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Animals Pedal Sunday Afternoon is Infinity Bender Fuzz

Japanese company Animals Pedal brought some playful names and graphics to the stompbox game, but also some excellent circuits at an affordable price. Their new Sunday Afternoon is Infinity Bender Fuzz perfectly reflects the quirky nature of this builder: a collaboration with Matthew Holl of Wren and Cuff, the pedal…... Click for more

Animals Pedal Sunday Afternoon is Infinity Bender Fuzz

Death By Audio Apocalypse Fuzz

For years Death By Audio have built their reputation on providing some of the gnarliest heavy distortion pedals. It's a distinct sound you can hear on albums by bands like A Place to Bury Strangers, Sisters or Grooms, who are part of the Brooklyn-based collective/venue/pedal company. After numerous variations, DBA…... Click for more

Death By Audio Apocalypse Fuzz

JDM Pedals Hot Plate Fuzz

The JDM Hot Plate Fuzz is a modern take on the Tonebender Mk3 with a few extras. It features vintage PNP Germanium transistors and a voltage inverter to easily daisy chain other pedals. The main mod to the original circuit is a passive mid-bump switch that thickens the tone and…... Click for more

JDM Pedals Hot Plate Fuzz

Bardic Audio Bootgazer Fuzz/Modulated Delay

If adding a longish delay to your fuzzed-out guitar tone triggers incommensurable pleasure, you owe it to yourself to check out this new pedal by Bardic Audio and Galvanize Designs: the Bootgazer. It offers the two effects in one box, with a routing order option one stomp away (center footswitch…... Click for more

Bardic Audio Bootgazer Fuzz/Modulated Delay

Producing with Pedals: Sehat Effectors Moisture Fuzz and Masjidil Echo

Producing with Pedals is a series about using guitar pedals in creative applications when recording and mixing. Usually, I take a pedal and write a song with it, using the pedal on every instrument. In my most recent episode, I feature a builder from Indonesia who is making some of…... Click for more

Producing with Pedals: Sehat Effectors Moisture Fuzz and Masjidil Echo

Heather Brown Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption

Just in time for Mother's Day, Reverb.com and Heather Brown Electronicals are giving YOU an excuse to buy YOURSELF a new pedal! We are sure your mother will be stoked about this!!! Silly jokes aside, the Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption is a joint limited edition of a fuzzed-up version…... Click for more

Heather Brown Blessed Mother: The Fuzz Assumption

Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII

When Joel Korte of Chase Bliss Audio touched down in Portland, Oregon and began peppering his Instagram feed with pictures of him noshing with Chris Benson of Benson amps, there was much speculation to be had. That speculation manifested at 2019’s NAMM show with the Preamp MKII, a slider-equipped brushed…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Automatone Preamp MKII

Mattoverse Bad Passenger Fuzz MKII

Many new versions of guitar pedals feature the exact same circuit as the original device, with a few improvements. That's not the case for the Mattoverse Bad Passenger Fuzz MkII. Its circuit, which combines cascaded transistors and op-amp gain stage, has been fully redesigned to deliver the brutal fuzz and…... Click for more

Mattoverse Bad Passenger Fuzz MKII

ToneTuga FX Clockwork MultiDriver

The Clockwork MultiDriverby Charlotte, NC ToneTuga FX is an ambitious pedal. The builder claims it can deliver - with only three knobs - anything "from a crisp treble boost to a crunchy distortion, to a fuzzy sustain," covering all the ground you may want to be covered by a dirt…... Click for more

ToneTuga FX Clockwork MultiDriver

New Pedal: Fredric Effects DuoFace Fuzz

If you are a fuzz-head, you know that inside the classic Fuzz Face pedals you can find either Germanium or Silicon transistors - we wrote more in depth about this in our Best Fuzz-Face Clones article. The DuoFace by Fredric Effects incorporates both versions in one pedal through two completely…... Click for more

New Pedal: Fredric Effects DuoFace Fuzz

SolidGoldFX Imperial MkII Fuzz

Faders on guitar pedals are officially IN! Montreal's SolidGoldFX just released the Imperial MkII Fuzz, and as you can see there's no trace of knobs on it. Inspired by the vintage Jumbo fuzz by Italian manufacturer JEN Electronica, the Imperial is a Muff-inspired fuzz with an added germanium noise gate.…... Click for more

SolidGoldFX Imperial MkII Fuzz

Hilbish T-Fuzz 2-Mode Octave Fuzz

Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, Hilbish Designs is a builder of amps, preamps, and very colorful guitar pedals with a knack for dirt boxes. Their T-Fuzz is a simple, two-knob and two-mode octave fuzz pedal delivering a range of tones from classic (red mode) to sputtery (green mode). It just received…... Click for more

Hilbish T-Fuzz 2-Mode Octave Fuzz