Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast V3 vs Fender Kevin Shields Blender
The Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast V3 and the Fender Kevin Shields Blender are both pedals sharing octave. The Fender Kevin Shields Blender leans fuzzy and sustaining. Current prices: $249 vs $287.06.
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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.43% — somewhat different
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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.$249via Reverb
$287.06via Reverb
The Electronic Audio Experiments Eldritch Blast V3 carries forward the same octave/intermodulation fuzz generator and switchable active EQ as V2, but redesigns the Chaos toggle to oscillate, producing sub-octave glitches and atonal arpeggio-like textures rather than V2's gating effect, alongside a wider range on the More (octave-feed) control and higher overall gain and output than either the original V1 or V2. It represents the most extreme, feature-complete version in the Eldritch Blast lineage for players chasing genuinely unconventional fuzz textures.
The Fender Shields Blender is a signature fuzz pedal created in collaboration with Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, hand-traced from Shields's personal vintage 1970s Fender Blender fuzz unit. Expanded from the original single-knob circuit to a comprehensive eight-knob, four-footswitch design, it provides extensive independent control over the sub-octave, fuzz, and direct signal blending that defines the original Fender Blender character. Used by Shields for the dense, layered shoegaze fuzz tones on My Bloody Valentine recordings, the pedal is particularly associated with tremolo arm-manipulated sustained fuzz textures in the shoegaze and noise rock genre.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Indie Rock
- Experimental
- Metal
- Electronic
- Post-Rock
- Shoegaze
- Noise Rock
- fuzzy
- sustaining