DOD releases Chthonic Fuzz on Halloween

October 31, 2025 · 3 sources

DigiTech/DOD released the DOD Chthonic Fuzz on Halloween, October 31, the company said¹. The fuzz pedal is a two-transistor silicon design built around a pair of 2N2222 transistors²³.

DOD describes the pedal as expanding on a 1970s single-knob (Output) fuzz circuit, with engineers adding a separate Fuzz gain control and a passive tone control called Lustre¹. MusicRadar describes Lustre as a passive, post-gain tone control². The Fuzz and Output dials sit side by side at the top of the housing, with the smaller Lustre knob below the Fuzz control at the upper left¹. The pedal has true bypass, a footswitch, a blue LED indicator and a Kraken/Cthulhu graphic by the artist behind the DOD Carcosa Fuzz artwork¹³. It runs on a linear 9V DC adapter or a 9V alkaline battery¹³.

DOD says the pedal is designed for brighter single-coil, P90, DeArmond or gold-foil pickups, and that it works with any pickup type¹. Guitar.com reports DOD says it also works with PAF-style humbuckers³. DOD advises placing it first in the signal chain, as with many vintage-style fuzz boxes¹³, and MusicRadar reports DOD recommends setting all controls at noon before adjusting².

Premier Guitar gives an MSRP of $208¹.