Fuzz Pedals

If you are a fan of Jimi Hendrix, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Doyle Bramhall, or many other great guitarists, then you need to get a fuzz pedal for your rig. Fuzz is one of those iconic distortion sounds that has created so many hit tracks from all of these iconic guitarists. At N Stuff Music we have the fuzz pedals that will enable you to fully live out your inspiration of these great guitarists and emulate their fuzz sound to create your own music and style.

Fuzz differs a good bit from typical distortion. Fuzz is going to exploit much more of the high frequency tonal character as opposed to regular distortion which is basically going to add a general gain sound to all frequencies. One type of fuzz pedal that is very popular is the Octave Fuzz pedal. An octave fuzz is going to add an octave above your regular guitar sound in combination with the fuzz distortion to create an awesome and trippy lead tone. Octave fuzz pedals are known for how much they can really make a guitar scream. The Octavia became a sound that Hendrix and SRV made a signature part of their sound. The type of fuzz in combination with the octaves above your original signal create one of the most distinctive tones ever used on the guitar.

Fuzz is an incredibly fun distortion sound to use because of its expressive nature. Fuzz allows you to use your attack when playing to tailor exactly how the sound will be produced. When striking the guitar with a harder attack the fuzz will become more distorted, but once you back off your touch it will get that subtle fuzz sound that creates one of the most appealing mellow distortion sounds almost as if you don't even have the fuzz sound engaged.

One of the most iconic distortion pedals is definitely the Fuzz Face by Dunlop. It is one of the easiest pedals to use with just knobs for fuzz and volume. Fuzz Faces come in different varieties such as the germanium fuzz face which is based on the pre-silicon fuzz faces. There is also the Silicon Fuzz Face which will help you achieve that early 70's type fuzz face.

As a whole, fuzz pedals are a pretty simple setup with typically just a few knobs. What you really want to focus on when selecting a fuzz pedal is the sound that is generated. Fuzz pedals are going to vary quite a bit in how much fuzz they produce, some may have a lot on tap while others may have less but with more clarity. Depending on the type of transistor in the pedal you will gain a completely different sound so just play a few different ones and see which works best.

At N Stuff Music we have a huge selection of not just fuzz pedals but all things related to fuzz, overdrive, and distortion. We welcome anyone to come into our store and demo our fuzz pedals so you can get a clear idea of which ones would be best for you. For those who cannot get to our store's location we have a great online interface to chat with us at N Stuff Music and we will happily give your all of our insight.