But what if someone wanted just a little bit more. Just a tiny bit. And a tiny tiny bit more. After all, (0 -> unusable) includes also the subrange of (0 -> usable). Pot taper can be chosen so only a little bit of the range is wasted.
Yep. Just ordered from Sweetwater. Love my Tumnus Deluxe, so to have another Tumnus for different flavors, plus the Pinnacle and a noise gate in one box, I'm sold.
@@PedalPoopers No one said the Paisley wasn’t. You do you. The Gearbox is simply a bit more versatile imo for a live set. And I don’t play a single metal song.
Another great sounding pedal added to your range Mr Wampler, I love the colour finish and artwork on this pedal, a really lovely colour and very eye catching! i’ll definitely be adding the gearbox to my list of pedals to purchase soon. Many thanks you did it again!
This rascal is INCREDIBLE…I have two of them, one in my big board and on my little board. My little board sound comes mainly from this and a Halo delay with an Andy Wood Suhr Woodshed compressor as a boost pedal.
Gain all the way up, completely quiet.......sold. Ive been shopping for a versatile overdrive and this is one of the 4 pedals i'm looking at seriously. None of the others have the gate, super useful. It wins.
The gate in this pedal is amazing. Not to mention, you're getting, arguably, two of Wampler's best drives in one circuit with full control over the order of the effects. I've played several dual drives (EQD Palisades, JHS Sweet Tea & Double Barrel, Analogman KOT, Keeley D&M Drive, etc) and this one seems to have the most usable features without being overly sophisticated. A Klon and a modded Marshall Plexi drive combined with a smooth noise gate, and the ability to change the order of the drives? Take my money...
I got the gearbox and it is a fantastic pedal! Versatile, smart designed, with a great noise gate and 2 wonderful drive options. At the same time i also own the pinnacle deluxe v2 and i love it so much. The low gain settings you can get are awesome plus you can get so much heavy tones with a really cool sag switch, a very powerful 3band eq section, which is really import to understand how it works, a 2 more toogle switches for vintage-modern and gain structure and the ts choice in the channel one. Still my favorite distortion pedal so far!!!
Space on the pedalboard is so critical on a fly rig .......so I am so happy to see you guys 1) combining pedals in one enclosure; and 2) putting the jacks and power on top. Thanks you!!!
I just got one of the Gearboxes today and that thing is the best overdrive/distortion pedal I've ever used. Kudos to you and Andy as y'all knocked it out of the park!
Anyone else think it’s time for a new SLOstortion? Maybe a Mini version? I know Brian loves his SLO 30, fingers crossed it inspires him to upgrade the original sadly no longer available SLOstortion! The Gearbox sounds great - wondering whether to sell my Tumnus Deluxe and go for this....
Big fan of "order-flipper" switches. I try to build them into anything I make with two gain circuits. They do not HAVE to be used to push anything "over the edge", though. For instance, each side can be relatively clean, and the other side used to nudge whatever is second in the order into clipping. The tone control in the Tumnus side is not as comprehensive as the Pinnacle side, but the order-flipping allows one to use whatever is first OR second as a kind of tone preset. For instance, goose the Tumnus to saturate, set the Pinnacle for minimum gain, and use the Pinnacle's tone controls to produce a midscoop. Now, almost regardless of order, when you hit the Pinnacle footswitch, you get a tone preset for the Tumnus. Within limits, given the Tumnus's single Tone knob, one can do the inverse as well. OR, the external loop can be used to do the same thing.
@@mikeroadblock You're certainly not the first to think it would be a desirable feature, but nah. First, I can't think of many circumstances where I'd feel the need to swap order on the fly. Second, much like doing phase-switching with guitar pickups on the fly, there can be an unwanted change in volume level that will require adjustment. Third, using a footswitch (and as a 4PDT, it's a big one), requires having enough space for an additional place to stomp with some precision that doesn't risk accidentally hitting controls with your foot. I suppose if it was a fully digital pedal that took care of the level matching for you, did not require a 4PDT stompswitch to flip - using a momentary soft-touch placed near the outer edge of the box - then *maybe*. But like I say, order-flipping midsong tends not to be an in-demand thing. I use a 3PDT toggle to do order-flipping. The nice thing about using a toggle is that the orientation of the bat handle can indicate which half is "first", by where it is pointing, without requiring an LED, the way a stompswitch would.
