Pigtronix releases Gas Giant high-gain fuzz pedal with noise gate

April 4, 2025 · 3 sources

Pigtronix released the Gas Giant, a high-gain, all-analog fuzz pedal with a switchable noise gate, on April 4, 2025¹. The New York-based maker says the circuit is inspired by vintage 1970s units from fellow New Yorkers, which places it on the Big Muff continuum¹.

The pedal uses quad-matched transistor sets that Pigtronix says guarantee consistency from unit to unit¹. It has three knobs: Volume for overall output, Tone for the frequency response of the filter, and Gain¹. A two-way switch shifts the Tone control between Bump and Scoop voicings; Scoop gives the scooped bass, top-end and midrange profile of the vintage units, while Bump restores the mids¹. A second switch engages the onboard FET-driven noise gate, a circuit section taken from Pigtronix's Gatekeeper¹. Pigtronix says the Gas Giant is designed to work with both humbucker and single-coil pickups¹. Input and output jacks sit on the top of the pedal, and it runs on 9V DC from a pedalboard power supply, drawing under 100mA¹.

Accounts differ on which vintage circuit it follows. MusicRadar places it on the Big Muff continuum¹; Guitar Pedal X describes it as a Ram's Head Muff-style silicon fuzz and notes that the control usually labeled Sustain is labeled Gain here². Delicious Audio calls it a high-gain analog jumbo fuzz inspired by the early Muffs³. Guitar Pedal X also reports true bypass switching is not mentioned but lists the Mids switch as Bump/Scoop and the gate switch as Open/Gated²; Delicious Audio states the pedal has true bypass switching³.

The Gas Giant is priced at $149¹². Guitar Pedal X reported on April 7, 2025 that it was available on the Pigtronix webstore and not yet available in the UK or EU².