Wampler Pedals
Brian Wampler started out modifying other people's pedals and writing about how the circuits worked, and Wampler Pedals still has that explanatory streak — the Tumnus, the Pinnacle and the Ego compressor are all built around making a known sound reachable rather than chasing novelty. The company is a regular in our overdrive and Klon-clone guides, and we have covered recent releases including the Golden Jubilee dual overdrive, the Cryptid fuzz and the Compulsion Drive.
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Wampler Pedals FAQ4 questions
Where are Wampler pedals made?
Martinsville, Indiana. Brian Wampler founded the company there in 2007 and it is considered part of the boutique pedal industry — it produces effects for guitar and bass as well as guitar amplifiers.
What is the Wampler Tumnus?
Wampler's Klon Centaur-style transparent overdrive, in a mini enclosure. It is one of the most widely bought Klon-derived pedals precisely because it is cheap and small, and the Tumnus Deluxe adds an EQ section and a standard-size box.
Is Wampler a boutique brand?
It is usually classed as one — US-built, comparatively small, founder-led — but it sits at the accessible end of that bracket rather than the hand-wired-and-scarce end. That mid position is much of why the pedals sell in the numbers they do.
What is Brian Wampler known for besides pedals?
Explaining circuits. He built a following writing and teaching about pedal modification and design before the company existed, and that background is why Wampler product pages tend to describe what a circuit does rather than only how it sounds.