Black Arts Toneworks Crown of Horns vs Electro-Harmonix Op-Amp Big Muff
The Black Arts Toneworks Crown of Horns and the Electro-Harmonix Op-Amp Big Muff are both pedals sharing fuzzy, scooped, sustaining. The Black Arts Toneworks Crown of Horns leans high gain. The Electro-Harmonix Op-Amp Big Muff leans full and lush. Current prices: $189 vs $83.02.
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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.47% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- fuzzy
- scooped
- sustaining
- aggressive
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$189via Reverb
$83.02via Reverb
The Black Arts Toneworks Crown of Horns is a high-gain fuzz based on an OpAmp Big Muff circuit with a custom hybrid tone section that sits tonally between the Pharaoh mid-forward voicing and the LSTR scooped character. A Horns switch bypasses the tone stack entirely, producing a flat, unfiltered wall of fuzz and volume that is highly interactive with amp settings. Designed for heavy psych, doom, and stoner rock where high-gain fuzz with flexible tonal shaping is the goal. Made by Black Arts Toneworks.
The Electro-Harmonix Op-Amp Big Muff is the late-1970s IC-based version of the Big Muff, famous as the crushing, scooped wall-of-fuzz on Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream. Unlike transistor Muffs it has a more aggressive, mid-scooped, slightly gated voice with massive sustain. It suits alternative rock, grunge and shoegaze players seeking thick, saturated, layered fuzz.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Stoner Rock
- Noise Rock
- Shoegaze
- Alternative Rock
- Grunge
- Rock
- high gain
- full
- lush