I usually always play clean with a light - mid gain overdrive pedal. Have tried several distortion pedals and really could never get them clean even enough for my taste. This pedal could be the one to get me back into using distortion again. The built in gate is a massive bonus, nice job Brian !!
I've been searching for an OD to stack with my Tumnus Deluxe, my favorite OD by leaps and bounds. Along come Mr Wampler and Andy Wood with this new pedal that satisfies my tonal needs and desires. Incredible call with the gate function. I'm also chuffed to see an Epiphone paired with a Vox for tone comparisons. Thank you, Wampler pedals!
I have this pedal and honestly that gate alone is worth the price of admission. The 2 OD/distortion circuits that can be tailored from 1 into 2 or 2 into one is friggen brilliance in my opinion. Probably my favorite OD pedal I’ve ever owned. There is literally nothing negative about this pedal. The EQ circuit is so wide too. It’s just flat out bad ass all around. I’ll never sell it. Probably never take it off the board either. It just covers everything I play with epic tone all across the spectrum
How smooth this pedal is on all fronts blew me away. Tho, the gate is the star of the show. I’ve never felt more control at higher gain. Plus can throw in some John Mayer with just the Tumnus when needed.
Love the noise gate idea, if you stack the channels 1 into 2 it appears that you can really tame the hum and do crazy stuff like diming the level on the first stage and dialing it back on the second. The loop looks like a lot of fun too, cram a wah in there or a uni-vibe, phaser whatever, opens up for some creative signal chain ideas. Now to see availability and price.
I just picked up a Pinnacle Deluxe V2 on a whim and put the Nobels ODR-1 Mini in front and loved it!!! I really like the way the tone trails on the Pinnacle. I was not aware of this pedal. Now I want to check it out. Nice job on the Terraform too Brian - Thank you!
I used to stack a Rat with a TS. I need this pedal just for the noise gate. It does what I was already doing it but has more to it and it’s a single box. So awesome
Glad you went through the treble of making this. Sounds so nice and crunchy. I was picking up a few various new pedals lately and noticed Stompler was conspicuous by its absence. This critter is now on the shopping shortlist.
Very nice. I own the Pinnacle already. But I have always wanted a Tumnus, so what better time than this? You did that on purpose didn’t you? You clever goose you.
I love the tones (and lack of noise!!!) very cool! Can’t wait to try one. I am confused as to why it’s called a “Gearbox” yet has a picture of a v8 engine on it? Why not a picture of a transmission or something which is a box which contains gears?
I like being able to change the order in dual drive pedals, and it's become more and more common. What I'd REALLY like to see, which is far less common, is the ability to run them together in parallel as well as the normal series. I've only been able to try it on the NUX compressor/boost pedal. It's cool with that, but i think would be really useful with dual drives. it would basically make them be able to be used in that Klon/Sparkle Drive/Pork Loin thing. Consider it.
You could do that on the Boss Angry Driver, and it was pretty nice having that flexibility. Would definitely be cool to see that on more dual drive pedals!
Sounds awesome. I like that when you have the gain up full it's actually a useable tone and not uncontrollably saturated.
But what if someone wanted just a little bit more. Just a tiny bit. And a tiny tiny bit more. After all, (0 -> unusable) includes also the subrange of (0 -> usable). Pot taper can be chosen so only a little bit of the range is wasted.
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Yep. Just ordered from Sweetwater. Love my Tumnus Deluxe, so to have another Tumnus for different flavors, plus the Pinnacle and a noise gate in one box, I'm sold.
I wanted the deluxe!!!!! But I have the OG one. With the better decal
@@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu I just got the deluxe with the better decal... best of both worlds!
Dude. Yes. You nailed it with this one.
I just got ahold of one of these gems, thank you for your work on making these amazing pedals and the demos.
This is the first pedal I've gotten excited about in years. Great job, Brian!
Why
Truly a gigging man’s pedal, not only does it sound great but it’s incredibly convenient
Designed with the live player in mind.
