Fender MTG LA Tube Distortion vs Gamechanger Audio Plasma Rack
The Fender MTG LA Tube Distortion and the Gamechanger Audio Plasma Rack are both pedals. The Fender MTG LA Tube Distortion leans saturated and mid-forward. Current prices: $135.62 vs $1499.
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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.39% — somewhat different
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$135.62via Reverb
$1499via Reverb
The Fender MTG Tube Distortion is a distortion pedal from Fender featuring a genuine 12AX7 vacuum tube in the preamp stage, providing authentic tube saturation and harmonic complexity in a compact pedal format. The MTG delivers the warm, musical distortion character of tube preamp saturation driven by the actual 12AX7 tube, producing the harmonic richness and natural compression of tube amplifier drive without requiring a full amplifier. The tube circuit is accompanied by Gain, Level, Treble, Bass, and a Mid switch, and the MTG suits classic rock, hard rock, and blues applications where tube character is the priority.
The Gamechanger Audio Plasma Rack is a rack-mounted version of the Gamechanger Audio Plasma high-voltage distortion concept, converting instrument signals into high-voltage electrical discharges within a xenon-filled tube for a fundamentally different distortion mechanism than conventional transistor or diode clipping. In rack format it provides the extreme, percussive, naturally gated distortion character of the Plasma Pedal in a format suited to professional studio and touring rack rigs. The xenon tube generates a visible glowing discharge alongside the aggressive signal processing.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Blues
- Alternative Rock
- Classic Rock
- punk rock
- alternative
- punk
- saturated
- mid-forward