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FUZZ PEDALS

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz

Los Angeles' Spruce Effects just announced a new line of limited pedal releases called Americana, and unveiled the first device in this series, the Acadia, a dual Germanium fuzz. This pedal is very flexible thanks to the two gain stages, controlled by the two top knobs, and the three tone…... Click for more

Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz

Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder Gold Standard

The Eau Clair Thunder fuzz may as well be the pedal that put Wisconsin's pedal builder Dwarfcraft Devices on the map in the early aughts. It's a Muff-style fuzz box with three footswitches and some pretty unusual controls (in particular for those years, when the "stompbox madness" was just about to…... Click for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder Gold Standard

Now Shipping: Fuzzrocious Croak Dual Filter Fuzz

The Croak is a rather unique double filter fuzz from the husband and wife team at Fuzzrocious Pedals. Two differently voiced envelope filters add swallow, gulp, and vocal qualities to a heavy fuzz. A momentary switch toggles between toe up and down “cocked wah” sounds. Expression pedal input allows for…... Click for more

Now Shipping: Fuzzrocious Croak Dual Filter Fuzz

Catalinbread Blood Donor Fuzz

An updated mod of the company's Katzenkonig, the Catalinbread Blood Donor is the fuzzy circuit marriage of a Tone Bender MKII and a Pro Co Rat, reimagined. Besides improving the pedal's noise floor compared to the original, the company mostly focused on making it more extreme and flexible at once:…... Click for more

Catalinbread Blood Donor Fuzz

Torino Audio Crumble Germanium Fuzz

Torino Audio is a new pedal builder based in Italy that's getting a fair amount of attention from pedal YouTubers. The company's debut line of pedals is described as "Organic" because they have no integrated circuits, no buffers nor digital processing. The Crumble is presented as a pedal that stands…... Click for more

Torino Audio Crumble Germanium Fuzz

Big Ear Pedals Loaf Fuzz

The Loaf by BIG EAR Pedals, (a builder previously known as Big Ear NYC, but now based in Nashville) is a fuzz loved by many. Unlike most pedals in the fuzz niche, it reigns in the gain and provides a less brittle, more low-end-rich sound, tweakable through a Tone knob.…... Click for more

Big Ear Pedals Loaf Fuzz

Stomping Stones – Haxan Fuzztortion

The Haxan by Stompbing Stones Pedals, is a vintage-voiced distortion/fuzz with some unusual controls (and parts: its circuit uses NOS military can opamps!): on top of your regular volume and gain knobs, it features two clipping modes, an extra boost, and bright/dark voicing options selectable via toggle switches. The two…... Click for more

Stomping Stones – Haxan Fuzztortion

Stomp Under Foot MCG73 Fuzz

Here's something for those who can't resist the call of a sexy muff tone! The MCG73, by Windermere, FL's Stomp Under Foot, is a clone of a vintage 1973 Ram's Head Big Muff. In the builder's own words: [The] interesting capacitor choices give the pedal a full-bodied tone with a…... Click for more

Stomp Under Foot MCG73 Fuzz

New Pedals: Wilson Effects NotRite Fuzz

Guilford, Indiana's Wilson Effects just released a new fuzz called NotRite, a modern take on the Fuzzrite circuit and its "two fuzz into one" approach. As you can hear from the demo below, the results are gnarly and doomy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rJC6hjzscc The NotRite is a Fuzzrite inspired circuit that is capable…... Click for more

New Pedals: Wilson Effects NotRite Fuzz

Keeley Electronics Fuzz Bender

One of four new pedals Keeley presented at NAMM 2019, the Fuzz Bender was probably the most hyped of the bunch - at least according to our readers, since it placed 11th in our poll about the best stompboxes of 2019. It's a three-transistor hybrid fuzz utilizing the higher gain…... Click for more

Keeley Electronics Fuzz Bender

New For NAMM 2020: TWA Microchasm Octave Box Fuzz

Octave circuit from the TWA Great Divide. Octave down, up, filtering, and Octavia-style features allow the user to select from many different, classic, octave effects. Accepts external footswitch for “solo” mode, which allows the player to turn add the octave effect as desired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5WJpYEFZyI https://godlyke.com... Click for more

New For NAMM 2020: TWA Microchasm Octave Box Fuzz

New For NAMM 2020: Fuzzrocious Maggotor Gated Fuzz

A gated fuzz "decomposer” that can also be played on its own, using the surface mounted springs, or just by banging on the case. As a fuzz box it’s too many types of gnarly to describe. A collaboration which combines Fuzzrocious' Baby Furnace with Electro-Faustus' Blackfly. Limited production! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lraOwgjRelw https://youtu.be/9-UA7bkq3LA Fuzzrocious…... Click for more

New For NAMM 2020: Fuzzrocious Maggotor Gated Fuzz