Electro-Harmonix Bender Royale Germanium Fuzz Pedal | NAMM 2026

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Max from Guitar Center stops by the Electro-Harmonix booth at Winter NAMM 2026 to check out the new Bender Royale fuzz pedal with Tom from EHX. The Bender Royale is EHX’s take on the classic Mark III Tone Bender, expanded with modern controls for deep tone shaping. Features include a fat switch, germanium and LED clipping options, bias control, dry blend, 2-band EQ, and dedicated volume and fuzz controls. Tom demonstrates how these options take the pedal from classic buzzy Tone Bender sounds to thicker, more versatile fuzz textures.

“This is meant for tweaking and switching—really a kind of a versatile fuzz.”

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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Bender Royale (EHX take on the Mark III Tone Bender)
00:46 - Feature rundown: fat switch, germanium/LED, bias, dry blend, EQ
01:13 - What makes the Mark III different? (more saturation, less cleanup)
01:38 - Favorite setting + demo start
02:23 - Fat switch explained (adds low mids, fills it out)
02:44 - Switch to LED clipping (edgier sound)
03:01 - Bias control for “Velcro” / sputtery tones
03:20 - “Dying battery” / starving circuit explanation