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FUZZ PEDALS

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

New Pedal: Sundance Electric Clean Fuzz

Based in California, Sundance Electric is a small pedal manufacturer that builds its stompboxes one by one, by hand. The company's roster features a selection of fuzzes and overdrives, and the Clean Fuzz is their take on the much sought-after "versatile fuzz" design. Although "Clean Fuzz" may sound like an…... Click for more

New Pedal: Sundance Electric Clean Fuzz

ThorpyFX Field Marshal Fuzz

The Field Marshal is another Thorpy take on a classic Lovetone pedal: this time the Big Cheese. Once again, Adrian Thorpy enlisted Lovetone's Dan Coggins for this third collaboration with the legendary circuit designer. This is a heavy fuzz with an option to activate/bypass the tone section, on the fly,…... Click for more

ThorpyFX Field Marshal Fuzz

Demiurge Instruments Atom Fuzz

Demiurge instruments is a small guitar and pedal builder based in the UK, and the Atom Fuzz is their take on the Fuzz Face, or rather, on another Fuzz Face-inspired pedal, the Suhr Rufus. The pedal offers a much wider range of tones, thanks to knobs for bass and Mids and…... Click for more

Demiurge Instruments Atom Fuzz

Updated Pedal: KMA Machines Fuzzly Bear 2

The KMA Machines Fuzzly Bear, first introduced in 2013, is getting an upgrade with the new V2. Don't let the name mislead you, this thing is a wild beast! A hand-made, modern variant of the rather obscure Jordan Boss Tone fuzz from the '70s, the Fuzzly Bear is a silicon…... Click for more

Updated Pedal: KMA Machines Fuzzly Bear 2

Pedal Update: Spiral Electric Black Spiral II (aka Black Rose)

We wrote about Tom Cram in this Deli mag article linked to the 2016 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit. As DigiTech's Marketing Director, at the time he was heavily involved in developing the company's pedal releases and was also one of the main actors behind the now widespread "collaborative pedals" trend. Tom's…... Click for more

Pedal Update: Spiral Electric Black Spiral II (aka Black Rose)

Wilson Effects Mordant Fuzz V2

The Wilson Effects Mordant is a third cousin of the Baldwin-Burns Buzzaround Fuzz, one of the lesser-known historic fuzz circuits, but it still inspires plenty of boutique builders and musicians with its tight low-end, mid bump, and prolonged sustain. "Third cousin" because it's actually a reiteration of the Uber Fubar…... Click for more

Wilson Effects Mordant Fuzz V2

Screwed Circuitz Irvine’s Fuzz

Hailing from Montreal, the Screwed Circuitz Irvine's Fuzz is an aggressive, creative and unusual fuzz with some peculiar features. Presented by the builder as a "lo-fi fuzz with a wide tone range and endless sustain," this pedal has some sonic affinities with the Big Muff, but the second footswitch (which…... Click for more

Screwed Circuitz Irvine’s Fuzz

New Pedal: Oopegg OZZ-1 Fuzz

High-end Japanese guitar maker Oopegg just unveiled a line of pedals called Super Retro Series that, at least for now, is comprised of three products: a compressor, a reverb, and a fuzz. In this post, we'll focus on the Oopegg OZZ-1 Fuzz, which, from the sound of it, is inspired…... Click for more

New Pedal: Oopegg OZZ-1 Fuzz

Caroline The Blues overdrive

Launched on April 1st by Caroline Guitar Co as a pretend joke, The Blues is a Dallas Rangemaster evolution presented as a gentler cousin to the company's Hawaiian Pizza transistor fuzz-drive. If the Pizza is 30% drive, 70% fuzz, then this is more like 80% drive, 20% fuzz. The toggle…... Click for more

Caroline The Blues overdrive