Crazy Tube Circuits releases the Triptychon three-stage fuzz, boost and drive pedal

April 28, 2026 · 2 sources

Crazy Tube Circuits launched the Triptychon, a three-stage gain pedal, with Guitar Pedal X publishing a review on April 28, 2026 and MusicRadar reporting the launch on April 30, 2026¹². Both outlets say the pedal was first teased at NAMM¹².

The Triptychon stacks three gain stages¹. Stage I is a treble or mids booster, switchable to an octave or a Foxx Tone Machine style harmonic octave¹. Stage II offers four silicon fuzz modes: Fuzz Face, Vox Tone Bender, MKI.V Tone Bender and MKII Tone Bender¹. MusicRadar describes the fuzz circuits as in the style of a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, a Vox Tone Bender, a Sola Sound Tone Bender Mk1.5 and a Sola Sound Tone Bender MkII². Stage III is an op-amp drive and saturator intended to replicate a pushed amp or an amp at the point of breakup¹.

Stages I and II use an array of six piggy-backed metal-can silicon transistors, with further transistors in secondary roles¹. MusicRadar describes a custom six metal-can silicon transistor circuit tweaked for the temperature-resistant reliability of silicon with the touch-sensitivity of germanium². The pedal has buffer switches for placement and a switchable anti-buffer circuit to correct impedance for active pickups or buffered pedals placed in front of it¹². Three internal trim pots are intended for factory setup only¹.

An optional remote footswitch, called the XT footswitch by MusicRadar, controls the drive stage independently and sells separately¹². Guitar Pedal X says the pedal should be reaching international dealers¹.

Guitar Pedal X's reviewer writes that the pedal is not always the easiest to dial in, particularly when triple-stacking, and that the Fuzz Face and Vox Tone Bender modes are the easiest to dial in¹. The reviewer calls the fuzz cleanup exceptional, a little less so with all three gain stages running, and places the pedal in a personal Top 10 Fuzz list¹.