Planning on getting myself one of these after hearing several shootouts. If I could make one tiny suggestion,,, it would be great if there was a feature that allowed a player to switch between normal and hot settings on the toggle switch, similar to the JHS Morning Glory v4. They have a accessory pedal that does this. I think it would be more convenient to have a second switch right on the pedal itself. It would save precious pedalboard real estate. Just an idea. Tumnus 3.0? Lol
0:38 - "Instead of me spending the next three minutes talking about it, let's jump right into some tones that it gets and I'll explain it in detail. Let's go!" Proceeds to talk for almost the next three minutes before starting to play. We love you, Brian!
I've been gigging wit this all year. Excellent pedal. I love to have the bass at noon, mids at 1, treble at 3, level at noon, and gain at 4 o clock. Great lead and rhythm rock/blues rock tones. For soaring leads, I'll run this into a boss EQ (GE-7) as slight mids boost and overall volume boost. Single coils with this into any fender amp is magic. Also love put this in front of a cranked TS808 - fantastic sustain.
Something different happens when you have the hot switch on and you pass 3 O'Clock on the gain, it goes from being an overdrive to being slightly like a distortion pedal, lots of sustain. Having the EQ, opens up another world of tone and it has a built in buffer which is switchable. Its awesome.
100%! Glad I snapped up an original just for the artwork. Not sure why he changed it but with his luck probably a cease and desist from the CS Lewis estate 😂
When I first plugged in the Tumnus at home it sounded okay. When I used it on stage, that’s when I “got it”. Now I never turn it off. It makes everything sound better and more alive. It cuts through the densest mix without sounding hyped. It’s the drive for people who hate drive pedals and love their amp tone but need a little more hair on the note. Internally it runs at 18 volts and the drive knob is actually a mix knob. That’s what I call “transparent”. The buffer alone is worth the price of admission. I would not want this pedal in true bypass. Love it.
I recently purchased a 2019 Les Paul Traditional going to an Marshall DSL 40. While the amp's overdrive is a bit bright at low levels I used an eq pedal which (poorly) shapes the tone. I even considered changing the speaker having the amp for less than a month. Instead, I tried a Tumnus Deluxe. The Tumnus gives you more tonal flexibility, the overdrive is much more refined in conjunction with the drive from the amp. It definitely improved the tonal characteristics of my rig. It works best on the clean channel and is a dream on the classic crunch. It tempered the sizzle and tightened the bottom end a bit. Just what I was looking for. The tonal possibilities vary greatly.
I bought Tumnus deluxe january 2018 and it has been on my pedalboard basically ever since. Current setup I have it before Pantheon and Belle so there is almost endless possibilities to have a versatile flavours. Thanks for great pedals and cheers from Finland!
I know I don’t understand why all the guys that do these demos keep all the settings so conservative. The volume is low, the settings are all at noon or lower. Half the time you can’t even hear the difference between the amp sound and the pedal. All you hear is a slight bit of crunch and a slight volume boost. For the price of some of the these, I would like to know what they can actually make a difference in tone and make the guitar scream. Strumming G, C, D with the volume on 5 isn’t cutting it.
GinoMarks because that gained up tone/style of playing guitar is just plain worn out. Nobody has done anything interesting with it in a long time. People just want to hear something new instead the same old boring blues rock solos.
Bought one. Instant magic. It just puts the amp sound into being a higher source of inspiration and I can tweak it from there, but I haven't had much reason to tweak. I use it with a Marshall JVM410HJS. I use a lot of amp gain and this amp has a lot of gain, although not as much as the standard JVMs or other popular Metal amps but the Tumnus just sculpts, adds definition and boosts nicely. I am not boosting hard, just very slightly above unity gain, but wow!... this really adds some magic and helps quite a bit in getting nice sounds for recording too. I was surprised the first time that I played back a recorded track with the Tumnus in the guitar signal chain. Sounds great after a distortion pedal too, although I only use minute amounts of distortion from pedals because I use preamp distortion. I use distortion pedals for boosts and just to add a hint of character that I want for certain parts. (I backed off the Tumnus gain a bit as well.) The Tumnus adds life to those other pedals.This pedal is now a high value necessity for me! It's not going anywhere.
If I had to get a "big box" dual pedal, I'd actually rather it be the Tumnus DeLuxe joined with a Sovereign distortion and call it The Sphinx (get it?). Or, if you do a double-overdrive pedal, it would be cool to have the Tumnus DeLuxe joined with the Clarksdale, for when you can't decide between a K-circuit or a TS-circuit.
The Tumnus is amazing and inspiring - I own a K and I can tell you that if I have to only have two pedals on my board...it'll be the Tumnus Deluxe and The Doctor Lo-Fi Delay every time! Thank you, Brian for bringing joy to my life ! Your genius is greatly appreciated
I can't even describe it. The Tumnus deluxe is by far one of the best overdrive pedals I know. What a great Sound 👌Fat, warm, transparent and a brilliant dynamic. Everything comes alive.
