Joyo British metal vs Menatone None More Black
The Joyo British metal and the Menatone None More Black are both pedals sharing saturated, high gain, mid-forward. The Joyo British metal leans bright and aggressive. The Menatone None More Black leans full.
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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.46% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- saturated
- high gain
- mid-forward
Joyo British metal
Joyo · pedal
Menatone None More Black
Menatone · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$249via Reverb
The Joyo British Metal is a distortion pedal from Joyo Audio designed to deliver the tight, aggressive British-inspired high-gain distortion character associated with classic British heavy metal amps, at an accessible price point. The circuit provides powerful saturation with controllable gain, bass, treble, and mid controls for voicing the British metal tone across metal, hard rock, and heavy rhythm applications. Joyo is a Chinese effects manufacturer known for producing effective, affordable pedals at accessible price points.
The Menatone None More Black is an ultra-high-gain distortion pedal built as a purely discrete circuit with no clipping diodes and no op-amps, giving it an organic, amp-like character that spans 80s hot-rodded-amp tones through modern high-gain metal. Its unusual Suck and Pres controls give deep tonal reach: Suck takes the midrange from scooped-out and gone to thick, vocal, and fat, while Pres governs the top end from smooth to cutting. Gain ranges from vintage hot-rodded-800-style warmth to chaotic, all-out saturation. It suits doom, sludge, and heavy rock players wanting dark, powerful, boutique-quality high-gain distortion with real tonal shaping beyond a simple gain knob.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- bright
- aggressive
- tight
- full