EarthQuaker's latest utility is the super handy Easy Listening '65 Deluxe Voiced Analog Amp Simulator / Headphone Amp

Whenever I see a pedal like this, I immediately think of the many ’Headphone’ only pedal shows that I attend - for which this ’Easy Listening’ mini pedal would be the perfect headphone amp at the end of any of those pedal-chains.

Inside you have an Analog Amp Simulator circuit - which is voiced to sound like that most classic of Fender ’65 Deluxe Amps. You have just the one control - a Master Volume - and you can connected the pedal direct to a set of headphones, a mixer, or front of house system even. Think of it as a super streamlined reduced-size Strymon Iridium - obviously without the IR’s and secondary effects of that pedal. But wholly perfect for the task in hand.

I personally don’t have a use for this particular pedal - as the last 1/3rd of my chain is Stereo - so his would need to be a TRS connected pedal to work for me.

As EathQuaker states :

"Internally, it’s meticulously voiced to capture the soul of one of our favorite classic American guitar amps—a ’65 Deluxe—with all the harmonic complexity guitar players crave. Its all-analog circuitry provides a more immediate feel with rich low-end resonance, slightly scooped mids, and that crystalline top end chime that makes electric guitars sing."

This mini pedal is just $99 - the price is right! Available imminently from leading International dealers.

You can read up more on the ’Easy Listening’ on the EarthQuaker Devices Website.

It’s not long since I did a feature on Headphone Amps, and this would sit nicely alongside those candidates. I’ve included that visual below for reference purposes!