Rainger FX launches Razor Fuzz with digital virtual plectrum

June 24, 2025 · 3 sources

Rainger FX announced the Razor Fuzz on June 24, 2025, according to Guitar Pedal X¹. The pedal combines a gated silicon transistor fuzz with a digital virtual plectrum effect that adds overtone artifacts, the report said¹. Gearnews, which covered it on June 26, described it as "a fuzz pedal with what they describe as an original circuit with an intense, gated fuzz effect"².

The fuzz side is an analog circuit with Volume and Tone controls and an Extra switch on the top of the unit that adds more gain, more hi-mids and less bass². The digital plectrum section has its own Pick Volume control to balance how much of the plectrum sound comes through, and a Pitch control tied to the 1 Note mode². The Tone control also affects the plectrum voices, while the Extra switch has no impact on them, Gearnews reported². Guitar World reported that the pick-detection technology first appeared on Rainger's Break Box distortion, and that new versions of that pedal and the Pull Focus carry the same next-generation tech³.

The four modes are Sandpaper, Metal Short, Metal Long and 1 Note¹. Guitar Pedal X described Sandpaper as adding scratchy ghost notes, the two Metal modes as adding random "Bleepy Bloopy ghost notes, occasionally sounding like ring tones," and 1 Note as adding a single pitched note whose frequency is adjusted with the Pitch knob¹. Gearnews, citing Rainger FX's own descriptions, said Sandpaper adds a gritty, percussive punch, Metal delivers a sparkling pinched-harmonic effect, Metal Long creates a random ring modulator effect with single notes, and 1 Note adds a constant tunable note². The pedal is true bypass and runs from an external 9V center negative supply drawing a minimum of 70mA².

Guitar Pedal X put the launch price at c.$239 for USA customers minus 20% VAT, and said units had already been sent to distribution and should be in stock at international dealers at launch¹. Gearnews listed an MSRP of GBP 199 plus VAT². Guitar World gave a UK price including VAT of approximately $320³. The enclosure is the same slightly fluted wedge shape as the Pull Focus¹. Guitar Pedal X's reviewer called the Sandpaper and Metal Long modes "worth the admission price alone for me" and said he had "still to find a properly musical use for the '1 Note' Mode"¹.