The ThorpyFX Rogue Trooper Fallout Cloud is a special edition version of the original Fallout Cloud, a fuzz pedal that Adrian Thorpe designed in 2016. ThorpyFX says the Rogue Trooper carries "a soundscape that is as massive as the wastelands found on Nu-Earth", a nod to the 2000AD character it is named after1.
A Triangle-era Muff style fuzz
The Fallout Cloud belongs to the family of fuzzes modeled on the earliest Electro-Harmonix Big Muff. ThorpyFX says buyers of the original "were after a Triangle era style pedal", referring to the Triangle-era Big Muff of the late 1960s1. Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio described the Fallout Cloud as "a fuzz inspired by the EHX Triangle Muff from the '70s"3, and Guitar Pedal X's Stefan Karlsson called it "his Fallout Cloud take on the Triangle type Big Muff, originally a 4-transistor fuzz"4.
Reviewers have been warm on the design. Karlsson wrote of the Fallout Cloud, "This is that same super versatile and chunky original 1969 Triangle Big Muff style of fuzz"5. Delicious Audio's Griffin Jennings, in a buying guide to Big Muff style pedals, wrote that "Adrian Thorpe set out to make a Triangle-style Muff that could be gigged for decades and matched with any guitar, amp"6.
Built to gig
ThorpyFX designed the pedal around a short list of practical goals1:
- Works with a variety of guitars, including humbuckers and single coils including P90s
- Works with a variety of amps
- Built bombproof so it can be gigged
That makes it usable across a typical player's collection without needing to match the pedal to one guitar, and it sits alongside ThorpyFX's other Muff-adjacent fuzzes such as the Field Marshal and Muffroom Cloud in the broader field of fuzz pedals15.
How it differs from the original Fallout Cloud
The Rogue Trooper is a special edition of the Fallout Cloud rather than a new circuit. ThorpyFX states plainly that it is "a special edition version of the original Fallout Cloud I designed in 2016"1. RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as an updated take on the 2016 original that "pairs precision with raw power and total clarity", and notes it was offered as one of three special edition pedals2.
| Original Fallout Cloud | Rogue Trooper Fallout Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Designer | Adrian Thorpe, 20161 | Adrian Thorpe1 |
| Status | Standard edition1 | Special edition12 |
| Circuit style | Triangle era Muff style1 | Triangle era Muff style1 |
The Rogue Trooper is a special edition, so availability depends on ThorpyFX's current run. The standard Fallout Cloud remains the reference point for the circuit.
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Is the Rogue Trooper Fallout Cloud based on a Big Muff?
Yes. ThorpyFX describes it as a Triangle era style pedal, and Guitar Pedal X calls the Fallout Cloud Thorpy's take on the Triangle type Big Muff, originally a 4-transistor fuzz. Delicious Audio describes the Fallout Cloud as a fuzz inspired by the EHX Triangle Muff from the '70s.
What power does the Rogue Trooper Fallout Cloud need?
It runs on 9V DC, center negative, and draws 20mA according to ThorpyFX's product page. It is an analog circuit.
Does it work with single coils and humbuckers?
ThorpyFX designed it to work with a variety of guitars, including humbuckers and single coils including P90s, and with a variety of amps, and to be bombproof so it could be gigged.
How does it differ from the original Fallout Cloud?
The Rogue Trooper is a special edition version of the original Fallout Cloud, which ThorpyFX's designer says he designed in 2016. RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as an updated take on the 2016 original, and ThorpyFX says the brief was a Triangle era style pedal that would work with many guitars and amps.
Sources (6)
- ROGUE TROOPER FALLOUT CLOUD, ThorpyFX, 2016
- Rogue Trooper Fallout Cloud by ThorpyFX, RockBoard PedalPedia, 2026
- Thorpy FX Fallout Cloud Fuzz V2, Delicious Audio, 2021-06-15
- Guitar Pedal X, Guitar Pedal X, 2024-08-20
- Guitar Pedal X, Guitar Pedal X, 2024-06-03
- Best Big Muff Pedals In 2025: Reissues, Clones & Evolutions, Delicious Audio, 2025-04-07
