EarthQuaker Devices Blackout Gary vs Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast
The EarthQuaker Devices Blackout Gary and the Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast are both pedals sharing fuzzy. The Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast leans aggressive and saturated.
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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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Genres both listings are associated with.- Experimental
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- fuzzy
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$199via Reverb
The EarthQuaker Devices Blackout Gary is a limited all-black edition of the Akron, Ohio boutique builder's Gary pedal, combining an opamp overdrive circuit with a gated fuzz for a versatile two-character gain tool. Gary functions as an expressive opamp-driven overdrive at lower settings and engages a gated fuzz character at higher gain settings, producing two distinct tonal characters from a single circuit. The Blackout edition shares the identical circuit with the standard Gary, differing only in its all-black cosmetic finish. Suited for blues, fuzz, and experimental players.
The Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast is a fuzz pedal from EAE, handmade in Portland, Oregon, in the brand tradition of extreme, characterful drive devices with fantasy and medieval naming conventions. The Eldritch Blast delivers a dense, aggressive fuzz character suited to heavy music applications where maximum saturation and bold fuzz weight are the priority. Like other EAE products, it is a boutique handmade instrument aimed at players who want a distinct, personality-driven fuzz voice rather than a conventional mass-market fuzz alternative.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Blues
- Electronic
- Alternative Rock
- aggressive
- saturated