Maybe for a metal player, love my Paisley Deluxe, can't see this ever replacing that to for any live situation
@@PedalPoopers No one said the Paisley wasn’t. You do you. The Gearbox is simply a bit more versatile imo for a live set. And I don’t play a single metal song.
@@PedalPoopersThere's lots of non-metal right in this video.
“We wanna combine the Pinnacle and the Tumnus. We could call it the Tum-nacle. Or the p.... ....oh”
“Bam! I’m Dick Tracy! Take that, Prune Face! Now I’m Prune Face! Bam! Take that, Dick Tracy! Now I’m Prune Tracy! Take that, Dick F…”
🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha
It's too bad nobody actually said this... Except you 😳
Good one!!!😂
I like the way the compression accentuates the harmonics in this pedal Brian…. Good job m’man!
Brilliant. 2 of my favs...pinnacle and Tumnus....now in one... I love the connection options too. Very smart. Great job Mr. Wampler!
Another great sounding pedal added to your range Mr Wampler, I love the colour finish and artwork on this pedal, a really lovely colour and very eye catching! i’ll definitely be adding the gearbox to my list of pedals to purchase soon. Many thanks you did it again!
This rascal is INCREDIBLE…I have two of them, one in my big board and on my little board. My little board sound comes mainly from this and a Halo delay with an Andy Wood Suhr Woodshed compressor as a boost pedal.
Gain all the way up, completely quiet.......sold. Ive been shopping for a versatile overdrive and this is one of the 4 pedals i'm looking at seriously. None of the others have the gate, super useful. It wins.
The gate in this pedal is amazing. Not to mention, you're getting, arguably, two of Wampler's best drives in one circuit with full control over the order of the effects. I've played several dual drives (EQD Palisades, JHS Sweet Tea & Double Barrel, Analogman KOT, Keeley D&M Drive, etc) and this one seems to have the most usable features without being overly sophisticated. A Klon and a modded Marshall Plexi drive combined with a smooth noise gate, and the ability to change the order of the drives? Take my money...
Wow Brian! Most versatile and best sounding Distortion/Overdrive I’ve ever seen and heard!
The gate really sold me. All around outstanding pedal.
Brian, you’ve done it again. This sounds fantastic. Great job!
Also, the built-in gate is a fantastic idea. I assume you’ll be adding that to all of your pedals now…?! 🤣🎸🤘
Simply great pedal. Maybe the best Wampler combined pedal yet. That noise gate needs to find its way into the rest of the family!
Its crazy that every extreme setting is usable. Rarely is mids full up usable but this one is. Same for treble. Amazing job, Mister Wampler.
Wow - I was thinking last night what would be the best combo...and here we are.
I got the gearbox and it is a fantastic pedal! Versatile, smart designed, with a great noise gate and 2 wonderful drive options. At the same time i also own the pinnacle deluxe v2 and i love it so much. The low gain settings you can get are awesome plus you can get so much heavy tones with a really cool sag switch, a very powerful 3band eq section, which is really import to understand how it works, a 2 more toogle switches for vintage-modern and gain structure and the ts choice in the channel one. Still my favorite distortion pedal so far!!!
Did you find it had any sag at all?
Those graphics - that paint - Im sold ;)
Nice combo, love the graphic design
Sounds great! Glad I held off on buying the Tumnus Deluxe. I really like the gate and the ability to flip the gain order.
Space on the pedalboard is so critical on a fly rig .......so I am so happy to see you guys 1) combining pedals in one enclosure; and 2) putting the jacks and power on top. Thanks you!!!
I just got one of the Gearboxes today and that thing is the best overdrive/distortion pedal I've ever used. Kudos to you and Andy as y'all knocked it out of the park!
Sounds amazing! Versitile too.The noise gate is a nice touch to it.
Best selection of overdrive pedals of any manufacturer out there, and extremely good build quality. Love it.
sounds good. The pedal color is just beautiful. It has a Quality look
Sounds amazing. Looks amazing. Can’t wait to get a Gearbox!
Sounds great! Very organic and dynamic. Retains those articulations nicely!
that's excellent. Well done, added to my wishlist.
Gorgeous sounding pedal, well done.
Anyone else think it’s time for a new SLOstortion? Maybe a Mini version? I know Brian loves his SLO 30, fingers crossed it inspires him to upgrade the original sadly no longer available SLOstortion!
