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FUZZ PEDALS

Farm Pedals The Mountain Fuzz

Guitarists into fuzz very often have a maximalist approach to it, meaning that they enjoy and seek fuzz excess and even redundancy rather than refined tone balance. If you belong to the category, you should check out The Mountain, by Maine's Farm Pedals. It features three harmonically different one-knob fuzz circuits…... Click for more

Farm Pedals The Mountain Fuzz

Pine-Box Custom The Skin-Walker

Pine-Box Custom is a Memphis based pedal builder that specializes in gain pedals and fuzzes featuring illustrations of screaming old white men at times featuring sea creatures in their mouths (it's true!). The Skin-Walker is their new release for 2019 and it's a take on the Tone Bender circuit with added…... Click for more

Pine-Box Custom The Skin-Walker

Electro-Harmonix Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff Pi

Another device belonging to the never-ending Muff saga, the Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff Pi is presented by Mike Matthews as a pedal that “delivers the devastating low end, crisp highs and non-scooped mids players love in the Civil War and Tall Font Green Russian with the powerful sound shaping control of…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff Pi

Electro-Harmonix Flatiron Fuzz

The Flatiron Fuzz/Distortion Flatiron is an op-amp style fuzz/distortion in a compact enclosure (adorned with an attractive orange illustration of one of the most beautiful NYC landmark buildings). It’s presented as a RAT-inspired circuit, delivering symmetrical hard clipping and integrated with a low pass filter that allows to tame the highs…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix Flatiron Fuzz

Mad Professor Loud’n Proud Overdrive + Fuzz

The mid-gain Mad Professor Loud'n Proud is an amp-in-the-box style overdrive based on the classic 4 input Marshall amp with an interesting twist: it features a second footswitch that can alternatively engage a boost OR a fuzz circuit! Besides the obvious flexibility of having all the three gain effects inside one…... Click for more

Mad Professor Loud’n Proud Overdrive + Fuzz

Glou Glou Pralines Filter/Modulation Synth Pedal

We covered French manufacturer Glou Glou in the past for their truly remarkable Rendez Vous pedal, and therefore we are eager to see what kind of sonic magic their new device Pralines can deliver. With its name and color inspired by a classic dessert from southern France, this effect consists…... Click for more

Glou Glou Pralines Filter/Modulation Synth Pedal

Caroline Guitar Co. Hawaiian Pizza

Caroline Guitars just unveiled a new pedal called Hawaiian Pizza - we guess they aren't targeting guitarists with fresh Italian roots with it, since the Hawaiian variety is considered nothing short of heresy among the "fathers" of pizza. It doesn't really matter though because the first run of this Drive/Fuzz is…... Click for more

Caroline Guitar Co. Hawaiian Pizza

Vertical Hybrid Fuzz Factory

A vertical version of the ZVex Hybrid Fuzz Factory (with Silicon and Germanium diodes). This limited edition pedal utilizes a NOS 1960s 2N404 germanium transistor and modern PNP silicon transistor which, when combined, provide a more aggressive tone than our standard Fuzz Factory model. Packed with knobs that let you control…... Click for more

Vertical Hybrid Fuzz Factory

Mythos Pedals Golden Fleece Overdrive/Fuzz

Based on a much-talked-about pedal used by Wilco’s Nels Cline, the Mythos Pedals Golden Fleece features an incredibly simple circuit that skirts the line between overdrive and fuzz. The latest version is now in a smaller enclosure, but all the original tone is there, with more clarity, responsiveness and lower…... Click for more

Mythos Pedals Golden Fleece Overdrive/Fuzz

Electro-Harmonix unveils Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff, Flatiron Fuzz, and Nano Battalion.

Just when we were about to wind down for the upcoming weekend, our pristine email inbox lit up with a new press release from Electro-Harmonix, from the city that never sleeps nor takes shorter days on Friday (that is, NY, NY!). As if that wasn't enough, the message promoted the…... Click for more

Electro-Harmonix unveils Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff, Flatiron Fuzz, and Nano Battalion.

JHS Mini Foot Fuzz V2

JHS just released the version 2 of their Mini Foot Fuzz, check out the demo by GearManDude! Although small, this pedal covers a lot of ground, thanks to the new +/- toggle switch: In the – mode, the toggle gives you a low-gain mode where you get vintage broken-speaker type…... Click for more

JHS Mini Foot Fuzz V2

Q&A with Nanolog Audio about Carbon Clipping

In recent years, a few companies have been working on new ways to create distortion (for musical purposes). Senior PhD researcher from the Canadian National Institute for Nanotechnology Adam Bergren has been on the forefront of this effort, collaborating in 2016 with Dr. Scientist to create the first guitar pedal…... Click for more

Q&A with Nanolog Audio about Carbon Clipping