds just like the end of the world in a box AND IM HERE FOR IT

Fuzz war is by far best bass fuzz pedal I've ever played. Thank you DBA!

@agent_of_cthulhu

Жыл бұрын

I gotta check that out.

Oliver is the most rock and roll a person can be, love death by Audio, love a place to bury strangers!

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

good people!

This made me entire week. Seeing my two favorite pedal companies work together while also getting a deep dive of the dba factory is too good

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks! glad to hear that 😌

So cool that he built a synthesizer out of a flight case!

@Juiceboxbrian

Жыл бұрын

that one kind of blew my mind, seriously a genius move

That spring reverb is otherworldly awesome.

THIS GUY IS ONE OF THE REASON WE STARTED OUR BAND

@EarthQuakerDevices

3 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥

It’s so cool and fascinating how all DBA pedals have a certain sound, no matter if it’s a dirt pedal or crazy modulation, it’s got that gnarly dark thing happening. Same goes for Earthquaker, no matter which effect, they all sound like an Earthquaker pedal.

Is it weird to say that DBA changed my life? It remains an inspiration for me on so many levels, making me git all mushy about it on the interwebs. Much love, gratitude, and respect, DBA. 🔥👊🏽❤️🎸

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

🥰

God, I love Oliver. The absolute nicest destructive guitar player ever.

This gives the Nels Cline interview a run for its money.

Oliver illustrating the importance of why kids should be taught to clean their room.

When I was a sophomore in college I actually got the opportunity to jam out at the DBA factory and play the pedals that they had set up in their jam room (the room at the beginning). My close friend who I was in a band with knows Oliver and he let us visit when we were in NYC. I knew it was really special to be able to be there but I don't think I reallly understood the degree of it at the time 😅. I'm pretty sure they were getting tired of us making noise in their space but Oliver is such a nice and talented guy.

I cannot stress how fast I would add that Spring Reverb pedal to the studio and how often I would use it. Incredible. Holy shit.

The term genius pales in comparison to this man. He built synthesizer flight cases! Dude is on another level

Wonders how the guitars got all the nicks and gashes - proceeds to shove 3 guitars in a soft case because of the utility of having more guitars…

I wish I had just half the level of work ethic that Oliver does. What a legend

The way Oliver and Heather interact and talk to/about each other, you'd think they just started dating. Fucking love seeing couples as happy and passionate as they are!

I love how you squeeze 3 guitars in one bag and that’s ready for check in 🙏

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

3 guitars in a cello bag is genius

@stephenhawkingsfootballboo7885

Жыл бұрын

@@EarthQuakerDevices I can imagine the cork-sniffers on the vintage offset guitar forums having a coronary watching that.

@lowandodor1150

Жыл бұрын

Was it only 3? I thought i counted 5. At least!

These people are great! I can't explain how happy the guy with the chainsaw in the basement made me. I love the fact companies like this exist and are successful.

the part where he shows his Jaguars really cracked me up 😀pure things in various states of desolation, broken in half, chainsawed. Also how he proceed to pack them in to the cello gigbag like piles of hay 😀

this guy is a fucking legend , i wish nothing but success to him and APTBS

I love how the first=st thing he does upon plugging every pedal in is to turn the knobs all the way up.

He looks exactly like Gregg Turkington from On Cinema. Holy S.

I saw A Place to Bury Strangers back in 2012 and I was gobsmacked by the sheer amount of DIY gear on the stage. With their amps painted and the weirdo rack gear on top, it looked like pretty much everything was custom made.

Thoroughly enjoyed this, very inspiring, and that spring reverb box is fcuking mental

I saw A Place To Bury Strangers in Warsaw, Poland last week (my first gig of the year, just as they were last year too), as usual it was the perfect combo of madness and fun... and as usual my ears were still ringing the next day 😊 I'd absolutely love almost any Death By Audio pedal, but, much like Earthquaker gear, they're fairly expensive from a Polish perspective and way out of my budget - although I'd sell a kidney to get one of those spring reverbs, I bet it would sound immense on my synths 🥳 For me the moral of this video is: Be Like Oliver, because Oliver has the right approach to everything 👌

@lowandodor1150

Жыл бұрын

Let me assure you, they are super expansive from a Viennese perspective as well. I was lucky once, caught the EVIL FILTER for 270$ i believe it was.

I love that absolutely grimey pedalboard, Also, the shot of Oliver shoving guitars in the cello case as the guitars fall radiates chaotic energy. Ps. I want those instrument/synth cases, I need a consumer version of those. The square wave oscillator/particle wave refractor is pretty gnarly.

