Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw vs EarthQuaker Devices Barrows Fuzz Attacker
The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw and the EarthQuaker Devices Barrows Fuzz Attacker are both pedals sharing saturated, dynamic, full. The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw leans fuzzy and gritty. The EarthQuaker Devices Barrows Fuzz Attacker leans sustaining and transparent. Current prices: $249.99 vs $119.
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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.32% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- saturated
- dynamic
- full
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$249.99via Reverb
$119via 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 EarthQuaker Devices Barrows Fuzz Attacker is a germanium-transistor fuzz pedal based on the classic Tone Bender MkII circuit, representing a modern 21st-century take on that foundational 1960s fuzz design. It delivers cutting mid-focused tones with brilliant top-end grind and low-end authority from vintage germanium transistors that are responsive to guitar volume attenuation. At lower gain settings the Barrows sings with amp-like distortion and superb touch sensitivity; at higher settings it builds to crushing, sustain-drenched fuzz. Associated with blues, classic rock, and psychedelic styles.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Garage Rock
- Experimental
- Rock
- Blues
- Classic Rock
- Stoner Rock
- fuzzy
- gritty
- sustaining
- transparent