The Gearbox sounds great - wondering whether to sell my Tumnus Deluxe and go for this....
Sounds gorgeous, Brian! Well done!
Sound's awesome and love the graphics
OMG...I loved that circuit.......
Nice job on the pedal! Huge fan of the Pinnacle deluxe. Some cool innovation here. Congrats.
Best of luck with the sales.
Gate is nice, more pedals should have that feature..nice n discreet too
Great pedal! Can't wait to check it out!
Oh baby, this thing sounds killer! congrats man, great work! 👊🔥👌
Big fan of "order-flipper" switches. I try to build them into anything I make with two gain circuits. They do not HAVE to be used to push anything "over the edge", though. For instance, each side can be relatively clean, and the other side used to nudge whatever is second in the order into clipping. The tone control in the Tumnus side is not as comprehensive as the Pinnacle side, but the order-flipping allows one to use whatever is first OR second as a kind of tone preset. For instance, goose the Tumnus to saturate, set the Pinnacle for minimum gain, and use the Pinnacle's tone controls to produce a midscoop. Now, almost regardless of order, when you hit the Pinnacle footswitch, you get a tone preset for the Tumnus. Within limits, given the Tumnus's single Tone knob, one can do the inverse as well. OR, the external loop can be used to do the same thing.
Wish the switch was foot controlled?!
@@mikeroadblock You're certainly not the first to think it would be a desirable feature, but nah. First, I can't think of many circumstances where I'd feel the need to swap order on the fly. Second, much like doing phase-switching with guitar pickups on the fly, there can be an unwanted change in volume level that will require adjustment. Third, using a footswitch (and as a 4PDT, it's a big one), requires having enough space for an additional place to stomp with some precision that doesn't risk accidentally hitting controls with your foot.
I suppose if it was a fully digital pedal that took care of the level matching for you, did not require a 4PDT stompswitch to flip - using a momentary soft-touch placed near the outer edge of the box - then *maybe*. But like I say, order-flipping midsong tends not to be an in-demand thing.
I use a 3PDT toggle to do order-flipping. The nice thing about using a toggle is that the orientation of the bat handle can indicate which half is "first", by where it is pointing, without requiring an LED, the way a stompswitch would.
I love the knobs
Yes please and thank you!
I usually always play clean with a light - mid gain overdrive pedal. Have tried several distortion pedals and really could never get them clean even enough for my taste. This pedal could be the one to get me back into using distortion again. The built in gate is a massive bonus, nice job Brian !!
That sounds incredible.
Channel 2 into 1 with high gain on both and noise gate cranked up...mind blown. What a pedal!
Brian,....You and Andy Martin do the best pedal demos. I really like your playing and happy to see an Epiphone in this review.
I've been searching for an OD to stack with my Tumnus Deluxe, my favorite OD by leaps and bounds. Along come Mr Wampler and Andy Wood with this new pedal that satisfies my tonal needs and desires. Incredible call with the gate function. I'm also chuffed to see an Epiphone paired with a Vox for tone comparisons. Thank you, Wampler pedals!
Looks like another winner Brian! Awesome tones, from my 2 favourite pedals of yours! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Now all we need is that Marshall Style Wampler amp
Nice work Brian! Great pedal!!
Just got my Gearbox. I just love it ! Still have my Pinnacle I have had for 9 years , I have to agree , you have made a MO BETTA drive pedal !
Very nice Brian
I mean, that just sounds lovely. So well done!
I can hardly wait, This should be at my door any day now.
Wow that has to be the best tone I've heard for my style 👏👏👏
Yay another pedal I need to buy.
wonderful work to all involved- sounds great!!
Great sounding pedal!! That jack layout remembers me the V3 series of the Truetone/Visual Sound pedals. Great feature
Great video! I’d love to check one of these out. Sounds awesome.
I'll set one aside for ya - give me a shout :-)
I have this pedal and honestly that gate alone is worth the price of admission. The 2 OD/distortion circuits that can be tailored from 1 into 2 or 2 into one is friggen brilliance in my opinion. Probably my favorite OD pedal I’ve ever owned. There is literally nothing negative about this pedal. The EQ circuit is so wide too. It’s just flat out bad ass all around. I’ll never sell it. Probably never take it off the board either. It just covers everything I play with epic tone all across the spectrum
How smooth this pedal is on all fronts blew me away. Tho, the gate is the star of the show. I’ve never felt more control at higher gain.
