Airis Effects 51-Filthy vs Catalinbread Carbide Purple Gaze
The Airis Effects 51-Filthy and the Catalinbread Carbide Purple Gaze are both pedals sharing tight, high gain. The Airis Effects 51-Filthy leans crunchy. The Catalinbread Carbide Purple Gaze leans mid-forward and transparent.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.36% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Hard Rock
- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- tight
- high gain
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$169via Reverb
The Airis Effects 51-Filthy is a tight, articulate high-gain preamp pedal from the Ontario, Canada-based boutique builder founded by Richard Seidlitz in 2014, voiced somewhere between a block-letter EVH 5150 and a Diezel Hagen, delivering crunchy, saturated distortion without losing note definition even at aggressive gain settings. Handbuilt in small runs and backed by a two-year warranty, it represents Airis's focus on high-gain metal and hard rock tones within a boutique pedal format, aimed at players wanting studio-quality amp-in-a-box distortion rather than a simple fuzz or overdrive circuit.
The Catalinbread Carbide Purple Gaze is a limited color edition of the Portland boutique builder's Carbide high-gain distortion pedal. The Carbide delivers a tight, amp-like distortion character modeled on a cranked high-gain amplifier front end with natural feel and dynamic response. Controls include gain, tone, and volume, with the circuit emphasizing midrange character and pick sensitivity throughout the gain range. The Purple Gaze edition shares the identical circuit with the standard Carbide, differing only in finish. Suited for hard rock, classic metal, and high-gain blues players seeking amp-like distortion with feel.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Djent
- Blues
- crunchy
- mid-forward
- transparent
- saturated