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New Pedal: Reeves Electro Leo Twelve

The (mini) Reeves Electro Leo Twelve is a Tweed-voiced overdrive that packs the company's (big) Leo’s magic into a compact daughterboard PCB, with hardwired favorite settings. Its gain control blends a sparkling clean boost with saggy, blown-out tweed grit, powered by vintage ’79 Phillips BC549c transistors and sleek Vishay resistors.…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Reeves Electro Leo Twelve

Delicious Audio-SonicScoop Pro Audio Giveaway!

Win The Amethyst Large Diaphragm Condenser from JZ Microphones! The Amethyst by JZ Microphones is a premium large diaphragm condenser that offers a full-bodied vintage vibe. The Amethyst’s look is unique and memorable, and so is the sound: simultaneously detailed, warm and fat. And the build quality is just as robust as the tone! SIGN…Click on the title for more

Delicious Audio-SonicScoop Pro Audio Giveaway!

Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive

Inspired by the AnalogMan King of Tone, the legendary dual overdrive pedal that, one may say, started the trend of high-quality, multi-function dual-channel dirt boxes, the Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive is a reinterpretation and expansion of that circuit, designed in collaboration with its original creator, Mike Piera. Also a…Click on the title for more

Chase Bliss Brothers AM overdrive

Win a Noise Engineering Dystorpia! [ENDED]

With the Dystorpia, the folks at Noise Engineering have created a really cool and innovative pedal distortion (their debut in the stompbox realm and inspired by their Eurorack modules) and what's probably the best-named pedal of the decade so far.Click on the title for more

Win a Noise Engineering Dystorpia! [ENDED]

New Pedal: Caroline Kilobyte 2000 Lo-Fi Delay

The Caroline KILOBYTE-2000 is the ultimate evolution of the company's lo-fi delay pedal, initially introduced as the Kilobyte in 2013. In the pedal's circuit, which is based on the infamous yet awesome PT-2399 chip, the usual Drive, Level, Time and Feedback knobs are joint by three new controls in the…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Caroline Kilobyte 2000 Lo-Fi Delay

Cornerstone Colosseum Dual Overdrive (Klon + BB)

Emilio at Cornerstore Gear has released a fair number of dual overdrive pedals but for the Cornerstone Colosseum he wanted to do something to please his company's most involved fans, letting them choose the two types of drive included in the circuit. The response was overwhelming: they wanted a Klon…Click on the title for more

Cornerstone Colosseum Dual Overdrive (Klon + BB)

Portland Stompbox Exhibit Giveaway!

To celebrate the upcoming Portland Synth & Pedal Expo, we are hooking up three lucky winners with pedals + a power supply—no strings attached!Click on the title for more

Portland Stompbox Exhibit Giveaway!

Danelectro Spring King Junior Reverb

Looking at a picture of the Danelectro Spring King Junior can be misleading. Without a spatial contest, it may look like a mini pedal, but the size of the footswitch is an obvious clue that this is no small stompbox, and for a straightforward reason: it's a real spring reverb…Click on the title for more

Danelectro Spring King Junior Reverb

New Pedal: Summer School Spring Break Reverb

The Spring Break by Syracuse's Summer School Electronics takes the simplicity of a one-knob reverb and elevates it with a hidden twist—a delay circuit that only affects the reverb tails. In its standard mode (delay off), the silver knob adds spring-style reverb to any signal, making it intuitive and versatile for…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Summer School Spring Break Reverb

Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave

"Modular" is a word we are accustomed to associate with synths more than pedals, although stompboxes are a format that's as modular as it gets! We witnessed several attempts by pedal builders to extend this concept to the actual circuit, allowing different modules to be inserted inside a pedal "platform"…Click on the title for more

Jackson Audio Modular Fuzz + Octave

Win a Jam Pedals Rattler Distortion

With the rigorously hand-built Rattler, Greek pedal artisans JAM Pedals released one of the most sought-after RAT evolutions ever. This week one of our readers can win one!Click on the title for more

Win a Jam Pedals Rattler Distortion

New Pedal: Great Eastern FX Focus Fuzz Deluxe

An expanded version of the popular Focus Fuzz, the Great Eastern FX Focus Fuzz Deluxe is designed to deliver a variety of high-quality tones spanning from boost to fuzz with additional focus and clarity controls. It takes the core vintage-style (yet original design) fuzz circuit and supercharges it with pro-level…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Great Eastern FX Focus Fuzz Deluxe