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Deep Space Devices Dust Fuzz/Glitch Looper

We are happy to see Deep Space Devices back in action after a break with a new intriguind pedal called Dust. The Alabama-based one-man company won our Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit's "Best Emerging Builder" contest back when real life was a thing. Dust is a one-knob pedal that seems to do…... Click for more

Deep Space Devices Dust Fuzz/Glitch Looper

Sabbadius Triple Trouble V2

The Triple Trouble is an Overdrive+Booster+Fuzz pedal by Argentinean boutique builder Sabbadius that was discontinued a few years ago. The company just announced the upcoming release of V2. Counterintuitively, the silicon transistor fuzz is first in the chain, followed by a Tube Screamer-style overdrive and then the boost. The three…... Click for more

Sabbadius Triple Trouble V2

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi

A classic fuzz stompbox returns, in a compact case format! The Electro Harmonix Green Big Muff Pi is a faithful reissue of the legendary Green Russian Big Muff from the mid-1990s. In the Big Muff family, this is probably the bassiest one, with a unique sludge and sizzle. Hear the…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff Pi

Fender Pelt Fuzz

Fender's Pelt Fuzz is a classic silicon fuzz with a series of added tonal controls: two toggle switches called Mid and Thick allow the player to boost the effect's frequencies respectively in the mid and low range, while a more a classic Tone control knob deals with the overall brightness. However, the…... Click for more

Fender Pelt Fuzz

New Pedal: Acorn Amplifiers TMA-1 Fuzz

Operating out of Atlanta, Georgia, Acorn Amplifiers crafts hand-made amps and pedals. The TMA-1 is, to date, their most involved foray into the world of fuzz, a four-stage transistor circuit that, quite uniquely, lets you select the clipping options for two of those stages (precisely, the second and third). The…... Click for more

New Pedal: Acorn Amplifiers TMA-1 Fuzz

Stone Deaf FX Q Boost/Distortion

Father and son British pedal builders Stone Deaf FX released some ingenious and imaginative stompboxes in the past, but today they unveiled something rather simple yet extremely intriguing. At a first look, the (Mickey Mouse-themed) Q Boost appears to be a simple boost pedal/preamp with an extra, sweepable mid-frequency boost,…... Click for more

Stone Deaf FX Q Boost/Distortion

Pedal Pawn Fuzz Germanium LTD Edition

UK's Pedal Pawn is a success story in today's challenging boutique pedal builder environment. The company just unveiled a pricey, limited edition Germanium Version of their popular Fuzz through an exclusive Reverb release (you can buy it here). There are only 50 units of this baby and they'll go out…... Click for more

Pedal Pawn Fuzz Germanium LTD Edition

SolidGoldFX Lysis MKII Polyphonic Octave Fuzz Modulator

The SolidGoldFX Lysis made a splash when it was first unveiled at our Stompbox Booth at NAMM 2019, making it into reverb.com's top 7 of the new NAMM releases. The Montreal-based company just upgraded it with a MkII version that takes this modulated octave fuzz/synth to a new level. Driven…... Click for more

SolidGoldFX Lysis MKII Polyphonic Octave Fuzz Modulator

Tone Cloud Jaffa Fuzz

Tone Cloud Effects is an up-and-coming builder from Australia exclusively dedicated to fuzz pedals, and the Jaffa Fuzz is the company's take on the Fuzz Face circuit. This touch-responsive pedal utilizes four silicon transistors to ensure tonal stability and adds one gain stage to the traditional fuzz face circuit for…... Click for more

Tone Cloud Jaffa Fuzz

Valco FX KGB Fuzz

Valco FX, a subsidiary of Canadian eccentric guitar builder Eastwood Guitars, unveiled their second pedal after the Bloodbuzz (which we covered here a few months ago): it's a very tweakable fuzz bearing a rather disquieting name: KGB. Designed to work with both instrument and line inputs (read: it works well…... Click for more

Valco FX KGB Fuzz

BSRI Audio TFZ Fuzz

The TFZ is a vintage transistor-based fuzz by Baltimore Sonic Research Institute (aka BSRI), a company whose name sounds like some kind of government-supported facility, but that's actually just one dude called David Gill who is into Doom Metal. Rather, it's more than a fuzz, since David wanted to create…... Click for more

BSRI Audio TFZ Fuzz

Flattley Solaris Pro Fuzz

This rather gorgeous-looking high-end Big Muff-style fuzz with extra boost footswitch comes from Gloucester, UK's Flatley Pedals, and it's called Solaris Pro. The pedal shares the controls of its muse, but with a lot more gain added to the Sustain knob, so that the amount of distortion can be easily…... Click for more

Flattley Solaris Pro Fuzz