Best fuzz pedals: add some filth with this guitar effects essential for your pedalboard By Alex Lynham last updated 27 October 23 Want to know your Fuzz Face from your Fuzz Factory, or channel Jimi Hendrix? This guide is for you
Classic ’70s octave fuzz tones in a smart-switching, pedalboard-friendly design: Beetronics debuts the Octahive V2 By Matt Parker published 27 June 23 Based on the Tycobrahe Octavia, the firm’s reboot of its high-octave fuzz pedal now features a reduced form and some clever switching options
MXR might have just made the most versatile Fuzz Face ever – and it only has two controls By Michael Astley-Brown published 6 June 23 The Hybrid Fuzz combines germanium and silicon transistors for one era-spanning fuzz pedal
NAMM 2023: Did Kernom just announce the most versatile fuzz pedal ever created? By Michael Astley-Brown published 14 April 23 The MOHO Magmatic Fuzz Station is billed as the first augmented analog fuzz and comes with a wildcard Electricity control
Darkglass revisits its Duality fuzz pedal as the Duality DFZ By Nick Wells published 1 December 22 A stripped-back version of its predecessor, the Duality DFZ combines two distinct fuzz circuits in one pedalboard-friendly unit
Silktone launches germanium transistor-loaded, Active Bias Monitor-equipped Fuzz pedal By Matt Owen published 28 February 22 The Tone Bender Mk1.5-style stompbox aims to avoid temperature-related issues thanks to the adjustable bias, visualized via an onboard digital screen
The Maestro Fuzz-Tone is back! Here are 5 other vintage-voiced fuzz pedals you need to try By Daryl Robertson published 20 January 22 Has the new Maestro FZ-M whet your appetite for more vintage-inspired fuzz? Here are other five pedals you need to check out
Iconic pedal brand Maestro is making a comeback this year – is the legendary Fuzz-Tone about to return? By Matt Owen published 6 January 22 The Gibson-owned marque has teased "The Legend Returns" on January 18
Boss seeks to channel classic fuzz tones with new silicon transistor-loaded Waza Craft FZ-1W Fuzz By Matt Owen published 4 November 21 The latest Waza Craft unit is based on iconic designs, and promises classic and contemporary fuzz tones via a Vintage/Modern toggle switch
Fairfield Circuitry promises bountiful gain and "delicious" harmonics with its new ~900 fuzz pedal By Jackson Maxwell published 9 September 21 Inspired by the company's discontinued Four Eyes fuzz, the ~900 features two cascading JFET gain stages
SolidGoldFX adds to its arsenal of fuzz pedals with the LYSIS MKII Polyphonic Modulator By Matt Owen published 19 August 21 The new-and-improved LYSIS combines analog and digital signal processing in a bid to conjure up a slew of octave, filter and synth sounds
Kemper launches Fuzz Drive System with new Profiler OS update By Michael Astley-Brown published 8 June 21 Profiler OS 8.2 adds a raft of classic Fuzz Face and Octavia-inspired sounds
Fredric Effects’ DuoFace Dual Vintage Fuzz packs silicon and germanium circuits into one pedal enclosure By Richard Bienstock published 22 April 21 Go from smooth and sustain-y to gated and “splitty” with a flick of a switch
Acorn Amplifiers hits a fuzzed-up home run with the F#%k Face By Sam Roche published 31 March 21 The new stompbox boasts circuitry based on the legendary Fuzz Face, and infamous baseball error card imagery
The history of the Sola Sound Tone Bender By Rod Brakes published 26 March 21 Tone Bender builder David Main of D*A*M cleans up the fuzzy picture of these classic British stompboxes
SolidGoldFX recreates the rare JEN Jumbo Fuzz with its new Imperial MKII By Sam Roche published 5 March 21 The Montreal pedal company's latest offering boasts a slider-equipped user interface and J-FET design
Wampler seeks to reproduce classic RAT distortion sounds with new Ratsbane mini-pedal By Matt Owen published 26 February 21 The compact pedal is based on the original ProCo Rat, and promises to deliver an equally throaty fuzz-like distortion
Way Huge, Walrus Audio, Z.Vex and Chase Bliss Audio introduce exclusive new pedals for Reverb's The Pedal Movie By Matt Owen published 22 February 21 New-look familiar favorites and versatile overdrive pedals head up the latest line of exclusive Reverb.com offerings
Benson Amps introduces innovative temperature-regulated, buffer-friendly Germanium Fuzz pedal By Matt Owen published 3 February 21 The patent-applied-for design promises consistent germanium fuzz sounds without sacrificing the versatile tone-sculpting experience
Mix and match the most iconic fuzz tones in rock with Jackson Audio’s Modular Fuzz Pedal with Octave By Richard Bienstock published 19 January 21 New offering features swappable fuzz modules, separately switchable octave circuit and more