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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

VS Audio Pandora Fuzz

The Arbiter Fuzz Face is one of the most cloned and referenced fuzz circuits (no wonder we have an article about all the pedals it inspired). Pandora is the name of the first woman in Greek mythology, who dared to open a forbidden box that contained all the evils of…Click on the title for more

VS Audio Pandora Fuzz

New Pedal: Sundance Electric Clean Fuzz

Based in California, Sundance Electric is a small pedal manufacturer that builds its stompboxes one by one, by hand. The company's roster features a selection of fuzzes and overdrives, and the Clean Fuzz is their take on the much sought-after "versatile fuzz" design. Although "Clean Fuzz" may sound like an…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Sundance Electric Clean Fuzz

ThorpyFX Field Marshal Fuzz

The Field Marshal is another Thorpy take on a classic Lovetone pedal: this time the Big Cheese. Once again, Adrian Thorpy enlisted Lovetone's Dan Coggins for this third collaboration with the legendary circuit designer. This is a heavy fuzz with an option to activate/bypass the tone section, on the fly,…Click on the title for more

ThorpyFX Field Marshal Fuzz

Demiurge Instruments Atom Fuzz

Demiurge instruments is a small guitar and pedal builder based in the UK, and the Atom Fuzz is their take on the Fuzz Face, or rather, on another Fuzz Face-inspired pedal, the Suhr Rufus. The pedal offers a much wider range of tones, thanks to knobs for bass and Mids and…Click on the title for more

Demiurge Instruments Atom Fuzz

Updated Pedal: KMA Machines Fuzzly Bear 2

The KMA Machines Fuzzly Bear, first introduced in 2013, is getting an upgrade with the new V2. Don't let the name mislead you, this thing is a wild beast! A hand-made, modern variant of the rather obscure Jordan Boss Tone fuzz from the '70s, the Fuzzly Bear is a silicon…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: KMA Machines Fuzzly Bear 2

Pedal Update: Spiral Electric Black Spiral II (aka Black Rose)

We wrote about Tom Cram in this Deli mag article linked to the 2016 Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit. As DigiTech's Marketing Director, at the time he was heavily involved in developing the company's pedal releases and was also one of the main actors behind the now widespread "collaborative pedals" trend. Tom's…Click on the title for more

Pedal Update: Spiral Electric Black Spiral II (aka Black Rose)

Wilson Effects Mordant Fuzz V2

The Wilson Effects Mordant is a third cousin of the Baldwin-Burns Buzzaround Fuzz, one of the lesser-known historic fuzz circuits, but it still inspires plenty of boutique builders and musicians with its tight low-end, mid bump, and prolonged sustain. "Third cousin" because it's actually a reiteration of the Uber Fubar…Click on the title for more

Wilson Effects Mordant Fuzz V2

Screwed Circuitz Irvine’s Fuzz

Hailing from Montreal, the Screwed Circuitz Irvine's Fuzz is an aggressive, creative and unusual fuzz with some peculiar features. Presented by the builder as a "lo-fi fuzz with a wide tone range and endless sustain," this pedal has some sonic affinities with the Big Muff, but the second footswitch (which…Click on the title for more

Screwed Circuitz Irvine’s Fuzz

New Pedal: Oopegg OZZ-1 Fuzz

High-end Japanese guitar maker Oopegg just unveiled a line of pedals called Super Retro Series that, at least for now, is comprised of three products: a compressor, a reverb, and a fuzz. In this post, we'll focus on the Oopegg OZZ-1 Fuzz, which, from the sound of it, is inspired…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Oopegg OZZ-1 Fuzz

Frost Giant Soma V2 Heavy Fuzz

The Frost Giant Soma V2 is the new, updated, and improved version of this fuzz pedal made for Doom and Metal aficionados, a variant of the company's popular Massif Fuzz. Within a smaller case, now in the classic compact size, this new circuit packs more volume and more bass for…Click on the title for more

Frost Giant Soma V2 Heavy Fuzz

Caroline The Blues overdrive

Launched on April 1st by Caroline Guitar Co as a pretend joke, The Blues is a Dallas Rangemaster evolution presented as a gentler cousin to the company's Hawaiian Pizza transistor fuzz-drive. If the Pizza is 30% drive, 70% fuzz, then this is more like 80% drive, 20% fuzz. The toggle…Click on the title for more

Caroline The Blues overdrive

Minotaur Sonic Terrors Swamp Lord Fuzz

A variant of the Electro Harmonix V2 Big Muff Pi “Ram’s Head” (1973-1977), the Minotaur Sonic Terrors Swamp Lord is a pedal that can deliver a wide variety of dirty tones, beyond fuzz. Sporting the same carbon resistors and four selected NOS BC239C transistors found in the original, the Swamp…Click on the title for more

Minotaur Sonic Terrors Swamp Lord Fuzz