Airis Effects 51-Filthy vs Tone City Double Engine T40 Rectified High Energy
The Airis Effects 51-Filthy and the Tone City Double Engine T40 Rectified High Energy are both pedals sharing tight. The Airis Effects 51-Filthy leans high gain and crunchy. Current prices: $169 vs $134.
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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.40% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- tight
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$169via Reverb
$134via 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 Tone City Double Engine T40 Rectified is a budget high-gain distortion pedal from Tone City inspired by Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amplifiers, delivering tight, modern high-gain distortion in a compact mini format at budget pricing.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Alternative Rock
- high gain
- crunchy
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Busking
- Live