Catalinbread’s Giygas promises to unleash torrents of “brawny and fierce” fuzz

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Catalinbread has introduced the Giygas, a three-transistor fuzz pedal with tones that are “brawny and fierce, yet with plenty of violin-like sustain and articulation on tap.”

The Giygas’ fuzz is wrapped in a JFET-equipped clean blend circuit that can be set to 100 percent dry or wet.

There’s also an internal trimpot that provides 10dB of boost or cut at 40Hz.

The Gigyas runs on 9V power and is available for preorder for $199.99.

For more information, head to Catalinbread.

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.