Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw vs Ibanez SM Mini Super Metal Distortion
The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw and the Ibanez SM Mini Super Metal Distortion are both pedals. The Crazy Tube Circuits Unobtanium Raw leans fuzzy and saturated. The Ibanez SM Mini Super Metal Distortion leans high gain.
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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.24% — quite different
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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 Ibanez Super Metal Mini is a compact mini-enclosure revival of the classic Ibanez SM9 Super Metal distortion pedal, one of the most celebrated vintage high-gain distortion designs from the 1980s. The SM9 Super Metal was known for its extreme gain and heavy metal voicing at a time when dedicated high-gain pedals were rare, and the Super Metal Mini reissues this circuit in a pedalboard-efficient mini format. Guitar World and vintage pedal enthusiasts have praised the SM9 character as a defining example of 1980s heavy metal distortion design.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Garage Rock
- Experimental
- Metal
- fuzzy
- saturated
- gritty
- harmonically rich
- dynamic
- full
- high gain
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Busking
- Live