Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw vs Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz V3
The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw and the Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz V3 are both pedals sharing saturated, dynamic, silicon. The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw leans fuzzy and gritty. The Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz V3 leans transparent. Current prices: $249.99 vs $185.
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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.34% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- saturated
- dynamic
- silicon
- harmonically rich
- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$249.99via Reverb
$185via Reverb
The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw is a boutique silicon or germanium-influenced fuzz pedal from the Greek builder, designed to deliver high-character, raw fuzz tones with a vintage circuit approach. The Raw edition suggests an unprocessed, unfiltered version of the Unobtanium fuzz character, emphasizing raw transistor saturation without additional refinements. It produces thick, harmonically complex fuzz suitable for experimental, hard rock, and garage contexts where a raw, unpolished fuzz texture is the primary goal.
The Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz V3 is the third version of the American boutique builder's fuzz pedal derived from their Screamer overdrive circuit, combining TS-style midrange character with heavier silicon fuzz saturation. The circuit pushes the Screamer overdrive into fuzz territory with additional silicon transistor clipping stages, producing a thick, mid-forward fuzz with the harmonic character of the TS circuit underneath the saturation. Suited for heavy blues, psychedelic rock, and fuzz players who want a TS-influenced mid-forward fuzz rather than a vintage lo-fi design.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Garage Rock
- Experimental
- Blues
- Rock
- fuzzy
- gritty
- transparent