Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz vs Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff
The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz and the Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff are both pedals sharing compressed, full. The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz leans saturated and aggressive. The Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff leans smooth and sustaining. Current prices: $105 vs $94.75.
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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.52% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Stoner Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- compressed
- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$105via Reverb
$94.75via 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 Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff is a faithful reissue of the 1990s Sovtek-era Russian Big Muff, delivering a thick, creamy, bass-heavy fuzz with a darker, grittier character than other Muffs. Its low end is huge while the upper mids stay prominent but slightly scooped, and the distortion has a coarse, percolating texture with smooth sustain. Reviewers find it a near dead-ringer for an original Sovtek unit, dynamic and capable of passing a blind comparison. The beefy low end and dark voicing make it a favorite for grunge, stoner rock, doom, and heavy riffing, where its wall-of-fuzz thickness and sustain shine. With Volume, Tone, and Sustain controls it ranges from gritty rhythm crunch to saturated leads, sitting tonally as the bassiest, darkest member of the Big Muff family.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Metal
- Alternative Rock
- Blues
- Shoegaze
- Classic Rock
- Grunge
- saturated
- aggressive
- smooth
- sustaining
- mid-forward
- dark
- fuzzy