valco kgb fuzz

The guitar universe gathered momentum in a big way in 2022—which is easy to see in this year’s wildly diverse parade of Premier Gear Award winners.

Here's a look at 2022’s most notable new guitars, amps, effects, and accessories, reviewed by our editors and writers:

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It's almost comically large, but this ingenious expansion on the Lovetone Big Cheese famously favored by Page, Shields, and Marr may be the only fuzz you'll ever want or need.

Impedance and blend controls expand an incredible array of distortion and fuzz sounds almost to the untouchable level. Huge bang for your buck.

Massive footprint. Impedance-control magic may not manifest if KGB isn't at the beginning of your pedalboard.

$299

Valco KGB Fuzz
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In an age when pedal dimensions are decreasing in inverse proportion to functionality and flexibility, the Valco KGB Fuzz looks monumentally large (and a lot like a piece of lab equipment from a CIA cold-war gizmo room).

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The KGB Fuzz is a multi-function, tone-sculpting fuzz machine designed to work within a sound-creation chain or as a regular standalone fuzz pedal, and everything in between.

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