Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Today we’re answering a much-asked question among you lot: are the Fender Hello Kitty Fuzz and the Fender Hammertone Fuzz basically the same pedal?
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Get them at Thomann: thomann.de/intl/thlpg_iw03ud5k0e.html
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/LXbvzL
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A few months ago, I bought the 2025 edition of the Fender Hello Kitty Fuzz – and it’s a cute yet incredibly filthy sounding op amp-based fuzz pedal!
Many people seem to think the Hello Kitty Fuzz is actually essentially the same basic fuzz circuit as the much less flashy – and significantly cheaper – Fender Hammertone Fuzz, although the Hammertone also has an octave switch too.
But, you know me… any chance of a fuzz pedal comparison, and we will get it done! So, here we go: it’s the Fender Hammertone Fuzz vs the Fender Hello Kitty Fuzz!
On the face of it, they do look to be very similar pedals, with both rocking the same shaped enclosure with top-mounted jacks, and a suspiciously similar Tone, Fuzz and Level control layout with Fender witch hat knobs.
The big difference here is that, where the cute Hello Kitty mascot peeps out at us from the front of the Hello Kitty Fuzz, there’s an Octave switch on the Hammertone Fuzz. This activates the pedal’s built-in octave fuzz circuit. The two pedals have radically different visual designs too, of course, with the Hello Kitty resplendent in black and pink, and the Hammertone in a rather utilitarian hammered silver metal chassis with purple embellishments.
The other potentially significant distinction is in the circuits: the Hello Kitty Fuzz features op amp tech inside, while the Hammertone has two silicon diodes. In reality, though, will this make much of a tonal difference? And do the graphics here justify what is a significant price difference? (The Hello Kitty Fuzz is $125/€120, while the Hammertone Fuzz is a mere $100/€85, despite having the extra octave fuzz circuit.)
It's time to find out! Here, I put the two Fender fuzzboxes up against one another in a quick tonal test for you, and you can decide which one you think sounds better… if they sound any different at all! Both promise to deliver a range of 60s and 70s-inspired psychedelic fuzz tones, and I already know from the Hello Kitty that it’s an evil, splattery, wool, ripping Velcro-esque squelchy beast of a fuzz pedal. The Hammertone Fuzz, meanwhile, also promises to deliver “the iconic splat, saturation and horn-like sustain used on the formative records of rock ‘n’ roll history”, alongside that piercing octave up sound as well.
To keep this shootout as fair as possible, I have the two pedals in the two pre-loops of my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Floor amp (this is effectively a two-channel looper switcher) and so only one pedal will be in the circuit at any one time – except when we stack them! You can’t see the amp in the shot during the loop, so I have put some handy arrows in so you see which fuzz is active at any time.
I’m running a nice grungey indie rock loop that was played through my Fender Telecaster into the front end of the amp here, and I’ll switch between the two pedals so you can really hear the tonal nuances and differences. I’ll run the amp on its Clean and Crunch channels, so you can hear the two fuzzes that way too, and of course you’ll get to hear the octave fuzz circuit on the Hammertone Fuzz as well.
Let me know which fuzz you prefer in the comments!
Here are some links to the various parts of the video:
00:00 Introduction and what we’re doing today
01:12 Hello Kitty Fuzz: specs and features
01:50 The internal tone trim pot
02:18 Hammertone Fuzz: specs and features
03:22 Today’s rig and plan
04:36 THE LOOP (Clean Channel on amp)
06:10 Crunch Channel on amp
07:37 My thoughts – are they really the same fuzz circuit?
08:37 Which pedal should you buy? Which is better value for money?
09:22 Final conclusion and goodbye
My setup was as follows: I ran the two fuzzes into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Floor amp in the two pre-loops. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Zoom H6 recorder. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.
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At Thomann: thmn.to/thocf/jkhog8l06m
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/LXqdE0
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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.
#Fender #Hammertone #FenderHammertone #HelloKitty #HelloKittyFuzz #FuzzPedal #FuzzPedals #FuzzIsAllYouNeed #HammertoneFuzz #RichWordsMusic
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@FenderGermany
Today we’re answering a much-asked question among you lot: are the Fender Hello Kitty Fuzz and the Fender Hammertone Fuzz basically the same pedal?
