Crazy Tube Circuits Hi Power vs Z.Vex Double Rock
The Crazy Tube Circuits Hi Power and the Z.Vex Double Rock are both pedals sharing full. The Crazy Tube Circuits Hi Power leans smooth and edge of breakup. The Z.Vex Double Rock leans aggressive. Current prices: $270.26 vs $270.56.
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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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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$270.26via Reverb
$270.56via 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 Z.Vex Double Rock is a boutique distortion pedal that stacks two Box of Rock circuits (each an amp-like distortion plus a clean boost), used by J Mascis. It delivers thick, saturated, amp-style distortion with massive volume and sustain, plus the ability to stack stages for over-the-top gain. It suits loud rock and alternative players wanting huge, amp-in-a-box distortion and boost.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Metal
- Classic Rock
- Blues
- Rock
- Alternative Rock
- smooth
- edge of breakup
- transparent
- fuzzy
- harmonically rich
- sustaining
- aggressive