The Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom is a Black Arts Toneworks distortion pedal. Close alternatives include the EarthQuaker Devices EarthQuacker Devices "Acapulco Gold Limited V2 and the EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold. It pairs well with the Fender Bassman Combo Amp and the Marshall Plexi 1959SLP.

Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom

Black Arts Toneworks · pedal

The Black Arts Toneworks Revelation is a loud, aggressive boost and overdrive designed to magnify and multiply your amp rather than reshape it, using a simple Pre Gain, Gain and Volume layout to slam the front end of an amp with raw frequencies. It has a vintage, mid focused growl that turns fuzzy as gain and volume climb, and it shines pushing an already aggressive amp, distortion or fuzz into thicker, louder saturation. The Dual Revelation Custom pairs Revelation circuits, drawing on the rawer, mid forward SuperLead voice and the rounder, bassier SuperBass voice the line is known for. It suits hard rock, doom, stoner and heavy players who want a brutal, transparent volume and gain boost.

What stands out

  • “, a raw character that can overwhelm cleaner setups, and the fact that the original was discontinued, making units harder to find”

    — from the reviews

  • “It has a vintage, mid focused growl that turns fuzzy as gain and volume climb, and it shines pushing an already aggressive amp, distortion or fuzz into thicker, louder saturation”

    — from the listing

  • “In a rig it lives in front of an already aggressive amp or before a fuzz, where its mid growl pushes everything into thicker saturation”

    — from the community notes

  • “The community treats the Revelation as a brutally loud boost and overdrive that does , it just makes far more of it”

    — from the community notes

  • “It suits hard rock, doom, stoner and heavy players who want a brutal, transparent volume and gain boost”

    — from the listing

  • raw
  • saturation
  • fuzz
  • boost
  • growl
  • hard rock
  • overdrive
  • doom

Genres the Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom is commonly used in

  • Hard Rock
  • Rock
  • Stoner Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Punk
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Doom Metal
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Noise Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Amps that pair well with the Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom

Fender Bassman Combo Amp

amplifier

30% match

Fender Bassman Combo Amp's crunchy voice suits Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom's own gritty character

Comes later in the signal chain

Marshall Plexi 1959SLP

amplifier

30% match

Both lean toward gritty and aggressive respectively — close enough in character that they complement instead of clashing

Comes later in the signal chain

EVH 000

Evh

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

EVH 000 stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Suhr PT15 I.R. Amplifier Head

Suhr

tonal match
$2299via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Stack Suhr PT15 I.R. Amplifier Head on top and a saturated tone tightens toward tight

Friedman Small Box 50 Combo

Friedman

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run mid-forward into Friedman Small Box 50 Combo for more high gain on top

Randall KH103 Kirk Hammett Signature 3-Channel 120W Head

Randall

tonal match
$1872.15via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Randall KH103 Kirk Hammett Signature 3-Channel 120W Head stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Randall RD100H Diavlo 100W 3-Channel Head

Randall

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Randall RD100H Diavlo 100W 3-Channel Head stacks high gain on top of the mid-forward already here

Hughes & Kettner Warp 7

Hughes & Kettner

tonal match
$901.54via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Put Hughes & Kettner Warp 7 in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain

Pedals that stack with the Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom

Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition

Walrus Audio

18% match
$199.99via Reverb

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (fuzzy → clean boost)

Run fuzzy into Walrus Audio EB-10 Black Edition for more clean boost on top

Comes earlier in the signal chain

MXR Micro Amp

MXR

18% match
$76.40via Reverb

gain stackingStacks two gain stages for more saturation than either produces alone. (fuzzy → clean boost)

Put MXR Micro Amp in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward clean boost

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo

Caroline Guitar Company

15% match
$215.59via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Run Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo after Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom in the signal chain, clear of Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom's own gain stage

Comes later in the signal chain

Keeley Bassist

Keeley

11% match

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain.

What Keeley Bassist brings here leans toward compressed — that's worth building a pairing around

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Walrus Audio Mako D1 High-Fidelity Stereo Delay V1

Walrus Audio

10% match
$269via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → modulated)

Keep Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom's gritty voice out front: Walrus Audio Mako D1 High-Fidelity Stereo Delay V1 goes after Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom in the signal chain so its pristine voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Electro-Harmonix Canyon

Electro-Harmonix

9% match

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor. (fuzzy → octave)

Keep Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom's gritty voice out front: Electro-Harmonix Canyon goes after Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

NuX Drive Core Deluxe

Nux

tonal match
$74via Reverb

Comes earlier in the signal chain

NuX Drive Core Deluxe stacks clean boost on top of the fuzzy already here

Matthews Effects Architect

Matthews Effects

tonal match

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Matthews Effects Architect stacks clean boost on top of the fuzzy already here

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

EarthQuaker Devices EarthQuacker Devices "Acapulco Gold Limited V2

EarthQuaker Devices

66% similarity
$187.85via Reverb

Shared character: raw, boost, middle

EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold

EarthQuaker Devices

62% similarity
$129via Reverb

Shared character: single rig, raw, simple

J. Rockett Animal

J Rockett

61% similarity
$129via Reverb

Shared character: hard rock, distortion

Greer Amps Gorilla Warfare MkII

Greer

57% similarity
$199via Reverb

Shared character: hard rock, fuzz, distortion

Greer Black Mountain

Greer

56% similarity
$199via Reverb

Shared character: hard rock, fuzz, aggressive playing

Maxon SD-9 Sonic Distortion

Maxon

56% similarity
$162.08via Reverb

Shared character: raw, fuzz, distortion

ProCo RAT 2

Proco

56% similarity
$86via Reverb

Shared character: simple, fuzz, boost

Lovepedal Bazooka

Lovepedal

56% similarity
$251.43via Reverb

Shared character: hard rock, fuzz, gain

Wren and Cuff Eye See 78

Wren And Cuff

55% similarity
$196.75via Reverb

Shared character: original, raw, fuzz

Ibanez SD9 Sonic Distortion

Ibanez

54% similarity
$183.62via Reverb

Shared character: boost, hard rock, distortion

Boss ML-2

Boss

54% similarity
$100.68via Reverb

Shared character: gain, distortion, aggressive playing

Fender Hammertone Metal

Fender

53% similarity
$49.99via Reverb

Shared character: single rig, hard rock, middle

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom?+

The closest matches in character are the EarthQuaker Devices EarthQuacker Devices "Acapulco Gold Limited V2, the EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold, the J. Rockett Animal.

What pairs well with the Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Fender Bassman Combo Amp, Marshall Plexi 1959SLP, EVH 000 — Fender Bassman Combo Amp's crunchy voice suits Black Arts Toneworks Dual Revelation Custom's own gritty character.

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