-----
Get them at Thomann: thomann.de/intl/thlpg_iw03ud5k0e.html
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/LXbvzL
-----
A few months ago, I bought the 2025 edition of the Fender Hello Kitty Fuzz – and it’s a cute yet incredibly filthy sounding op amp-based fuzz pedal!
Many people seem to think the Hello Kitty Fuzz is actually essentially the same basic fuzz circuit as the much less flashy – and significantly cheaper – Fender Hammertone Fuzz, although the Hammertone also has an octave switch too.
But, you know me… any chance of a fuzz pedal comparison, and we will get it done! So, here we go: it’s the Fender Hammertone Fuzz vs the Fender Hello Kitty Fuzz!
On the face of it, they do look to be very similar pedals, with both rocking the same shaped enclosure with top-mounted jacks, and a suspiciously similar Tone, Fuzz and Level control layout with Fender witch hat knobs.
The big difference here is that, where the cute Hello Kitty mascot peeps out at us from the front of the Hello Kitty Fuzz, there’s an Octave switch on the Hammertone Fuzz. This activates the pedal’s built-in octave fuzz circuit. The two pedals have radically different visual designs too, of course, with the Hello Kitty resplendent in black and pink, and the Hammertone in a rather utilitarian hammered silver metal chassis with purple embellishments.
The other potentially significant distinction is in the circuits: the Hello Kitty Fuzz features op amp tech inside, while the Hammertone has two silicon diodes. In reality, though, will this make much of a tonal difference? And do the graphics here justify what is a significant price difference? (The Hello Kitty Fuzz is $125/€120, while the Hammertone Fuzz is a mere $100/€85, despite having the extra octave fuzz circuit.)
It's time to find out! Here, I put the two Fender fuzzboxes up against one another in a quick tonal test for you, and you can decide which one you think sounds better… if they sound any different at all! Both promise to deliver a range of 60s and 70s-inspired psychedelic fuzz tones, and I already know from the Hello Kitty that it’s an evil, splattery, wool, ripping Velcro-esque squelchy beast of a fuzz pedal. The Hammertone Fuzz, meanwhile, also promises to deliver “the iconic splat, saturation and horn-like sustain used on the formative records of rock ‘n’ roll history”, alongside that piercing octave up sound as well.
To keep this shootout as fair as possible, I have the two pedals in the two pre-loops of my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Floor amp (this is effectively a two-channel looper switcher) and so only one pedal will be in the circuit at any one time – except when we stack them! You can’t see the amp in the shot during the loop, so I have put some handy arrows in so you see which fuzz is active at any time.
I’m running a nice grungey indie rock loop that was played through my Fender Telecaster into the front end of the amp here, and I’ll switch between the two pedals so you can really hear the tonal nuances and differences. I’ll run the amp on its Clean and Crunch channels, so you can hear the two fuzzes that way too, and of course you’ll get to hear the octave fuzz circuit on the Hammertone Fuzz as well.
Let me know which fuzz you prefer in the comments!
Here are some links to the various parts of the video:
00:00 Introduction and what we’re doing today
01:12 Hello Kitty Fuzz: specs and features
01:50 The internal tone trim pot
02:18 Hammertone Fuzz: specs and features
03:22 Today’s rig and plan
04:36 THE LOOP (Clean Channel on amp)
06:10 Crunch Channel on amp
07:37 My thoughts – are they really the same fuzz circuit?
08:37 Which pedal should you buy? Which is better value for money?
09:22 Final conclusion and goodbye
My setup was as follows: I ran the two fuzzes into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 Floor amp in the two pre-loops. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Zoom H6 recorder. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.
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At Thomann: thmn.to/thocf/jkhog8l06m
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/LXqdE0
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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.
#Fender #Hammertone #FenderHammertone #HelloKitty #HelloKittyFuzz #FuzzPedal #FuzzPedals #FuzzIsAllYouNeed #HammertoneFuzz #RichWordsMusic
*Note: certain links in the description are affiliate links. If you click said links and purchase anything as a result, I will receive a small commission. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but it does help to support the channel. So, if you do that, thank you very much!*
@fender
@HelloKittyandFriends
@FenderMusicJapan
@FenderGermany