Plus can throw in some John Mayer with just the Tumnus when needed.
Great sound and Great playing
Man that is a killer drive tone Brian!
Brian is the best. Love how real he is.
Also what a killer pedal
It sounded amazing with the Vox ! That is the sound !
ty.. definitely picking up 2 of your pedals soon..
Really most pedals you Maxx the gain and it craps out This pedal has the most usable gain I've ever heard Brian your a genius
Love this! You're playing is nice too!
Love the noise gate idea, if you stack the channels 1 into 2 it appears that you can really tame the hum and do crazy stuff like diming the level on the first stage and dialing it back on the second. The loop looks like a lot of fun too, cram a wah in there or a uni-vibe, phaser whatever, opens up for some creative signal chain ideas. Now to see availability and price.
Gosh darn it ... just got the pinnacle v2 and now I feel like this is a must
Looks like a nice combo for sure. Cheers!
Wonderful, Wampler knows dirt!
Mr Wampler is going to be getting a lot of my money for the foreseeable future. Awesome pedal!!!
I just picked up a Pinnacle Deluxe V2 on a whim and put the Nobels ODR-1 Mini in front and loved it!!! I really like the way the tone trails on the Pinnacle. I was not aware of this pedal. Now I want to check it out. Nice job on the Terraform too Brian - Thank you!
I used to stack a Rat with a TS. I need this pedal just for the noise gate. It does what I was already doing it but has more to it and it’s a single box. So awesome
I want it! I have the full size Tumnus and I love it. Keep making bad ass pedals 🤘🤘
Glad you went through the treble of making this. Sounds so nice and crunchy. I was picking up a few various new pedals lately and noticed Stompler was conspicuous by its absence. This critter is now on the shopping shortlist.
Awesome! Congratulations!
Excellent review thank you, nice product too.
That's gotta be my purchase! Haven't seen in Toronto yet. Awesome 👌 that epi sounds great too
love this pedal!!!
I love how this pedal looks like a big box EHX pedal in the marketing, then you see Brian's hand pretty much cover the whole thing.
So true...lol
The pedal sounds great Brian
Sounds great 🤟🏻
Wow! Just when I thought I didn't need another overdrive pedal!! Just kidding...I never thought that! This sounds amazing!
That’s massive sounding
What a Cool Pedal,it sounds awesome ;-)
The best pedal Wampler do in my opinion. Also one of the best pedals ever made
sounds absolutely awesome
2 great pedals in one!!!
This pedal sounds amazing. I hope to own it one day... 😊
Nailed it , sweet pedal Brian ! New knobs ? Love my Pinnacle Deluxe ! Very cool , thanks for the video !
Very nice. I own the Pinnacle already. But I have always wanted a Tumnus, so what better time than this? You did that on purpose didn’t you? You clever goose you.
I own the Tumnus Deluxe but I’ve always wanted the Pinnacle. Yes, he did that on purpose. 😂
I love the tones (and lack of noise!!!) very cool! Can’t wait to try one.
I am confused as to why it’s called a “Gearbox” yet has a picture of a v8 engine on it? Why not a picture of a transmission or something which is a box which contains gears?
Well at least it’s orange.
I want that gate in all my boosts and od’s
I like being able to change the order in dual drive pedals, and it's become more and more common. What I'd REALLY like to see, which is far less common, is the ability to run them together in parallel as well as the normal series.
I've only been able to try it on the NUX compressor/boost pedal. It's cool with that, but i think would be really useful with dual drives. it would basically make them be able to be used in that Klon/Sparkle Drive/Pork Loin thing.
Consider it.
You could do that on the Boss Angry Driver, and it was pretty nice having that flexibility. Would definitely be cool to see that on more dual drive pedals!
A Tunnacle? Pinnus? Bam!
Mine got here today. Incredible, and I've only spent 30 minutes with it.
Love it And Of course all Your Pedals Are Awesome I Own Several 👍👍🎶🎶🎸