Wampler Pinnacle Deluxe V2 Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal

Controls

Bass/Mid/Treble

The power of the Pinnacle Deluxe is held within the full 3 band EQ stack. This is the key to tone chasing, start with everything at noon and then see what happens when you start to move them around. You’ll find that changing one will mean you have to change another as the tone is so fluid, this is where the fun starts - we’ve literally lost hours and hours just tweaking the EQ section and then playing with what we find!

Gain

This control, in conjunction with the Boost Toggle, lets you dial in anything from a classic, almost laid back early rock tone all the way to modern high-gain. Our users, from international pros to weekend warriors, all have their own favorite ways of using the pedal, so however you end up liking the Gain setting, that's just fine. The 'Brown Sound' is in there awaiting with all the other great tones! But in terms of how much distortion you want, there's a great deal of flexibility and we encourage you to run through the whole gamut to get a good sense of how it works and responds before you settle on how you'll use it.

SAG

Some players have remarked to us that the Pinnacle runs too close to compression to be usable with higher output pickups. We the SAG control activated the input level doesn’t hit the main gain stages so hard so the low end compression is not as noticeable - this is also really good for more laid back tones - play with it and see what happens!

Volume

This control adjusts the output level of the Pinnacle. There's plenty of volume on tap in either standard or Boost mode, so whether you want to go farther than your input level or just make sure it can do unity volume (the same level of signal going out as you feed it, when active), you're covered. The Gain, Bass, Mids and Treble knobs, and the Boost Toggle all have an impact on total output volume level, so you're probably better off waiting to adjust the Volume until you've dialed in the other controls. Re-adjustment might be necessary if you get it to the desired level and still need to tweak the sound.

Vintage/Modern Switch

This control essentially sets the overall voicing of the pedal's frequencies, to be either darker with a classic tonality or brighter and more modern. This control is more to do with the character of your guitar and in particular your amp, some amps won’t like the modern setting at all others will eat it up and want more.

Boost Toggle

Do you need more gain? Well, there you go. Flick this and see what happens!

Boost

The key to those amazing tones was not only the amp, but the quite often the pedal pushing them! We all know which pedal it was, so we modified the basic circuit and placed it in front of the Pinnacle’s main gain stages. The Boost control adds both gain and level when you turn it, so you will find the perfect solo boost in there. If you are running a slightly dirty amp, use this on it’s own one day and be amazed at how usable it is!

Bypass Switch

A true-bypass relay based soft switch ensures solid removal of the circuit when it isn't wanted, meaning you don't lose any tone when the pedal is off.

Boost Switch

Hit this switch and let her rip!