Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom vs Maxon OD808
The Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom and the Maxon OD808 are both pedals sharing mid-forward, transparent. The Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom leans gritty and saturated. The Maxon OD808 leans smooth and dynamic.
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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.33% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
- transparent
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$134.09via Reverb
The Black Arts Toneworks Revelation is a loud, aggressive boost and overdrive designed to magnify and multiply your amp rather than reshape it, using a simple Pre Gain, Gain and Volume layout to slam the front end of an amp with raw frequencies. It has a vintage, mid focused growl that turns fuzzy as gain and volume climb, and it shines pushing an already aggressive amp, distortion or fuzz into thicker, louder saturation. The Dual Revelation Custom pairs Revelation circuits, drawing on the rawer, mid forward SuperLead voice and the rounder, bassier SuperBass voice the line is known for. It suits hard rock, doom, stoner and heavy players who want a brutal, transparent volume and gain boost.
The Maxon OD808 is the original overdrive designed by Susumu Tamura in 1979, effectively the same circuit as the Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer, which was built as its export-market twin under a different badge. Its diode sits in the negative feedback loop of the amplifier stage rather than in a separate clipping stage, producing a smoother, milder, more natural-sounding overdrive than harder-clipping circuits, closer to the character of a driven tube amp than a distortion pedal. Compared to the later TS9, it sounds a touch softer and clearer, with a less pronounced midrange hump. It responds strongly to picking dynamics and guitar volume, cleaning up naturally as you back off. It suits blues, classic rock, and any style built around a smooth, amp-like overdriven tone.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Metal
- Classic Rock
- Blues
- gritty
- saturated
- fuzzy
- smooth
- dynamic
- warm
- harmonically rich