Electro-Harmonix Cock Fight vs Maestro Agena
The Electro-Harmonix Cock Fight and the Maestro Agena are both pedals sharing dynamic. The Electro-Harmonix Cock Fight leans fuzzy and mid-forward. The Maestro Agena leans transparent. Current prices: $95.16 vs $59.
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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.41% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Funk
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- dynamic
Maestro Agena
Maestro · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$95.16via Reverb
$59via Reverb
The Electro-Harmonix Cock Fight is a cocked talking wah and fuzz pedal that combines two expressive filters with a built in fuzz. A CRY mode provides a traditional wah filter while a TALK mode uses a formant filter for vowel like, voice box sounds, and a knob sets the cocked filter position for that fixed, parked wah tone without a treadle. The onboard fuzz can be placed before or after the filter, or removed entirely, for added grind and growl. From funky parked wah rhythm to vocal, talking textures and fuzzed out leads, it is compact and characterful. It suits funk, rock, psychedelic and experimental players who want fixed wah, talk box style tones and fuzz in one small pedal.
The Maestro Agena is an all-analog envelope filter, part of Gibson's revived Maestro pedal line, delivering classic auto-wah and funk filter tones with simple, expressive controls. A three-knob layout of Sense, Attack, and Decay shapes how the filter responds to pick dynamics, while a two-position Mode toggle selects between Hi and Lo frequency ranges. Hi mode emphasizes higher frequencies for a crystal-clear attack that punches through a mix, and Lo mode focuses the filter lower for a rounder, deeper quack. It changes the timbre musically without sounding overly affected, and true bypass preserves the dry tone when off. It suits funk, fusion, and players wanting an easy, vintage-flavored envelope filter that does its one job extremely well.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Rock
- Soul
- fuzzy
- mid-forward
- transparent