My God, that tone out of your amp and that Tele! That first strum of the clean sound made my head turn. I realized that’s the tone I been seeking for years.
Just got the deluxe for my birthday. I love this pedal so much - it is perfect. Thanks Brian for making such an awesome piece of gear. This is gonna get a lot of use for sure.
I've been looking at klon style pedals for a while now. Honestly I think this is the best sounding clone circuit out there. It has that breathy organic quality of the original. Lacking in a lot of the other clones. Seriously thinking about buying this one
Brian....of all the pedals you have designed the Tumnus Deluxe is, by far, the best pedal that accentuates all the other pedals. Even by itself, it is an amazing pedal and has been on my pedal board since its inseption. The virsatility of this pedal speaks for itself. What amazes me is you not only love your products, but challenge others to be as good as your pedals. You also recognized other companies and how good their products are. You are a true visionary and realist and love competition. That is the main reason that I always put your products ahead of everyone else. Keep doing what you do and you are an inspiration.....
Love the funky progression starting around 8:42. I have the smaller Tumnus and it's been an indispensable part of my board. Now I have to have the Deluxe. The gain boost option alone is worth it, and more control over the EQ is a super feature as well..
Just got home from a trip and my Tumnus Deluxe was waiting. What a KILLER pedal. Great sound alone and added spice when stacked with other gain stages. Congrats Brian and all at Wampler!
Great tone. Love the Whitfield tele sound with the Tumnus dialed. I want to buy one just to support boutique pedal makers like yourself. Excellent and thorough demo.
Brian, I like this pedal a lot - great job! To me, it kind of sounding like some of your other pedals though. You know what would be a good video? One that explains the tonal variations between all your drives giving samples of the differences. Keep up the good work...
I like the way you can maintain the tone that you've dialed in on your guitar while adding additional 'balls to the wall' with the pedal. It also maintains the individual string separation well, without 'coloring' the tone. This is a very nice pedal, indeed!
I've watched this a couple times, watched a few reviews from other channels, I liked it but I didn't jump out and buy it.....I finally bought it and man, it's so sweet!! Just wanted to say thank you, this pedal is nuts but in a really good way!
Dig it! Love the pedal and I can totally see this in a dual configuration pedal in the future, meaning that one side is “clean to K style” and the other side is “K to rage style”. One of the best pedal on the market today. Tumnus!!!
I love My Tumnus Deluxe. It tightens up the bottom end like no other 'K' circuit and has an awesome amount of gain in comparison to others I've tried or owned. I'm loving this pedal and it sounds even more amazing stacked with another tasty low gainer, or just goosing the drive channel of my LSS.
You da man Brian! These pedals are awesome. The Deluxe is the needed step forward. All the changes were exactly what needed to happen. Thanks for taking us to the next level.
I just received this pedal from Sweetwater after a recommendation from Wampler, and viewing Pete Thorn's demo of the pedal. This pedal kick's ass! I was 100% happy the second I heard it with all knobs at noon right out of the box. I only have to adjust the gain when I change from a Les Paul to single coil guitars. Awesome!! Thanks Wampler, Mr. Thorn, and Sweetwater :)
@@dbo4506 Well I called Wampler and asked them what pedal they would recommend for what I needed, which I really hadn't found yet, and they suggested two of their pedals, I went with the Tumnus and I am certainly happy with their recommendation, it is the perfect pedal for what I wanted, transparent boost with some gain if I want it, I use it for my first gain stage out of three, It's almost always on unless I need really clean.
I bought my first Wampler pedal the Tumnus Deluxe. I have been looking for that sound that red dirt country sound like out of Austin, parts of Oklahoma and Texas. This pedal is perfect for that style. I know you think of rock but as you are aware this pedal is very versatile and perfect for the more rock/ country sound. I will never sell it. Today’s pop country can go away. It’s crap. Almost every song sounds the same similar beats coming out of Nashville. It’s a music factory that follows the same recipe. Red dirt country is more like Reckless Kelly, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Turnpike Troubadours and Cross Canadian Ragweed. It is more rock influenced. Thank you for your great You Tube videos and thank you for finally getting my overdrive. Sometimes, I stack it with an OCD before it and run a little gain from the OCD into it but it can lose definition quickly if you run too much. Keep up the great work! FYI, I picked up a Livewire tremolo pedal on the cheap and love it! It’s great before the delay. The tremolo settings are great and the vibe setting is too. However the rest are not too hot. It really adds just a little bit of clarity to my delay since I have a warm analog delay. Just wandered what your thoughts are on those old pedals besides being built well. Looking forward to buying more of your pedals.
So the only the Bass & Treble are active, while the Treble is the original one. That's a pretty rad idea for those already familiar with the foundational Tumnus platform! I dig it!
