Red Witch Euphorium Fuzz

The Red Witch Euphorium Fuzz is a silicon fuzz pedal from Red Witch Pedals, part of the company's Apothecary series. What sets it apart from most compact fuzzes is that it holds two independent fuzz circuits in one enclosure, and the Bliss toggle lets you run them one at a time or stacked in series. Red Witch describes it as "a silicon fuzz pedal that offers a near limitless number of sonic variations, all within a very simple to use layout"¹.

The pedal was designed by Ben Fulton, who says he has designed over 25 fuzz pedals over the last 23 years¹. Guitar Pedal X's Stefan Karlsson noted that Fulton "has a way with Classic Fuzz Face circuits, so presumably another smart take on that 2-transistor circuit type"².

Two fuzz circuits in one pedal

The core idea of the Euphorium is the pair of fuzz circuits sharing one box. With the Bliss toggle off, you are hearing a single circuit. Flip it and the second fuzz engages, with the two circuits placed in series, one feeding into the other. As MusicRadar's Jonathan Horsley put it, "Activating the Bliss mode places these circuits in series with one another"³. Guitar Pedal X lists the pedal's voice as "Single / Dual Series Bliss Fuzz"².

Stacking two fuzzes in series is normally a pedalboard trick that takes two boxes and a patch cable. The Euphorium builds it in, and the Fuzz control works across the full sweep in either Bliss setting¹. Red Witch says that by using the Fuzz, Grain and Tone controls, "guitarists can reproduce virtually any beloved fuzz sound from the last 50 years"¹.

The pedal is also unusual within its own range: Guitar Pedal X points out that "the fuzz has just the one toggle-switch, where the other 5 candidates in the range have 2"².

The controls: Fuzz, Grain, Tone and the Bliss toggle

The control layout is three knobs and one toggle. Red Witch's Apothecary page sums up the range of sounds as "vintage wool to searing modern chaos" using the FUZZ, GRAIN and GRIT controls⁴, while the product page and press coverage describe the knobs as Fuzz, Tone and Volume¹⁵.

The Grain control is the character knob. Guitar World describes it this way: "The Grain dial presides dominion over the 'sputter' of the effect," a feature lifted from Red Witch's Fuzz God series⁵. Fulton explains the lineage himself:

For a player, that means Grain is effectively a texture and gate control in one. Run high, the fuzz is smooth and sustained. Pull it back below 12 o'clock and the signal starts to gate and sputter, the broken, coughing texture associated with starved vintage fuzz circuits¹.

The Tone control is deliberately voiced to shave off harshness rather than simply tilt between bass and treble. Red Witch says it is "specifically crafted to reduce the 'bite' component of the fuzz sound," and that dialing it all the way back gets you Clapton's iconic Cream era "woman tone"¹.

Build, power and warranty

The Euphorium is housed in a diecast enclosure with machined aluminum knobs unique to the Apothecary series and a color-matched LED¹. It is made in New Zealand¹.

Power comes from a 9 volt regulated DC supply with a 2.1mm barrel plug, tip negative, and the pedal draws only 5 milliamps¹, light enough that it will not strain most isolated supplies. The footswitch is true bypass and rated for over 100,000 cycles¹. Red Witch backs the pedal with a lifetime warranty on the electronics and mechanisms for the registered owner¹.

Where to buy it

Red Witch sells the Euphorium exclusively through its own site and Sweetwater, at a list price of $269¹. Orders placed with Red Witch ship free anywhere in the world via an express tracked service, with duty and tariffs paid by Red Witch¹.

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