Wampler is a pedal company that is known for well-designed products that sound great . Not willing to rest on its laurels , it has revamped its original Pinnacle distortion pedal . This new take on the Pinnacle has quite a few added features and lots of flexibility . Lets take a closer look .
Out of the box , this is a fine looking pedal . The white knobs and lettering on a metallic red box definitely catch the eye . Upon inspection , there was a little black button on the left side that sparked curiosity . Two stomp switches and two toggles on the top give it a touch of chrome . I couldn ’ t wait to plug it in and see what happened .
With the toggles set to Vintage and Gain , I put the Volume up and added some gain from the Gain knob and found a really chimy , sparkly grit . The Bass and Mid controls were at about 2 o ’ clock , with the Treble at 10 . I noticed that as I added some Gain the guitar reacted with a spongy feel , much like it would with an overdriven tube amp . That ’ s when I saw that on the top of the pedal — just along the left edge between the Volume and Bass knobs — was the word “ Sag .” It was referring to the black button
on the left side . Pushing that removed that spongy feeling in pick response and tightened the sound up a bit .
I kicked on the boost switch next . This gave a sort of gritty gain bump to my clean guitar signal going into my amp . The boost knob allowed me to add extra gain . It wasn ’ t a lot , but enough to push the amp a touch . Reengaging the pedal while leaving the boost on took the sound I had previously dialed in and kicked it up a notch .
I next played with variations between the Modern- Vintage toggle and the Sag control . I was able to dial
WAMPLER PEDALS
PINNACLE DELUXE V2
REVIEW BY DAVID PAKULA STREET PRICE $ 239.97
Wampler is a pedal company that is known for well-designed products that sound great . Not willing to rest on its laurels , it has revamped its original Pinnacle distortion pedal . This new take on the Pinnacle has quite a few added features and lots of flexibility . Lets take a closer look .
Out of the box , this is a fine looking pedal . The white knobs and lettering on a metallic red box definitely catch the eye . Upon inspection , there was a little black button on the left side that sparked curiosity . Two stomp switches and two toggles on the top give it a touch of chrome . I couldn ’ t wait to plug it in and see what happened .
With the toggles set to Vintage and Gain , I put the Volume up and added some gain from the Gain knob and found a really chimy , sparkly grit . The Bass and Mid controls were at about 2 o ’ clock , with the Treble at 10 . I noticed that as I added some Gain the guitar reacted with a spongy feel , much like it would with an overdriven tube amp . That ’ s when I saw that on the top of the pedal — just along the left edge between the Volume and Bass knobs — was the word “ Sag .” It was referring to the black button
52 GEAR REVIEW // Wampler Pedals Pinnacle Deluxe V2
on the left side . Pushing that removed that spongy feeling in pick response and tightened the sound up a bit .
I kicked on the boost switch next . This gave a sort of gritty gain bump to my clean guitar signal going into my amp . The boost knob allowed me to add extra gain . It wasn ’ t a lot , but enough to push the amp a touch . Reengaging the pedal while leaving the boost on took the sound I had previously dialed in and kicked it up a notch .
I next played with variations between the Modern- Vintage toggle and the Sag control . I was able to dial