Crazy Tube Circuits Hi Power vs Tone City Flexo Drive Overdrive/Boost
The Crazy Tube Circuits Hi Power and the Tone City Flexo Drive Overdrive/Boost are both pedals. The Crazy Tube Circuits Hi Power leans smooth and edge of breakup. The Tone City Flexo Drive Overdrive/Boost leans mid-forward and warm. Current prices: $270.38 vs $79.80.
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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.46% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Classic Rock
- Blues
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$270.38via Reverb
$79.80via Reverb
The Crazy Tube Circuits Hi-Power, model HPR, is a dual amp in a box overdrive inspired by the rig behind Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. The right side is a faithful recreation of David Gilmour's Colorsound Power Boost overdrive, ranging from mild preamp breakup through drive to full fuzz, while the left side is an all analog emulation of the Hiwatt amp used on the record, with selectable 50 watt and 100 watt voicings. Together they deliver high headroom British clean tones and creamy, singing lead drive with rich harmonic content. It suits classic rock, prog and blues players chasing Gilmour style sustain and vintage British amp character, or anyone wanting a flexible boost into amp in a box combination.
The Tone City Flexo Drive (TC-T36) pairs an independent overdrive and a clean boost in one enclosure, each on its own footswitch, and allows the order of the two circuits to be reversed for different stacking behaviour. The overdrive has three selectable modes: Vintage is a warm 1990s-flavoured drive with wide, rich mids and a distinctly retro character, though not the mode for clean articulation; Open brings op-amp clipping at higher gain with more clean boost mixed in; and Wide gives a rough, asymmetric, open-sounding overdrive. The boost side is a simple single-knob clean volume lift, which also changes how the drive responds when the two are stacked. Praised for versatility and value across classic rock, blues and surf. Requires a regulated 9V DC supply and will not run on a battery.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Metal
- Rock
- smooth
- edge of breakup
- transparent
- full
- fuzzy
- harmonically rich
- mid-forward
- warm
- dynamic
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Busking
- Live