Keeley Filaments vs Suhr Riot Mini Black Edition

The Keeley Filaments and the Suhr Riot Mini Black Edition are both pedals sharing high gain, tight, transparent. The Keeley Filaments leans mid-forward and saturated. The Suhr Riot Mini Black Edition leans aggressive and sustaining.

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.

49% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Metal
  • Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • high gain
  • tight
  • transparent
Citation fame
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Price

$189via Reverb

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Description

The Keeley Filaments is a high-gain distortion pedal from Keeley Electronics delivering tight, focused, harmonically rich saturation suited to modern rock and metal applications. The circuit provides powerful gain with controlled low-end tightness and mid-presence for note definition in dense playing contexts. The Filaments is positioned as Keeley's primary high-gain distortion offering, providing the saturated, cutting character needed for modern heavy music without the loose, unfocused quality of some fuzz-based high-gain designs.

The Suhr Riot is a high-gain distortion pedal delivering tight, smooth, focused distortion with bass that stays controlled rather than flabby, inspired by the feel of a cranked 100-watt tube amp. Its three-position Voice switch reshapes the core EQ character between a Classic vintage-style voicing, a Modern full-bodied voicing, and a Scooped-mid voicing, giving a wide spread from mid-forward crunch to scooped, aggressive high-gain tones. Pushed fully, the Distortion control delivers glowing, touch-sensitive high-gain amp tones rich with sustain and harmonics, while lower settings clean up into a crunchy, in-your-face rhythm tone that sits well in a mix. It suits rock and metal players wanting tight, articulate high-gain distortion with real tonal range from the Voice switch alone.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Electronic
  • Hard Rock
Tonal lean
  • mid-forward
  • saturated
  • aggressive
  • sustaining
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