JHS Legends of Fuzz Supreme 1972 Japan Fuzz vs MXR Super Badass Distortion
The JHS Legends of Fuzz Supreme 1972 Japan Fuzz and the MXR Super Badass Distortion are both pedals. The JHS Legends of Fuzz Supreme 1972 Japan Fuzz leans octave. The MXR Super Badass Distortion leans crunchy and dynamic. Current prices: $159 vs $99.
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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.29% — somewhat different
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$159via Reverb
$99via Reverb
The JHS Legends Series Supreme 1972 Japan Fuzz is a historically accurate recreation of the Univox Super-Fuzz circuit from 1972 Japan, capturing the complex, octave-influenced, nasal fuzz character that defined Japanese fuzz pedal design at the peak of the Super-Fuzz's influence. The Super-Fuzz circuit produces a unique nasal, harmonically layered tone with upper octave content that distinguishes it from American and British fuzz designs. Associated with Pete Townshend and various psych and heavy rock players who used the Super-Fuzz.
The MXR Super Badass Distortion is a versatile analog distortion with a three-band active EQ and a wide gain range, designed to cover decades of dirt from one box. With the distortion low it produces a bold, beefy clean boost and light crunch, and as gain increases it moves through classic-rock midrange grind into harmonically rich, saturated, scooped-mid metal roar. The Bass, Mid, and Treble controls reshape the voice dramatically, going from thick and beefy to bright and aggressive while staying tight rather than flabby. Notes remain clear and dynamic, responding to picking. Suited to rock, blues, punk, and metal, it is praised as a do-it-all distortion with warm, sustaining tone. Its only real coloration is a trace of modern distortion character across its range.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Hard Rock
- Classic Rock
- Rock
- Blues
- Metal
- Punk
- octave
- crunchy
- dynamic
- tight
- transparent