EQD DUNES vs PLUMES Shootout | EarthQuaker Devices Overdrive Pedal Battle

[@threepe0]

I’m thinking that people need to start challenging the “volume at max no matter what” setting. It seems to me like a relic from older amps, and a little too close to the mentality of dialing in a smiley face on a graphic eq for my liking. I’ve gotten into the habit of setting the volume/level on my overdrives conservatively to start, or even on clean getting a boost to taste then switching over to distortion channel. Much better results this way.

[@8Seven65]

Yeah, I especially noticed that with the Plumes. Sometimes it sounds better dialing down the vol and upping the gain a bit.

[@ethermod307]

Appreciate the trouble Scott, but when you're running the amp that dirty there's no way we can actually hear the pedals. It does clean up at the end of the video but obviously the sound of both pedals overlap with each other. It'd be better to show their differences instead of trying to make them sound the same. My 5 cents.

[@ScottBynoe]

They will sound similar because at their core they are both based on an 808 style OD. And when you are using these pedals as a boost for high gain they will sound close or identical (especially mode 2 since they are both OpAmps). And that sort of is the point. Someone looking for either one of these pedals will do well with a Plumes or a Dunes if they want a boost for high gain. The Dunes is more tweakble but they are both in the same ballpark. And if you listen on good headphones or speakers you can hear the difference as a boost. And in the low gain stuff you can most definitely hear a difference. Thanks for watching.

[@threepe0]

There’s no way YOU can hear the pedals. Many of us use OD pedals in this particular way and know what we’re looking for. If you’re using overdrive in a different way, this video isn’t for you.

[@jonathanamodeo8901]

fully agree with you. Those are low-gain OD... so better do low-gain music for a "general" demo. Else have to precise that this is a demo for deamons ;)

[@neighbourhoodmusician]

I'll have to admit that I laughed to myself when I heard that initial tone, thinking "Well this is going to reveal very little."

[@robertwayne6537]

Thank you for not touching the volume and gain knob once until it was time to show off the last switch option. I can not begin to tell you how pissed I get when the person demoing will constantly finger them, especially the volume. We all know what that one does, quit f'n with it! AAAAAAAAAGGGHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

[@michaelogden5093]

"Staying safe". That'll go down as a hallmark for mass hysteria.

[@bsthadrudge5752]

Thank you youve given me an idea. And better understsnding of these pedals tough.

[@kurtdunce3965]

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[@Orko138]

Don't know what people are complaining about. People have used tube screamers for boosting dirty channels for decades! Good to see that usage stepped through properly, for once.

[@ScottBynoe]

I know, it's funny. I have noticed some non-high gain/non-metal folks stumble on this video and get all confused and upset by me using these pedals as boosts. I get the EQD stuff has a wide audience, but it's just interesting when you get people dropping in that don't understand how a boost works and for some reason get offended by it haha

[@Orko138]

@@ScottBynoe people are offended by anything these days. And everyone's always right.

[@ScottBynoe]

Exactly

[@veerchasm1]

Too much amp overdrive, can’t tell what the pedals are even doing if at all

[@ScottBynoe]

Tell me you don't play metal and understand boosting high gain amps...without telling me you don't play metal and understand boosting high gain amps....

[@JulesNoir820]

Pulled the trigger on a Plumes to replace my wearing TS9 off the back of this video! New sub 😎 cheers from UK ✌️

[@ScottBynoe]

Awesome man, you will not be disappointed! Enjoy!

[@JulesNoir820]

@@ScottBynoe Plumes landed today, WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE?! Thanks for the heads up man, keep the cool vids coming 🤘🤘

[@ScottBynoe]

@@JulesNoir820 Awesome dude, glad you dig the pedal! I had the same feeling when I first fired it up too, haha. Thanks for watching!

[@grantdickey]

Plumes with a Dispatchmaster is the shit!

[@maartenstevens9848]

really interesting comparison. Dunes seems bit brighter and a littletouch more aggressive, less rounded. But I am surprised. How close they can sound. What I like about the Dunes is that chime switch and bandwith narrowing, for my style of playing. I will watch your video about the Dunes.

[@ScottBynoe]

Cheers!

[@obeesim3544]

dunes sound screaming as hell

[@deep_cover1879]

Great demo. They can make the same sounds basically 1:1. However the bright and bandwidth switch add another dimension to the pedal but if someone was looking to choose between the two basically if the plumes didn’t seem bright enough or pulled back the lows too much.

