Dunlop MXR M94SE Super Badass Distortion vs EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder
The Dunlop MXR M94SE Super Badass Distortion and the EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder are both pedals sharing saturated, compressed, silicon. The Dunlop MXR M94SE Super Badass Distortion leans crunchy and high gain.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.34% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Alternative Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- saturated
- compressed
- silicon
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The MXR M94SE Super Badass Distortion is a high-gain distortion pedal from MXR by Jim Dunlop, delivering wide-range distortion with a three-band active EQ and a broad gain spectrum covering everything from medium overdrive to extreme distortion. The Super Badass is designed to cover the widest possible range of drive styles in a single enclosure, suited to both classic rock and modern high-gain applications. Internal DIP switches allow clipping diode selection between different clipping characters including hard silicon clipping and softer asymmetric options, enabling circuit-level voicing customization.
The EarthQuaker Devices Plumes is an affordable, refined take on the Tube Screamer-style transparent overdrive circuit, officially subtitled the Small Signal Shredder. It uses Gain, Volume, and Tone knobs alongside a three-position Clipping switch (LED, silicon, and no-clipping/buffered-boost options), giving it more tonal range than a typical single-mode transparent overdrive. Marketed as an entry point into EarthQuaker's lineup, it's built to stay musically transparent at lower gain settings while still pushing into thicker, more saturated territory as gain increases.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Classic Rock
- Metal
- Indie Rock
- Indie
- Rock
- Blues
- Country
- Blues Rock
- crunchy
- high gain