Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz vs JHS x Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2

The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz and the JHS x Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2 are both pedals sharing scooped. The Black Arts Toneworks LSTR Fuzz leans full and high gain. The JHS x Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2 leans fuzzy.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

48% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • scooped
Citation fame
citedCitation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.
34%
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Price

$119via Reverb

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Description

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 JHS x Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi 2 is a fuzz pedal built from a previously unproduced dual op-amp Big Muff schematic, discovered by JHS Pedals founder Josh Scott in the garage of a former Electro-Harmonix engineer and brought to market as a joint release between JHS and EHX. Its dual op-amp clipping gives a wider, less compressed low-mid response than classic triangle, civil-war or ram's head Big Muff variants, trading the airy midrange scoop of vintage Muffs for a brawnier, more physically imposing grind. It offers the same sustained, saturated Big Muff character but with less-refined, woolier clipping texture. A limited Big Box edition was released through JHS alongside a standard Nano version.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Stoner Rock
  • Metal
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Tonal lean
  • full
  • high gain
  • saturated
  • aggressive
  • fuzzy
Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
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  • Busking
  • Live
  • Practice
  • Studio
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