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"Takes the fight to Darkglass with a very distinct character of its own": EarthQuaker Devices Scrolls Bass Odyssey review

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What is it? Of all the effects manufacturers to achieve stardom over the last decade or two, EarthQuaker Devices must be one of the most avowedly left-field.

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