Bludotone Custom Amp vs Framus Ruby Riot

The Bludotone Custom Amp and the Framus Ruby Riot are both amplifiers sharing spring, transparent. The Bludotone Custom Amp leans dynamic and sustaining. The Framus Ruby Riot leans crunchy and edge of breakup.

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.

32% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Blues Rock
  • Blues
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • spring
  • transparent
Citation fame
citedCitation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.
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Price
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$2006.14via Reverb

Description

Bludotone is a boutique amplifier builder run by Brandon Montgomery, known for hand-wired, individually built high-end amplifiers rather than a fixed production line, so a Bludotone custom amp typically refers to a one-off unit built to a specific players requirements rather than a catalogued model. That bespoke approach is why this entry is associated with more than one artist, including Carlos Santana and Larry Carlton, each of whom would own a distinct physical amplifier built to their own specification rather than sharing a single unit.

The Framus Ruby Riot is a 30-watt Class A all-tube 2x12 combo amplifier from Framus, made in Germany. Four EL84 power tubes drive two Celestion speakers — a Vintage 30 and a Greenback — in a design that owes a significant debt to the Vox AC30 platform. Two channels — Clean and Lead — each with independent volume and 3-band EQ, plus a Lead channel gain control, onboard spring reverb, and tremolo with Depth and Speed controls provide a comprehensive British-voiced feature set. Tonally versatile for blues, blues-rock, classic rock, and modern rock.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Metal
  • Alternative Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • Rock
Tonal lean
  • dynamic
  • sustaining
  • crunchy
  • edge of breakup
Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
  • Live
  • Studio
  • Live
  • Studio
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