Mode 2 is an amazing boost pedal, which is great in the front end of a tube amp, but nothing too mind-blowing. The reason this happens is because the capacitors in the circuit leak a little bit of DC while the pedal is in the bypassed state. I use one in position 2 as a clean-ish boost, and another one in position 3 as a bluesy sort of overdrive (similar to a transparent TS or modded Nobels ODR). At this price point it is the best bang for the buck in a dirt pedal period! Extremely versatile pedal. However I feel I would like to stack another drive infront of it and Belle comes to mind as Im not much of a mid hump guy.

Had to place 2nd noise gate in fx loop after preamp. Thanks to Ty, my sales engineer! Great sounding and feeling pedal for extremely low price. Cover band occ rock stuff but funk disco indie as well. Curious, mine is pretty durn quiet, noise wise. Have you tried it after? I recently purchased a Plexi-Drive Deluxe and tried driving it with an EHX Soul Food instead of the built-in boost. I always research my purchases and read reviews and this pedal has some of the best reviews out there. I've play mostly heavy metal, so a boost pedal is essential for the tones I chase. I recently own the dual fusion which is a great 2 in 1 pedal and I wanting to get a 2nd board which will have the paisley and fuzz pedal. Sounds great with my soul food and my wampler clarksdale.

Also many thanks to Joseph for being awesome. I had to go with another option. Diversity of sounds and tones. from Boston on June 14, 2021, Music Background: Guitar player of Death Metal / Sludge / Stoner, By Raymond Brunelle from Maryland on June 14, 2020, By Nick McVicker I have been looking at playing at lower volumes, with thicker tone. on February 27, 2020, By Brian from Texas on May 19, 2020. How should i stack them? When I dig in the Plexi-Drive gets very squishy and will cut out at the transient. It does well at pushing the preamp but is too noisy for my liking. on January 5, 2020, By leeroy For the price, this pedal is a must have.

At $ you would be insane to pass on this pedal. One would think by now there would be a usb port. by Alex Clay | May 20, 2020 | Music | 41 comments. Music Background: Playing guitar and in bands for over 15 years.

Of course, that's a subjective statement, but I feel like it has a super nice, warm overdrive tone and all 3 knobs are highly functional allowing for you to shape your sound to your liking. I'm so happy with the results. Thank you for your help. Sounds Great through pretty much all pickups I Love it with a strat Neck pickup, Your email address will not be published. The grit it adds to the natural channel reminds me of my 18w Marshall clone CRANKED and pushes the high gain channel into modern metal territories. I now get Marshallesque tones that rival the best Marshalls Ive played in my life, with the most beautiful harmonics to boot. My bass player bought this and had been using it with great mind blowing resultsthrough his solid state amp to boot! Can you recommend the best way to get a wall of sound feel from stacking these two pedals together settings wise? Volume does change across the modes. from TX on March 26, 2020, By Sweetwater Customer on December 7, 2019, By Scott I am thinking about getting a Tumnus to run instead of the TS boost side of the Plexi D. Deluxe.

Very musical and believable reverbs and delays that work hand in hand with each other. It's all true, amazing pedal!!! and spent a lot of time back-and-forth with Sweetwater. No need for cab sim. Its glues my distortion and/turns my clean channel into a beautiful blooming over drive or turn it into a huge open sounding distorted monster. This thing is very transparent sounding. This is one of the best boost/overdrive pedals that I've ever had the pleasure of playing, and probably the best tube screamer variant I have used so far. For the price this thing is *really* tough to beat! Aside from that, this pedal has more boost power and headroom than most boost pedals. I hope this helpsmaybe you got a random lemon, but so far, Ive had no issues and found lots of tones within the modes. The Plumes has a more honky mid range but it's still very smooth sounding.plumes could pass as an always on pedal in my book! Sweetwater is the place to get your gear. Im curious now. I don't know how to describe it, but the way the notes bloom on this pedal is magical. This Is How to Escape Your Guitar Learning Plateau, The 5 Essential Guitar Pedals to build your first pedalboard, The Beatles: Get BackWhat I learned by spending a day in the life. Good mid-hump and crunch to any other dirt I have after it (either Rat or SFT). Thanks for the wonderful pedals!

I thought I could live with a processor for all my musical needs but I can flat out tell you my PodGo sounds great through a PA but I've yet to get a good tone going through my Fender Bassbreaker 45. I love this thing!! Throw some moderate fuzz before it, into a clean(ish) channel. I've slowly regrown my collection this year with some higher gain overdrives such as a Fulltone OCD, and a ProCo Rat but unfortunately this leaves a huge gap in my gain stage.

