Mythos Mjolnir vs Tru-Fi The Newton

The Mythos Mjolnir and the Tru-Fi The Newton are both pedals sharing transparent, bright. The Mythos Mjolnir leans compressed. The Tru-Fi The Newton leans clean boost and dynamic.

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.

51% moderately similar

Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • transparent
  • bright
Citation fame
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Price

$199.95via Reverb

Description

Mythos Mjolnir is an overdrive pedal inspired by the Klon topology, tweaked to reduce midrange honk and add low-end push while softening the treble. Available in standard, germanium, and limited-edition versions, the Mjolnir delivers transparent overdrive with less gain and sweeter top-end character than traditional klones.

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.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Alternative Rock
  • alternative
  • indie rock
  • blues
Tonal lean
  • compressed
  • clean boost
  • dynamic

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