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[herbychimp]

Thanks for all the hlep and advice on this one. I still havent made my mind up though! Actually, the customer service thing rather bothers me in that I think that advice / aftersales is v. important.  I am far from being a gear hound (although I would be far worse if economics allowed) but if I were to stump up £200 for a stomp box that didn't live up to expectations I would expect some answers. I believe that there is a significant difference between buying a £60 pedal from GaK or the likes and making an informed choice for a 'boutique' product like Wampler. I appreciate that quality control can never be 100% effective and that the odd duff unit must slip through but then the service side of things should come in to the picture to ensure that a customer who was anticipating an outstanding tone isn't left feeling cheated. 

I am certainly not going to buy anything online until I have test driven through gear with similar specs. There is a place in Luton that does a range of Wampler and other top end pedals that I plan to visit on Friday (I think that they also stock BKPs) I think that  I will road test the Pinnacle / Plextortion and maybe some Wayhuge units.

The irony of the situation is that I probably wouldn't be doing any of this if I was satisfied with the OD sound on my amp. I am not sure about the valve configuration in a Blackstar soloist - maybe a revalve could yield a warmer more organic sound??

[Kiichi]

Like telerocker I'm the happy owner of an Emma reezafratzits which is a great and versatile pedal. The Carl Martin plexitone is great as well. I haven't tried any if the wampler pedals unfortunately

Mhhh I really gotta move that thing up in my "waiting to be build" list. Have the parts lying around already....and I got a new soldering iron for x-mas.
Screw it, the reezafratzits is my next build and after that the Zvex Machine! Rockn rooooooooooooll!

[Telerocker]

Like telerocker I'm the happy owner of an Emma reezafratzits which is a great and versatile pedal. The Carl Martin plexitone is great as well. I haven't tried any if the wampler pedals unfortunately

Mhhh I really gotta move that thing up in my "waiting to be build" list. Have the parts lying around already....and I got a new soldering iron for x-mas.
Screw it, the reezafratzits is my next build and after that the Zvex Machine! Rockn rooooooooooooll!

You gonna have fun with those two. The Reeza is like having a tubeamp under your fingertips, as long you keep the gain under 14.00 o'clock, above that things get a bit fizzy. But at 12.00 o'clock there's already gain a plenty. My partner for many years. Never lets me down.

[Mr. Air]

Like telerocker I'm the happy owner of an Emma reezafratzits which is a great and versatile pedal. The Carl Martin plexitone is great as well. I haven't tried any if the wampler pedals unfortunately

Mhhh I really gotta move that thing up in my "waiting to be build" list. Have the parts lying around already....and I got a new soldering iron for x-mas.
Screw it, the reezafratzits is my next build and after that the Zvex Machine! Rockn rooooooooooooll!

You gonna have fun with those two. The Reeza is like having a tubeamp under your fingertips, as long you keep the gain under 14.00 o'clock, above that things get a bit fizzy. But at 12.00 o'clock there's already gain a plenty. My partner for many years. Never lets me down.

Funny. I don't find the reeza fizzy at all even with the gain maxed out, but it does deliver a load of gain and can make the clean side of my egnater bassman module sound like an evil metal amp. But I agree that at 12o'clock the reeza delivers dreat rock tones  :D

[Telerocker]

Funny. I don't find the reeza fizzy at all even with the gain maxed out, but it does deliver a load of gain and can make the clean side of my egnater bassman module sound like an evil metal amp. But I agree that at 12o'clock the reeza delivers dreat rock tones  :D
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Past 15.00 o'clock I find the Reeza getting a bit (a bit!) fizzy as it gets more compressed. Still a dynamic highgain tone with way less fizz then many others pedals. Talking about the Reeza->clean channel Rockerverb.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Ha - this thread has made me look at all the Pinnacle clips again - and there are more than when I looked to get one before.

I have to say that looking at the clips makes me want one the same way it did before - or a Wampler SLOstortion
The pedals sound good - and owners rave about them.

I just can't believe how I was the mug who got the "Friday afternoon" pedal

I would still go for one but would look to buy here in the UK so if I got messed about I could have more chance of taking action about it without it being a complete ball ache.

[herbychimp]

Despite failing in my bid to go to Coda music and try out a series of Wampler pedals a moment of serendipity happened to place one in my possession. My uncle (a demi-god of classic rock to my still teenage mind) has loaned me his Wampler SLO-stortion to try out and buy if liked. I initially tried it through his Mesa F100 and  variety of guitars. Having returned home and put it through my Blackstar 60 I was struck by the quality and range of tones available. The crunch / overdrive setting provides a real contrast and the boost really punches through. I much preferred the crunch setting as the overdrive was a little oversaturated for me (i had heard that the pedal likes  a lot of headroom) Overall a top bit of kit and if you like the sounds it could be just the thing... However not exactly my thing and at the price tag I am not going to buy. Perhaps the pinnacle could be more my cup of tea?