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Muff-Style Fuzz Pedals

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

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

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

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

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

Retro Tone Ram’s Head V2

Retro Tone is a French pedal builder that focuses on dirt boxes inspired by vintage circuits. Their Ram's Head is quite obviously their take on the Ram's Head muff, "version 2" of the most popular fuzz circuit sold between1973 and 1977 and recently reissued by Electro-Harmonix, known for its scooped,…Click on the title for more

Retro Tone Ram’s Head V2

Rude Tech 3MuF-14 Muff-style 3-in-1 Fuzz

Russian Big Muff lovers, rejoice! The Rude Tech's 3MuF-14 is a three-in-one muff style distortion/fuzz, emulating three different Russian fuzz circuits (Black, Green and Civil War) through a 3-way toggle, while also offering a fourth sound achievable by entirely bypassing the "Version" circuit; this produces a tone that keeps the…Click on the title for more

Rude Tech 3MuF-14 Muff-style 3-in-1 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 on the title for more

Mask Audio Electronics Titan Muff-Style Fuzz

Flattley DG Fuzz

The Flattley DG Fuzz is a two-transistor buffered pedal inspired by the fuzz sounds adopted by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour in the early '70s, which seems to imply it's a muff-style pedal. Besides the four knobs controlling Fuzz, Treble, Volume and Body (Bass), the device features an internal trim pot…Click on the title for more

Flattley DG Fuzz

Stomp Under Foot Utility Muffin

The Stomp Under Foot Utility Muffin is a recreation of the heavily modded Big Muff used by Frank Zappa - which had been modded by the man himself, of course. The builder finds that these mods convey a "smooth, warm sound on the bass side but allow a little brightness…Click on the title for more

Stomp Under Foot Utility Muffin

The 5 Most Pupular Fuzz Pedals of All Time: Compare Five Classic Circuits

Don't miss our uber-thorough guide to the best fuzz pedals, organized by circuit! --- The Little Big Muff is based on the company's Big Muff Pi, first issued in 1970, and features the same circuitry, which produces distortion using silicon transistors. The pedal’s high levels of gain overload the circuit…Click on the title for more

The 5 Most Pupular Fuzz Pedals of All Time: Compare Five Classic Circuits