Rainger FX announces Microphonic Fuzz pedal with built-in microphone

November 12, 2026 · 4 sources

Rainger FX announced the Microphonic Fuzz, a fuzz pedal with a microphone built into the enclosure, on November 12, 2026¹². Delicious Audio describes it as pairing "a thick, high-gain analog fuzz with a digitally controlled microphone built straight into the enclosure"¹. Mixdown reports that it follows the Amp Crash, David Rainger's collaboration with Death By Audio that packed a 3-watt amp, a 2 inch speaker and a mic into one enclosure; there is no speaker this time³.

The pedal is split into two independent sides. The right side is a heavy analog fuzz that stands on its own, while the left side engages the built-in microphone, which points out the bottom of the chassis according to Delicious Audio¹ and sits behind a grill on the pedal's end panel according to Mixdown³. Guitar Pedal X describes the fuzz as "a Dual Stage sort of OpAmp Fuzz" and writes that it is "more toward Big Muff than anything else, but really not that close to that!"². Mixdown describes the fuzz as having plenty of gain that "isn't very saggy and cleans up well when you roll back the guitar's volume"³. An XLR/TRS combo jack on the Delicious Audio account, or an external microphone input on the Guitar Pedal X account, bypasses the onboard mic¹².

The filters shape the microphone's frequency response, the Rate knob adds square-wave tremolo to the mic signal only, and a shallow flange runs on the mic by default¹³. Guitar Pedal X reports that the gate helps prevent squealing and lights eight LEDs at the front of the pedal when triggered². Rear ports are 1/4 inch TS in, external microphone in, 9V DC at 85mA and 1/4 inch TS out, with a 9V battery compartment inside². Mixdown reports it runs on 9V power or an internal battery and is available now³. Guitar Pedal X lists a price of $286 without tax²; no US list price is given in these reports.

Mixdown reports that Rainger FX warns the open mic can produce feedback loud enough to damage hearing³.