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Beetronics Royal Jelly Fuzz/OD Blender

Uber-cool Brazilian manufacturer Beetronics unveiled the Royal Jelly pedal at NAMM 2018. The company portrays this pedal as a unique "Fuzz/OD blender," since it can run both effects in parallel, and also offers blending features, so that instead of switching sounds you just layer them - you can even blend in…... Click for more

Beetronics Royal Jelly Fuzz/OD Blender

Mask Audio Electronics NO Fuzz

The sonic answer to its sibling YES (a dynamic yet gnarly gated fuzz), the Mask Audio Electronics NO is a chaotic fuzz based on a circuit using cascaded octave generators. Both pedals are handmade in small batches. Equally grating on bass or guitar, the NO delivers octave-rich, thick fuzz. The…... Click for more

Mask Audio Electronics NO Fuzz

Beetronics Swarm Fuzz Harmonizer

Brazil via Los Angeles pedal builder Beetronics surely had a buzzworthy NAMM 2019 show. The company introduced a new device called Swarm - described as a "fuzz harmonizer" - which seems to have ended up on every stompbox geek's shortlist (hey it came in at #1 on our Best of NAMM 2019…... Click for more

Beetronics Swarm Fuzz Harmonizer

Mask Audio Electronics YES Fuzz

The Mask Audio Electronics YES. is a thunderous fuzz that delivers dynamic gated tones, something difficult to achieve since the gating effect removes dynamics. And it does so with just two knobs appropriately named "Loud" and "More" - and a toggle switch. An evolution of an older circuit based on…... Click for more

Mask Audio Electronics YES Fuzz

Beetronics Vezzpa Octave Stinger Fuzz

Buzzworthy Brazil via L.A. Beetronics has been rather quiet during the pandemic period, so seeing one of their colorful bug-inspired pedals appear in this 2021 "spring of reopening," in a way, accentuates the feeling of a return to life. Their new fuzz out of their custom shop is named Vezzpa,…... Click for more

Beetronics Vezzpa Octave Stinger Fuzz

Emerald Ox Kronos Fuzz

The Emerald Ox Kronos is an extreme fuzz with a wide sonic palette that somehow manages to maintain a fair amount of touch sensitivity. Besides the Volume and Gain knobs, the pedal features two 3-way toggle switches simply named "!" and "?," which are interactive and produce a total of…... Click for more

Emerald Ox Kronos Fuzz

BLAMMO! Electronics Total Garbage Fuzz

A device conceived for the truly devoted fuzz connoisseurs, the BLAMMO! Electronics Total Garbage Fuzz is a circuit inspired by an old stompbox that has surged to cult status: Tim Escobedo's Ugly Face. This is a gnarly fuzz with a synthy tone thanks to the added envelop filter and octave-down…... Click for more

BLAMMO! Electronics Total Garbage Fuzz

Big Ear Slice of Pie Fuzz

In case you are wondering whether this is a real pedal, yes it is, but it ain't edible (unless you enjoy bent steel, which is what the enclosure is made of)! A collaboration between Newyorker company turned Nashvillian Big Ear Pedals and guitar podcast The Tone Mob, the Slice of…... Click for more

Big Ear Slice of Pie Fuzz

Zero G IOD Honey Coma Fuzz

There are a number of fuzz circuits that lost the tone wars to the 7 kings of fuzz, but are still sought after by the pedal-obsessed. The '70s Roland Bee Baa fuzz is such a device, and the Zero G IOD Honey Coma Fuzz is a variant of it. The…... Click for more

Zero G IOD Honey Coma Fuzz

Tape Audio Co. ONE Fuzz

Tape Audio Co. ONE is a new pedal company run by folks who've been working on guitar effects for over 15 years, and ONE is the builder's debut stompbox, a stylish-looking original fuzz circuit with two faders and one old-style button switch. Although the two Silicon SE4010 transistors in the…... Click for more

Tape Audio Co. ONE Fuzz

Spaceman FX Sputniuk III Germanium Fuzz

Originally built in small batches, the Spaceman FX Sputnik is an all-germanium fuzz featuring vintage Soviet transistors which became instantly hard to find. Today the Portland builder announced version III, which incorporates all the functions from the previous iterations, plus some new features, and will be released both in a…... Click for more

Spaceman FX Sputniuk III Germanium Fuzz

New Pedal: Retro Mechanical Labs 432k Rev2 Filter/Distortion/Fuzz

It's hard not to gasp at the sight of the Retro Mechanical Labs 432k Rev2 Distortion, a beast of a filter+distortion+fuzz pedal with enough controls to entertain even the most efficient knob fiddler for years! The circuit consists of two signal paths: A distortion circuit followed by an active hybrid…... Click for more

New Pedal: Retro Mechanical Labs 432k Rev2 Filter/Distortion/Fuzz