The Sutton Instruments Del Fuego is a fuzz and boost pedal, combining two gain stages in one box: a fuzz voiced after a 1970s Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, and a separate boost circuit. It sits in the fuzz family, with the boost stage placing it alongside boost pedals as well.1
What it does
The pedal's circuit is based on a 1970s EHX Big Muff, the ram's head era of that fuzz design, with an added boost stage on top. That makes it a two-in-one gain pedal: the fuzz covers the distorted, sustaining end of the range, and the boost pushes it further or can add level on its own terms.1
Sutton Instruments is a relatively new brand from East Yorkshire in the UK, and the Del Fuego is a fuzz and boost pedal inspired by a '70s EHX Big Muff with added boost.1
"Rip-roaring '70s-inspired hard rock tones? Okay then…"
That description points to the pedal's natural home: hard rock and classic rock tones drawn from the 1970s, where a Big Muff style fuzz into a boost is a well-established combination.
Related pedals from the maker
The Del Fuego sits in a small family of Sutton Instruments gain pedals1:
- Sutton Instruments The Del Fuego Fuzz & Boost - Bass Version, a bass-oriented version of the same fuzz and boost formula
- Sutton Instruments Boostopia, a clean boost that Guitar Pedal X described in December 2023 as descended from the Del Fuego Ram's Head Muff + Boost design
- Sutton Instruments Igneus Distortion & Boost, a distortion and boost pairing from the same maker
Videos
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Sources (1)
- Sutton Instruments Del Fuego Fuzz & Boost Effector Du Jour, That Pedal Show, 2024-03-26
