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FUZZ PEDALS

22 of the Best Tone Bender Fuzz Pedals in 2024

Don't miss our super comprehensive guide to the best fuzz pedals of all kinds. --- [caption id="attachment_174650" align="aligncenter" width="612"] Updated on May 17, 2023[/caption] | [expand title="Click here to Quickly Compare the Pedals in this article |" id="galleries"] Gallery Instructions: Mouseover/1st Tap opens price and description | Click/2nd Tap opens…... Click for more

22 of the Best Tone Bender Fuzz Pedals in 2024

Beetronic Nectar Tone Sweetener

The Beetronics Nectar is a high-end yet straightforward dirt box that, with only 3 knobs + 1 toggle, delivers an incredibly wide and dynamic range of tones, from vintage tweed-style crunch to a full-bodied overdrive, and even a modern high-gain fuzz. The toggle selects the mode (drive or fuzz), while…... Click for more

Beetronic Nectar Tone Sweetener

Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise

The Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise is like the druggie stepbrother to the functional and dependable Barbershop. This box is marketed as a fuzz pedal but with so many strange possibilities that I wouldn’t put it in parallel with classic fuzz pedals such as the big muff or a fuzz face.…... Click for more

Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise

New Pedals: Kuro Custom Audio 1942 Fuzz + Filter

Hailing from Italy, the Kuro Custom Audio 1942 is a fuzz + envelop filter combo that merges a classic guitar effect (the former) with a supremely synthy one (the latter). Since in this 10-knob pedal, the fuzz is represented by only two knobs (Fuzz and Volume), it's the filter the…... Click for more

New Pedals: Kuro Custom Audio 1942 Fuzz + Filter

New at NAMM: Third Man Hardware Fuzz-A-Tron

The Third Man Hardware Fuzz-a-Tron is a pedal kit that allows anyone to build their own fuzz effect. It is suitable for beginners who have little or no soldering experience, as it comes with a detailed instruction manual and all the necessary components. The Fuzz-a-Tron kit contains: A QR code…... Click for more

New at NAMM: Third Man Hardware Fuzz-A-Tron

New at NAMM: Cunningham Amps Nick Perri Mk 1 Fuzz

The Cunningham Amps Nick Perri Mk 1 Fuzz is a pedal that is based on the circuit design, component selection and performance of the Cunningham Amps Mk1 wedge pedal, which is inspired by the legendary Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine and the Sola Sound MK1 Tone Bender. The pedal is a…... Click for more

New at NAMM: Cunningham Amps Nick Perri Mk 1 Fuzz

Spaceman Charon Ge/Si Hybrid Fuzz

Fuzz lovers who can't make up their minds on whether to buy a silicon or a germanium fuzz should take a look at the Spaceman Charon, a fuzz with a hybrid circuit that includes diodes with both elements, including a NOS germanium transistor. The careful balancing of these components allows…... Click for more

Spaceman Charon Ge/Si Hybrid Fuzz

New Pedal: Fowl Sound Box Cutter Octave Down Fuzz

The Fowl Sound Box Cutteris a not-for-the-faint-of-heart collaboration between a company that has built a reputation for pedal geared to extreme metal genres and Youtuber Zach of Fuzz Drones. It's a very interesting Octave fuzz with a 3-band EQ, and it's got faders! The fuzz sounds massive and with incredibly…... Click for more

New Pedal: Fowl Sound Box Cutter Octave Down Fuzz

New Pedal: Beetronics Abelha Tropical Fuzz

For a minute, we thought that L.A. via Brazil Beetronics had unprecedentedly given one of their pedals a name not related to the world of bees. How wrong were we: Abelha means "bee" in Portuguese, which, for the unaware, is also the language spoken in Brazil, the country where artists…... Click for more

New Pedal: Beetronics Abelha Tropical Fuzz

DOD Chthonic Fuzz

A dark and sludgy take on the early fuzz circuitry, the DOD Chthonic Fuzz is the first release by the pioneering US pedal company since it was acquired by Cortek Guitars from Samson within the sale of DigiTech. In perfect DOD style, it's a pedal that caters to alternative guitarists,…... Click for more

DOD Chthonic Fuzz

Palmer The Solarist Fuzz

With two channels based on the venerable Fuzz Face and Rangemaster, the Palmer The Solarist is a bona fide fuzz + boost on steroids. The pedal offers 3 clipping options per channel: on the Fuzz side you can choose between a pair of Germanium diodes (GT404B transistor), Silicon ones (NTE123),…... Click for more

Palmer The Solarist Fuzz

Unsound Circuitry Kato Glitch Fuzz

It's quite rare to stumble upon a fuzz pedal that's crazy enough to make it into our article about the Best Crazy, Weird, and Unusual Fuzz Pedals, but the Unsound Circuitry Kato Glitch Fuzz (here's the link to the Icelandic builder's page) belongs to that list fairly and squarely. Presented…... Click for more

Unsound Circuitry Kato Glitch Fuzz