@@brianmersmann76 orange dark terror, the lunch box sized amp. I run the gain on the amp at 8-9 o'clock to a Peavey Valve king 4/12 cab, 16oms speakers. I mostly use a PRS S2 McCarty 594 with lower output pickups .
I saw this at GC tonight and suspected it was based on that K circuit and......yep. the fact that it's named after a character from the Lion the witch and the wardrobe just seals the deal for me! Going back tomorrow and picking up one.
Loved the pedal so much, I bought one last week .... Nice touch with the battery too, well thought. I've got power now so I've taken it out. Impressive design Brian . Massive thumbs up from the UK
Love you, Brian! Awesome AWESOME Tumnus Deluxe pedal! Just bought one. Light in the lamppost 👍 Clever name homages (K "sen·tor" ~ 🦁🧙♀️ Wardrobe). Great pedal video & vibe~ extremely informative demo for us Tumnus newbies. LONG LIVE WAMPLER!!! 🇺🇸
Love my Tumnus Mini. I use it as the only buffer in my chain and as a sort of treble boost. It's just perfect at what it does. It also sounds great in front of other drives, like an OCD, to bring out the sparkle. I wouldn't use it as clean to dirty stomp box, but it is most excellent at boosting an already hot tube amp (as Brian hinted at near the end). Set gain to 9 o'clock and away you go.
Agree... this and the ts, I don’t like ‘em as stand alone pedals . But in front of another dirty pedal or amp is where they shine a lot. They give life to the sound.
Simply AMAZING! I had to try all of my guitars with different pickups (Filtertron, humbucker, single coils) and all of them sounded incredible through a Vox AC15; especially when the amp was set on the edge of breakup. Thank you Brian for creating a MONSTER pedal!!
That's such a wonderfully sparkly clean tone from the Bravado, Brian! I'd be awful proud of that amp. And obviously with th Tumnus as well... just... damn.
I liked how you "played with it a little bit here ". I own 5 of your pedals and I definitely need the tumnus. Thanks for the great gear and awesome videos. Peace
I have the mini and love it, its my drive of choice, I use it for a boost, even though I use a Boogie jp2c, it sounds even more amazing with the Tumnus hitting the front! Fantastic pedal! I'm getting the deluxe within a week! Wampler rules!!
I use this pedal. The eq makes it way better than the original. Great pedal. It's a bit noisier than my other drive pedals. Doesn't really matter when I'm playing in the band but I'm wondering why. It doesn't change your original tone that much which is why i like it.
I just bought Wampler Tumnus Deluxe and it's so gooooood! Everything the demos and words promised! Thank you Brian so much for the pedal! I only wish I didn't buy it second hand to get the nice little pouch and other papers with it.
"Basically, takes it to 11." @ 4:51 hits chord (snickers, then thinks "whaaaat??") Then proceeds to crank that Bad boy! 😂😂😂 Love this pedal. ..and the Wampler team! 🤘🤘🤘 thanks Brian!
Recent convert to your pedals Brian...Love-em...Would be really cool to have the "hot" toggle as a foot switch....eh?.....eh?...lol Keep up the good work Brudda.
I'm here because of Pete Thorn. I pulled the trigger tonight on the Deluxe. It's very round and warm to my ears and has a great amp like feel. Like no other OD drive I have played. I really enjoy the pedal, a lot. I will probably be selling my Friedman OD soon. Great pedal, but now sounds thin and sterile to me. Thank you.
Love this and want this! I am very happy that you have the three active EQ's to radically shape tone. Because I have a small amp (Princeton Reverb) and play at lower volume gigs so I need to usually boost Bass a little to compensate. Otherwise I'm all Mids. I already have the Plexi Drive and this one could be a welcome addition.
You have to take a look at this amazing demo if your amazing pedal. I’ve just added a Deluxe version to my pedalboard and it has to be one of the best investments ever thank you
Hey mr Wamp.... so far your original small Tumnus is driving me crazy, i am using it with my Les Paul and it sounds as sweet as the guitar tones on the Styx Equinox album, and when using my Strat I got sounds that comes out of this world, even when playing great jazz chords, so its my best drive pedal so far...my chain is Strat or LP >Tumnus>EH 360>Empress compressor>HOF reverb>Volante Delay>Fender deluxe reverb reissue 🍻🙏🎼
I was in search for a pedal, that cranks my overdrive, but won't destroy the sound of my amps ( Brunetti Pleximan, Vox Ac 30), which i like both very much. I checked different ones and finannly decided to buy the Tumnus Deluxe, because it gave me my amp tone WITH added overdrive and adds a lot of optional sounds! Now i use it mostly with "hot" on and gain at approx. 1 - 2 o'clock into the "dirty" channel of the Brunetti, where i set the "gain" control at the point between "breakup" and low overdrive ( approx. 10 o' clock). Its a fantastic sound, warm, fat, not too distorted. - If i want to solo, i add the "solo" control of the Pleximan. For my texas blues band i use the "classic" tone of the amp, for my prog metal band i activate the "hotrod" switch of the Pleximan! - Amazing sounds for every purpose, all just done by a great amp and an also great pedal... exactly what i was looking for! - Lots of fun! A sincere, big "Thank you", Mr. Wampler, from germany!
