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Distortion Pedals

Malaise Forever Golden Guillotine Distortion

The Malaise Forever Golden Guillotine is a hand-made, heavy distortion pedal with pre-gain boost and a post gain knob by a very boutique one-man builder based in Columbus, OH. This dual-gain stages pedal also features a three-way switch for hard clipping diode control and clipping bypass for uncompressed high output.…Click on the title for more

Malaise Forever Golden Guillotine Distortion

KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague Fuzz

From Melbourne Australia comes the KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague, consisting in a RAT-style circuit stacked into a Civil war-style Muff. The effects can be turned on and off independently through dedicated footswitches and their order can be changed with the flick of a switch. The amount of distortion you…Click on the title for more

KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague Fuzz

New Pedals: Old Blood Noise FAULT V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

The cool cats at Old Blood Noise Endeavors just unveiled V2 of their Fault dual overdrive and... the baby's got faders!!! Building on the core of the original two-gain pedal with separate footswitch for Gain 2, V2 maintains many of the same features and core sound, but includes a selectable…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Old Blood Noise FAULT V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Catalinbread Blood Donor Fuzz

An updated mod of the company's Katzenkonig, the Catalinbread Blood Donor is the fuzzy circuit marriage of a Tone Bender MKII and a Pro Co Rat, reimagined. Besides improving the pedal's noise floor compared to the original, the company mostly focused on making it more extreme and flexible at once:…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Blood Donor Fuzz

Neunaber Neuron Gain Intelligence

We covered the prototype of the Neunaber Neuron extensively in this post. The Neuron is the result of a painstaking study of what makes real amplifiers and gain pedals sound good. It can dial in a variety of amp-like sounds ranging from chimey cleans to the dirtiest dirt. It is essentially a…Click on the title for more

Neunaber Neuron Gain Intelligence

Stomping Stones – Haxan Fuzztortion

The Haxan by Stompbing Stones Pedals, is a vintage-voiced distortion/fuzz with some unusual controls (and parts: its circuit uses NOS military can opamps!): on top of your regular volume and gain knobs, it features two clipping modes, an extra boost, and bright/dark voicing options selectable via toggle switches. The two…Click on the title for more

Stomping Stones – Haxan Fuzztortion

Diezel VH4-2 Two-Channel Preamp/Overdrive

The first version of the Diezel VH4 Preamp/Overdrive pedal (based on the company's high-gain VH4 tube amplifier' Mega channel) was launched in 1994 and became an instant classic for metal guitarists. Recently, the German company has unveiled a 2nd version of the pedal, called VH4-2, featuring two separate channels of that same circuit…Click on the title for more

Diezel VH4-2 Two-Channel Preamp/Overdrive

Rainger FX Minibar Liquid Analyzer Distortion

The Rainger FX Minibar is a Liquid Analyzer distortion pedal from the mad scientists at Rainger FX. As if by magic, the tone of the distortion varies its properties depending on what liquid is in the pedal’s little container placed on top of it. Which is best for your sound?…Click on the title for more

Rainger FX Minibar Liquid Analyzer Distortion

Siren Pedals Airavata Distortion

JayLeonardJ is very fond of this new distortion pedal called Airavata, the third device released by Nashville based company Siren Pedals - the other two are a compressor and a fuzz. Besides the expected Volume and Distortion knobs, the circuit features a combination of peculiar controls that give the…Click on the title for more

Siren Pedals Airavata Distortion

Seen at NAMM 2020: Frost Giant Athos Distortion

Hosted in our own Stompbox Booth, Frost Giant Electronics at NAMM 2020 showcased their latest design, the Athos. This is a distortion pedal designed with one thing in mind: pure saturated distortion, but with breath and heft you can feel in your gut. It adds a carefully fine-tuned boost circuit…Click on the title for more

Seen at NAMM 2020: Frost Giant Athos Distortion

Stone Deaf PDF-1X Limited Edition

An original design offering Parametric EQ, Clean Boost, Distortion and Fuzz, Stone Deaf FX's PDF (Parametric Distortion Filter) is the most popular pedal of this British boutique builder, which is releasing a PDF-1X Limited Edition to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The 200 units come with custom graphics and signatures from…Click on the title for more

Stone Deaf PDF-1X Limited Edition

Randale Pedale Buzztard OD/Distortion/Fuzz

Randale Pedale's Buzztard is a RAT inspired pedal with an added NPN Germanium transistor that takes it further into fuzz territory. It can also deliver overdrive and distortion dirt just like the original rodent, with and added three-way EQ section to dial in the desired or necessary tone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFPFw7qOMuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERyUH2wWD0k…Click on the title for more

Randale Pedale Buzztard OD/Distortion/Fuzz