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ChiralityAudio Black Swan Modern Fuzz

ChiralityAudio is an Italian company founded by two musical brothers who also run a recording studio, and who already have three pedals in their roster - and some interesting ones at that! The Black Swan (or blackswan) is a simple one-knob high gain distorion/fuzz with plenty of gain to boot.…... Click for more

ChiralityAudio Black Swan Modern Fuzz

Dirty Haggard Audio Torsion Fuzz

For the avid fuzz aficionado, Dirty Haggard Audio has an attractive option. Torsion delivers a heavy and saturated fuzz that can be attenuated by its mighty gate. The flexibility of the pedal offers users the chance to clean the hum and noise of the fuzz or crush the signal for…... Click for more

Dirty Haggard Audio Torsion Fuzz

Spiral Electric FX Allora High-Gain Darlington Fuzz

At a boutique level, building a pedal that ends up becoming a staple on many guitarists' pedalboards is (obviously) a great achievement for any builder, but comes with its drawbacks: almost every admirer will feel compelled to let the manufacturer know what would make it even better for them. This…... Click for more

Spiral Electric FX Allora High-Gain Darlington Fuzz

Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Octave-Up Fuzz

Those who among you are in love with the word "gnarly" may have found a new best friend - or maybe a new "lover"?? - in the Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Fuzz. We would be seriously remiss if we didn't warn you, though, that the creator himself warns that this octave-up…... Click for more

Vaderin Pedals Vaporizer Octave-Up Fuzz

Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender

For mysterious reasons, multi-mode fuzz pedals are somewhat rare. With its unassuming four-setting Diode rotary switch, the Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender is precisely such a thing - and a powerful one at that! Although the circuit is based on a Sola Sound Tone Bender, the four modes deliver tones…... Click for more

Red Noise Germanium Stone Blender

Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Portland (OR) based Blammo! Electronics just unveiled a new pedal inspired by the very popular (and very pricey) circuit of the Prescription Electronics COB - an acronym that stands for Clean Octave Blend. Enter the Slob, a hand-made $149 compact clone of the COB with a few updates like soft…... Click for more

Blammo! Slob Clean Octave Blend Fuzz

Keeley Electronics Synth-1

Another new release from Keeley Electronics is the Synth-1, a pedal that is part fuzz and part synth. Labeled by the company as a “Fuzz Noise and Chaos Creator”, the pedal is a reverse attack fuzz wave generator. There are controls over Level, Attack, Blend, and a band-pass Filter as…... Click for more

Keeley Electronics Synth-1

Chase Bliss + Zvex Bliss Factory Fuzz

Reverb.com has just announced two collaborative pedals linked to their upcoming movie about stompboxes: The Pedal Movie. A collaboration between Minneapolis Chase Bliss Audio and Zvex, the Bliss Factory is described as "a souped-up Fuzz Factory with digital control and a resonant lowpass filter." The ZVex Fuzz Factory is considered…... Click for more

Chase Bliss + Zvex Bliss Factory Fuzz

El Diablo HEQ1.2 Harmonic Equalizer + Fuzz

Originally created by a Minneapolis pedal store as a way to celebrate, through a limited release, their fuzz festival called Fuzzapalooza, the El Diablo HEQ gathered so much interest to convince the store owners to make it a non-limited release, and actually invest in some improvements, hence this V1.2 version.…... Click for more

El Diablo HEQ1.2 Harmonic Equalizer + Fuzz

Fjord Fuzz Bifrost Fuzz + Delay

Norwegian pedal builder Fjord Fuzz has been getting quite a bit of attention lately, in particular thanks to UK store Andertones, which started carrying their products. The Bifrost is one of their most interesting devices, a fuzz + delay circuit tuned for controlled self-oscillation. The fuzz section is actually a…... Click for more

Fjord Fuzz Bifrost Fuzz + Delay

Expresso FX Germanium Fuzz

The Expresso FX Germanium Fuzz is a hand-built, high-quality, custom replica of the venerable Fuzz Face, one of the most popular and copied vintage fuzz circuits. The builder gives clients a series of options to customize this pedal to fit their preference, including the option of having both a Mullard…... Click for more

Expresso FX Germanium Fuzz

Bardic Audio Devices The Beast Distortion/Fuzz

Michigan-based Bardic Audio Devices focuses mostly on bass pedals, but their Beast Distortion/Fuzz is bound to find a fan-base among guitarists with noisy tendencies. The Beast is a very tweakable dirt box based on an op-amp design, with a separate clean boost channel with a blendable Octave-up that adds up to…... Click for more

Bardic Audio Devices The Beast Distortion/Fuzz