Muff-Style Fuzz Pedals

Valco FX KGB Fuzz

Valco FX, a subsidiary of Canadian eccentric guitar builder Eastwood Guitars, unveiled their second pedal after the Bloodbuzz (which we covered here a few months ago): it's a very tweakable fuzz bearing a rather disquieting name: KGB. Designed to work with both instrument and line inputs (read: it works well…Click on the title for more

Valco FX KGB Fuzz

Flattley Solaris Pro Fuzz

This rather gorgeous-looking high-end Big Muff-style fuzz with extra boost footswitch comes from Gloucester, UK's Flatley Pedals, and it's called Solaris Pro. The pedal shares the controls of its muse, but with a lot more gain added to the Sustain knob, so that the amount of distortion can be easily…Click on the title for more

Flattley Solaris Pro Fuzz

Wren and Cuff Blue Caprid Muff

Vintage Muff replicas are something particularly inspiring for pedal builder, but Wren and Cuff has developed a particularly good reputation in this very specific niche. Their recently reissued Caprid (the one with red signs, first in production between 2012 and 2017) is an uber-authentic recreation of the highly sought after…Click on the title for more

Wren and Cuff Blue Caprid Muff

Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave

"Modular" is a word we are accustomed to associate with synths more than pedals, although stompboxes are a format that's as modular as it gets! We witnessed several attempts by pedal builders to extend this concept to the actual circuit, allowing different modules to be inserted inside a pedal "platform"…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave

Best Big Muff Pedals in 2021: Reissues, Clones & Evolutions

TABLE OF CONTENT (click to jump) Click image for Video. 1969 "Triangle" Big Muff Pi (used by Jimi Hendrix) Back to List of Categories Earthquaker Devices Hoof The pedal that put Earthquaker on the map. Jamie Stillman’s first pedal is loosely based on a specific green Russian Muff belonging to…Click on the title for more

Best Big Muff Pedals in 2021: Reissues, Clones & Evolutions

Jam Pedals Eureka Fuzz

The Eureka is an original Muff-style fuzz circuit by Greek manufacturer Jam Pedals based on a silicon transistor design. The classic three knobs for Level, Gain and Tone and expanded by a three-way toggle switch that offers different bass settings. Here’s the video demo of it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be3kwgtg9Ao&pp=sAQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05I38Xktvaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr5Ed7on2P8 Here's the…Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Eureka Fuzz

Tone Electronix Animalizzer Fuzz

Tone Electronix (aka T.X Pedals) is a one man pedal builder from Portugal. The company's signature pedal is the Animalizzer, a fuzz beast that can recreate all sorts of fuzz sounds thanks to two clipping stages (first LED + Silicon, then Germanium + LED + Silicon) preceded by a boost…Click on the title for more

Tone Electronix Animalizzer Fuzz

Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud Fuzz V2

The Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud Fuzz V2 is a fuzz inspired by the EHX Triangle Muff from the '70s, with an added EQ esection providing Treble and Bass. By adjusting the voiced EQ you can achieve "fuzz tones from silky smooth through to doom-laden whilst maintain the ability to cut…Click on the title for more

Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud Fuzz V2

JPTR FX Warlow Fuzz

Built by German boutique pedal maker JPTR FX, the Marlow is a high-gain Op-amp Muff perfect for a low-end-heavy '90s grunge and alt-rock. Using high-grade IC chips and germanium clipping diodes, the Warlow comes in an appropriately large enclosure for its equally huge tones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcPWiwPlAfU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjBH2LDKpPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAg7vK5rAY Gather round &…Click on the title for more

JPTR FX Warlow Fuzz

SolidGoldFX Imperial MkII Fuzz

Faders on guitar pedals are officially IN! Montreal's SolidGoldFX just released the Imperial MkII Fuzz, and as you can see there's no trace of knobs on it. Inspired by the vintage Jumbo fuzz by Italian manufacturer JEN Electronica, the Imperial is a Muff-inspired fuzz with an added germanium noise gate.…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX Imperial MkII Fuzz

New Pedal: 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 on the title for more

New Pedal: Spiral Electric FX Allora High-Gain Darlington 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 on the title for more

Bardic Audio Devices The Beast Distortion/Fuzz