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FUZZ PEDALS

BLAMMO! Electronics Buzzaround Fuzz

Portland's BLAMMO! Electronics is on a mission to build variants of all the classic vintage pedals, and today is the turn of the Burns Buzzaround Fuzz: enter the BLAMMO! Buzzaround Fuzz, produced in a limited number of 25 units. This device adds a master Volume knob to the original Sustain,…... Click for more

BLAMMO! Electronics Buzzaround Fuzz

Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz Selenium

John Cusack had a supply of rare selenium rectifiers, an obsolete technology that has potentially never been used in a pedal before, and created a modified version of his screamer fuzz. Enter the Screamer Fuzz Selenium. The result is a dark and full fuzzdrive with a thick creamy texture. With…... Click for more

Cusack Music Screamer Fuzz Selenium

Gamechanger Audio Plasma Coil (with Third Man Records)

Everyone closely following the stompbox "scene" should be aware of Latvian builder Gamechanger Audio's intriguing devices. The Plasma Distortion is an original design that employs "a series of continuous high-voltage discharges within a xenon-filled tube" to create distortion. Third Man Record owner Jack White, of The White Stripe fame, evidently…... Click for more

Gamechanger Audio Plasma Coil (with Third Man Records)

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII

The SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII is a take on the Fuzz Face using silicon BC183 transistors, which are considered to be less scooped and muddy than germanium transistors, but not quite as harsh and jagged as other silicon options. It also includes a bias control which can vary…... Click for more

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX If 6 Was 9 MKII

New Pedal: Wren and Cuff Garbage Face Jr

J Mascis is a genius multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter who, at his creative peak in the late '80s and early '90s, inspired a generation of young slackers with a couple of unforgettable noise-pop records under the Dinosaur Jr. moniker. The distorted guitar tone he came up with in tracks like Feel the Pain…... Click for more

New Pedal: Wren and Cuff Garbage Face Jr

New Pedal: Vaderin Laser 1 Fuzz

The Vaderin Laser 1 is an uncompromising frequency multiplier fuzz that, to mention the Philly-based builder, "saturates your signal in wild overtones, vicious upper harmonic clang, and an often synth-like cacophony of frequencies." These apocalyptic effects are generated by a circuit that randomly folds the signal in an attempt to…... Click for more

New Pedal: Vaderin Laser 1 Fuzz

EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz

EarthQuaker Devices is back at it with a new fuzz designed in collaboration with Wata, guitarist of the cult Japanese experimental band Boris. The pedal, called Hizumitas, is a recreation of Wata's favorite distortion pedal, the Elk BM Sustainar, a Japanese variant of the "Triangle" Big Muff Pi. The EQD…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Hizumitas Fuzz

Death By Audio Germanium Filter

The Germanium Filter, by our friends at Death By Audio, is uncharacteristically low on controls, but as noisy a pedal as the NYC company has gotten us used to. Inspired by the "ripped speaker" type of fuzz loved by the seekers of impure and corrupt tone, the Germanium Filter offers…... Click for more

Death By Audio Germanium Filter

Tone Cloud Tone Snifter Fuzz

Hand-wired in Melbourne, Australia, the Tone Cloud Tone Snifter is inspired by the VOX Tone Bender fuzz, the Italian version of the circuit with a distinctly different sound from the more popular British version. But it's a lot more than that. The vintage unit's two germanium transistors were replaced by…... Click for more

Tone Cloud Tone Snifter Fuzz

Polarbear Effects Ascender Fuzz/Delay/Bitcrusher

The Polarbear Effects Ascender is the newly released delay twin of the Croatian company's Drowner, hence a creative fuzz/bitcrusher/delay multi-effect guitar pedal. These two siblings look a helluva lot like each other. The fuzz, a heavy one, is of the Silicon kind, and it's first in the chain and has…... Click for more

Polarbear Effects Ascender Fuzz/Delay/Bitcrusher

Polarbear Effects Drowner Fuzz/Bitcrusher/Reverb

Croatian pedal builder Polarbear Effects sure likes to mix things up a little. The two stompboxes on the company's roster are very creative devices wisely blending several circuits, with the goal of creating very musical and unique effects. Enter the new Drowner, a fuzz/bitcrusher/shimmery reverb. The circuit starts with a…... Click for more

Polarbear Effects Drowner Fuzz/Bitcrusher/Reverb

VS Audio Pandora Fuzz

The Arbiter Fuzz Face is one of the most cloned and referenced fuzz circuits (no wonder we have an article about all the pedals it inspired). Pandora is the name of the first woman in Greek mythology, who dared to open a forbidden box that contained all the evils of…... Click for more

VS Audio Pandora Fuzz