Wampler Pedals

[Mike]

I really like this guy's stuff. I think he makes some really great dirt pedals, the Pinnacle, Plexidrive and Plextortion are all fantastic.

The Pinnacle is like a hotrodded JCM800/Plexi (EVH sort of sound), he talks for a bit at the start but when he starts playing it sounds great.

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Plexidrive - JTM45 style AC/DC stuff

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Plextortion - my favourite because of the flexible 4-band EQ

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I think all that I find disappointing is that he uses a strip of decal to ID the controls rather than decals by each control so instead of this:

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Tone        Contour
  O            O


Level        Gain
   O            O

you get this:

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   O             O

   O             O

Tone          Contour
Level          Gain

A minor point but it bugs me. If the exchange rate was more decent I would consider buying one (and if my boiler hadn't died), but it's stupid at the moment.

[euan]

They do sound good for sure.

[Mike]

I've built a Plextortion before, it's a Guv'nor MKI with Red LED clippers, with a treble booster Presence control and some cap and resistor swaps.

I think the rest are original designs.

[euan]

And a boost as well. I always think a boost is a useful thing in that kind of pedal which is trying to emulate a different amp in one pedal

[Mike]

True, and they're so simple to implement, particularly if you are using PCB or whatever.