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Olinthus Earwig Fuzz

The Olinthus Earwig might be the most improbable fuzz pedal ever made. It defies the conventional wisdom that huge sounds require hefty enclosures, packing the entire sonic legacy of a classic American fuzz circuit into a stompbox smaller than a guitar pick. This isn't a miniaturized compromise; it's a full-throated…Click on the title for more

Olinthus Earwig Fuzz

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive

The Mad Professor Royal Blue is engineered to be more than a simple gain pedal; it’s an expressive amplifier-in-a-box designed for dynamic response. Unlike heavily compressed drives, its circuit allows your guitar’s natural character and playing dynamics to shine through. The amount of breakup is directly controlled by your picking…Click on the title for more

Mad Professor Royal Blue Overdrive

TWA Ladditude Envelope Filter

Because of their unique sonic characteristics, including a smooth, warm low-pass filter sound with a pleasing "fat" character, particularly when pushed into overdrive, the so-called "ladder filters" found in vintage analog synths are still highly sought after, even by guitarists. The TWA Ladditude pedal puts that exact circuit at your…Click on the title for more

TWA Ladditude Envelope Filter

Updated Pedal: Coppersound Foxcatcher V2 Overdrive

Let's have a look at the Foxcatcher V2 from Wampler Pedals, which is essentially an evolution of their very well-regarded Bluesbreaker-style circuit. So, what's new? Well, they've significantly expanded its utility while maintaining that core, transparent overdrive character. The headline feature is a three-mode gain switch. You've got: Low mode…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Coppersound Foxcatcher V2 Overdrive

Heather Brown Darlene Compressor

In a market saturated with complex or sonically intrusive units, the Heather Brown Darlene Compressor stands out by championing a simple, yet often elusive, ideal: flawless execution. This pedal is designed not as an effect to be noticed, but as a foundational tool to be trusted. Its primary achievement is…Click on the title for more

Heather Brown Darlene Compressor

New Pedal: Benson Portable Distortion 424 MkII

The Benson Portable Distortion 424 MkII is a masterclass in nostalgic tone design, distilling the famously imperfect sound of a 424 cassette 4-track recorder into a portable, pedalboard-friendly format. More than a simple distortion, it functions as a full preamp and tonal management system, offering a remarkably versatile gain range…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Benson Portable Distortion 424 MkII

Delicious Audio-SonicScoop Pro Audio Giveaway!

Win A Complete Studio in a Backpack from Novation! Have you ever wished you could fit an entire music studio—speakers, MIDI controller, and all—into a backpack? Novation has not only answered that question, they’re giving the solution away. One lucky creator will win a complete portable setup valued at $1,000!…Click on the title for more

Delicious Audio-SonicScoop Pro Audio Giveaway!

Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 Chorus/Vibrato

The Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 is a new high-end, Bucket Brigade Device-based mono chorus/vibrato by the North Carolina-based company and part of their Analoger series. What's peculiar about this circuit is that it lets you change the length of the small delay that's at the basis of the chorus effect…Click on the title for more

Asheville Music Tools ACV-1 Chorus/Vibrato

Warm Audio Tube Squealer Overdrive

Warm Audio has built a reputation on a simple but powerful mission: delivering faithful recreations of legendary studio gear and classic circuits at accessible prices. From microphones to outboard gear, they’ve become masters at capturing the magic of the originals. Now, they’ve turned their attention to the pedalboard with the…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Tube Squealer Overdrive

Cosmodio Splinter Twin Time Modulator

The Cosmodio Splinter Twin Time Modulator is less a single pedal and more a laboratory for sonic discovery. It functions as a master delay-line manipulator, cloning your signal and warping its time, pitch, and texture before blending it back with the original. This process unlocks the DNA of classic modulation—flanging, chorus,…Click on the title for more

Cosmodio Splinter Twin Time Modulator

Strymon Olivera Oil Can-Style Delay

Before tape echoes and digital delays, there were oil cans—bizarre, beautiful machines that used a spinning metal disc and a can of oil to create some of the most atmospheric, murky, and musically unpredictable repeats in history. Strymon, in their relentless pursuit of vintage tone, has now masterfully bottled this…Click on the title for more

Strymon Olivera Oil Can-Style Delay

New Pedals: Death By Audio Destroyer Series (Stereo)

Death By Audio didn’t just shrink their circuits; they weaponized them. The Destroyer Series is a declaration of war on polite, predictable tone. This isn't about subtlety or nuance—it's about compact boxes packed with maximum, glorious damage, each one a distinct flavor of beautifully controlled chaos designed to push your…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Death By Audio Destroyer Series (Stereo)