Wampler Plexi-Drive Deluxe V2 Distortion & Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

I bought the regular Paisley Drive and hated it. As a matter of fact, I had found all Wampler pedals to sound fizzy (at least for distortion) or otherwise uninspiring. I bought this one in a whim because it was on sale and cheap. It's a bit dark for my tastes, but it's useable with almost all of my different guitars and amps.

I use this pedal with my Fender Blues Jr IV, firstly to act as an attenuator, since the BJ IV is so loud, and secondly, I set the Gain to only about 20%, which creates the sound of the BJ IV driven at the edge of breakup, only at a much lower volume, perfect for home use.

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Sooooo filthy for wicked harmonics on any note., I live in a tone comprised of a little bit of King Ed, the Reverend Billy, some Faulkner, Annihilator, Dimartini, Impelliteri... this Wampler is all about it. The tone sweeps are subtle but nail what you want as you feel them out. The mid sweep is the meat and potatoes easily dialed in. Never played a pedal that nailed the sag of a nasty cranked tube amp like this one in 45 years, now I can lay it down full of saggy heaviness at low volumes in the house when my wife is sleeping and i sneak out to wail away in the LR.Been ripping this into an opto compression for least 14 hours of smokin riffs since it arrived Tuesday.I haven't even put it thru the Boogie or JCM yet as all this love is thru an old Deluxe lol which is incredible to hear sounding so metal and not bluesy.The vintage-modern switch brings you from seventies to the 90's in a flash. To clean it up a bit from Ed sag to Dimebag rag push in the anti-sag button and Wampler magic does its thing and just when you have that tone dialed in perfect to the ears, dare not hit the boost switch cause confetti will reign down and your head will melt into a swirl of colors in the fun palace like a boy discovering that girls are hot and not snot. IT takes it to a next level.Thats all i have to review kids, for the record i checked out at least 30 distortion pedals the past couple months and for me this stands above, your sonic quest may be different but if your in the zone i described then you need to play thru one fo sure. Live. Peace out.

The media could not be loaded. The best overdrive pedal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I have ever played & if anyone @ Wampler see's this video hit me up for in endorsement , thanks & the mask was also purchased here on Amazon & it messed with the signal in a cool way , I had zero vision😵 of my fretboard I went off of feel ... I would recommend this pedal to anyone who plays guitar .. great thick tone & sustain is super smooth & it's very flexible from spaced out instrumental playing , Killer for Rock & Blues, this pedal is by far the best I've ever played , thanks , Wampler , Carlos .

TLDR - Great sounding pedal but had to completely disassemble it to clean the gain pot after moderate use.I have had this pedal for a year and a half and I can say I love the sounds this thing is capable of. I use it with the gain between 3 and 5 o'clock and the hot switch on. Stacking it into other overdrive pedals has been fun. I recently picked up the Wampler Plexi-drive which I've settled into using as an on the edge of breakup amp in a box that I push into glorious overdrive with the Tumnus Deluxe. Alone both pedals sound good but together they sound amazing. Think: complex rich harmonic overdrive.This pedal is versatile, you can use it like I've described or as a clean boost or like a tube screamer (gain low, volume high). It sounds better to my ear than a tube screamer when used like this but tastes vary. It sounds great, its warm but articulate.However I did run into an issue when going from using it as a dirt pedal to a boost pedal. The culprit was a dirty gain pot. When I turned down the gain, I heard a loud hissing noise that overpowered any guitar signal that managed to get through. I thought the pedal was ruined so I emailed the guys at Wampler to see if I could get it fixed. Jerry suggested that I use a deox cleaner on the pots. I was skeptical since I've heard dirty pots on a guitar and this was a constant loud hissing noise, unlike the temporary scratchy sound you get when turning the knobs on a guitar. I figured I might as well try it, so I dedicated a Saturday afternoon to take the time to disassemble it and spray the pots. Holy crap it worked!So aside from the somewhat tedious disassembly of the pedal to spray the dirty pot, I love this pedal. Its a little spendy but it does have a premium feeling footswitch, the construction and looks feel quality and the sound is great. The only reason I would (and probably will) buy another dirt pedal is because of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome). With all that said and assuming I had the power, this would be a deserted island pedal for me. Its great!