Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz vs Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff
The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz and the Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff are both pedals sharing full. The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz leans high gain and saturated. The Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff leans fuzzy and mid-forward. Current prices: $119 vs $95.11.
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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.- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$119via Reverb
$95.11via 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 Ram's Head Big Muff reissues the early-1970s Ram's Head Muff, known for a creamy, articulate fuzz with exceptional sustain, rich harmonics, and a distinct mid scoop suited to soaring leads and thick wall-of-sound rhythm. It is growlier in the midrange than Russian-style and triangle Muffs, with smoother, more sonorous sustained notes, splitting the difference between a triangle's silicon fizz and a Russian Muff's smooth contours. It has less low end than many Big Muffs, making it tighter, more controlled, and more articulate, with the mid scoop present but balanced enough to preserve string definition. Famous for screaming leads and long, violin-like sustained bends in the David Gilmour vein, it sits between classic fuzz and distortion. With Volume, Tone, and Sustain it suits psychedelic, classic rock, shoegaze, and lead-focused players.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Stoner Rock
- Rock
- Metal
- Classic Rock
- Shoegaze
- high gain
- saturated
- aggressive
- fuzzy
- mid-forward
- smooth