Horrothia FX releases the Lutz Fuzz

May 31, 2025 · 2 sources

Pedal of the Day published a review of the Lutz Fuzz from Horrothia FX on May 31, 2025, calling it the builder's "latest creation"¹. The review states that the pedal had already been released; Delicious Audio had covered a limited edition of the Lutz earlier, reporting that it "sold out within hours"².

The Lutz is a two-transistor fuzz with a footswitchable transistor input boost and buffer stage¹. It carries two 12-way high-pass filter switches, one before the fuzz and one after, which the review describes as a 144-way filter matrix¹. Two on/off/on "curly cable" switches on the top edge simulate the capacitance of a coiled cable between guitar and pedal or pedal and amp; left is a shorter cable, right a longer one, and center is off¹. Delicious Audio describes the same switches as Light (short), Off and Dark (long) settings for both input and output².

Controls include Voltage Sag, which lowers voltage and current to the circuit to simulate a dying battery, and Bias, which sets the voltage bias of the fuzz stage¹. The review says the Volume control has a very large range, with unity around 25% for most settings¹. A Cap Defeat footswitch takes the power capacitor out of circuit, allowing self-oscillation at some settings¹. The Buffer On switch engages the input buffer as a boost before the fuzz¹. Delicious Audio describes the additional footswitches as one for an extra gain stage and one for triggering self-oscillation².

The Lutz has relay bypass and runs on 9V from a center-negative 2.1mm DC jack¹. Delicious Audio describes a compact enclosure with top-mounted jacks². Neither source gives a price.

The review's author wrote that the pedal has "even a feature I've never seen before on any other pedal" and that it "looks beautiful and clean on the outside, but once you dive in, you quickly realize just how filthy it can get"¹. Delicious Audio called the Lutz a "modern twist on vintage-style fuzz"².