Keeley Super Phat Mod vs Suhr Riot
The Keeley Super Phat Mod and the Suhr Riot are both pedals sharing harmonically rich, bright, mid-forward. The Suhr Riot leans tight and high gain.
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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.30% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- harmonically rich
- bright
- mid-forward
Keeley Super Phat Mod
Keeley · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The Keeley Super Phat Mod is a symmetrical-clipping overdrive built around Robert Keeley's signature "Phat" modification, enhancing low-end response and body compared to a standard Tube Screamer-style circuit. Unlike the asymmetrical-clipping Super AT Mod, the Super Phat Mod uses symmetrical clipping similar in family to the BD-2 Blues Driver, giving it a different compression and harmonic character focused on a fuller, phatter overdrive tone.
The Suhr Riot is a high-gain distortion pedal voiced to sound like a cranked, modded high-gain tube amp rather than a typical pedal, often compared to a hot-rodded Marshall. It features Volume, Gain, Tone, and a three-way voicing toggle that shifts its character and clipping for different gain structures and feel. It ranges from gritty, overdriven crunch to a big, focused wall of saturated distortion, staying smooth, tight, and touch sensitive with abundant sustain and harmonics for leads. Players use it to transform a clean amp into an aggressive lead and rhythm machine, and it is a favorite for melodic rock and metal. It sits well in a mix with an in-your-face midrange, responding to pick attack and guitar volume like a real high-gain amp.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Electronic
- Blues
- Hard Rock
- Metal
- Rock
- tight
- high gain
- aggressive