Electro-Harmonix Small Clone vs Red Witch Empress
The Electro-Harmonix Small Clone and the Red Witch Empress are both pedals sharing lush. The Red Witch Empress leans modulated and shimmer. Current prices: $85.50 vs $249.
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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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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- lush
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$85.50via Reverb
$249via Reverb
The Electro-Harmonix Small Clone is a simple analog chorus with a single rate knob and a depth switch, famous for the watery, swirling clean tone Kurt Cobain used on Come As You Are and the pre-chorus of Smells Like Teen Spirit. It has a warm, lush, slightly wobbly analog character ideal for clean and lightly driven rhythm in alternative rock and grunge.
The Red Witch Empress is a boutique chorus-vibrato pedal from the New Zealand maker, delivering lush, dimensional modulation with the warmth of analog-voiced circuitry. Blending chorus and vibrato voicings, it produces everything from subtle shimmer to deep, watery swirl, favored by players wanting rich, organic modulation with premium build quality.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Alternative Rock
- Rock
- Grunge
- ambient
- post punk
- shoegaze
- modulated
- shimmer