However, position #1 and #2 sound incredible. Modes 1 and 3 seem the most useful to me. I just bought an MXR Sugar Drive and a Wampler Plexi drive mini. It's very affordable and easy to dial in. I have been looking for a "tight" crunchy overdrive. This one, sadly , is no different. from NY on March 14, 2022, By Mike Even sounds good running all three at the same time. Maybe it wouldn't be what I needed, but it would be good. Further more, it has beautiful break up for clean tones and adds just that magic dirt you need for rock tones. The place for all things related to guitar pedals. All 3 settings are really useful and stacking this pedal with other OD pedals is great. Any advice appreciated best wishes from Scotland. Is the Tumnus overkill in that situation? You are using an out of date browser. The 3 switch toggle allows for use for different purposes (position 2 boosts clean tone for instance). I'm in love! I love Sweatwater sales and service. from Medford, NJ on November 16, 2021, By Sweetwater Customer Now is the perfect time to get the gear you want with simple promotional financing. Should I replace the Clarksdale with something else? on April 22, 2021, By AD3 from Whittier on March 8, 2020, Music Background: 10+ years live guitarist, By Sweetwater Customer It's fantastic. It is so transparent! It's crazy good. This one is staying on my board. Youre more than welcome glad you are enjoying the pedals! I've only used this pedal a few times, but after experimenting with it, I've recognized that not only does it improve my overall guitar tone, it has TONS of different options in one. Some of the most surprising stacks may lead to the coolest tones.

Other than that, it really is an awesome pedal! Stop waiting and snatch one of these up! This almost acts like a preamp that is super harsh. I use this pedal to round out the channels on my orange Rocker 15 and rockerverb 50. from Marshalltown, IA on March 22, 2020. The plumes fills in that little something that you didn't know was missing in a tube screamer, it's hard to describe but once you hear it you know (it's like a light switched on) any-who enough chit chat. Dont be afraid to experiment and create unique combinations that can fit any scenario you need, from two low-gain drives to provide a base tone that you can stack on more gain for solos, or a boost hitting a distortion for sustain and saturation galore. Tube screamers after the RAT sound and react in a way I dont like. Love this pedal. on December 14, 2019, By Paul I would take a DS-1 distortion pedal over this thing all day everyday. Im very new to pedals and could really use your insight.

I have Euphoria going into my stereo set up, Vox AC15 and Egnater Tweaker 15 (Jensen Blackbird Alnico). After all this time playing I am finally finding my OD sound and this pedal helps greatly. from ENGLEWOOD, CO on December 31, 2021, Music Background: Foolin' around with stringed instruments since '99, By Brent These two pedals stack really well for a lead tone! Great packaging with a pedal bag and a sticker. from IN on November 13, 2020, By Sweetwater Customer All three clipping options have their use, whether you're using to add gain or just volume to goose your amp into the sweet spot. It can get very dirty to very clean and transparent sounding. Other than that, this pedal is great for a wide variety of tones. It does this well in many situations as it has 3 clipping modes and tone knobs. The pop may be louder or quieter depending on the quality of the capacitor or the nature of the effect (i.e. , "Transparent" (hate using that word) but man, it does that drive sound, it does clean boost and it"s got more gain then a tube screamer but it retains this clarity even dimed, it doesn"t get muddy at all, the tone knob goes bass heavy to the left and treble to the right but keeps its clarity cranked either way. Useful tones from light OD to a smooth high gain. The variety and quality of the tone you can get from this is nuts. This is what they had to say and is posted on their website: There are zero bad settings. I knew this overdrive pedal was going to be cool But, I didn't realize how cool. The device is well made, and feels like a road worthy tank. All of them have uses and the versatility is a great thing. I"ve spent twice that and haven"t been this happy with a pedal.

