“Good power is absolutely key… it is going to last you forever and you are just not going to have any problems with your pedals:” Brian Wampler’s 5 pedalboard essentials

Brian Wampler's Pedalboard Essentials.

There’s no saving Brian Wampler. He’s a pedalboard obsessive. But that is okay; that is his job. That’s his hobby, too, and besides, it’s too late to change him now. But with that obsession comes a lot of knowledge and a lot of insight to share.

So when the man behind Wampler Pedals checked with MusicRadar to talk about guitar effects pedals, the crazy culture surrounding stompboxes today, and to share his story in how a love for electric guitar tone turned him from hobbyist to one of the most respected names in effects design, we put him on the spot...