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Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners’ Violet Oscillation

A collaborative limited edition pedal involving a British boutique builder and a YouTube channel focused on pedals, the Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners' Violet Oscillation is a hand-made limited edition fuzz pedal created for the grating yet dreamy soundscape of shoegaze rock. At least in part inspired by the…... Click for more

Life is Unfair / Pedal Partners’ Violet Oscillation

New Pedal: Catalinbread Perseus Dio Octave Down Fuzz

The world is full of octave-up fuzzes that cut through dense arrangements. the Catalinbread Perseus Dio V2, an octave-down fuzz, won’t do that, but it will provide audacious guitarists with a unique synth tone for the ages. (Here’s a list of other octave-down pedals we covered in the blog). This new version (the original came…... Click for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Perseus Dio Octave Down Fuzz

Updated Pedal: October Audio Robotic Celebrity Head V3

An overdrive with fuzzy leanings inspired by an obscure single-transistor design of the '70s, the October Audio Robotic Celebrity Head bears a bizarre name referring to one of these creepy robotic busts of Elvis. Using Schottky type diodes in this 3rd version (instead of Germanium), this one-knob mini-pedal is very…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: October Audio Robotic Celebrity Head V3

Danelectro Eisenhower Octave Fuzz

Danelectro certainly enjoys doing things in quirky ways and we like that. The line of affordable but sleek-looking pedals it unveiled at NAMM 2017 was ironically called "BILLIONAIRE" - a word that certainly resonates with struggling musicians! - while at this year's Anaheim convention it presented two new pedals under…... Click for more

Danelectro Eisenhower Octave Fuzz

New Pedal: Rush PepBox Fuzz 2.0

Originally built in 1965 by London-based Pepe Rush, the vintage Rush Pepbox is an ultra-rare device that has recently sold for over 2,000 British pounds. It's so rare we can't even find a picture of it online - it was the first fuzz pedal ever manufactured in the UK, and…... Click for more

New Pedal: Rush PepBox Fuzz 2.0

New Pedal: Subdecay Noise Theory Fuzz

From a veteran boutique pedal manufacturer that built its name on tweakability comes one of the most feature-rich and unique fuzz pedals on the market: the Subdecay Noise Theory. Presented as a "Parallel Waveshaper Fuzz," the noise theory combines an analog and a digital fuzz circuit placed in parallel, and…... Click for more

New Pedal: Subdecay Noise Theory Fuzz

Reeves Electro Facet IZ and FF

Hand-built in a workshop in a garden workshop in Northamptonshire, UK, the Reeves Electro Facet IZ is a (gorgeous-looking) Fuzz Face variant built around a pair of Micro Electronics C1016Y yellow dot silicon transistors. The case is screen-printed using glossy enamel ink. Adding a Tone control to the typical Fuzz Face…... Click for more

Reeves Electro Facet IZ and FF

Now Shipping: Summer School Electronics Class Reunion

The Summer School Electronics Class Reunion combines elements of a 90’s Russian Muff with the company's Trash Panda (a soft-clipping overdrive/distortion), controlled by a master volume and blend knobs. Each side has its own Drive and Tone knobs, along with a Diode Selection toggle (black knobs = 90’S Muff |…... Click for more

Now Shipping: Summer School Electronics Class Reunion

Warm Audio Warm Bender Fuzz

Three versions of the Tone Bender Fuzz, one of the most iconic fuzz pedals of all times, are recreated, with improvements, in the Warm Audio Warm Bender, a pedal that sports a vintage-style polygonal case reminiscent of the original, but remarkably smaller. The Warm Bender offers three distinct settings for different…... Click for more

Warm Audio Warm Bender Fuzz

Danelectro Nichols 1966 Fuzz

The Danelectro Nichols 1966 is a modern re-creation of the Liverpool Fuzz-Tone, which was the first fuzz created by FOXX pedals founder and current Danelectro owner Steve Ridinger. The Nichols 1966 houses a unique three-transistor circuit that produces a distinctive sound that falls somewhere between a fuzz and a distortion. The…... Click for more

Danelectro Nichols 1966 Fuzz

Best Fuzz Face Clones and Evolutions in 2024

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Best Fuzz Face Clones and Evolutions in 2024

New Pedal: Catalinbread StarCrash Fuzz

A Fuzz Face evolution, the Catalinbread StarCrash Fuzz is one of two new pedals featured in the company's 6-pedal "''70s Collection" series, also including four older circuits with fresh new (green) looks. The circuit reimagines what the builders of the original Fuzz Face should have done when they famously decided to…... Click for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread StarCrash Fuzz