EarthQuaker Devices Cloven Hoof OPERATION MANUAL

Hey y’all! Welcome to your new Cloven Hoof™! The Cloven Hoof is the Hoof’s evil twin. It looks a lot
like the Hoof, only more, um . . . Cloven.

We kept the tightness and clarity you loved about the Hoof, along with the wide range of fuzz sounds,
and threw the rest away. NOS Germanium transistors? Nope! In their place, we installed a set of four
specially selected Silicon transistors for cleaner cleans, higher gain, improved temperature stability,
and a grittier, grindier, nastier fuzz tone with over 4x the gain of the original Hoof. We also replaced
key resistors with NOS Carbon Comp components to sprinkle a little bit of vintage avor into the Clo­ven Hoof’s searing fuzz fury. It’s like they always say, “In with the old, out with the new.”

The “Tone” and “Shift” controls remain intact, only now they’re re-voiced for a smoother sweep, and
more precise control over the Cloven Hoof’s beefy low-end. Speaking of low-end, have you heard
this thing on bass? Wow. Try the Cloven Hoof on a bass guitar. Seriously. Trust us. You can still cut or
boost the mids, and there’s still a metric ton of output on tap, just do us a favor, and for the love of all
that’s Cloven, play this pedal with a bass guitar.

The Cloven Hoof is the perfect solution for those of you who wish the Hoof had more low-end, higher

gain, and was just a little bit Hooer.

Each and every Cloven Hoof is one-hundred percent analog, true bypass, and built by qualied cow-

boys, cowgirls, and rodeo clowns in the organic, grass-fed, farm-to-table cattle ranch of Akron, Ohio,
USA, y’all.

Controls

Fuzz: Clockwise for heavy, counterclockwise for light.

Tone: Bass to the left, Treble to the right

Level: Use this control to make the Cloven Hoof louder or quieter.

Shift: This adjusts the mid content, clockwise for scooped mids, counterclockwise for boosted.

Power

Our pedals take a standard 9 volt DC power supply with a 2.1mm negative center barrel. We always

recommend pedal-specic, transformer-isolated wall-wart power supplies or multiple isolated-

output supplies. Pedals will make extra noise if there is ripple or unclean power. Switching-type

power supplies, daisy chains and non-pedal specic power supplies do not lter dirty power as well

and let through unwanted noise. Do not run at higher voltages!

Current draw

13mA

Switching

This device is true bypass and uses electronic relay based switching. Audio will not pass without
power.

© 2017 EarthQuaker Devices LLC. | www.earthquakerdevices.com | [e-mail]