Catalinbread Carbide Purple Gaze vs Mad Professor Stone Grey Distortion
The Catalinbread Carbide Purple Gaze and the Mad Professor Stone Grey Distortion are both pedals sharing transparent, high gain, tight. The Catalinbread Carbide Purple Gaze leans mid-forward and saturated.
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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.50% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Hard Rock
- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
- high gain
- tight
- bright
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$119.99via Reverb
The Catalinbread Carbide Purple Gaze is a limited color edition of the Portland boutique builder's Carbide high-gain distortion pedal. The Carbide delivers a tight, amp-like distortion character modeled on a cranked high-gain amplifier front end with natural feel and dynamic response. Controls include gain, tone, and volume, with the circuit emphasizing midrange character and pick sensitivity throughout the gain range. The Purple Gaze edition shares the identical circuit with the standard Carbide, differing only in finish. Suited for hard rock, classic metal, and high-gain blues players seeking amp-like distortion with feel.
The Mad Professor Stone Grey Distortion is a high-gain distortion pedal with Volume, Distortion, and Tone controls, the Tone acting as a boost/cut shelving EQ similar to a bright switch. It is built to retain note clarity and a tight low end even at extreme gain, staying usable on extended-range guitars such as seven, eight, and nine strings without turning to mud. Lower Distortion settings behave more like an overdrive, while higher settings deliver a fierce, high-gain attack, making it a distortion pedal that can also function as an overdrive rather than only excelling at one end of the gain range. It is designed to add drive on top of an amp's own voicing rather than overriding it.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Djent
- Blues
- mid-forward
- saturated