Cusack Music Tap-A-Scream vs Fortin Amplification Fourteen Overdrive
The Cusack Music Tap-A-Scream and the Fortin Amplification Fourteen Overdrive are both pedals sharing mid-forward. The Fortin Amplification Fourteen Overdrive leans high gain. Current prices: $231.68 vs $249.99.
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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.45% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$231.68via Reverb
$249.99via Reverb
The Cusack Music Tap-A-Scream is a tempo-synchronized Tube Screamer-style overdrive from the US boutique manufacturer Cusack Music, featuring tap tempo control that synchronizes the overdrive behavior or modulation characteristics to the song tempo. Combines the classic TS-style mid-forward overdrive character with temporal synchronization for rhythmically interactive overdrive effects. An innovative approach to the Tube Screamer format. Made in the USA by Cusack Music.
The Fortin Amplification Fourteen is a dual-channel overdrive and boost pedal featuring three Tube Screamer-variant modes per channel: a modded OD9/TS9, a modded OD808/TS808, and Fortin's own Hexdrive topology. Each channel can be set independently and the pedal includes a side-panel quarter-inch jack for hands-free amp channel switching. The Fourteen represents the distillation of Mike Fortin's TS modification philosophy into a single, comprehensive unit. Suited to high-gain metal and hard rock contexts where Tube Screamer-style boost and overdrive are used to push high-gain amplifiers.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Metal
- Hard Rock
- high gain