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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

Benson Stonk Box Fuzz

After the Germanium Fuzz, the Benson Stonk Box Fuzz is the 2nd fuzz pedal by the Portland builder featuring their proprietary temperature technology that allows the diodes at the core of the circuit to behave more consistently, solving a problem that has afflicted many pedal builders dedicated to the development…... Click for more

Benson Stonk Box Fuzz

New Pedal: Aclam The Mocker

The Aclam The Mocker is a fuzz that continues the Spanish builder's tradition of releasing pedals inspired by classic tones found in specific records or generated by ultra-rare vintage amps used by legendary artists. In this case, the source of inspiration was the ultra-rare Vox UL730, a guitar amp whose…... Click for more

New Pedal: Aclam The Mocker

Back in Stock: Champion Leccy Divvy v3

The Champion Leccy Divvy WAS a one-knob fuzz, and now, with v3 (out in 2019), it's got two controls, Fuzz and Volume. It has an accentuation in the high-mids and higher frequencies but it’s not a super compressed square wave fuzz. Inspired by the venerable Percolator circuit, it rides the…... Click for more

Back in Stock: Champion Leccy Divvy v3

Reeves Electro Darlington Flyer Fuzz

The Reeves Electro The Darlington Flyer is the first PCB-based pedal by a builder based in Northamptonshire, UK, known for its quality point-to-point designs. Hosted in a beautiful trapezoid blue enclosure, this is a fuzz with two very different voices both leveraging a different silicon transistor. Via the toggle switch…... Click for more

Reeves Electro Darlington Flyer Fuzz