Step inside Premier Guitar’s magical, miraculous time machine and revisit the gear that stood head and shoulders above the rest as Premier Gear Award winners in 2018.
MXR Classic 108 Fuzz (Mini)
The silicon Fuzz Face recipe is not every player’s cup of tea—even if giants like Jimi and Gilmour made it the cornerstone of classic solos. The good news for skeptics is that this affordable and diminutive cousin of the silicon Fuzz Face retains most of the breed’s desirable virtues with an ever-so-slightly darker voice that tames the original’s acerbic side.
$99 street
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