Fuzz Pedals!
Fuzz is one of the classic building blocks of great guitar tone. Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, you name it, all used fuzz in building their legendary sound. Fuzz pedals tend to fall into a few distinct categories. The first popular iteration was the Fuzz Face, made famous by Jimi Hendrix, who also popularized the Octavio fuzz pedal, a gnarly sounding, gated fuzz with an analog octave up that gave it a very unique sound. Soon another pedal took center stage: the Tone Bender, made famous by Jimmy Page and his playing in Led Zeppelin. The third of the famous vintage fuzzes is the Big Muff, made popular by many but especially David Gilmour with his violin-like solos in Pink Floyd.