[@ScottBynoe]

Yes totally, they are almost the same. The Plumes is not too expensive and still in production. And the Dunes, if I'm not mistaken is now discontinued (I think). Dunes is definitely cool if you want more tweakability (especially as an OD on the clean channel, I really like the Dunes). But if you want to Chug, Djent and whatever else you want to call it, the Plumes will get you there. Thanks for watching!

[@CharlesWillisBonsai]

The Plumes is pretty bright. Even with the tone rolled all the way back its bright. I ended up trading mine off.

[@keepyourjobkeepyourjob7530]

You know your STUFF..

[@ScottBynoe]

I pretend to, at least ;)

[@adamstein9333]

What amp and dirty channel?

[@adamstein9333]

And Your saying We need both lol? Awesome

[@samiam9059]

Just the plumes coverted to +/- 9 like a sinewave is better design om headroom and transient attacks.

[@iamhated1292]

really appreciate this review, I have a dunes and a palisades, was thinking about a plumes (haha od/boost addict) since they are so hot right now, but I don't think I'll get one, I think the Dunes sounded a bit more unhinged (which I like). thanks 👍 well done review too, I'll be checking some more of your content out now for sure

[@ScottBynoe]

Thanks! Glad you dig the video and I appreciate the kind words. Cheers

[@adammousa2455]

Nice demo comparison man. Seems to me that the Dunes has a larger scope of Highpass and has the 2k-4k quacking freq

[@ScottBynoe]

Thanks for watching Adam!

[@jacobarmijo6576]

Dude loved this demo! The gain setting from the amp might be a little extreme for the first parts but other than that I actually like hearing an od pedal in front of a dirty amp and it’s so straight forward 👍

[@ScottBynoe]

Thanks for watching man!

[@TheOutdoorLifeTOL]

HI SIR I AM JUST CURIOUS IF THIS 2 OD can stack, possible to do stacking ? TIA

[@ScottBynoe]

I never tried it, but I'm sure you could. You can experiment with stacking so many different ODs, just depends on your settings and the rest of your set up.

[@TheOutdoorLifeTOL]

@@ScottBynoe thank you sir for the reply more power to your channel.

[@averyadrian1534]

Lol - the amp was already very dirty -

[@destroso]

Even on the clean channel these sound like distortion to me

[@proletar-ian]

Didn’t touch the gain knob until the end of the video. WTH lol

[@ScottBynoe]

Right? He should have touched it earlier. This guy’s video sucks, AMIRITE?

[@Jordan-ht6oo]

the plumes is tighter on the distortion and the dunes seems like its super ballsy/brighter to my ears but i know which one im getting! thanks bud

[@ScottBynoe]

Cheers, thanks for watching!

[@heinzketchup8489]

Good mett!

[@asnark7115]

The Dunes might be the one to A/B with the Grind?

[@ScottBynoe]

Perhaps. But I sold the dunes a while back.

[@kshitijk14]

great one dude, why i didn't find u before👍

[@ScottBynoe]

Thanks for watching man, appreciate it!

[@liquidcircuit]

This might be the best "no bullshit" gear comparison video I've seen. Good job. Shocked to see you were under 1k subs; I fully expected you to be some huge guitar youtuber I had somehow missed. Keep it up - instant sub.

[@ScottBynoe]

Hey, thanks for that! Very kind words, I really appreciate it. KZbin is a bit of a marathon, slow growth haha. I'm definitely grateful for everyone who has subscribed so far! Cheers!

[@BlueSky-y7m]

The story is very, very, very long. Let me hear the sound quickly

[@ScottBynoe]

There are time stamps literally in the description…

[@ScottBynoe]

Haha you’re one to talk about subs. And you think me making videos as a hobby in my free time means I’m going to take BS from random strangers. I could not care less about your opinion on my video or how I respond to comments. I literally don’t care. You’re a joke and now you’re blocked.

[@andreasricks78]

Why are you talking that loud. That is crazy

[@ScottBynoe]

What’s crazy is you don’t know how to turn the volume down on whatever device you’re watching the video on. That is crazy.

[@8Seven65]

The man knows how to project his voice 🔉

[@J31392]

Hey Scott. just found the channel. if you have some other similar overdrives, like the timmy in particular it would be cool to see that comparison. thanks for the video.

[@ScottBynoe]

Hey Jake, if you poke around my channel you’ll find I’ve done a bunch of OD demos and shootouts, and if you stick around you’ll definitely see more as I’m constantly doing them. But, no Timmy....yet. It’s on my list. Thanks for watching, cheers!

[@averyadrian1534]

Sounds like a incoherent mess with all that amp gain

[@ScottBynoe]

Your comment is an incoherent mess of someone who clearly has no clue about boosting high gain amps. Move on champ, this channel clearly isn't for you.