Alexander Pedals Litho Boost vs MXR Super Badass Distortion
The Alexander Pedals Litho Boost and the MXR Super Badass Distortion are both pedals sharing transparent, harmonically rich. The Alexander Pedals Litho Boost leans glassy and bright. The MXR Super Badass Distortion leans crunchy and tight. Current prices: $93.77 vs $99.
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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.32% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
- harmonically rich
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$93.77via Reverb
$99via Reverb
The Alexander Pedals Litho Boost is an analog Class-A boost pedal based on the Pharaoh Amplifiers Class-A Boost circuit. A Contour control sweeps from transparent and glassy at low settings to fat, gritty, and powerful at high settings, making the pedal function as a transparent clean boost or a harmonically richer boost edging into light overdrive. A Tone control adjusts high-frequency content and the Volume can push enough signal to drive a tube amp into natural breakup. Works well as an EQ sculptor or low-gain tone enhancer in almost any chain position.
The MXR Super Badass Distortion is a versatile analog distortion with a three-band active EQ and a wide gain range, designed to cover decades of dirt from one box. With the distortion low it produces a bold, beefy clean boost and light crunch, and as gain increases it moves through classic-rock midrange grind into harmonically rich, saturated, scooped-mid metal roar. The Bass, Mid, and Treble controls reshape the voice dramatically, going from thick and beefy to bright and aggressive while staying tight rather than flabby. Notes remain clear and dynamic, responding to picking. Suited to rock, blues, punk, and metal, it is praised as a do-it-all distortion with warm, sustaining tone. Its only real coloration is a trace of modern distortion character across its range.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- indie rock
- blues
- country
- Classic Rock
- Rock
- Blues
- Metal
- Punk
- glassy
- bright
- crunchy
- tight
- warm
- dynamic