Malekko Diabolik or Dwarfcraft Great Destroyer?

I say get both! It's because I have both though!

If I had to keep one it would be the Diabolik though.

 

Malekko Diabolik. i'm personally not that big a fan of Dwarfcraft's great destroyer (and I do still have one).

 

I really like a lot of Dwarftcraft's pedals, but I'd get the Diabolik unless you have a specific need or desire for TGD.

 

They are two different animals. They both have lots of low end. The Great Destroyer is more like a massive crazy muff that can be hard to control and only has a couple useable settings unless you just want to make crazy noises.

The Diabolik is more ripping and shredding through a mix with lots of mids and upper Octavia like fuzz. It's very loud. Very hard to keep it near unity. Just rips in a mix though and has tons of lows with the clean blend.

 

I have never heard another fuzz that sounds quite like my Diabolik does live. Took me a while to come around but I love it. When that light is on you are 100% guaranteed to be THE loudest thing on stage, no matter what the setting.

 

The Great Destroyer is a seriously nasty fuzz. And a fun one if you like more "extreme" tones, but it does cut some low-end and its sometime really hard to use with other pedals, without any logical reason.

 

Diabolik has a squish knob. Just saying
If you like the diabolik sound and can afford a little more space its big brother, the B:assmaster kicks both those pedals asses. Masters them you could say

 

I second this. Never heard the other pedal but I will look it up. I'm pleased with my Diabolik. The first time I ever kicked this on at practice our vocalist just turned around and looked at me with wide eyes. I think it must have shook his testicles too hard. I'd really like to hear the B:assmaster if it would trump the Diabolik.

 

The Silicon B:assmaster is a really good fuzz. More tweak able than the Diabolik. Sounds great. Takes up a bit of space. Personally I love the Diabolik. I have the same reactions as most of you. Every time I turn that pedal on my band mates crank their necks over and give me that holy poopie face. Ive had the pedal for a year now and it's like they still aren't used to it. I don't think there is a mix in existence that this pedal won't cut through.

 

Malekko has a funny demo video of the Diabolik on youtube that starts off with lil red riding hood and the big bad wolf. I wonder if they have the same intro for a B:assmaster vid?

 

I think most of malekkos demos start the same way.