If you have 1 pedal on a pedal board... Wampler Tumnus Deluxe (“T-deluxe” from here out because autocorrect goes nuts) gets my vote. I’ve been buying pedals since the 70s. Currently running an Ego into a Silver Archer into the T-deluxe for sustain & teeth. Everything set about noon, with the bass cranked a bit on the T-deluxe. It’s EQ is actually useful past 2:00, which turns into garbage on many pedals. I’m running stereo from a Dimension C into two 100 watt Marshall heads into respective half stacks, played at “WIFE FRIENDLY LEVELS”, - the bass drops off big time set that low on that hot a head. The T-deluxe with its active bass & midrange works better than the Boss EQ I had in line, for the tone I want. ✨ Great pedal Brian 👍
I acquired one of these on the used market and WOW. For me I have found it’s a great boost on top of another drive to kick it up a notch or when I just want it to dirty up a clean tone for a little bite. Running this after/on top of my KOT is absolute magic. I like it better than the boost side of the KOT.
9:00 "turn the gain up a bit..." *proceeds to crank it all the way to max*
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Brian's personal Tumnus Deluxe has Normal, Hot and Wamp settings.
ALL THE GAIN!!!
Delicious. ~ W A M P I T ~ .
Planning on getting myself one of these after hearing several shootouts. If I could make one tiny suggestion,,, it would be great if there was a feature that allowed a player to switch between normal and hot settings on the toggle switch, similar to the JHS Morning Glory v4. They have a accessory pedal that does this. I think it would be more convenient to have a second switch right on the pedal itself. It would save precious pedalboard real estate. Just an idea. Tumnus 3.0? Lol
just say thank you dude lol
0:38 - "Instead of me spending the next three minutes talking about it, let's jump right into some tones that it gets and I'll explain it in detail. Let's go!"
Proceeds to talk for almost the next three minutes before starting to play.
We love you, Brian!
😂 Strange choice to leave that in and not edit it out. Good video either way
I’m glad, I’d like to know a little bit about a pedal before I buy it.
I've had this pedal for 1.5 years. Indispensable for our live shows. Absolutely a phenomenal pedal. Can't say enough. Thanks man!
I have 2 in 2 separate pedal boards .. perfect always ON...
What do you generally use it for live? Do you have a favorite setting or sound?
I've been gigging wit this all year. Excellent pedal. I love to have the bass at noon, mids at 1, treble at 3, level at noon, and gain at 4 o clock. Great lead and rhythm rock/blues rock tones. For soaring leads, I'll run this into a boss EQ (GE-7) as slight mids boost and overall volume boost. Single coils with this into any fender amp is magic. Also love put this in front of a cranked TS808 - fantastic sustain.
- "Why don't you just make 10 have more gain and make 10 be the top number?"
- "These have 'Hot' switch."
Something different happens when you have the hot switch on and you pass 3 O'Clock on the gain, it goes from being an overdrive to being slightly like a distortion pedal, lots of sustain. Having the EQ, opens up another world of tone and it has a built in buffer which is switchable. Its awesome.
I appreciate the correct punctuation lmao
This one’s in D minor, the saddest of all keys. -Nigel T 💥🔥✨ and there goes another drummer....
No...I want the Nuclear option on my pedal...
Yeah gets thick in the mids on "hot" mode
Love how you put the light in the Lamp Post! Very cool. Great demo of a great pedal! 👍
Yeah miss that design on the v2 actually
100%! Glad I snapped up an original just for the artwork. Not sure why he changed it but with his luck probably a cease and desist from the CS Lewis estate 😂
When I first plugged in the Tumnus at home it sounded okay. When I used it on stage, that’s when I “got it”. Now I never turn it off. It makes everything sound better and more alive. It cuts through the densest mix without sounding hyped. It’s the drive for people who hate drive pedals and love their amp tone but need a little more hair on the note. Internally it runs at 18 volts and the drive knob is actually a mix knob. That’s what I call “transparent”. The buffer alone is worth the price of admission. I would not want this pedal in true bypass. Love it.
I recently purchased a 2019 Les Paul Traditional going to an Marshall DSL 40. While the amp's overdrive is a bit bright at low levels I used an eq pedal which (poorly) shapes the tone. I even considered changing the speaker having the amp for less than a month. Instead, I tried a Tumnus Deluxe. The Tumnus gives you more tonal flexibility, the overdrive is much more refined in conjunction with the drive from the amp. It definitely improved the tonal characteristics of my rig. It works best on the clean channel and is a dream on the classic crunch. It tempered the sizzle and tightened the bottom end a bit. Just what I was looking for. The tonal possibilities vary greatly.
