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FUZZ PEDALS
OUR FUZZ SHOPPING GUIDES:
• 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

FUZZ CATEGORIES (Blog Posts)
Latest Muff-Style Fuzzes | Latest Fuzz-Face-style Fuzzes | Latest Tone Bender-inspired Fuzzes | Latest Super-Fuzz-inspired Fuzzes | Latest Octave-Up Fuzzes | Latest Gated Fuzzes | Latest Foxx Tone Machine-inspired Fuzzes.

Below, the latest news about fuzz pedals

Walrus Audio Eons Multi-Fuzz

After the Ages Overdrive and the Eras Distortion, we would be lying if we said that we didn't see this one coming: the multi-mode fuzz Walrus Audio Eons. Built on the same form factor of the aforementioned pedals, and therefore featuring 5 modes, the Eons is born to do all…Click on the title for more

Walrus Audio Eons Multi-Fuzz

Pedal Update: Mythos Positron Fuzz

The Mythos Positron is a compact and more "standard" version of the Positron Collider, a fuzz voiced after the Rams Head circuit released in 2018 as a Halloween special inspired by the classic sci-fi comedy film Ghostbusters. The Positron, however, offers a much wider range of tones mostly thanks to…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Mythos Positron Fuzz

Malaise Forever Clubber Lang Fuzz

Columbus, Ohio's Malaise Forever is a one-person pedal builder that hopefully chose its name before the 2020 pandemic, and that specializes in hand-made dirt boxes. The Clubber Lang is their take on the Harmonic Percolator. The original Percolator featured a very particular circuit with a mix of now rare Germanium…Click on the title for more

Malaise Forever Clubber Lang Fuzz

Acorn Amps ADHD – Adaptive Droning Hyperfuzz Device

Guitarists in need of their monthly dose of sonic wickedness should take a hard look at the Acorn Amps ADHD, which is an acronym for Adaptive Droning Hyperfuzz Device, described by the builder as a "glitch, filter, bit crushing, octave, square wave guitar synth oscillator disguised as a fuzz pedal."…Click on the title for more

Acorn Amps ADHD – Adaptive Droning Hyperfuzz Device

DOD Carcosa Fuzz

The DOD Carcosa is a popular fuzz inspired by the dual-voiced evolution of the Maestro FZ-1 (the first fuzz pedal ever built, released in the early ’70s and named FZ-1S). This is a modern, silicon fuzz that can do a lot more than the other pedals on this list, thanks…Click on the title for more

DOD Carcosa Fuzz

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

Boutique pedal builders Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard (respectively from Charlotte, NC and Portland, OR) just unveiled a very original take on the fuzz + delay pedal, called the Hell Horse. The fuzz circuit is extremely aggressive, and the delay is powered by the ubiquitous PT2399 chip, often used for…Click on the title for more

Haunted Labs & Dirty Haggard Hell Horse Fuzz/EQ/Delay

Danelectro Eisenhower Octave Fuzz

Danelectro certainly enjoys doing things in quirky ways and we like that. The line of affordable but sleek-looking pedals it unveiled at NAMM 2017 was ironically called "BILLIONAIRE" - a word that certainly resonates with struggling musicians! - while at this year's Anaheim convention it presented two new pedals under…Click on the title for more

Danelectro Eisenhower Octave Fuzz

CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz

Sporting a circuit inspired by the Tone Bender MK1.5, the CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz is a simple mini-fuzz with a Bias toggle that allows to choose between two different bias voltages, delivering slightly different tone. The up position offers a classic, full bodied-fuzz, while the down one a more modern…Click on the title for more

CopperSound Renegade Multi-Bias Fuzz

20 of the Best Super Fuzz Clones and Evolutions in 2023

--- Best Super Fuzz Evolutions (Extra Features) Unlike the UK-made Fuzz Face and Tone Bender, the FY-6 Super-Fuzz circuit was designed in Japan in 1967 by Fumio Mieda, whose resume also includes the legendary Uni-Vibe and the Korg MS-20 synth. Honey was the company that made the FY-6, but they…Click on the title for more

20 of the Best Super Fuzz Clones and Evolutions in 2023

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX 76 Mk II Octave Fuzz

A Silicon fuzz pedal with switchable octave-up inspired by the Ibanez Standard Fuzz circuit and sporting a JFET Preamp stage and a quartet of (new) high-gain Toshiba transistors, the SolidGoldFX 76 Mk II updates a versatile circuit that had an important role in raising the profile of the Montreal-based company.…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: SolidGoldFX 76 Mk II Octave Fuzz

JPTR FX Silvermachine Fuzz V2

The JPTR FX Silvermachine is a fuzz built by German hands with two gain stages in a parallel circuit (controlled by the two smaller knobs) and a shared master volume. This is a solo-style fuzz that only works well with single notes, and that, at different settings, can deliver tones…Click on the title for more

JPTR FX Silvermachine Fuzz V2

Pedal Line: Catalinbread Elements

The latest trend among boutique builders seems to be to release... lines of pedals, a bunch at a time! Following (probably) JHS's lead, the Catalinbread Elements is a new line of rather inexpensive yet hand-made one-knob pedals comprising - for now - three devices: Fuzz, Distortion and Overdrive. While we'll…Click on the title for more

Pedal Line: Catalinbread Elements