Mr. Black Double Chorus vs Wylde Audio MXR WA38 Chorus
The Mr. Black Double Chorus and the Wylde Audio MXR WA38 Chorus are both pedals sharing modulated. The Mr. Black Double Chorus leans ambient. The Wylde Audio MXR WA38 Chorus leans lush.
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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.55% — moderately similar
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- modulated
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.The Mr. Black Double Chorus is a dual-engine chorus pedal from Mr. Black (Portland, Oregon), a US boutique manufacturer founded by John Michael Kutcher known for lush reverb, modulation, and ambient effects. Two independent chorus circuits running in parallel deliver thick, lush chorus textures combining two independent sweeps for complex, evolving chorus character beyond single-circuit designs.
The Wylde Audio Chorus is Zakk Wylde's signature MXR chorus pedal, voiced for the lush, dimensional clean chorus tone central to his Black Label and Ozzy-era clean passages. It delivers rich, shimmering modulation that adds depth and width to clean arpeggios and chords, favored by players wanting Zakk Wylde's signature clean ambience.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- New Wave
- Classic Rock
- Ambient
- new wave
- ambient
- shoegaze
- ambient
- lush