I use the second setting, very clean and powerful, it makes for an amazing boost and solo enhancer. Even in mode 2 it seems to act like a big tone changer. I have Keely, catalinbread, MXr, wampler, walrus pedals. im running my american fender deluxe strat on a bassman59 reissue all tube. from Bothell WA on November 11, 2019, By Steven Teague from WA on August 28, 2020, By Sweetwater Customer And yes, precisely. from Twin Falls, ID on January 3, 2020, Music Background: Guitarist, CRAS-hole (Recording/Mix Engineer) music lover and gear addicted fiend, By Leo Overall, its a great pedal and where many pedals have a small sweet spot, the Plumes sweet spot seems to be a lot wider than most. Earthquaker Devices make great pedals with high quality components. Amazing sound and very versatile. I'm using this bad boy to tighten up the gain on my 50W EVH 6L6--also purchased from Sweetwater--and on both the blue and red channels, this pedal gets me exactly where I want to go. from Potomac, MT on April 22, 2022, By Sweetwater Customer happy playing! The Plumes immediately kicked that off once I played it. You need to dial it in more, but it does the deal just better and without the low tech limitations. Sounds good through both my amps (hot rod deluxe, blackstar ht20) and stacked with a mosky golden horsey and a Keeley oxblood. Im simply wondering if anyone can confirm this issue. I've struggled with this spot on my board for a while. I think I have become a fan of EQD pedals so far as that Tentacles pedal has me wondering why I did not try it a long time ago in my quest for the weird ring mod octavia thing without the annoying inarticulate fuzz thing. Useable sounds with knobs in any position. Not two minutes passed before I was on the phone with Brandon Edens associate Jeff and ordered this beast! At this price point its a steal. This pedal feels more expensive than it actually is! While I like the SD-1 and TS808, neither were quite right. Heck, get two! These things are perfect at making your edge of breakup tones just that much creamier and crunchier. Thanks to Nate for all the help! Am I missing something? Ive been playing mine for a couple weeks, and Ill be honest the different switches seems to have such a subtle change that Im not sure how to use them. Doesn't change the inherent character of my amp though, which is a good thing. on July 27, 2022, By Shane What are some of your favorite stacks? Momentary switching is awesome as well. I have Tumnus Deluxe and recently added the Clarksdale to my board. Ive got the Sovereign & Tumnus with the ego. Happy customers, one piece of gear at a time! And I stand by my first remarks. I just got the Double Barrel and really like it, I am just deciding if I want to just get the Morning Glory and stack it with the Plumes instead. I like the EHX Hot Tubes (drive at noon) into the Hotone Grass (drive at 1 1/2) into my Laney LG35R (crunch channel, drive at 5). I like fuzz tones but I dont care for most fuzz pedals and find them really harsh or too fizzy, so what I do is put an EHX LPB-1 boost inbetween the compressor and the Sovereign. This was exactly what I was looking for! There are several advantages to doing this, including extra control of the nuances of your EQ to how the gain reacts in terms of the bloom of the notes. Now for the pedal. I even got emotional! I have a boss NS 2 but just purchased Gig rig power.

Thank you Erik Molenaar at Sweetwater for suggesting this pedal, a pedal that has a permanent place on my pedalboard! I am purchasing the Plexi Mini and I have a Strat with pickups that are really not high output. Each knob is more useful. The price is killer. Don't get this, get a regular ol' TS or a better clone. Pos 2 is supposed to be clean with a hint of distortion and was the most crunchy spot on this thing. Also this pedal has a lot of tone tweaking options.I am now officially a fan of Earthquaker Devices. I just bought the NU Tube Screamer about two months ago. Get one! wah Boss cs 2 then option 1 TS9 to Xotic Bb preamp both set low gain Option 2 bb preamp to Ts 9 Bb pre amp base tone so TS 9 is solo boost What do you think ?option 2 Mainly clean tones / crunch with Tele Strat to black star amp clean use dirty channel rarely. Education with you and That pedal show. First off, Earthquaker makes amazing pedals that are super inspiring. But Ive only tried tube screamer types, or clean boosts. Modulation and time effects still require much fiddling. After so many years of playing guitar, I somehow missed the lesson on how they're supposed to be used. Learn More. This pedal rules. What do you think? Help other music gear aficionados by sharing your opinions of gear you've purchased. Im a big fan of your pedals, greetings from Brazil. Hey guys, I am about to buy a drive pedal and im thinking if The Double barrel is really better than other MG stacks. I really like the symmetrical clipping setting but the Op Amp has some sweet boost as well. As for the modes, I hear a discernible difference. My ONLY gripe with this pedal is mode 3. This pedal is very versatile in shaping the right amount of dirt for your signal. I have used it to sweeten up an Orange Micro Dark and was able to get fat distortion through a Fender acoustic amp. (800) 222-4700. Its just not right how awesome this is. Nice and gritty while staying articulate. Sweetwater's Sales Engineers are regarded as the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the music industry, with extensive music backgrounds and intense training on the latest products and technologies. Music Background: Death metal, hardcore, black metal, southern rock, recording artist. on December 11, 2019, By Sweetwater Customer Get Directions | After watching several reviews of the Plumes od, with the final nail being the fantastic demo by Jeff Loomis, decided to try it. To learn more about our cookie policy, please visit our Privacy Policy. *chef's kiss*. When you engage the pedal, the capacitors charge back up to the proper operating voltage which is translated into a small "pop" in the audio signal. Thanks for taking my kids college fund lol.., This is my first stomp box. As always, Sweetwater kills it getting gear to the people who need/want it, shout out to Nick Grawcock for always helping get my stuff to me with the quickness. On my board forever. Also , by now I would think a standard way to fasten to a board would have evolved. Position 2, gain at 0, volume at max, tone between 1 and 2 o'clock. from West Haven, UT on March 15, 2021. I was expecting a decent Tube screamer pedal and what it is, is so much more and better.

