The EarthQuaker Devices Blumes is an EarthQuaker Devices overdrive pedal. Close alternatives include the EarthQuaker Devices Blumes Bass Overdrive and the Boss BB-1X. It pairs well with the Marshall Super Bass and the Peavey MAX 100.

EarthQuaker Devices Blumes

EarthQuaker Devices · pedal

The EarthQuaker Devices Blumes is a low signal shredder overdrive from the Akron, Ohio boutique builder, based on a fully analog screamer-style circuit with soft clipping and a bass-friendly frequency voice. Like the Plumes, it features a three-mode clipping switch, but the Blumes circuit is specifically voiced for lower frequency content, making it equally effective on bass and guitar. The soft clipping delivers natural harmonic overdrive with good note definition. Suited for bass players and guitarists seeking warm, low-mid-forward overdrive.

  • clipping
  • natural
  • overdrive
  • bass
  • harmonic
  • warmer screamer character
  • frequency
  • platform

Genres the EarthQuaker Devices Blumes is commonly used in

  • Indie
  • Blues
  • Post-Rock
  • Alternative
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the EarthQuaker Devices Blumes

Marshall Super Bass

Marshall

28% match

Marshall Super Bass's bright balances out the warm tone

Peavey MAX 100

Peavey

28% match

Where this leans warm, Peavey MAX 100 answers back bright

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe

Fender

tonal match

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe's bright balances out the warm tone

Díaz CD-100 Amp Head

Diaz

tonal match

Run Díaz CD-100 Amp Head after it and the warm edge settles into something more bright

Blackstar HT Stage 100H MK III Snakeskin

Blackstar

tonal match
$929.53via Reverb

Blackstar HT Stage 100H MK III Snakeskin's bright balances out the warm tone

Peavey MAX 150 150W 1x12 Bass Combo

Peavey

tonal match
$399.99via Reverb

Peavey MAX 150 150W 1x12 Bass Combo's bright balances out the warm tone

EBS Magni 502 1x15"

Ebs

tonal match

EBS Magni 502 1x15" leans bright right where the warm tone needs it

Watkins Dominator

amplifier

tonal match

Where this leans warm, Watkins Dominator answers back bright

Pedals that stack with the EarthQuaker Devices Blumes

Electronic Audio Experiments Surveyor V2.5

Electronic Audio Experiments

28% match

Where this leans warm, Electronic Audio Experiments Surveyor V2.5 answers back bright

Way Huge Pork Loin

Way Huge

27% match
$267.69via Reverb

EarthQuaker Devices Blumes's transparent character and Way Huge Pork Loin's transparent voice sit in the same lane rather than fighting each other

MXR WA38

MXR

21% match
$146.01via Reverb

Put MXR WA38 after EarthQuaker Devices Blumes in the signal chain, clear of EarthQuaker Devices Blumes's own gain stage

Analog Man Comprossor

Analog Man

21% match

Run the Comprossor's dark, sustaining compression ahead of Blumes for even attack before the natural, harmonic clipping reacts.

Mooer woodverb

Mooer

14% match
$64.49via Reverb

Run Mooer woodverb after EarthQuaker Devices Blumes in the signal chain, clear of EarthQuaker Devices Blumes's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Catalinbread Echorec

Catalinbread

13% match

Keep EarthQuaker Devices Blumes's transparent voice out front: Catalinbread Echorec goes after EarthQuaker Devices Blumes in the signal chain so its dark voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature

Ashdown

tonal match
$238.39via Reverb

Ashdown Geezer Butler Signature's own voicing points at a clean amp's front end, and EarthQuaker Devices Blumes delivers it

Tone City Dry Martini

Tone City

tonal match
$52.86via Reverb

Into EarthQuaker Devices Blumes, Tone City Dry Martini is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end

Alternatives

EarthQuaker Devices Blumes Bass Overdrive

EarthQuaker Devices

72% similarity

Shared character: bass, dark, analog

Boss BB-1X

Boss

70% similarity
$144.61via Reverb

Shared character: dark, bass, presence

Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive

Ashdown

67% similarity

Shared character: bass, circuit, bright

Ashdown Jmy-dd

Ashdown

65% similarity
$238.39via Reverb

Shared character: bass, overdrive

Ampeg F17-1

Ampeg

65% similarity

Shared character: bass, circuit, analog

Dunlop MXR M85 Bass Distortion

Dunlop

64% similarity
$159.99via Reverb

Shared character: bass, presence

Mad Professor MP-Aod

Mad Professor

63% similarity

Shared character: bass, natural, overdrive

Beetronics Whoctahell Custom Cubo Magico

Beetronics

63% similarity
$315via Reverb

Shared character: bass, boutique_stuff

EarthQuaker Devices Scrolls V1

EarthQuaker Devices

63% similarity

Shared character: bass, analog, natural

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the EarthQuaker Devices Blumes?+

The closest matches in character are the EarthQuaker Devices Blumes Bass Overdrive, the Boss BB-1X, the Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive.

What pairs well with the EarthQuaker Devices Blumes?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Marshall Super Bass, Peavey MAX 100, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe — Marshall Super Bass's bright balances out the warm tone.

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