Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra Blackout vs Friedman BE-OD Deluxe
The Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra Blackout and the Friedman BE-OD Deluxe are both pedals sharing bright, full. The Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra Blackout leans crunchy. The Friedman BE-OD Deluxe leans mid-forward and smooth. Current prices: $145 vs $229.49.
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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.- Hard Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- bright
- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$145via Reverb
$229.49via Reverb
The Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra Blackout is a limited all-black edition of the Portland boutique builder's Tony Iommi-inspired gain pedal, combining a custom-tuned Dallas Rangemaster treble booster with the preamp section of a Laney Supergroup amplifier. The circuit is designed to reproduce the early Black Sabbath tone created when Iommi ran a treble booster into cranked Laney amplifiers. The Range control adjusts from focused treble boost to full-range boost, accommodating standard tuning and drop tunings. The Blackout edition shares the identical circuit with the standard Sabbra Cadabra, differing only in its all-black cosmetic finish.
The Friedman BE-OD Deluxe is a dual-channel high-gain overdrive derived from Dave Friedman's own BE-100 amplifier voicing, giving each channel independent Drive, Level, and a dedicated 3-band EQ for full tonal shaping. Channel 1 covers medium-gain territory from a soft, bluesy breakup to a hearty classic-rock crunch, while Channel 2 pushes into higher-gain hard rock distortion up to a thick, saturated lead tone. The two independently switchable channels let players jump between rhythm and lead voicings at a single stomp. It suits rock and metal players wanting amp-like, Friedman-voiced high-gain tones with real per-channel EQ control.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Doom Metal
- Black Metal
- Metal
- Rock
- Blues Rock
- Classic Rock
- crunchy
- mid-forward
- smooth
- saturated
- transparent
- compressed