Seems to be no matter where Im placing it, I find a tone/use I love. I recently got an electro harmonica big muff, the rams head version, and loved the massive wall of sustain filled sound, but found that fuzz is useless to me on the neck pickup. Should sound great in either order there are no hard and fast rules but I would definitely start with low gain on both and take it from there. All in all a glorious little 3 mode pedal which is well worth the mere $100 price. Simple to use and not a bad sound throughout the tone knob sweep / settings. from Oklahoma on April 28, 2021, By Sweetwater Customer Even sounded great for a little country/ southern rock riff I tried it with. Now I know some don't like it for the brightness, but you can alter the tone knob to help keep lows nice and present. I run it through a Fender Hot Rod into a Fender Telecaster. I bought one a few months back, and then I bought a second one just a couple weeks after, because I loved tonal variation offered by the three distinct clipping options. I was surprised to find that there is no internal battery option. I"m just a weekend player, maybe 2 or 3 times a month but I"ll tell you this pedal is permanently on And as an added bonus, I can pretty dang close to my beloved Muff tone on setting 2. from Seattle on December 31, 2019, By Joseph Earl

from La Crosse, WI on March 3, 2020, By Justin D The this pedal is amazing and you need one! I typically turn off the compressor when either fuzz is engaged. This must save a chunk of change in the build. from OK on November 21, 2019, By Kyle on April 28, 2022, By Gavin Anschuetz Ive never heard an OD pedal that just did what I asked and with class, style and ease! Lots of great tones here! I bought a second Plexi-Drive Deluxe, thinking it was defective, but it exhibited the same behavior. I loved the way it tightened up my Marshall DSL's high gain sound with the Vol and Tone cranked and drive at 0. This is the best OD pedal I've owned, and I've had plenty. It seems 2.2nF in series with R15 may have done the job. I prefer the first gain stage on the plumes symmetrical diode clipping.

(Amp has an effects loop), so Im guessing some would go before and some inside the loop? It can get some colored tones when you crank the gain up, but even that will leave your wig on the floor!

Xotic Wah (XW-1) Fuzztration Catalinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe (echo unit cb-3) Tumnus Deluxe Catalinbread Royal Albert Hall (RAH), Playing through a Friedman Dirty Shirley 40 Combo 59 Gibson Les Paul Custom. It's my only real point of reference for comparison. I've been an active guitarist for 20+ years with gear that has come and gone due to bills that needed to be paid. 1 and 2 have very nice clean overdrive (I'm my opinion similar to a morning glory) with different tone options on both. Press J to jump to the feed. Nice! Both the OCD and the Plumes has a lot of mids, with the OCD having loads more bottom end. The level control actually makes a difference in all 3 modes, which are distinct from each other. I have a Behringer Vintage Tube Overdrive going into an EHX Big Muff Germanium, which itself is a distortion into OD (2 seperate circuits) So I have overdrive > distortion > overdrive. If you can describe what youre trying to achieve tone-wise with the setup I can offer more detailed advice . You must log in or register to reply here. I had been using a Fulltone OCD for awhile, but felt it wasn't tight enough in the low end. Outside of the Westwood, this is the the most versatile single function pedal that Earthquaker makes. Ive pretty much been threw the gauntlet with overdrive pedals, the Plumes Overdrive is by far the best Ive tried up to date, not to mention the price! i have both your deluxe tumnus and euphoria drive pedals. It's going to be leader in the market IMHO. Also, a tone of other overdrive tones. I have an Orange OR15, that is extremely picky with overdrive pedals. I like to stack over drives. Ive been really fuckin lazy and havent finished putting my recording corner together.

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