Fuzz is a type of guitar effect that produces a highly distorted and saturated tone characterized by its thick, buzzy, and aggressive sound. It’s achieved by clipping the guitar’s signal in a way that creates extreme distortion and compression, resulting in a velvety, sustaining fuzziness. Fuzz pedals typically feature controls for adjusting parameters such as gain (the amount of distortion), tone (the frequency response of the fuzzed signal), and volume (the output level). By manipulating these controls, guitarists can create a wide range of fuzz tones, from gritty and raw to smooth and singing. Fuzz is commonly used in genres such as rock, blues, and psychedelic music, where it adds texture, power, and intensity to guitar solos, riffs, and rhythm parts. Popular fuzz pedal models include the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi, Dunlop Fuzz Face, and ZVex Fuzz Factory.
Guitar FX (effects) refer to the wide range of pedals and processors that shape and manipulate a guitar’s signal to create different sounds. From classic distortion and overdrive to reverb, delay, modulation, and pitch-shifting, effects are at the heart of a guitarist’s creative toolkit. Whether analogue or digital, stompbox or multi-effects unit, Guitar FX allow players to express mood, texture, and dynamics in unique ways. Used thoughtfully, they can transform a simple riff into something atmospheric, aggressive, or entirely otherworldly.
A pedal is a compact device that guitarists use to alter their instrument’s sound by shaping effects such as distortion, delay, reverb, and modulation. Typically housed in a rugged enclosure and controlled by footswitches, pedals are designed to be placed on the floor for hands-free operation during playing. They can be analogue or digital, true bypass or buffered, and come in countless varieties to suit different styles and preferences. Pedals are essential tools for creating signature tones and adding colour and texture to a guitarist’s sound.
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A fazy sandwich combines three classic fuzz sounds. Fazy sandwich was born with a pure sound and excellent dynamic response. Each tone has a rich range of adjustments, with two knobs to control fuzz and tone. True bypass footswitch for keeping your tone crystal-clear. Working with 9V center negative regular pedal power supply.
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Fuzz tone with a separate sub octave voice & an octave up fuzz Internal gain & tone pots shape the octave up fuzz effect All analog circuitry, true bypass Heavy duty housing with durable jacks and switches Model Number: SF01
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🎸 Vintage analog flanger pedal with static filtering mode, give you a ultimate vintage flanger sound. 🎸 3 function knobs: Color, Ranger and Rate. Two Models: Fliter and Normal. 🎸 Whole Aluminium-alloy classic body, stable and strong, it makes this fuzz pedal safe to transport. True bypass provide transparent tone when the analog boost pedal disenga…
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Built to the exact specifications of the original dallas-arbiter fuzz face Ruggedly constructed to the original vintage specs The classic fuzz box used by legendary rockers of the 60's and 70's Top quality input and output jacks Made in benicia , california