Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz vs Death By Audio Fuzz War
The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz and the Death By Audio Fuzz War are both pedals sharing scooped, full. The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz leans saturated and aggressive. The Death By Audio Fuzz War leans sustaining. Current prices: $105 vs $179.
cited
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
cited
Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- scooped
- full
cited
Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$105via Reverb
$179via Reverb
The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR is a high-gain fuzz designed to deliver the signature Black Arts Toneworks extended low end along with more overall fuzz gain than the Pharaoh, tuned for aggressive rhythm and lead fuzz in stoner rock, doom, and sludge metal. The tone control system produces a characteristically scooped, wide-sounding voicing that distinguishes it from standard Big Muff-style tone stacks. An all-out rock machine built for heavy music.
The Death By Audio Fuzz War is a brash, characterful fuzz billed as one of the thickest, most sustaining fuzz pedals, known for a massive wall of grungy, nasty, high-gain sound. It scoops the mids and accentuates either the highs or lows via an active multi-curve Tone control that ranges from deep sludge-bass rumble to screaming top-end lead tones. Just two controls, Fuzz and Tone, drive it, and the Fuzz knob sweeps from a booster through overdrive to thick distortion and finally a blown-out war of fuzz. It is gnarly and aggressive without being too squishy, and it breathes and reacts to playing dynamics and articulation. Compared to a Big Muff it is rawer, grittier, and tighter-grained with more fuzz and less distortion. With its own distinctive character it suits noise rock, experimental, psych, and heavy players wanting an extreme, wall-of-sound fuzz.
cited
Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Stoner Rock
- Rock
- Metal
- Experimental
- Noise Rock
- saturated
- aggressive
- sustaining