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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Sub-Octave Fuzz Pedal
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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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JOYO Voodoo Octave guitar pedal, Take your tone an octave up and add some fuzz too! A mid-cut switch gives you control over your tone. The Fuzz on the octave is a brilliantly thick snarling beast, add the brilliant Octave Up effect to the Fuzz and you're in 'White Stripes' territory, a whole new dimension to your riffs making them really pop and st…
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The classic effect made famous by Jimi Hendrix now comes in a pedalboard-friendly MXR housing Simple two-control interface coaxes out legendarily searing, synth-like tones Convenient on/bypass LED and AC power jack for modern players Package Weight: 0.308 kilograms Model Number: M267
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[Octave Guitar Pedal] With 7 shift types and 3 tone mode toggles, Harmonic Square guitar pedal gives you 21 options of semitonal, octave and detune sounds. [3 Tone Modes] Harmonic Square octave pedal has 3 tone modes including Sharp, Flat, and Detune. Sharp: Pitch up. Detune: Adjustable pitch signal shifted by 10 cents. Flat: Pitch down. [2 Knob] W…
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