Joyo Uzi Distortion vs Menatone None More Black

The Joyo Uzi Distortion and the Menatone None More Black are both pedals sharing high gain, full, saturated. The Joyo Uzi Distortion leans aggressive.

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.

47% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Metal
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • high gain
  • full
  • saturated
Citation fame
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Price
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$249via Reverb

Description

The Joyo UZI is a high-gain distortion pedal from Joyo Audio delivering heavy metal distortion with powerful saturation and tight, focused low end. The UZI provides the aggressive, high-gain character suited to modern metal, thrash, and heavy rock at Joyo's accessible budget price point. Controls include gain, tone, and volume for voicing the heavy distortion across metal rhythm and lead applications.

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.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Alternative Rock
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Tonal lean
  • aggressive
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