Beetronics Overhive Custom Cross Path vs MXR Super Badass Distortion
The Beetronics Overhive Custom Cross Path and the MXR Super Badass Distortion are both pedals sharing warm, transparent. The Beetronics Overhive Custom Cross Path leans saturated. The MXR Super Badass Distortion leans crunchy and dynamic. Current prices: $315 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.34% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Blues
- Metal
- Classic Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- warm
- transparent
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$315via Reverb
$99via Reverb
The Beetronics Overhive Custom Cross Path is a custom shop edition of the Beetronics Overhive, a versatile medium-gain overdrive with warm round tone that enhances amp character. The Cross Path finish identifies this hand-painted custom shop variant with unique artwork inspired by Beetronics bee-themed aesthetic. Custom shop Overhive pieces preserve the same circuit while featuring one-of-a-kind visual treatments. The Overhive suits blues, classic rock, and indie styles where warm, amp-respecting medium-gain overdrive is the goal.
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
- Punk
- saturated
- crunchy
- dynamic
- tight