EarthQuaker Devices Plumes KGR Collector Limited #46/100 vs Walrus Audio Ages Five-State Overdrive
The EarthQuaker Devices Plumes KGR Collector Limited #46/100 and the Walrus Audio Ages Five-State Overdrive are both pedals sharing transparent. The Walrus Audio Ages Five-State Overdrive leans smooth and fuzzy.
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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.37% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$199via Reverb
The EarthQuaker Devices x KGR Harmony Cast Iron Plumes is a 100-unit, individually numbered limited edition of the standard Plumes overdrive, distinguished entirely by its hand-cast iron enclosure. The casing was made by Oitomi Ironworks in Iwate, Japan using Nanbu-tekki, a centuries-old Japanese ironworking technique traditionally used for cast-iron teapots, in collaboration with pedal builder Keijiro "KG" Fukushima of KGR Harmony. The underlying circuit, the same all-analog Tube Screamer-style transparent overdrive with a three-way Clipping switch found on the standard Plumes, is unchanged; the edition's value is in its handcrafted enclosure and extreme scarcity.
The Walrus Audio Ages Five-State Overdrive is an overdrive pedal built around a five-position rotary switch offering distinct clipping modes, from low-gain silicon soft clipping to high-gain silicon hard clipping, each with its own tonal character ranging from smooth and compressed to punchy and saturated. A parallel-path topology lets players blend the dry signal with the effected path via a dedicated Dry control, alongside Gain, Volume, Bass, and Treble knobs and a boost/cut low-frequency control, making it as usable for transparent boost as for hard-hitting saturation.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Post-Punk
- Shoegaze
- Rock
- Indie Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Blues
- alternative
- blues
- rock
- smooth
- fuzzy
- saturated