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FUZZ PEDALS

Pigtronix Disnortion Micro

This new micro version of the Pigtronix Disnortion Micro improves on the original’s broad palette of touch-responsive dirt sounds by including the ability to switch from a parallel routing to a new, super-saturated series routing where the 6-stage CMOS overdrive circuit is cascaded into unique Pigtronix diode-clipping fuzz, and then…... Click for more

Pigtronix Disnortion Micro

Analogwise Pedals Dead Man Walking Fuzz

Born from the need to create a fuzz pedal that was gnarly yet retained some smoothness and clarity, the Analogwise Pedals Dead Man Walking is a mid-gain fuzz enclosed in the company's unmistakable dark wood and unpolished metal signature case. Hand built in Polland, this is a rather tweakable device,…... Click for more

Analogwise Pedals Dead Man Walking Fuzz

9 Best Harmonic Percolator Fuzz Clones & Evolutions in 2023

[lwptoc depth="4" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump)" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold" itemsFontSize="110%" skipHeadingText="---|Related Delicious Audio Posts:"] --- While the Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, Sola Sound Tone Bender, Electro Harmonix Big Muff, and Univox Super Fuzz are widely regarded as the four titans of Fuzz, there are many lesser-known Fuzz circuits…... Click for more

9 Best Harmonic Percolator Fuzz Clones & Evolutions in 2023

New Pedals: DS Custom Blender Octave Fuzz

Based on the cult Fender Blender Fuzz, one of the first fuzz pedals (if not the first) to feature a clean/wet blend knob, the DS Custom Blender is an Octave Fuzz made in Bavaria, Germany. The set of controls reflects closely the one found on the original, with knobs for…... Click for more

New Pedals: DS Custom Blender Octave Fuzz

Walrus Audio Fundemental Fuzz

The Walrus Audio Fundamental Fuzz provides three classic fuzz voices at an affordable price point. Part of Walrus's new Fundamental series, this pedal provides the classic, tried-and-true fuzz tones that form the basis of any complete board. The three faders control gain, tone, and volume, while the three-way selector switch…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Fundemental Fuzz

Seen at NAMM 2023: Expandora Forbidden Fuzz

The Expandora Forbidden Fuzz, built by the US company that bought the name of the cult vintage Expandora pedal, which was one of the first ultra-flexibly dirt boxes, made in Japan - is a fuzz circuit built from a rib of that original (and evidently inspiring) circuit. With four knobs…... Click for more

Seen at NAMM 2023: Expandora Forbidden Fuzz

Benson Germanium Fuzz

Portland's Benson Amps, makers of the very sought after Preamp pedal (whose circuit also ended up in the Chase Bliss Audio's first Automatone pedal), just unveiled a Germanium fuzz that's likely to make Fuzz Face lovers salivate. Germanium fuzz circuits have always been finicky due to their sensitivity to temperature…... Click for more

Benson Germanium Fuzz

Greer Super Hornet Octave Fuzz

Popularized by such 6 string pioneers as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Keith Richards the octave fuzz effect has attained somewhat legendary status in the rock music lexicon. Greer Amplification has been producing high-quality analog guitar pedals for some time, and their newest offering is a fresh take on the…... Click for more

Greer Super Hornet Octave Fuzz

Malekko B:Assmaster Octave Fuzz

The B:Assmaster from Malekko Heavy Industry is a hand-built clone of the Maestro Bass Brassmaster harmonic octave fuzz. This updated version supplies the same classic fuzz tones as the original in a modern, rugged, and reliable package. Although aimed at bassists, this pedal performs equally well on guitars... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAwZ0E2fnco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N38PRLP1z24…... Click for more

Malekko B:Assmaster Octave Fuzz

New Pedal: ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz

Hand-built in the heart wine country in Windsor, California, the ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz is a two-knob, three-transistor fuzz created with stoner and doom guitarists in mind. The two controls are for level and filter, with the latter allowing for a variety of tones from chugging ones…... Click for more

New Pedal: ETF Audio Every Good Boy Deserves Fuzz

Defects FX Dirty Filter

The Defects FX Dirty Filter is a very tweakable, limited edition resonant fuzz + filter (in that order) hailing from Prague, where it's lovingly hand-built. Each effect has its separate footswitch, but the filter gets the lion's share of the controls, with knobs for Frequency, Filter Type (bypass, low-pass and…... Click for more

Defects FX Dirty Filter

Fjord Fuzz Hedda

The Fjord Fuzz Hedda is a two-knob Fuzz Face-inspired circuit designed to sound as dynamic as possible - which is not exactly a common thing for fuzz pedals, since they tend to sound extremely compressed. Company owner and engineer Daniel Thornhill, who's been focused for ten years to this date…... Click for more

Fjord Fuzz Hedda