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• Best Crazy, Weird and Unusual Fuzz Pedals
• Best Muff-Style Fuzz Pedals
• Best Fuzz Face-Style Pedals
• Best Tone Bender-Style Fuzz Pedals
• Best Super-Fuzz-Style Pedals
• Best Octavia Clones and Evolutions
• Best Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz Tone Clones and Evolutions
• Best Foxx Tone Machine Clones and Evolutions
• Best Harmonic Percolator Clones and Evolutions
• Best Boss Tone Clones and Evolutions
• Best Fuzzrite Clones and Evolutions
• Best Burns Buzzaround Clones and Evolutions

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Below, the latest news about fuzz pedals

New Pedal: KMA Machines Mandrake Octo Shrieker Fuzz

The KMA Machines Mandrake Octo Shrieker is the Berlin-based company refinement of the octave-up fuzz circuit found in the "Shriek" section of their popular Moai Maea octave-drone pedal. The core of the fuzz circuit is the Timber control, which sets the amount of gain. Filter is an EQ knob that gets bassier at…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: KMA Machines Mandrake Octo Shrieker Fuzz

Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload Drive

The Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload is an intriguing take on the hybrid distortion/fuzz pedal that borrows from two iconic circuits (the Muff and the Rat) to offer at once some old and new sonic flavors. This is not a dual-channel pedal, but rather a one-channel dirtbox with a range of voices.…Click on the title for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload Drive

New Pedal: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz

The Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz (with three zs) belongs to a family of appropriately monstrous fuzz devices built by London-based mad pedal scientist David Rainger. One of those was the Chop Fuzz with just two zs, the predecessor of the Chop Fuzzz, which is a rather deep, still…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Rainger FX Dr. Freakenstein Chop Fuzzz

Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil Fuzz Wah

The Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil is a hand-built combo wah/fuzz developed in collaboration with Johnny Wator, owner and designer of Daredevil Pedals and frontman of Chicago's hard rockers The Evictions. A fan of aggressive fuzz tones, Wator forged a circuit that marries a modded Cry Baby Wah with a gnarly…Click on the title for more

Dunlop Cry Baby DareDevil Fuzz Wah

New Pedal: Flower Pedals Lupine Dual Fuzz

Dual channel and stereo stompboxes seem to be slowing taking over the pedalsphere, and the Flower Pedals Lupine, consisting of two fuzz with separate footswitches and in/outs, is a device that can do both. The Purple channel (on the right), is a an updated version of the company's Lupine Analog…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Flower Pedals Lupine Dual Fuzz

MXR Hybrid Fuzz

The entire fuzz pedal niche is mostly based on variations on five or six vintage fuzz circuits (as you can read in our super comprehensive article about fuzz types). Considering the sheer yearly output of fuzz pedals, it seems like there's an underground world of engineers constantly modding those circuits…Click on the title for more

MXR Hybrid Fuzz

Surfy Industries Surfyfuzz

The prototype of the Surfy Industries SurfyFuzz was unveiled at NAMM 2024 by the Swedish builder best known for its real spring reverbs, and we shot a video of it (at the bottom of this post). It is now shipping but the first batch is already sold out. It's a…Click on the title for more

Surfy Industries Surfyfuzz

New Pedal: Cunningham Amps Zonk MKI Pedalboard Edition

Hailing from New Zealand, the Cunningham Amplification Zonk MK1 is a high quality stompbox paying homage to two legendary fuzzes from the mid-60s: the ultra-rare Hornby Skewes Zonk Machine and the Sola Sound MK1 Tone Bender. This pedalboard edition is hosted in a much smaller case than the original trapezoid…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Cunningham Amps Zonk MKI Pedalboard Edition

Way Huge Stone Burner Sub Atomic Fuzz

While the realm of pedal fauna boasts an abundance of octave-up fuzz effects, their lower-octave counterparts remain a more elusive breed. The Way Huge Stone Burner Sub Atomic Fuzz is a new entry in this restricted family. What makes this pedal even more unique is the fact that it lets…Click on the title for more

Way Huge Stone Burner Sub Atomic Fuzz

MXR Poly Blue Octave – Fuzz + 4 Octaves

Fuzz and octave (up or down) is a match made in Rock'n'Roll Hell (in a good way!) - yes because the results aren't exactly heavenly, are they? The MXR Poly Blue Octave takes this combo to the next level, with a circuit that offers not one, not two but FOUR…Click on the title for more

MXR Poly Blue Octave – Fuzz + 4 Octaves

TWA Krytical Mass Fuzz

Unveiled at the NAMM 2023 show, the TWA Krytical Mass is an octave fuzz pedal based on the legendary Maestro Bass Brassmaster. The pedal is now shipping. Delivering the original's signature synth-like tone with a hint of an octave down, this pedal produces an organic and warm tone that's also…Click on the title for more

TWA Krytical Mass Fuzz

Schu-Tone Luna Obscura Multi-FX

If you're seeking a convenient pedalboard solution or have an affinity for the iconic sounds of Dark Side of the Moon, you may want to consider the Schu-Tone Luna Obscura. This device consolidates a complete pedalboard into a single, 4-footswitch pedal inspired by David Gilmour's setup during the Dark Side…Click on the title for more

Schu-Tone Luna Obscura Multi-FX