Black Arts Toneworks Priestess Custom vs Electro-Harmonix Big Muff PI- Made
The Black Arts Toneworks Priestess Custom and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff PI- Made are both pedals sharing fuzzy, smooth. The Black Arts Toneworks Priestess Custom leans mid-forward. The Electro-Harmonix Big Muff PI- Made leans scooped and sustaining. Current prices: $199.99 vs $88.76.
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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.34% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- fuzzy
- smooth
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$199.99via Reverb
$88.76via Reverb
The Black Arts Toneworks Priestess is a multi-gain-stage fuzz and distortion pedal described by Guitar Pedal X as a greatest hits of BAT Muffs all in one enclosure. Four gain stages are internally selectable: Pharaoh (higher headroom, great for stacking), Green Russian (solid attack and bottom end), NYC Reissue with Creamy Dreamer Mod (high gain with squish), and LSTR High Output (with vocal midrange). Two independent clipping toggle switches allow turning each clipping diode on or off: Clip 1 switches between standard silicon clipping and Supa Tonebender style; Clip 2 switches between standard silicon and Pharaoh style. Controls: Tone, Mids, Clip 1, Clip 2, Fuzz, Volume.
The Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi is one of the most iconic and widely copied fuzz and sustain pedals ever produced, originally introduced in 1969 and used by artists including Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Carlos Santana, J Mascis, and Billie Joe Armstrong across decades of blues, rock, psych, alternative, and metal music. Built around a four-transistor cascaded gain and clipping topology, the Big Muff produces smooth, sustain-heavy fuzz with a characteristic mid-scoop that creates a scooped, wall-of-sound quality. Multiple versions exist spanning germanium, silicon, Russian, and op-amp topologies.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Shoegaze
- Rock
- Blues
- Alternative Rock
- mid-forward
- scooped
- sustaining
- full