Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos Black Arts Toneworks vs Joyo dark flame

The Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos Black Arts Toneworks and the Joyo dark flame are both pedals sharing saturated, full. The Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos Black Arts Toneworks leans fuzzy and bright. The Joyo dark flame leans high gain and aggressive.

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.

35% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Metal
  • Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • saturated
  • full
Citation fame
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Price

$129via Reverb

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Description

The Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos is a triple-gain-stage drive and fuzz pedal offering a complete sweep from mild clean boost to proto-metal crunch to gnarly high-gain fuzz saturation. Three independent gain stages each have their own master volume control, allowing players to blend mild, medium, and maximum gain into a single sound or stack them for crushing layered saturation. Designed for rock, doom, sludge, and heavy genres. Runs on 9V DC. Known for responsive, touch-sensitive feel across its gain range.

The Joyo Dark Flame (R-17) is a modern metal high-gain distortion pedal with 3-band EQ and a 3-way toggle switching between three distinct crunchy distortion voicings, drawing comparisons to the Revv G3. It delivers aggressive, high-gain chug tones well suited to heavy riffing, though it isn't voiced for low-to-medium-gain rock or blues tones. The 3-band EQ gives real shaping control over the low, mid, and high content of the distortion. It suits metal players wanting an affordable, aggressive high-gain distortion pedal focused specifically on modern metal chug and lead tones rather than versatile all-purpose drive.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
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  • Alternative Rock
  • Blues
Tonal lean
  • fuzzy
  • bright
  • crunchy
  • high gain
  • aggressive
  • mid-forward

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