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The 7 Best Fuzz Friendly Wah Pedals in 2022

A Guide to the Best Fuzz Friendly Wah Pedal Wah and fuzz are two of the most popular effects for electric guitar, and also happen to sound great when played together. But there's a but: these two devices, in their original versions, have an impedance incompatibility that causes issues ranging…Click on the title for more

The 7 Best Fuzz Friendly Wah Pedals in 2022

Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission Fuzz/Overdrive

The Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission is the latest pedal, a fuzz, from this Mooresville, Indiana boutique pedal builder, that declares to be focusing on building "small quantities of weird things." The Failed Transmission keeps faith to this intent: it's a creative fuzz/overdrive with a separate and blendable noise oscillation…Click on the title for more

Audio Disruption Devices Failed Transmission Fuzz/Overdrive

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

What is Montreal Assembly? A Pedal Builder For Non-Purists

Updated on 05.15.2020 Montreal Assembly: Builder Profile In the summer of 2007, Montreal based electrical engineer Scott Monk bought a bunch of cheap, second-hand microphones from a stranger, in Toronto. Six months later, on December 30th, that seemingly meaningless experience became the subject of his new blog's first post: he had opened the mics…Click on the title for more

What is Montreal Assembly? A Pedal Builder For Non-Purists

New Pedals: Old Blood Noise FAULT V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

The cool cats at Old Blood Noise Endeavors just unveiled V2 of their Fault dual overdrive and... the baby's got faders!!! Building on the core of the original two-gain pedal with separate footswitch for Gain 2, V2 maintains many of the same features and core sound, but includes a selectable…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Old Blood Noise FAULT V2 Dual Overdrive/Distortion

Moustache Audio Chevron Overdrive

The Ibanez Tube Screamer is the best selling pedal of all times, and also the most cloned one. The Moustache Audio Chevron Overdrive belongs to the family of TS emulation, and offers a "Swiss Knife" angle to the format, with five knobs (two gain and a three-band EQ) and three…Click on the title for more

Moustache Audio Chevron Overdrive

Looperstar Effects Fuzz Junkie

The guys at Looperstar Effects are making things really easy for us with this awesome picture of their Fuzz Junkie... what else is there to say, besides that it sounds sick? This oscillating fuzz device has been around for a while (see Gearman Dude's videos at the bottom of this…Click on the title for more

Looperstar Effects Fuzz Junkie

Idiotbox FX Power Drive

A development of their original take on the legendary Colorsound Power Boost (a pedal revered by David Gilmour), the Idiotbox FX Power Drive is a lot more than a boost pedal. Dirty, raw and full of gain, this is not a transparent pedal by any means. The high and low knobs…Click on the title for more

Idiotbox FX Power Drive

New Pedal: J. Rockett Audio Broverdrive Overdrive

The uncharacteristically tongue-and-cheekily-named Brotherdrive by J. Rockett is an original overdrive circuit that's incredibly versatile for a three-knob stompbox. The Brotone knob can alone confer a variety of qualities to the overdriven sound affecting both high end and the character of the overdrive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d86H-QgXdp8Click on the title for more

New Pedal: J. Rockett Audio Broverdrive Overdrive

MXR Octavio Fuzz

With its popular line of Jimi Hendrix-inspired Uni-Vibes, MXR is further tying its brand to the tone of the legendary guitarist with the release of the Octavio, a Silicon based Octave-up Fuzz that's as simple and responsive as the original units of the '60s - but a lot smaller and…Click on the title for more

MXR Octavio Fuzz

Shoneswood Effects Shralp Gated Fuzz

Shoneswood is a small pedal manufacturer that hand-builds its stompboxes, giving each one a unique enclosure made out of... repurposed old skateboards! The Shralp is a Gated Fuzz with controls for Volume, Gate and Tone, inspired by vintage gated fuzz, and can also deliver tones closer to an overdrive at…Click on the title for more

Shoneswood Effects Shralp Gated Fuzz

New Pedal: 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 on the title for more

New Pedal: Spruce Effects Acadia Fuzz