This Experimental Fuzz Pedal Is For You Earthy, Crunchy Types

Meet the Wonderful Audio Technology (WAT) Fuzz Lands, an ultra versatile fuzz pedal

You really can’t have too much fuzz, and luckily there’s no shortage of fun fuzzes around these days. The last fuzz I raved about was a relatively simple, vintage circuit. But now we’re turning over to a much more complicated and powerful modern take on fuzz, the Wonderful Audio Technology Fuzz Lands.

The Fuzzlands has a lot to unbox, all centered around 3 distinct fuzz styles controlled by the “nature” 3-way toggle. Up on the toggle is a raspy, glitchy fuzz while the middle is more smoother, modern, and crisp. Lastly, the down setting is more of a Tone Bender, think vintage warm British fuzz, that can clean up into overdrive and distortion with ease.

Alright still with me? Then there’s two more toggles to know, each only a 2-way toggle. “Earth” is fun, toggling between a more vocal, tighter sound when up, versus fuzzier, low end thick fuzz that’s less articulate when switch is down.

Last but not least we go to the “Roots” toggle which turns on a JFET gain stage when it’s pressed down, creating a more modern fuzz tone. When up, this toggle removes the JFET for a more vintage, thinner sound. So you can take these two toggles to create 4 different fuzz flavors per each of the three voices, aka 12 total combinations.

Sound Sample

I plugged my Maybach Little Wing and it’s dual P90s into the Fuzz Lands, with both running into my standard stereo amp rig (UA Dream and UA Ruby). Demo is below:

I really love the diversity of sounds in this pedal, especially because they are all good. It doesn’t just do a bit of everything, it gives each fuzz mode some really distinct flavors and fun. For example, the Fuzz Land’s glitchy, blistering fuzz mode, when Nature is toggled up, is freaking awesome. It felt like a synth melting down, and was not unlike the amazing Stromer fuzz I reviewed previously.

But then the smoother mode is way more of a straight ahead modern fuzz, that just sounds huge and cuts through the mix. Plus, the Tone Bender mode cleans up great, so even though I’m not as much of a Bender fan, it totally opens up into a vintage overdrive. And that versatility helps justify the high price tag for a fuzz pedal ($190). If you’re looking for optionality, this is a good choice. Especially if you’re not looking to stay in the vintage voiced fuzz land that many stay in.

I don’t see the Fuzz Lands as direct competition to other fuzzes I’ve reviewed, as it’s very different from the Stromer Superfuzz. But if you want a fuzz that can cover a lot of ground and change with your rig, go with this pedal. If you just want a ripping velcro fuzz, you can also go with the Fuzzlands.

I’m very impressed overall though, Wonderful Audio Technology has made quite a statement here. It’s definitely up there with something like the Affogato from Coffee Shop Pedals and is a fuzz that will actually stick around on my pedalboard. I could see the WAT! Fuzz Lands being especially useful for live boards, but you should definitely give it a long look to start off 2024!