Demo in tune: achievement unlocked!
I bought Tumnus deluxe january 2018 and it has been on my pedalboard basically ever since. Current setup I have it before Pantheon and Belle so there is almost endless possibilities to have a versatile flavours. Thanks for great pedals and cheers from Finland!
you can take the tele away but you cant take the tele out of this man lol
I love because Brian wampler isn’t afraid to Crank all the gain and go to the bridge pick up which seems to be something that is dying oddly
I know I don’t understand why all the guys that do these demos keep all the settings so conservative. The volume is low, the settings are all at noon or lower. Half the time you can’t even hear the difference between the amp sound and the pedal. All you hear is a slight bit of crunch and a slight volume boost. For the price of some of the these, I would like to know what they can actually make a difference in tone and make the guitar scream. Strumming G, C, D with the volume on 5 isn’t cutting it.
GinoMarks because that gained up tone/style of playing guitar is just plain worn out. Nobody has done anything interesting with it in a long time. People just want to hear something new instead the same old boring blues rock solos.
Bright bridge tone is best tone
Dying oddly, like a helium overdose?
@@MrGotem-gw2pv actually that sound is very relevant in pop punk music which is on a huge revival right now
Bought one. Instant magic. It just puts the amp sound into being a higher source of inspiration and I can tweak it from there, but I haven't had much reason to tweak. I use it with a Marshall JVM410HJS. I use a lot of amp gain and this amp has a lot of gain, although not as much as the standard JVMs or other popular Metal amps but the Tumnus just sculpts, adds definition and boosts nicely. I am not boosting hard, just very slightly above unity gain, but wow!... this really adds some magic and helps quite a bit in getting nice sounds for recording too. I was surprised the first time that I played back a recorded track with the Tumnus in the guitar signal chain. Sounds great after a distortion pedal too, although I only use minute amounts of distortion from pedals because I use preamp distortion. I use distortion pedals for boosts and just to add a hint of character that I want for certain parts. (I backed off the Tumnus gain a bit as well.) The Tumnus adds life to those other pedals.This pedal is now a high value necessity for me! It's not going anywhere.
Put two in one box. King of Tone KILLER.
Ryan Harding ^ I second this
This already kills it, with the standard sized box for all of us pedal whores
Fredric Effects King of Klone is two Klones in one box. It's awesome!
Yes, please 😍
If I had to get a "big box" dual pedal, I'd actually rather it be the Tumnus DeLuxe joined with a Sovereign distortion and call it The Sphinx (get it?). Or, if you do a double-overdrive pedal, it would be cool to have the Tumnus DeLuxe joined with the Clarksdale, for when you can't decide between a K-circuit or a TS-circuit.
Amazing sound. When gain is crancked it delivers kind of Marshall-ish sound. Brian make the best overdrives and distortions on the market
This is the best sounding pedal I believe I’ve ever heard. This is my next purchase. Just incredible.
The Tumnus is amazing and inspiring - I own a K and I can tell you that if I have to only have two pedals on my board...it'll be the Tumnus Deluxe and The Doctor Lo-Fi Delay every time! Thank you, Brian for bringing joy to my life ! Your genius is greatly appreciated
I love the tones mine adds, thanks for coming out the Tumnus, sad to see the original art work go away though.
I can't even describe it. The Tumnus deluxe is by far one of the best overdrive pedals I know. What a great Sound 👌Fat, warm, transparent and a brilliant dynamic. Everything comes alive.
Actually one of the most killer mids I've ever heard on a petal. Really came to life. Good stuff.
My God, that tone out of your amp and that Tele! That first strum of the clean sound made my head turn. I realized that’s the tone I been seeking for years.
Just bought the mini...now I need the big brother! I like the 3-band EQ on the pedal. The sound is great.
Just got the deluxe for my birthday. I love this pedal so much - it is perfect. Thanks Brian for making such an awesome piece of gear. This is gonna get a lot of use for sure.
Me too, today on my birthday 🥳. With some vinyls .
@@smaug9617 happy birthday! You’re gonna love it
Been rocking the original Tumnus for a couple of years on my mini board, this video got me into the deluxe version for my main board.
I've been looking at klon style pedals for a while now. Honestly I think this is the best sounding clone circuit out there. It has that breathy organic quality of the original. Lacking in a lot of the other clones. Seriously thinking about buying this one
You’ve got that dialed in righteously, Brian! Gain and EQ is right where it should be. I’ll be gettin’ one!
