EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder

Push the Generator 100P's tight, articulate high-gain channel with the Plumes' transparent, silicon-clipped boost for extra definition.

Comes later in the signal chain

Revv Generator G20 20-Watt 2-Channel Tube Head leans this transparent tone toward high gain, which it doesn't make on its own

Comes later in the signal chain

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder leans it toward low gain to fill it in

Comes later in the signal chain

Run EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder into that transparent platform and it finally leans toward low gain

Comes later in the signal chain

Run EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder into that high headroom platform and it finally leans toward low gain

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a high headroom tone, EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder brings a pull toward low gain that's missing

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a high headroom tone, EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder brings a pull toward low gain that's missing

Comes later in the signal chain

Into a transparent tone, EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder brings a pull toward low gain that's missing

Comes later in the signal chain

Stack the Smiley's clear, midrange-forward fuzz with the Plumes' own buffered, low-gain clipping and you get bite without losing definition.

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Into a transparent tone, Fjord Fuzz Odin brings a pull toward fuzzy that's missing

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What EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder brings here leans toward silicon — that's worth building a pairing around — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)

Run EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder into that dynamic platform and it finally leans toward compressed

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run the Bad's resonant, organic phase sweep after the Plumes' buffered, transparent low-gain clipping and the modulation has real body to color.

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fills a frequency gapFills in a frequency range the other side doesn't cover, instead of piling more onto what's already there. (transparent → mid-forward)

The Dyna Comp's transient squash evens out the pick attack before it ever reaches the Plumes' own buffered, low-gain clipping.

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Keep Electro-Harmonix XO Deluxe Memory Man after EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder in the signal chain, clear of EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run Meris Polymoon after EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder in the signal chain, clear of EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Signal Shredder's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain