Caroline Guitar Company Arigato vs ZVEX Instant Lo-Fi Junky Vertical
The Caroline Guitar Company Arigato and the ZVEX Instant Lo-Fi Junky Vertical are both pedals sharing modulated, analog warmth. The Caroline Guitar Company Arigato leans dynamic. The ZVEX Instant Lo-Fi Junky Vertical leans lush. Current prices: $219 vs $239.
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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.41% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Shoegaze
- Experimental
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- modulated
- analog warmth
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$219via Reverb
$239via Reverb
The Caroline Guitar Company ARIGATO is a 4-stage analog OTA-based phaser and vibrato pedal designed with intentionally off-balance LFO behavior for quirky, expressive modulation. Based on the Somersault platform but modified to deliver phaser and vibrato rather than chorus. The dual LFOs can be pushed into wild, unstable territory for pitch-bending vibrato effects, and with Feedback turned up produces pseudo auto-wah sounds. Running 100% wet enables pure pitch vibrato with no dry signal blend. Boutique US construction.
The ZVEX Instant Lo-Fi Junky Vertical is the same chorus/vibrato circuit as the standard Instant Lo-Fi Junky, blending a clear compressed signal with a warbled, lo-fidelity signal to recreate tape-deck-style modulation, housed in a vertical enclosure orientation rather than the standard horizontal format. The vertical footprint suits pedalboards where horizontal space is at a premium, without changing the underlying tonal character or control set. It carries the same adjustable clean/lo-fi blend range, from subtle lush chorus to deep, haunting pitch-warbled vibrato, in a form factor built for tighter board layouts.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Indie
- Ambient
- dynamic
- lush