EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle vs Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Plus
The EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle and the Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Plus are both pedals sharing octave. The EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle leans analog warmth. The Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Plus leans lush.
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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.44% — 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.- octave
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$178.52via Reverb
The EarthQuaker Devices Tentacle is a simple analog octave-up guitar pedal from Akron, Ohio boutique manufacturer EarthQuaker Devices, generating a single upper octave harmonic above the fundamental guitar pitch through an analog rectifier circuit. The Tentacle has only a single Level control, making it the simplest pedal in the EQD lineup. Produces the upper octave fuzz-octave character associated with Roger Mayer Octavia-style circuits. True bypass.
The Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork Plus is an expanded polyphonic pitch shifting pedal that transposes your signal across a wide range, up or down by up to three octaves, with detune and harmony capabilities. Building on the Pitch Fork, the Plus adds dual independent pitch voices that can be blended for two note harmonies, octaves and chords, plus presets, expression control and a momentary mode for pitch bending and dive effects. From subtle detune and octave doubling to lush harmonies and dramatic pitch dives, it tracks polyphonically and cleanly. It suits players in rock, metal, ambient and experimental styles who want versatile, harmonized and octave shifted textures and expressive real time pitch control.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Rock
- Ambient
- Metal
- analog warmth
- lush