Brian....of all the pedals you have designed the Tumnus Deluxe is, by far, the best pedal that accentuates all the other pedals. Even by itself, it is an amazing pedal and has been on my pedal board since its inseption. The virsatility of this pedal speaks for itself. What amazes me is you not only love your products, but challenge others to be as good as your pedals. You also recognized other companies and how good their products are. You are a true visionary and realist and love competition. That is the main reason that I always put your products ahead of everyone else. Keep doing what you do and you are an inspiration.....
You still have it? If so what are you running it into?
@@brianmersmann76 I still have it and currently run it into my Blackstar HT Club 50 mkii head
You make the best pedals Mr.Wampler! You are a brilliant engineer/designer and a fantastic guitarist. Thank you!
Thanks for using different guitars with different pickups. Very helpful in determining if one should give this pedal a go. Keep up the good work.
Love the funky progression starting around 8:42. I have the smaller Tumnus and it's been an indispensable part of my board. Now I have to have the Deluxe. The gain boost option alone is worth it, and more control over the EQ is a super feature as well..
The Tumnus deluxe is so good I named my new puppy after it! It's my new favorite pedal.
my adopted dogs name being Tumnus is what led me to this pedal, hopefully gonna buy one soon!
Well, your name Brian Wagner isn't so far away from Brian Wampler :-)
I'm speechless. what a great sounding pedal 👍🏻👍🏻😍😍
Just got home from a trip and my Tumnus Deluxe was waiting. What a KILLER pedal. Great sound alone and added spice when stacked with other gain stages. Congrats Brian and all at Wampler!
Great tone. Love the Whitfield tele sound with the Tumnus dialed. I want to buy one just to support boutique pedal makers like yourself. Excellent and thorough demo.
Brian, I like this pedal a lot - great job!
To me, it kind of sounding like some of your other pedals though. You know what would be a good video? One that explains the tonal variations between all your drives giving samples of the differences. Keep up the good work...
I just bought this pedal to go with my ‘69 Superbass. Best overdrive pedal I’ve ever owned! Really makes the Plexi sound even more…..Plexi!
I like the way you can maintain the tone that you've dialed in on your guitar while adding additional 'balls to the wall' with the pedal. It also maintains the individual string separation well, without 'coloring' the tone. This is a very nice pedal, indeed!
I've watched this a couple times, watched a few reviews from other channels, I liked it but I didn't jump out and buy it.....I finally bought it and man, it's so sweet!! Just wanted to say thank you, this pedal is nuts but in a really good way!
anticipating the arrival of this great pedal, thank you sir for this invention.
IMO this is your finest pedal creation. All around impressive builds on all your pedals.
I got the blackout version over a month ago and love this pedal!! Well done thank you
Congratulations Brian. You've got it again ... I'm the proud owner of the original Tumnus and it's really good ... Thanks
Dig it! Love the pedal and I can totally see this in a dual configuration pedal in the future, meaning that one side is “clean to K style” and the other side is “K to rage style”. One of the best pedal on the market today. Tumnus!!!
I love My Tumnus Deluxe. It tightens up the bottom end like no other 'K' circuit and has an awesome amount of gain in comparison to others I've tried or owned. I'm loving this pedal and it sounds even more amazing stacked with another tasty low gainer, or just goosing the drive channel of my LSS.
Wow, when you cranked the treble it lit up the chimes! Nice machine you built
I own the Tumnus..I love it..I saw the deluxe..I ordered instantly...good job Mr. Wampler
You da man Brian! These pedals are awesome. The Deluxe is the needed step forward. All the changes were exactly what needed to happen. Thanks for taking us to the next level.
I just received this pedal from Sweetwater after a recommendation from Wampler, and viewing Pete Thorn's demo of the pedal. This pedal kick's ass! I was 100% happy the second I heard it with all knobs at noon right out of the box. I only have to adjust the gain when I change from a Les Paul to single coil guitars. Awesome!! Thanks Wampler, Mr. Thorn, and Sweetwater :)
Laura Andrews what did you mean recommendation from wampler haha they recommend everyone gets one 😂
@@dbo4506 Well I called Wampler and asked them what pedal they would recommend for what I needed, which I really hadn't found yet, and they suggested two of their pedals, I went with the Tumnus and I am certainly happy with their recommendation, it is the perfect pedal for what I wanted, transparent boost with some gain if I want it, I use it for my first gain stage out of three, It's almost always on unless I need really clean.
Got the pedal for Christmas and absolutely love it, my favorite pedal at the moment.
Brian, what a great pedal. I'm sold. Thanks for the demo.👍
Thanks - appreciate you running it through its different applications 👍
This is one of the most musical pedals I've heard. This sounds fantastic!
Just bought one yesterday great sound and it stacks well for more gain if needed I use it with my orange Th30 on clean channel sounds great 👍
You still have it? If so what are you running it into?
Just bought my first tumnus . A really quality product .
Been waiting for this full size deluxe version forever ! Thank you!
