OVERDRIVE- WAMPLER Pinnacle Deluxe v.2 ...I avoided this but ????

 WAMPLER PINNACLE DELUXE v.2 

$240.00 USD

Wampler once said he was avoiding making a pedal like this because he thought many modern players were exchanging great tone for just more gain sustain and
a 'Who cares about tone if it tears your face off"
No ...he did not actually say that. LOL
He merely insinuated it.
So after 3 pedals of dabbling in the 'Brown' genre he found he could have his cake and eat it too.
He still manged to remind you that somewhere thru the mist there is a nice Plexi under all 'Formula 1' updates.

My very first Gourmet pedal was a Wampler Plextortion that I bought at the fire sale when it was discontinued.

My big beef with Wampler is although his pedals
seem nearly perfect in so many ways ...somehow the raw soul in an OD's sound has been totally sanitized.

For example I heard this dialed in to clone the CMAT Mod's Brownie. The Brownie is a $139.00 USD pedal.
The Pinnacle nailed it ...sort off ...but it sounded like a Line 6 digital take off of an analog pedal.
I bought the Brownie LOL.

But I would not blame you if you bought one. Well made, looks great, high resale value and versatile.
The Wampler name has still got a lot of prestige. Plus if you hate warts and blemishes in your sound this thing has zero. Yes it is the 'Photo Shop' makeover of a great sound.

Keep in mind you can look at a Photo shop makeover of that perfect looking lady or gent but when you go out the door and see that fine looking earthling next door your pulse raises much faster. LOL

Give it a listen ...I will let Brian speak/play it for himself.