Airline Guitars enters pedals with Dirty Birdy Fuzz

May 13, 2026 · 3 sources

Airline Guitars has entered the pedal market with the Dirty Birdy Fuzz, a limited-run analog fuzz offered in three artwork editions at $99 each¹. Premier Guitar reported the launch as the company's first pedal¹; Guitar Pedal X described it as "an interesting detour into Fuzz Pedal territory"².

The circuit is inspired by vintage fuzz designs, specifically the Sovtek era Triangle Muff, and is tuned to respond to the guitar's volume control, cleaning up as the knob is rolled back¹. It has three controls: Volume sets overall signal volume, Thrust sets the amount of fuzz distortion, and Tone sets overall brightness³. An internal trim adjusts additional sustain¹. Premier Guitar writes that the Thrust control "pushes the circuit from controlled breakup into full turbulence"¹.

The three finishes are Transistor Radio, Seafoam Sparkle and Vintage Pastel, each produced in a run of 100 units³. The enclosure is aluminum alloy, measuring 4.4 by 2.5 by 1.3 inches and weighing 9.5 oz, with true bypass switching³. It runs on a 9V center-negative power supply, which is not included, and has no battery compartment³¹. Premier Guitar lists the MSRP as $99¹.

Pedal of the Day, which published a demo of the pedal, described the range as impressive for three knobs and called the lower fuzz settings a highlight, adding that "when you crank it, it gets so wonderfully brutal"³.