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Muff-Style Fuzz Pedals

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

Wren and Cuff Garbage Face – J. Mascis Signature Fuzz

We somehow missed the CME presentation video of this Wren and Cuff muff-style fuzz earlier this year, a pedal developed during a two-year collaboration with legendary Dinosaur Jr. guitarist J. Mascis. The Garbage Face features, in one pedal the guitarist's favorite gain chain with a Rangemaster-style treble boost (which can…Click on the title for more

Wren and Cuff Garbage Face – J. Mascis Signature Fuzz

Aion Electronics Halo Fuzz Kit

Those guitarists who get immense pleasure from modding and building their gear from scratch should take a look at the kits offered by Aion Electronics, which are a little more challenging than your entry-level DIY kits and also sport a rather refined look. The pedal highlighted here, called Halo, is…Click on the title for more

Aion Electronics Halo Fuzz Kit

KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague Fuzz

From Melbourne Australia comes the KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague, consisting in a RAT-style circuit stacked into a Civil war-style Muff. The effects can be turned on and off independently through dedicated footswitches and their order can be changed with the flick of a switch. The amount of distortion you…Click on the title for more

KINK Guitar Pedals Russian Plague 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 on the title for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Eau Claire Thunder Gold Standard