New Earthquaker Devices Plumes Small Signal Shredder Effects Pedal

Plumes is an overdrive based around that classically overdone tube-like circuit you all know, and amps crave. While this particular circuit has been done to death, the designers at EarthQuaker Devices think the Plumes offers an original take on the old standard. Doctor's orders and what not….

They've done away with the sacred 4558 IC and the classic BJT transistor buffers and replaced them with JFET operational amplifiers, raising the input impedance to nearly 10 megaohms. This offers lower noise, better signal integrity and more chime in the high end. The 9V input is internally converted to +/- 9V to give the OpAmp more headroom. The result is a more three-dimensional tone with added clarity that really pushes a nice tube amp over the edge.

Three different clipping modes are available:

• Mode 1: Symmetrical clipping using LEDs — crunchiest setting. Delivers a classic British valve amp tone through a clean amp, or filthy saturation when played through a dirty amp.
• Mode 2: Clean boost — eliminates soft clipping diodes for straight OpAmp drive. Perfect for pushing clean tone forward or driving the preamp of an overdriven amp.
• Mode 3: Asymmetrical silicon diode arrangement — more output and clean clarity than a stock screamer. Warmer low-end response, lower output, classic "transparent" tone the whole band can enjoy.

The tone control has been improved to be useful across the entire range — big and clear on the low end, bright and cutting on the high end, without killing the mids.

Controls: Level, Tone, Gain, Mode Switch (1/2/3)

Power: 9V DC (sold separately)