IVY Filter IV v2 vs Keeley Sfocato Fuzz Wah

The IVY Filter IV v2 and the Keeley Sfocato Fuzz Wah are both pedals. The IVY Filter IV v2 leans mid-forward. The Keeley Sfocato Fuzz Wah leans dynamic.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

40% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Experimental
  • Funk
Citation fame
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Price
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$359.54via Reverb

Description

The Ivy Filter IV v2 is a filter-type effects pedal from Ivy, a small boutique builder, with the roman numeral IV and v2 designation indicating this is the fourth entry in an ongoing filter-pedal lineage now in its second hardware revision, suggesting the brand has iterated on this circuit across multiple releases. Filter pedals of this kind generally shape a guitar or bass signal's frequency response dynamically or through manual sweep control, occupying territory similar to envelope filters or resonant wahs rather than straightforward gain or time-based effects. Specific control layout and sweep character for this exact revision aren't confirmed from available sources.

The Keeley Sfocato is a combined fuzz and wah pedal from Keeley Electronics, integrating heavy fuzz saturation with an envelope filter or wah circuit for expressive filter-fuzz character in a single enclosure. The combined format provides the interactive fuzz-wah tonal character associated with psychedelic and funk-influenced guitar without requiring two separate pedals. The name Sfocato refers to blurred, out-of-focus tonal character in Italian.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
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  • Electronic
  • Rock
Tonal lean
  • mid-forward
  • dynamic
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