The Death By Audio Crossover is a Death By Audio fuzz pedal, currently around $320. Close alternatives include the Warm Audio Silt Harmonic Fuzz and the Roger Mayer Visage Fuzz Rocket. It pairs well with the Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier and the Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp.

Death By Audio Crossover

Death By Audio · pedal

The Death By Audio Crossover is a dual-band fuzz pedal from the Brooklyn boutique manufacturer, splitting the input signal into high and low frequency bands and applying independent fuzz processing to each band. The crossover design allows different fuzz characters or intensities on the high and low frequency content simultaneously, creating a more complex and harmonically layered fuzz sound than single-band designs. Made in Brooklyn, New York by Death By Audio.

What stands out

  • “The crossover design allows different fuzz characters or intensities on the high and low frequency content simultaneously, creating a more complex and harmonically layered fuzz sound than single-band designs”

    — from the listing

  • “splitting the input signal into high and low frequency bands and applying independent fuzz processing to each band”

    — from the listing

  • “The complexity of dual-band fuzz processing requires more calibration than conventional single-band fuzz designs”

    — from the community notes

  • “The dual-band fuzz architecture creating harmonically complex, layered fuzz character is the standout design approach”

    — from the community notes

  • “The dual-band design requires more calibration to optimize for specific guitar and amp combinations”

    — from the reviews

  • fuzz
  • frequency
  • complex
  • harmonically complex
  • saturation
  • musical
  • balanced
  • heavy rock
$320View on Reverb

Price updated Oct 23, 2026

Genres the Death By Audio Crossover is commonly used in

  • Experimental
  • Noise Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Stoner Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Alternative
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Doom Metal
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Grunge
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Amps that pair well with the Death By Audio Crossover

Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier

Mesa Boogie

15% match
$1250via Reverb

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

Run fuzzy into Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier for more clean boost on top

Comes later in the signal chain

Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp

Gibson

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run fuzzy into Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp for more modulated on top

Magnatone 510

Magnatone

tonal match

Comes later in the signal chain

Run fuzzy into Magnatone 510 for more modulated on top

Pedals that stack with the Death By Audio Crossover

Cordovox PH-8

Cordovox

17% match
$69.99via 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 Death By Audio Crossover's fuzzy voice out front: Cordovox PH-8 goes after Death By Audio Crossover in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it

Comes later in the signal chain

Greer Southland

Greer

16% match

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

Greer Southland layers clean boost onto an already fuzzy signal

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Fender Blender

Fender

16% match
$283.43via 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 → octave)

Run fuzzy into Fender Blender for more octave on top

Pigtronix Echolution

Pigtronix

10% 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 → modulated)

Keep Death By Audio Crossover's fuzzy voice out front: Pigtronix Echolution goes after Death By Audio Crossover in the signal chain so its ambient voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

Jackson Audio Bloom V2 Compressor/EQ

Jackson Audio

10% match

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

What Death By Audio Crossover brings here leans toward fuzzy — that's worth building a pairing around

Comes earlier in the signal chain

Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude

Fairfield Circuitry

10% match
$334.77via 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 Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude after Death By Audio Crossover in the signal chain, clear of Death By Audio Crossover's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Comes later in the signal chain

EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things

EarthQuaker Devices

$292.17via Reverb

EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp

EarthQuaker Devices

tonal match
$79via Reverb

Comes later in the signal chain

Put EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward clean boost

Cheaper alternatives

Matthews Effects The Whaler

Matthews Effects

59% similarity
$189.99via Reverb

Shared character: hard rock, fuzz

Orange Fur Coat

Orange

59% similarity
$121.13via Reverb

Shared character: hard rock, fuzz

Subdecay Harmonic Antagonizer Fuzz

Subdecay

57% similarity
$169via Reverb

Shared character: fuzz

Roger Mayer Voodoo-Axe Fuzz

Roger Mayer

53% similarity
$197via Reverb

Shared character: fuzz

Wampler Leviathan Fuzz

Wampler

53% similarity
$149.95via Reverb

Shared character: fuzz

Mad Professor Fire Red Fuzz Hand Wired

Mad Professor

52% similarity
$169.12via Reverb

Shared character: fuzz

Boutique & premium upgrades

Vemuram Myriad Fuzz

Vemuram

52% similarity
$444.41via Reverb

Shared character: fuzz

Similar charactersee all similar tone character →

Warm Audio Silt Harmonic Fuzz

Warm Audio

52% similarity

Shared character: fuzz

Roger Mayer Visage Fuzz Rocket

Roger Mayer

52% similarity
$406.64via Reverb

Shared character: fuzz

ThorpyFX Field

ThorpyFX

51% similarity

Shared character: fuzz

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Haunt

Old Blood Noise Endeavors

48% similarity

Shared character: fuzz

Death By Audio Crossover Fuzz Dual-Band Fuzz

Death By Audio

93% similarity

similar tone character

Cornerstone Nero Fuzz

Cornerstone

91% similarity

similar tone character

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Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Death By Audio Crossover?+

The closest matches in character are the Warm Audio Silt Harmonic Fuzz, the Roger Mayer Visage Fuzz Rocket, the ThorpyFX Field. Budget picks: Matthews Effects The Whaler, Orange Fur Coat, Subdecay Harmonic Antagonizer Fuzz. Boutique upgrades: Vemuram Myriad Fuzz.

What pairs well with the Death By Audio Crossover?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier, Gibson Les Paul LP-1 Preamp, Magnatone 510 — Run fuzzy into Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier for more clean boost on top.

How much does the Death By Audio Crossover cost?+

Around $320 (live listing price, updated Oct 23, 2026).

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