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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

Overdrive vs Distortion vs Fuzz: What’s the difference?

Click on the links for our coverage of recently released Overdrive, Distortion and Fuzz pedals. For the beginner rock guitarist, a gain pedal is, in most cases, the third item on the gear-related shopping list (after a six-string and an amp). But, considering the wide choice of stompboxes out there,…... Click for more

Overdrive vs Distortion vs Fuzz: What’s the difference?

Pedal Update: Industrialectric Incinerator Deluxe

Now, some pedals have better names than others, but... "Incinerator"? We are tempted to say that's the best name ever given to a stompbox. That's how this beast by Canadian manufacturer Industrialectric is called. Built by hand in Toronto, the incinerator is a dual-channel Silicon fuzz integrated by two oscillators…... Click for more

Pedal Update: Industrialectric Incinerator Deluxe

New Pedal: Sabbadius Love Drops Fuzz

The Sabbadius Love Drops Fuzz was born as an answer to the question "What fuzz pedal would Jimi Hendrix use today if he were still alive?" After watching hours of footage of Jimi's live shows, the Argentinian builder decided he wanted to make a wah-compatible Fuzz Face with the warmth…... Click for more

New Pedal: Sabbadius Love Drops Fuzz