EarthQuaker Devices Palisades vs Tru-Fi The Newton
The EarthQuaker Devices Palisades and the Tru-Fi The Newton are both pedals sharing silicon. The EarthQuaker Devices Palisades leans saturated. The Tru-Fi The Newton leans bright and transparent.
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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.48% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- silicon
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$199.95via Reverb
The EarthQuaker Devices Palisades is a Tube Screamer-derived mega overdrive from EQD, offering extensive tonal control over the classic TS circuit through six clipping mode switches covering no diodes, LED, MOSFET, asymmetrical silicon, symmetrical silicon, and Schottky diode options, two output stage selections, and a five-position bandwidth switch. The Palisades has been reviewed by Guitar.com and MusicRadar as one of the most comprehensive TS-derivative overdrives available, praised for taking the core Tube Screamer platform into highly controlled territory without losing the fundamental character. It suits blues, rock, and country players who want the classic TS midrange smooth saturation with surgical control over the clipping character.
The Tru-Fi Newton is a Klon Centaur-inspired overdrive and clean boost pedal offered in a compact modern enclosure. Its top-panel Centaur/Brown mode switch selects between a stock Centaur-style voicing and a Brown mode with roughly 20 percent more gain on tap. Internal DIP switches let players further tailor the circuit: one pair selects between stock treble response or a fuller, bassier voicing, while a second set chooses among the original 1N34A germanium diode clipping, no diode at all for a cleaner boost, or asymmetrical silicon diodes for a different breakup character. This flexibility lets the Newton function as either a transparent clean boost or a low-to-medium gain overdrive with the mid-forward push associated with Centaur-style circuits, without needing a different pedal for each variant.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Blues Rock
- Country
- Rock
- Blues
- alternative
- indie rock
- blues
- saturated
- bright
- transparent
- clean boost
- dynamic