EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker V1 vs Mooer Black Secret Vintage Turbo Distortion
The EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker V1 and the Mooer Black Secret Vintage Turbo Distortion are both pedals. The EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker V1 leans crunchy and harmonically rich. Current prices: $99 vs $57.63.
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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.30% — somewhat different
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$99via Reverb
$57.63via Reverb
The EarthQuaker Devices Special Cranker is a discrete analog overdrive evolved from EQD's original Speaker Cranker, adding a Level control, a Tone control, and a switchable germanium or silicon diode clipping option. It provides a natural, warm drive that adds saturation and harmonic richness while preserving the core character of the guitar and amplifier. The germanium diode mode offers a softer, more rounded response with darker character; the silicon mode delivers a brighter, more assertive push with higher output. Used as a foundational clean-to-light-crunch overdrive in studio and live applications.
The Mooer Black Secret is a dual-mode distortion pedal built as a tribute to the ProCo Rat, packing both the Vintage Rat and Turbo Rat circuits into one compact enclosure. It uses the same LM308 chip as the original Rat circuits, with diode clipping engaged in Turbo mode for higher gain and more aggressive distortion, while Vintage mode delivers the smoother, more classic Rat-style distortion character. Having both classic Rat variants in one pedal lets players switch between the two distinct vintage voicings without needing separate pedals for each.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- alternative
- blues
- classic rock
- Rock
- Alternative Rock
- crunchy
- harmonically rich
- transparent
- dynamic
- saturated