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New Pedals: Thorpy FX Have Blue

Part of the UK company's "Vintage Reimagined" series, the Thorpy FX Have Blue is not a Blues Breaker variant (as the name might have suggested) but a Rangemaster one. Beware, this is a highly modified circuit that can do a lot more than boost your high frequencies. As a matter…... Click for more

New Pedals: Thorpy FX Have Blue

Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload Drive

The Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload is an intriguing take on the hybrid distortion/fuzz pedal that borrows from two iconic circuits (the Muff and the Rat) to offer at once some old and new sonic flavors. This is not a dual-channel pedal, but rather a one-channel dirtbox with a range of voices.…... Click for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload Drive

New Pedal: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz

The Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz (with three zs) belongs to a family of appropriately monstrous fuzz devices built by London-based mad pedal scientist David Rainger. One of those was the Chop Fuzz with just two zs, the predecessor of the Chop Fuzzz, which is a rather deep, still…... Click for more

New Pedal: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz

Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil Fuzz Wah

The Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil is a hand-built combo wah/fuzz developed in collaboration with Johnny Wator, owner and designer of Daredevil Pedals and frontman of Chicago's hard rockers The Evictions. A fan of aggressive fuzz tones, Wator forged a circuit that marries a modded Cry Baby Wah with a gnarly…... Click for more

Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil Fuzz Wah

New Pedal: Flower Pedals Lupine Dual Fuzz

Dual channel and stereo stompboxes seem to be slowing taking over the pedalsphere, and the Flower Pedals Lupine, consisting of two fuzz with separate footswitches and in/outs, is a device that can do both. The Purple channel (on the right), is a an updated version of the company's Lupine Analog…... Click for more

New Pedal: Flower Pedals Lupine Dual Fuzz

MXR Hybrid Fuzz

The entire fuzz pedal niche is mostly based on variations on five or six vintage fuzz circuits (as you can read in our super comprehensive article about fuzz types). Considering the sheer yearly output of fuzz pedals, it seems like there's an underground world of engineers constantly modding those circuits…... Click for more

MXR Hybrid Fuzz

Surfy Industries Surfyfuzz

The prototype of the Surfy Industries SurfyFuzz was unveiled at NAMM 2024 by the Swedish builder best known for its real spring reverbs, and we shot a video of it (at the bottom of this post). It is now shipping but the first batch is already sold out. It's a…... Click for more

Surfy Industries Surfyfuzz

MXR Poly Blue Octave – Fuzz + 4 Octaves

Fuzz and octave (up or down) is a match made in Rock'n'Roll Hell (in a good way!) - yes because the results aren't exactly heavenly, are they? The MXR Poly Blue Octave takes this combo to the next level, with a circuit that offers not one, not two but FOUR…... Click for more

MXR Poly Blue Octave – Fuzz + 4 Octaves

TWA Krytical Mass Fuzz

Unveiled at the NAMM 2023 show, the TWA Krytical Mass is an octave fuzz pedal based on the legendary Maestro Bass Brassmaster. The pedal is now shipping. Delivering the original's signature synth-like tone with a hint of an octave down, this pedal produces an organic and warm tone that's also…... Click for more

TWA Krytical Mass Fuzz

Schu-Tone Luna Obscura Multi-FX

If you're seeking a convenient pedalboard solution or have an affinity for the iconic sounds of Dark Side of the Moon, you may want to consider the Schu-Tone Luna Obscura. This device consolidates a complete pedalboard into a single, 4-footswitch pedal inspired by David Gilmour's setup during the Dark Side…... Click for more

Schu-Tone Luna Obscura Multi-FX

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge

These days it really feels like we write something along the lines of "a pedal that can deliver anything from overdrive to distortion to fuzz" on a daily basis. However, with the Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge, we believe it's first time we write those words for a mini pedal. The…... Click for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Pico Triboro Bridge

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth

The many punk-leaning guitarists among our readers might have found a stompbox that suits their nihilistic tendencies. Enter the Tone For Punk (name of the company) Trebled Youth (name of the pedal), a tweakable dirt box that can deliver anything from mildly dirty tones to the uncompromising fuzz that's at…... Click for more

New Pedal: Tone For Punk Trebled Youth