EarthQuaker Devices Towers vs Old Blood Noise Endeavors Obne Dark Star
The EarthQuaker Devices Towers and the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Obne Dark Star are both pedals sharing ambient. The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Obne Dark Star leans shimmer and octave. Current prices: $255 vs $317.03.
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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.49% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Post-Rock
- Ambient
- Experimental
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- ambient
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$255via Reverb
$317.03via Reverb
The EarthQuaker Devices Towers is a stereo reverb built around resonant, reverberant filters, designed to create lush, harmonically tuned ambient washes that go beyond conventional room and hall reverbs. By running the reverb through tunable filters, it adds pitched, resonant character and dimension to the decay, producing everything from shimmering, musical ambience to dense, otherworldly soundscapes in stereo. It suits ambient, post rock, shoegaze and experimental players who want a distinctive, filter voiced reverb with rich, resonant textures and wide stereo imaging rather than a plain, natural space, offering a creative take on atmospheric reverb in a modern EQD pedal.
The Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star is an expansive pad reverb built for exploring the far reaches of ambient sound, balancing deep control with an always-great vibe. It pairs a high-fidelity reverb with a filter that handles dry/wet balance and EQ, plus a choice of delay, bit crusher, or pitch shifter modulating the reverb to create epic yet dynamic textures more interesting than typical ambient effects. The pitch options enable shimmering octave and interval pads, while bit crushing adds lo-fi grit, all with striking clarity. The stereo version adds stereo I/O, onboard presets, trails, full expression control over every parameter, and MIDI control of parameters and presets. It suits ambient, post-rock, and experimental players chasing immersive, synth-like reverb soundscapes from guitar.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Shoegaze
- shimmer
- octave
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Live
- Studio
- Worship