You've got someone like Adrian Belew, who takes guitars on tour and they're still pristine years down the road, and then you've got Oliver Ackermann, piling guitars in a soft bag... 😅🤣

My band was fortunate to play a show with APTBS last year and I it was incredible to see Oliver's gear setup. What appeared to me as full on chaos, it became obvious that he knew exactly what he was doing with each piece of his crazy gear puzzle. He was also just one of the nicest persons.

This was so interesting to watch! thank you!

Those flight case synths are so fuckin cool. Loving the vibe of this place, definitely fits with their pedals.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

awesome vibes 🤙

I got a great idea for you guys. The pedal at 33:22, The white paint is all chipped. You should paint all the boxes whatever color (the white looks good) and put them in a box or bag and shake it up, beat them up a little bit. Make them old and chipped up and then use those chipped up, banged up boxes for actual production and selling of the pedals! I would buy 100% because they look cooler s*** like that. It's like buying a releced guitar.

This explains A LOT

Watch these all the time, awesome to finally see DBA!

I love you guys! your place and all your stuff is amazing!

Oliver is a huge inspiration. Thank you for everything you do for music!

Сумасшедшие вы ребята, и педали производите крутые нереально! Так держать!

My OCD can not handle watching him handle those guitars 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Great video. I first saw him in that Pedal Movie and this dives so much deeper into how an individual like this can succeed….a good partner who can set boundaries, pay the bills and let him be free to create. I love this series and really hope you do one with JHS.

@EarthQuakerDevices

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

This is basically the sequel to Goodnight Brooklyn. Thank you! Great to see the new space!

Really love you guys, Oliver is a great person and everyone at DBA is so kind

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

fully agree!

One of the greatest videos I've ever seen. Everything he plays is amazing. He needs a podcast or something

SUCH a great ep! Thanks so much EQD!!

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

Awesome content-this stuff is super interesting, appreciate the view of the inner workings . Cheers BC

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

this is the best factory visit type video thing I've ever seen. and know I wanna buy a dba pedal so it totally works

Wow he's even more chaotic than I imagined 🤩 just makes me want to buy more of his stuff. I've had a Fuzz Gun of his since forever

This is great. Thank you.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

I only currently own one pedal by them, but it's always on! Echo Dream II! It's such a dynamic pedal I love it. I definitely want to buy more of their stuff in the future (like this year lol)

so this is where all the gear I don’t have anymore went

The spring reverb is pretty neat how it is already.

Heather seems really nice. ❤ from Australia 🇦🇺

very good and inspiring vid. thanks for making this

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Totally awesome. Oliver is a very inspiring person! It's cool to see how much fun he has while messing with all that crazy sounds.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

very inspiring!

superbe! Merci pour ça!

Insane and I love it!

I NEED THAT SPRING REVERB.

Great video!!! I've been a long time DBA/APTBS fan. Some of the loudest pedals and shows ever! Thank you!

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Rock on!

Crazy how boutique pedal companies aren't competitive or adversarial with one another. They seem to all be friends with one another and try to get their own customers to try out other brands. I guess it is because most every pedal buyer buys stuff from all the companies and nothing is just like anything else. I mean, a EQD Depths and the Caroline Somersault are nowhere near the same thing. And we all got a pocket MXR Analog Chorus when we want something conventional.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Its all ❤️

I want more of that.

What a treat of a vid. Thanks y’all

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Love DBA - Germanium Filter is an underrated gem because of the breadth of the filter. Seems like it just makes nasty noises but there's some great fuzz tones hidden in that simple box. Also cleans up with volume pedal like all the best fuzz pedals do. Thanks for this great insight EQD

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

For sure!

That was awesome!!

Amazing video. Love Oliver, love Death by Audio, love it all.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

Us too :) Thanks for watching!

That spring reverb was awesome. I need one. Pleeeease make me one!!!

Great video, thanks.

@EarthQuakerDevices

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Those flightcase synths are like the coolest thing ever!

Moved into a spot on the same block as this place during the early days of the pandemic. Always wanted to take a peak, but this is the next best thing :)

The original Death By Audio warehouse is now a Trader Joe's. I miss it so much. Made Williamsburg the place to be in the 2000s.

This was so fun to watch.

Imagine being the APTBS guitar tech lol...amazing episode as always

Love these pedals for complete destruction of noise at the end of a set, Like landing a spacecraft loaded with noise.Love them on drum machines too!

I wanna live there!!! It’s like heaven!

Love this dude and his vision

This is all so rad, but when will that Tascam-Preamp-Pedal land in stores? 🥺