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gear giveaway

FUZZ PEDALS

New Pedals: Shotmaker The Heroine Deluxe

Guitarists who enjoy complex and unusual gain circuits should take a look at the Heroine Deluxe, by Canadian/Polish builder Shotmaker Industries. This is a high gain distortion that, through its three gain stages, can deliver a wide range of dirty tones. Here's a quick look at the controls: Pre controls…... Click for more

New Pedals: Shotmaker The Heroine Deluxe

BLAMMO! Electronics Tomb Sender Ge Fuzz

A modern take of the venerable Tone Bender MkIII, the BLAMMO! Electronics Tomb Sender is a Germanium fuzz with an extra gain stage for more output and a beefed-up EQ section. The toggle switch in the middle of the pedal operates a simple noise gate that removes the background noise/muck between…... Click for more

BLAMMO! Electronics Tomb Sender Ge Fuzz

ToneTuga Salvage Fuzz

Sometimes limitations can be more creatively inspiring than an abundance of options. The new ToneTuga Salvage Fuzz is a circuit born out of necessity, designed at a time when the closing of many plants due to the pandemic was limiting the availability of components used for making pedals (or any…... Click for more

ToneTuga Salvage Fuzz

New Pedal (with top mounted jacks!): Mono Division Fuzz Singer

Actually*** top-mounted jacks have been an almost entirely ignored request of many pedal lovers for quite some time, probably because they make the plugging/unplugging and rerouting experience a lot easier. Mono Division is a New York-based company that just launched its first two pedals (we'll tackle the Fuzz Singer here,…... Click for more

New Pedal (with top mounted jacks!): Mono Division Fuzz Singer

JHS Pedals Supreme Fuzz

The JHS Pedals Supreme, from the Legends of Fuzz Series, is a faithful recreation of the Univox Super Fuzz. Read the story of the pedal at the bottom of the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDJyt09xmz8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MTSY2q0vDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kGWOlf_--E In the late 1960’s, Japan was bursting at the seams with amazing guitar pedal companies and…... Click for more

JHS Pedals Supreme Fuzz

Danelectro 3699 Fuzz

The 3699 Fuzz is a faithful recreation, and a tribute of the vintage FOXX Tone Machine of the 1970s ("3699" spells out "FOXX" on the telephone keypad, and that was the last 4 digits of the company phone number back in the day). The originals today sell for over $600,…... Click for more

Danelectro 3699 Fuzz

Loe Sounds SuperFuzz

Loe Sounds is a boutique pedal company run by two queer female artists based in upstate New York. The in-house designer is Aisha Loe, mostly known for the quirky, but beloved by many, Atari Fuzz and her knack for using recycled circuits and materials to build her company's one-of-a-kind stompboxes.…... Click for more

Loe Sounds SuperFuzz

JHS Pedals Crimson Fuzz

The JHS Pedals Crimson, from the Legends of Fuzz Series, is a faithful recreation of the "Mike Matthews' Red Army Overdrive" Read the story of the pedal at the bottom of the page and check out the videos, below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLXtMCMcu6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVeqEIn2Yc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MPpoOs9hu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdZ4hz601Y In 1969, Electro Harmonix released the first…... Click for more

JHS Pedals Crimson Fuzz

Mask Audio Electronics Titan Muff-Style Fuzz

Mask Audio Electronics Titan is a stripped-down fuzz pedal by a boutique builder based in Michigan that offers a wide-ranging set of tones from a very limited set of controls. Check out the videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuIUh3bRbD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRwA9itdvc8 TITAN looms over your pedalboard. Its mighty sword hangs ready to defile any in…... Click for more

Mask Audio Electronics Titan Muff-Style Fuzz

Bardic Audio Oathbreaker

Bardic Audio Devices is an emerging pedal builder run by a young, Michigan-based developer called Tim Novak. The man is really into D&D, so we shouldn't be surprised to find references to the role game both in the name of his company and products ("Bardics" were Celtic minstrels). The Oathbreaker…... Click for more

Bardic Audio Oathbreaker

Valco BloodBuzz – Fuzz and Drive

Valco, a Canadian company that - intriguingly! - doesn't seem to have a web presence, put out a new pedal called BloodFuzz, a tribute to the rare Lovetone Cheessource of '90s. The circuit comprises of a Fuzz and a Drive circuit in parallel, several videographers picked up on it, check…... Click for more

Valco BloodBuzz – Fuzz and Drive

BOSS OD-200 Hybrid Drive

Although many guitarists prefer to defer gain-related duties to traditional, "one function" analog stompboxes, the case for multi-mode, digital dirt boxes has become more and more compelling with the advancement of digital and DSP technology in the audio realm. The BOSS OD-200, with its powerful processor and 32-bit/96KHz sampling rate,…... Click for more

BOSS OD-200 Hybrid Drive