Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos Black Arts Toneworks vs ProCo RAT 2
The Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos Black Arts Toneworks and the ProCo RAT 2 are both pedals sharing fuzzy, saturated, dynamic. The Black Arts Toneworks Tres Diablos Ruidosos Black Arts Toneworks leans crunchy. The ProCo RAT 2 leans low gain and gritty. Current prices: $129 vs $88.
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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.33% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Metal
- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- fuzzy
- saturated
- dynamic
- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$129via Reverb
$88via Reverb
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 ProCo RAT 2 is a classic hard-clipping distortion pedal whose circuit dates to the late 1970s, built around an LM308 op-amp and silicon diode clipping. Its three controls are Distortion, Filter, and Volume, with the distinctive Filter knob acting as a reversed tone control that runs from bright and cutting to dark and warm. Capable of far more than its name suggests, it spans gritty low-gain overdrive, thick midrange distortion, and nearly fuzz-like saturation while keeping notes present and clear even at high gain. It is a staple of punk, grunge, garage, stoner, doom, and alternative rock, and has been used by players from Jeff Beck and Thom Yorke to countless heavy and experimental guitarists. Dynamic and harmonically rich, it cleans up with guitar volume and stays articulate rather than overly compressed.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Experimental
- Punk
- Grunge
- Hard Rock
- crunchy
- low gain
- gritty
- transparent
- sustaining
- mid-forward