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A distortion pedal for those who refuse to settle when it comes to tone.

To a discerning and devoted league of tone chasers, Brian Wampler is The King when it comes to organic, convincing and inspiring dirt tones. Thus, Wampler thought it only fitting to name Brian' latest pedal”a simple distortion pedal”The Sovereign.

A little presumptuous, you might say? Wampler thinks this is a pedal that lives up to its name. From cream to ream, thrash to powder puff, hellacious burn to heavenly soothe, The Sovereign will do it for you. Truly.

You see, Brian was asked by a very convincing and influential client (whom we shall name later) to make a "simple distortion pedal." Think for a moment about the amazing distortion pedals Brian has already given us: The Plexi series, the SLOstortion, the ubiquitous Pinnacle and others. How could he top those?

For starters, The Sovereign does not pretend to be another (with all due respect) "A.I.A.B" (amp-in-a-box, for the uninitiated). This beast has its own thing going on. It has a mid control that is admittedly borrowed from other great Wampler pedals like The Pinnacle, but this one is refined, less fussy and instantly gratifying over the full range of its sweep. Seriously rich mids are to be found here, able to cut through the din of the bass and drums in an instant. Smooth, creamy highs”think stainless steel wings on your soaring solos”are a mere flick of a toggle away. The bottom end is tight but with just the right amount of sag to simulate a good tube amp going into orgasmic throes of heat.

Wampler thinks you're going to love this pedal, but you can only buy it at one place, Musician's Friend. That was part of the deal. A fair trade for an idea that inspired this king of pedals.

A distortion pedal for those who refuse to settle when it comes to tone.

To a discerning and devoted league of tone chasers, Brian Wampler is The King when it comes to organic, convincing and inspiring dirt tones. Thus, Wampler thought it only fitting to name Brian' latest pedal”a simple distortion pedal”The Sovereign.

A little presumptuous, you might say? Wampler thinks this is a pedal that lives up to its name. From cream to ream, thrash to powder puff, hellacious burn to heavenly soothe, The Sovereign will do it for you. Truly.

You see, Brian was asked by a very convincing and influential client (whom we shall name later) to make a "simple distortion pedal." Think for a moment about the amazing distortion pedals Brian has already given us: The Plexi series, the SLOstortion, the ubiquitous Pinnacle and others. How could he top those?

For starters, The Sovereign does not pretend to be another (with all due respect) "A.I.A.B" (amp-in-a-box, for the uninitiated). This beast has its own thing going on. It has a mid control that is admittedly borrowed from other great Wampler pedals like The Pinnacle, but this one is refined, less fussy and instantly gratifying over the full range of its sweep. Seriously rich mids are to be found here, able to cut through the din of the bass and drums in an instant. Smooth, creamy highs”think stainless steel wings on your soaring solos”are a mere flick of a toggle away. The bottom end is tight but with just the right amount of sag to simulate a good tube amp going into orgasmic throes of heat.

Wampler thinks you're going to love this pedal, but you can only buy it at one place, Musician's Friend. That was part of the deal. A fair trade for an idea that inspired this king of pedals.

Not everything is like back in the day. Many guitarists have lost at least one big privilege: To get to crank up a Marshall stack full-on during live gigs.

Red Fuzz 1 has that classic over-saturated, thick Fuzzy sound you’ve probably heard more that once from the good old 60’s and 70’s. But where the fat Fuzzy guitar sound from the 60′ and 70’s mostly comes from a cranked up amplifier with a Fuzz pedal in front, Red Fuzz 1 definitely doesn’t need any help!

It simply takes a classic Fuzz and a stack and cram them together into one single piece of fat and beefy rock’n’roll hardware.

So, bring your combo this time… No need for a stack! Unlike the classic designs, Red Fuzz 1 also has built-in Fuzz-friendly buffers to make it more ‘friendly’ to the other pedals in your signal chain.

Bottom line: This hot-tempered redhead simply screams Hendrix-style Fuzz!