I bought my first Wampler pedal the Tumnus Deluxe. I have been looking for that sound that red dirt country sound like out of Austin, parts of Oklahoma and Texas. This pedal is perfect for that style. I know you think of rock but as you are aware this pedal is very versatile and perfect for the more rock/ country sound. I will never sell it. Today’s pop country can go away. It’s crap. Almost every song sounds the same similar beats coming out of Nashville. It’s a music factory that follows the same recipe. Red dirt country is more like Reckless Kelly, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers, Turnpike Troubadours and Cross Canadian Ragweed. It is more rock influenced. Thank you for your great You Tube videos and thank you for finally getting my overdrive. Sometimes, I stack it with an OCD before it and run a little gain from the OCD into it but it can lose definition quickly if you run too much. Keep up the great work! FYI, I picked up a Livewire tremolo pedal on the cheap and love it! It’s great before the delay. The tremolo settings are great and the vibe setting is too. However the rest are not too hot. It really adds just a little bit of clarity to my delay since I have a warm analog delay. Just wandered what your thoughts are on those old pedals besides being built well. Looking forward to buying more of your pedals.
So the only the Bass & Treble are active, while the Treble is the original one. That's a pretty rad idea for those already familiar with the foundational Tumnus platform! I dig it!
Bought the Tumnus Deluxe recently. Love it. Great job!
You still have it? If so what are you running it into?
@@brianmersmann76 orange dark terror, the lunch box sized amp. I run the gain on the amp at 8-9 o'clock to a Peavey Valve king 4/12 cab, 16oms speakers. I mostly use a PRS S2 McCarty 594 with lower output pickups .
I saw this at GC tonight and suspected it was based on that K circuit and......yep. the fact that it's named after a character from the Lion the witch and the wardrobe just seals the deal for me! Going back tomorrow and picking up one.
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Best sounding pedal I've heard in a long while. I'm I want one!
Loved the pedal so much, I bought one last week .... Nice touch with the battery too, well thought. I've got power now so I've taken it out. Impressive design Brian . Massive thumbs up from the UK
Love you, Brian! Awesome AWESOME Tumnus Deluxe pedal! Just bought one. Light in the lamppost 👍 Clever name homages (K "sen·tor" ~ 🦁🧙♀️ Wardrobe). Great pedal video & vibe~ extremely informative demo for us Tumnus newbies. LONG LIVE WAMPLER!!! 🇺🇸
Love my Tumnus Mini. I use it as the only buffer in my chain and as a sort of treble boost. It's just perfect at what it does. It also sounds great in front of other drives, like an OCD, to bring out the sparkle.
I wouldn't use it as clean to dirty stomp box, but it is most excellent at boosting an already hot tube amp (as Brian hinted at near the end). Set gain to 9 o'clock and away you go.
Agree... this and the ts, I don’t like ‘em as stand alone pedals . But in front of another dirty pedal or amp is where they shine a lot. They give life to the sound.
Simply AMAZING! I had to try all of my guitars with different pickups (Filtertron, humbucker, single coils) and all of them sounded incredible through a Vox AC15; especially when the amp was set on the edge of breakup. Thank you Brian for creating a MONSTER pedal!!
I love my Tumnus Deluxe, Brian, you just keep coming up with the goods, I salute you :)
Will definitely be buying! Can't wait to get my very first Wampler pedal!
It sounds incredible. I especially loved the tones it produced through the tele!!!!
A little late to the party but just bought my Deluxe. Thanks Brian. Keep up the good work.
That's such a wonderfully sparkly clean tone from the Bravado, Brian! I'd be awful proud of that amp. And obviously with th Tumnus as well... just... damn.
"Thats fairly 80's Rockish"
I can't thank you enough for this pedal because I'm pretty much stuck in the 80's sonically.
I liked how you "played with it a little bit here ". I own 5 of your pedals and I definitely need the tumnus. Thanks for the great gear and awesome videos. Peace
Great sounding pedal Brain!! I can't wait to try it out at my local guitar store!!
Just ordered one, can't wait to receive it!!
I have the mini and love it, its my drive of choice, I use it for a boost, even though I use a Boogie jp2c, it sounds even more amazing with the Tumnus hitting the front! Fantastic pedal! I'm getting the deluxe within a week! Wampler rules!!
Same for me with my Fimore 50 with the Deluxe knocking on the front door... Excellent!
Any feedback on which one you prefer? I can’t decide on the mini or the delux
Any feedback on which one you prefer? I can’t decide on the mini or the delux
another great pedal and great video demo! Cheers Mr Wampler! Upthepunxxx!
I use this pedal. The eq makes it way better than the original. Great pedal. It's a bit noisier than my other drive pedals. Doesn't really matter when I'm playing in the band but I'm wondering why. It doesn't change your original tone that much which is why i like it.
I just bought Wampler Tumnus Deluxe and it's so gooooood! Everything the demos and words promised! Thank you Brian so much for the pedal! I only wish I didn't buy it second hand to get the nice little pouch and other papers with it.
