MXR WA38 vs Wylde Audio MXR WA38 Chorus
The MXR WA38 and the Wylde Audio MXR WA38 Chorus are both pedals sharing transparent, modulated, lush. The MXR WA38 leans high gain and shimmer.
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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.45% — somewhat different
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
- modulated
- lush
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$129.96via Reverb
The MXR WA38 Wylde Audio Chorus is Zakk Wylde's signature chorus, released to mark twenty years of his collaboration with Dunlop, built on rich analog bucket-brigade circuitry. It is voiced to thicken walls of distortion and add liquid dimension and texture to clean passages, with Level, Rate, and Depth controls plus High and Low cut filters for shaping the modulation. Dual outputs allow a wide, sweeping stereo spread across two amps for maximum spatial chorusing. It ranges from subtle background shimmer to prominent, wave-like modulation, making it useful for both heavy rock rhythm work under high gain and lush clean arpeggios. The warm, vintage-style analog tone suits players who want characterful chorus that holds up with distortion.
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.- Rock
- Metal
- post punk
- ambient
- new wave
- high gain
- shimmer
- analog warmth
- smooth