Black Arts Toneworks -Skyboost vs Warm Audio Centavo

The Black Arts Toneworks -Skyboost and the Warm Audio Centavo are both pedals sharing bright, transparent. The Black Arts Toneworks -Skyboost leans fuzzy. Current prices: $129 vs $135.38.

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 tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • bright
  • transparent
Citation fame
citedCitation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.
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Price

$129via Reverb

$135.38via Reverb

Description

The Black Arts Toneworks Skyboost is a boost pedal that spans from a full-range transparent clean boost through gritty treble boost into light fuzz-like overdrive character as the boost level increases. A single continuous control transitions the boost personality across the full range without switched modes. Suited for blues, classic rock, and situations where a clean boost needs to also cover slight drive coloration without a separate drive pedal in the chain.

The Warm Audio Centavo is an accurate recreation of the legendary Klon Centaur, one of the most sought-after and expensive overdrive pedals ever made, reproducing the original circuit down to its TL072 op-amps, internal charge pump, and vintage-style diodes. It works best as the Klon is famous for, as a near-clean to lightly dirty boost that adds harmonic thickness ahead of an already-driven amp rather than as a standalone distortion. An added mod switch subtly changes the distortion character and tightens low frequencies so palm mutes stay clean and defined. Priced far below the six-figure vintage market for original Klon Centaurs, it delivers the sought-after transparent boost and treble-forward push at an accessible price. Suited to players chasing the classic Klon-style boost into a driven tube amp.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Classic Rock
  • Blues
  • alternative
  • rock
  • blues
Tonal lean
  • fuzzy

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