EarthQuaker Devices Plumes Jr MOSFET Mod Small Signal Shredder

When we released our original Plumes® Jr MOSFET Mod Small Signal Shredder, we thought of it as an original take on the classic tube-scorching circuit that’s been overdone by everyone over the past few decades. So now, I guess you could say the Plumes MOSFET Mod offers an original take on our original take on a circuit that’s become very hard to do anything original with…if that makes sense.

We have enough confidence in your perception abilities that we’re gonna go ahead and assume you’ve already taken note of the obvious differences between the Plumes MOSFET Mod and the OG Plumes. For one thing, it’s an even smaller small signal shredder. For another, it’s a limited edition because we told you that in its name.

We also put the term “MOSFET Mod” in the name, and that’s the part we should probably spend a minute explaining. Like the original, the Plumes MOSFET Mod features three clipping modes. Modes 1 and 2 (labeled “L” and “N” respectively) are identical to those found in the good old-fashioned Plumes that the hard-working pedal people at EarthQuaker Devices have been making for years, but Mode 3 (labeled “M”) is where this whole “MOSFET Mod” deal comes into play, offering a commanding, tight and focused overdrive that’s rich in harmonics and delivers an overdriven bite in line with the sound of a modern high gain tube amp.

At the end of the day, the Plumes Jr MOSFET Mod features the same familiar tone controls as the original Plumes. It’s still a safe space, no worries here. It’s useful through its entire range. The low end is big and clear, and the high end is bright and cutting without killing the mids. Just the right amount of tonal tickling to excite those eardrums yet still give that familiar mid-heavy drive.

Each and every Plumes Jr MOSFET Mod is built one at a time by delightful little hands in Akron, Ohio; the charred, black heart in the heart of it all.