Crazy Tube Circuits Falcon vs Spaceman Effects Atlas IV
The Crazy Tube Circuits Falcon and the Spaceman Effects Atlas IV are both pedals sharing clean boost, harmonically rich, transparent. The Crazy Tube Circuits Falcon leans dynamic and saturated. The Spaceman Effects Atlas IV leans mid-forward and warm. Current prices: $153.71 vs $120.
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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.43% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- clean boost
- harmonically rich
- transparent
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$153.71via Reverb
$120via Reverb
The Crazy Tube Circuits Falcon is an overdrive pedal from the Greek boutique manufacturer, providing harmonically rich, natural overdrive with the premium component quality and careful circuit design of the CTC boutique tradition. Covers the gain range from clean boost through substantial saturation with the natural dynamic response and tonal character associated with CTC designs. Made in Greece by Crazy Tube Circuits.
The Spaceman Effects Atlas IV is a boutique preamp and boost pedal, the fourth revision of Spaceman's Atlas design. It delivers a warm, harmonically rich clean boost that thickens the midrange and adds weight without markedly altering the underlying tone, and pushes a valve amp into natural breakup as the level is raised. It is built as an always-on preamp stage as much as a solo boost, hand-built in Portland, Oregon in Spaceman's limited-run format.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Blues
- Rock
- blues
- classic rock
- alternative
- dynamic
- saturated
- mid-forward
- warm