Mooer Black Secret Vintage Turbo Distortion vs Tru-Fi The Newton
The Mooer Black Secret Vintage Turbo Distortion and the Tru-Fi The Newton are both pedals. The Tru-Fi The Newton leans bright and transparent. Current prices: $57.68 vs $199.95.
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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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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$57.68via Reverb
$199.95via Reverb
The Mooer Black Secret is a dual-mode distortion pedal built as a tribute to the ProCo Rat, packing both the Vintage Rat and Turbo Rat circuits into one compact enclosure. It uses the same LM308 chip as the original Rat circuits, with diode clipping engaged in Turbo mode for higher gain and more aggressive distortion, while Vintage mode delivers the smoother, more classic Rat-style distortion character. Having both classic Rat variants in one pedal lets players switch between the two distinct vintage voicings without needing separate pedals for each.
The Tru-Fi Newton is a Klon Centaur-inspired overdrive and clean boost pedal offered in a compact modern enclosure. Its top-panel Centaur/Brown mode switch selects between a stock Centaur-style voicing and a Brown mode with roughly 20 percent more gain on tap. Internal DIP switches let players further tailor the circuit: one pair selects between stock treble response or a fuller, bassier voicing, while a second set chooses among the original 1N34A germanium diode clipping, no diode at all for a cleaner boost, or asymmetrical silicon diodes for a different breakup character. This flexibility lets the Newton function as either a transparent clean boost or a low-to-medium gain overdrive with the mid-forward push associated with Centaur-style circuits, without needing a different pedal for each variant.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Rock
- Alternative Rock
- indie rock
- alternative
- blues
- bright
- transparent
- clean boost
- mid-forward
- harmonically rich
- dynamic