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FUZZ PEDALS

Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz

Hailing from the UK, the Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz is a playful fuzz + filter pedal that will lead the player as easily to sonic discovery or aural disintegration. The left side of the pedal, controlled by the left footswitch, consists of an overdrive circuit with Volume and Gain…... Click for more

Emmergy FX Dial-Up Filter Fuzz

DPE Pedals Buzz Tone Fuzz

Built by a small, family-run shop in Maryville, Tennessee, the DPE Pedals Buzz Tone is a clone of a fuzz pedal the '60s that psych-rock enthusiasts among you must have heard thousands of times without realizing: it was the fuzz of choice of Syd Barrett, the reckless genius lead vocalist…... Click for more

DPE Pedals Buzz Tone Fuzz

CMC Triple Octave Manipulator Fuzz (Thomas Erak signature)

New fuzz pedals have been popping up from all corners of the world in this month of February 2022, but nothing remotely close to the CMC Triple Octave Manipulator, a 3-octave monster designed in collaboration with Thomas Erak of The Fall of Troy. This is a monophonic synth-style fuzz that…... Click for more

CMC Triple Octave Manipulator Fuzz (Thomas Erak signature)

Malaise Forever Vicious Bastard Fuzz V1.5

Uncompromising fuzzheads might find a friend in the Malaise Forever Vicious Bastard, an unforgivingly loud and angry two-stage fuzz inspired by the classic DAM* Meathead circuit. The tone of this beast is heavy in the mid-low frequencies with a light mid-scoop, and enough high-end to cut through the mix. A…... Click for more

Malaise Forever Vicious Bastard Fuzz V1.5

New Pedal: Tampco All-Bender Fuzz

Hailing out of Palaiseau, France, the Tampco All-Bender is a multi-voiced Tone Bender-style fuzz made by a company set to reinstate the reputation of solid-state circuitry. The circuit of this effect is organized in a rather peculiar way, with a rotary knob on the bottom right selecting between four voicings…... Click for more

New Pedal: Tampco All-Bender Fuzz

New Pedal: Anasounds Feed Me Mk3 Fuzz

French builder Anasounds unveiled a new version of their Fuzz Face evolution, the Feed Me Fuzz Mk3. Embedded in the company's new FX Teacher Project, this effect is built in a way that allows the user to easily apply mods to the circuit through the addition of terminal blocks and/or…... Click for more

New Pedal: Anasounds Feed Me Mk3 Fuzz

BSRI Audio Hydrazine Fuzz

The BSRI Audio Hydrazine is a modern take on the Harmonic Percolator fuzz circuit by an emerging Baltimore-based builder (BSRI stands for Baltimore Sonic Research Institute, but it's actually a one-person company). The Hydrazine employs NOS germanium and silicon transistors and germanium diodes found in the vintage unit, but through…... Click for more

BSRI Audio Hydrazine Fuzz

Stoy Fuzzmaster Fuzz

Stoy Sound is an emerging Danish pedal builder that, in early 2022, unveiled a line comprising 9 different pedals. The Fuzzmaster is a hybrid take on the Muff-style fuzz, with mods to increase versatility. It can deliver a range of fuzzy tones from smooth overdrive to gnarly extremes. An expression…... Click for more

Stoy Fuzzmaster Fuzz

JPTR FX Jive Reel Saturator

The JPTR FX Jive Reel Saturator is a pedal based on the gain structure of a tape machine that adds anything from light distortion to fuzz sounds through various gain stages" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK-ecQFlFNI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xfW4TAbdqY JPTR FX Jive Reel Saturator, Builder's Notes Somehow I found an old Akai gx 210d, one of…... Click for more

JPTR FX Jive Reel Saturator

Modal Effects Disruption Modular Pedal

Even though guitar pedals are, in their classic format, already a modular concept, more than one company has flirted with the idea of creating a modular pedal that can host several interchangeable effects. Nashville-based Modal Effects is coming out with a new take on this idea. Their Disruption modular pedal…... Click for more

Modal Effects Disruption Modular Pedal

KMA Machines Chief Disruptor Fuzz

German pedal makers KMA Machines have increasingly been gravitating towards uber-tweakable devices (with a soft spot for toggle switches), and the Chief Disruptor (sold direct by Thomann) is their take on the uber-flexible, do-it-all Muff-style fuzz. The core of this circuit is the Voicing toggle, which delivers the following three fuzz…... Click for more

KMA Machines Chief Disruptor Fuzz

Maestro Fuzz Tone FZ-M

Among the new Maestro line reintroducing to the world the tones of the vintage Gibson pedals from the early '60s, the FZ-M fuzz is by far the one destined to arouse more curiosity, since it's inspired by the Maestro FZ-1, which was famously used by the Rolling Stones on the…... Click for more

Maestro Fuzz Tone FZ-M