Ashdown Funk Faze vs Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter

The Ashdown Funk Faze and the Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter are both pedals sharing dynamic, harmonically rich. The Ashdown Funk Faze leans saturated. Current prices: $172.44 vs $263.83.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

49% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Funk
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • dynamic
  • harmonically rich
Citation fame
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Price

$172.44via Reverb

$263.83via Reverb

Description

The Ashdown Funk Faze is a bass twin dynamic filter pedal designed with Stuart Zender, Jamiroquai bassist. A twin dynamic filter circuit delivers everything from subtle envelope filtering to full auto-wah shaped by playing dynamics. Controls include Sensitivity, Mix, and Output (which doubles as a clean boost), plus two footswitches for effect bypass and drive engagement. Valve-emulated overdrive is switchable pre or post the wah filter. True bypass. 9V DC 45mA, 145.5 x 116.2 x 65mm, 0.9kg. Reviewed by Premier Guitar for thick foundation and harmonic detail.

The Maxon AF-9 Auto Filter is an analog envelope filter that opens and closes an optical photocoupler filter in response to pick attack, producing the warm, vowel-like, liquid and shimmering sweep associated with vintage units like the Mu-Tron III. It offers low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass filter modes with switchable direction, plus threshold and peak controls that shape how quickly and how far the filter sweeps. Two selectable frequency ranges let it track both guitar and bass cleanly. It is closely associated with funk and soul playing, where its liquid, three-dimensional quacking response reacts directly to how hard notes are picked, and it remains a favored alternative to pricier vintage envelope filters for players chasing that vowel-like auto-wah character.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
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  • Alternative Rock
  • Metal
  • Soul
Tonal lean
  • saturated
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