Catalinbread Sidearm vs Tone City Holy Aura
The Catalinbread Sidearm and the Tone City Holy Aura are both pedals sharing transparent, harmonically rich, saturated. The Tone City Holy Aura leans high gain and full. Current prices: $128.90 vs $110.42.
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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.35% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
- harmonically rich
- saturated
- bright
Catalinbread Sidearm
Catalinbread · pedal
Tone City Holy Aura
Tone City · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$128.90via Reverb
$110.42via Reverb
The Catalinbread Sidearm is a boost and overdrive pedal from Portland, Oregon, designed as a harmonic enhancer and level boost that adds presence and musical saturation at its gain ceiling. Provides clean boost through light overdrive with a transparent character that preserves the fundamental guitar tone while adding harmonic content and presence. Designed for players who need a reliable, musical boost pedal that sounds like more of the same guitar and amp rather than adding obvious pedal character. Made in Portland by Catalinbread.
The Tone City Holy Aura is a USA-amp-inspired high-gain distortion pedal with an independent 20dB clean boost circuit built in, aimed at classic American high-gain amp tone with rich harmonics and sustain. Gain, Presence, and Volume controls pair with a 3-band Bass/Mid/Treble EQ for precise tone shaping, while the onboard boost adds volume and additional gain without sacrificing note definition, letting players push a solo or add extra saturation without a separate boost pedal. It's built to balance tonal flexibility and control, delivering high-gain clarity rather than a single fixed distortion wall.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues
- Country
- Metal
- high gain
- full
- mid-forward