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“Brian Wampler’s take on those fire-breathing amps that defined the sound of the 1980s”: Love hotrodded Plexi crunch and Mesa high-gain drive? Wampler’s Golden Jubilee serves up both in one sparkly green stompbox

Wampler is calling it a “complete gain solution” and who can argue with that…

MusicRadar · Feb 23

“A no-compromise amplifier solution”: Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp – and promises to change the game for tube modeling

A new Friedman IR-Loaded and Wampler Pedalhead are the first new products to benefit from the new tech

Guitar World · Jan 21

“You don’t really see that a lot with competitors in other industries – throwing parties together, doing joint releases, supporting each other online”: The boutique pedal explosion and what comes next in this golden age of guitar effects

Jamie Stillman of EarthQuaker Devices gives GW a pulse check on the trends affecting what we see on our pedalboards

Guitar World · Jan 4

“I wanted to create something that could be stacked with other pedals or played on its own, something that wasn’t just another clone”: Wampler Pedals promises classic fuzz sounds and glitchy madness too from the all-original Cryptid Fuzz

Brian Wampler designed the Cryptid from the ground up to give you all the things he wants to hear from a fuzz pedal

MusicRadar · Mar 4, 2025

“There’s no shortcut to mastering his skill, but there is a shortcut to getting his legendary tone”: Wampler Pedals and master of the Telecaster Brent Mason team up for ReWired overdrive/distortion

Grammy winning tone in a box? This two-channel twofer has all Mason’s go-to tones and then some for one of the most versatile dirt pedals you'll see this year

MusicRadar · Nov 29, 2024

“I made this pedal because I wanted it in my own rig, but I'm betting you'll love its range and usability too”: Wampler Pedals unveils Catacombs, a programmable pedal packing 11 delay/reverb sounds to “redefine your relationship with time-based effects”

Brian Wampler’s breadboard has been running hot this week. Besides this greatest hits of reverb/delay, his stompbox brand also unveiled Syntax, a MIDI-enabled micro-pedal to take control of your rig

MusicRadar · Nov 8, 2024

“Designed out of pure selfishness”: Brian Wampler conquers a career-long challenge with the Catacombs – a hybrid delay/reverb pedal he almost didn’t release

A range of popular reverb and delay effects can be harnessed from the Catacombs, which looks to deliver complex sounds in a not-so-complex package

Guitar World · Nov 8, 2024

“The Mofetta is my way of bringing it all back and re-creating those singing tones”: Wampler’s Mofetta pays homage to a cult ’90s distortion pedal that now sells for upwards of $400

Wampler promises vintage tones with increased versatility via a 3-band EQ and overdrive/distortion switch

Guitar World · May 17, 2024

“My tribute to the MOSFET-driven magic of a 1990s classic – the MT10 Mostortion”: Wampler Pedals’ Mofetta is a “supercharged” version of the classic Ibanez overdrive/disortion

Brian Wampler's latest drive pedal will save you time and money searching for an over-priced MT10 on the vintage market, and it has expanded features for more amp-like gain

MusicRadar · May 17, 2024

“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

What not to forget when putting a 'board together

MusicRadar · Mar 22, 2024