Dirt Monger Instruments Gristleizer vs Electro-Harmonix Mod Rex

The Dirt Monger Instruments Gristleizer and the Electro-Harmonix Mod Rex are both pedals sharing modulated. The Dirt Monger Instruments Gristleizer leans analog warmth. The Electro-Harmonix Mod Rex leans ambient. Current prices: $169.53 vs $165.64.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

37% somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Experimental
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • modulated
Citation fame
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Price

$169.53via Reverb

$165.64via Reverb

Description

The Dirt Monger Instruments Gristleizer is a boutique effects pedal based on the original Gristleizer circuit designed by Chris Carter for the band Throbbing Gristle. The original Gristleizer was an analog VCA-based tremolo and modulation effect used on Throbbing Gristle's industrial recordings in the late 1970s. The circuit produces amplitude modulation, tremolo, and gating effects with a distinctive industrial and experimental character.

The Electro-Harmonix Mod Rex is a polyrhythmic modulator pedal from Electro-Harmonix, delivering four simultaneous modulation types (tremolo, vibrato, filter, and panning) each with independent polyrhythmic sequencing at different rates. The Mod Rex allows each modulation type to run at its own tempo subdivision for complex polyrhythmic modulation textures that evolve continuously. Controls include individual Rate and Depth for each modulation type plus a Master Rate.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Ambient
Tonal lean
  • analog warmth
  • ambient

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