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Mask Audio Electronic Part Garden Dual Fuzz

In this era dense with pedal collaborations, videographers have joined celebrity guitarists in working with builders on new, exciting stompboxes. The first example of this kind was, of course, the Chase Bliss Audio / Knobs collaboration on the recently finalized Blooper. This week we got news of a second item…... Click for more

Mask Audio Electronic Part Garden Dual Fuzz

Olinthus Earwig Fuzz

The Olinthus Earwig might be the most improbable fuzz pedal ever made. It defies the conventional wisdom that huge sounds require hefty enclosures, packing the entire sonic legacy of a classic American fuzz circuit into a stompbox smaller than a guitar pick. This isn't a miniaturized compromise; it's a full-throated…... Click for more

Olinthus Earwig Fuzz

TWA Wahxidizer Envelope Controlled Fuzz

The TWA Wahxidizer is a Univox Super Fuzz-inspired circuit with a host of filtering and tone sculpting features, an envelop controller linked to the filter, and two footswitchable filter settings. Its design was inspired by the bass fuzz sound of Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch in the band's song Gratitude -…... Click for more

TWA Wahxidizer Envelope Controlled Fuzz

New Pedal: Blind Panic Devices Bad Signal

Forget pristine, studio-polished echoes. The Bad Signal from Blind Panic Devices is a hand-delivered felony against sonic purity. This isn't a delay pedal; it's a corrupted broadcast from a parallel universe where your guitar signal got hijacked, scrambled by a dying CRT television, and spit back out through a glitching…... Click for more

New Pedal: Blind Panic Devices Bad Signal

Electro-Harmonics Bender Royale Fuzz

The Electro-Harmonics Bender Royale is an advanced version of the classic three-transistor germanium fuzz circuit, inspired by the famous MkIII Tone Bender design. This modern fuzz pedal combines vintage authenticity with contemporary features, offering the sought-after germanium fuzz sound that influenced numerous iconic recordings. The Bender Royale features go beyond…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonics Bender Royale Fuzz

New Pedal: Silktone Expander Preamp Fuzz

The Silktone Expander reimagines the classic dirt pedal as a dynamic tone-enhancing engine. Far from a one-trick distortion, it functions as an "always-on" harmonic foundation, thickening your core sound with rich texture and amp-like responsiveness before you even engage a drive channel. Its sophisticated circuit is a nod to vintage…... Click for more

New Pedal: Silktone Expander Preamp Fuzz

EarthQuaker Barrows Fuzz Attacker

If you’ve ever chased that raw, singing, mid-heavy fuzz tone that defined everything from ’60s rock rebellion to ’80s shoegaze walls-of-sound, meet your new foundation: the EarthQuaker Devices Barrows. This isn’t just another fuzz—it’s a faithful and modernized recreation of the legendary Tone Bender MkII circuit, built with three carefully…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Barrows Fuzz Attacker

Fjord Fuzz Thor Fuzz

Fjord Fuzz unleashes THOR, a deliberately wild and unapologetic fuzz pedal built for experimentalists. Conceived years ago but deemed too untamed for its time, THOR arrives as a storm of glitchy, gated, and bass-heavy textures designed to shatter musical predictability. At its core lies a highly interactive 3-knob design (named…... Click for more

Fjord Fuzz Thor Fuzz

New Pedal: Catalinbread Fuzzrite Mini

The iconic, splattery sound of the 60s is now available in a perfectly petite package. The Catalinbread Fuzzrite Mini packs the exact same circuit that defined psychedelic classics like "Incense and Peppermints" into a rugged, pedalboard-friendly enclosure. This isn't a smooth, singing fuzz. The Fuzzrite is all about buzzy, spitty,…... Click for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Fuzzrite Mini

Upcoming Pedal: Non-Human Audio KimChi Fuzz

Dave Jordan of Non-Human Audio is a circuit explorer, the kind who looks at a schematic and asks the questions others overlook. In mid-2024, he fixated on one: why was a specific method of transistor biasing—a key factor in creating distortion—never made adjustable in pedal designs? Theorizing it could unlock…... Click for more

Upcoming Pedal: Non-Human Audio KimChi Fuzz

29 Pedals Toki Fuzz

The 29 pedals toki fuzz is a rather small, industrial-looking square box that can primarily deliver a variety of warm fuzz tones, but also some clean and insane sounds. Based on a hybrid design of discrete and IC gain stages, the toki offers a rather simple but unusual interface that…... Click for more

29 Pedals Toki Fuzz

Color Audio Cassette Preamp

Chasing that warm, saturated, and beautifully imperfect tape sound? The Color Audio Cassette Preamp distills the soul of a vintage Japanese cassette recorder (reportedly, the Porta 2) into a rugged, tour-ready pedal. This isn't just an emulation—it's a part-for-part reproduction of the original circuit, right down to the prized NJM2068…... Click for more

Color Audio Cassette Preamp