"Basically, takes it to 11." @ 4:51 hits chord (snickers, then thinks "whaaaat??") Then proceeds to crank that Bad boy! 😂😂😂
Love this pedal. ..and the Wampler team! 🤘🤘🤘 thanks Brian!
just got mine, LOOOOOVE IT!!!!! replaced a EH Soul Food that I felt sounded somewhat hunky. The Tumnus Deluxe blows the Soul Food out of the water!
Recent convert to your pedals Brian...Love-em...Would be really cool to have the "hot" toggle as a foot switch....eh?.....eh?...lol
Keep up the good work Brudda.
I'm here because of Pete Thorn. I pulled the trigger tonight on the Deluxe. It's very round and warm to my ears and has a great amp like feel. Like no other OD drive I have played. I really enjoy the pedal, a lot. I will probably be selling my Friedman OD soon. Great pedal, but now sounds thin and sterile to me. Thank you.
Love this and want this!
I am very happy that you have the three active EQ's to radically shape tone. Because I have a small amp (Princeton Reverb) and play at lower volume gigs so I need to usually boost Bass a little to compensate. Otherwise I'm all Mids. I already have the Plexi Drive and this one could be a welcome addition.
Just took delivery on my first tumnus...sweet setup...true pro..my 2nd Wampler pedal...have the Plexi mini and I love it
You have to take a look at this amazing demo if your amazing pedal. I’ve just added a Deluxe version to my pedalboard and it has to be one of the best investments ever thank you
Sounds great Brian, can’t wait to try it out!
Nice video and very educational! I learned a lot! - from Sydney, Australia
In "HOT" mode it's like a Klon Screamer.
Brian, you obviously know people have been wanting this. Excellent job! Ordering mine now.
Wow, great sounding pedal, Brian. Awesome work really. Cheers!
Hey mr Wamp.... so far your original small Tumnus is driving me crazy, i am using it with my Les Paul and it sounds as sweet as the guitar tones on the Styx Equinox album, and when using my Strat I got sounds that comes out of this world, even when playing great jazz chords, so its my best drive pedal so far...my chain is Strat or LP >Tumnus>EH 360>Empress compressor>HOF reverb>Volante Delay>Fender deluxe reverb reissue 🍻🙏🎼
I love the demo with all the little mistakes and the rock n roll attitude of it really doesn't matter because it still sounds awesome.👍🏼
+Sam Morris that’s how I roll! 😊
I was in search for a pedal, that cranks my overdrive, but won't destroy the sound of my amps ( Brunetti Pleximan, Vox Ac 30), which i like both very much. I checked different ones and finannly decided to buy the Tumnus Deluxe, because it gave me my amp tone WITH added overdrive and adds a lot of optional sounds! Now i use it mostly with "hot" on and gain at approx. 1 - 2 o'clock into the "dirty" channel of the Brunetti, where i set the "gain" control at the point between "breakup" and low overdrive ( approx. 10 o' clock). Its a fantastic sound, warm, fat, not too distorted. - If i want to solo, i add the "solo" control of the Pleximan. For my texas blues band i use the "classic" tone of the amp, for my prog metal band i activate the "hotrod" switch of the Pleximan! - Amazing sounds for every purpose, all just done by a great amp and an also great pedal... exactly what i was looking for! - Lots of fun! A sincere, big "Thank you", Mr. Wampler, from germany!
I love every wampler pedal I've heard. I gotta save up for one. Not sure if I want this or the pantheon though.
Just great, now we have the deluxe. Can't hide the price from the wife, thanks a lot.
Got one coming on Tuesday, so excited!
Just got this today. Best overdrive I have ever had.
Ok, I bought one. I'm satisfied. I like the extra gain from the hot switch.
If you have 1 pedal on a pedal board... Wampler Tumnus Deluxe (“T-deluxe” from here out because autocorrect goes nuts) gets my vote. I’ve been buying pedals since the 70s. Currently running an Ego into a Silver Archer into the T-deluxe for sustain & teeth. Everything set about noon, with the bass cranked a bit on the T-deluxe. It’s EQ is actually useful past 2:00, which turns into garbage on many pedals. I’m running stereo from a Dimension C into two 100 watt Marshall heads into respective half stacks, played at “WIFE FRIENDLY LEVELS”, - the bass drops off big time set that low on that hot a head. The T-deluxe with its active bass & midrange works better than the Boss EQ I had in line, for the tone I want. ✨ Great pedal Brian 👍
How do you play two 100 watt Marshall half stacks at wife friendly volumes? Are you deaf?
@@gavinw5469 An amp room helped, but it’s not perfect ;)
I acquired one of these on the used market and WOW. For me I have found it’s a great boost on top of another drive to kick it up a notch or when I just want it to dirty up a clean tone for a little bite. Running this after/on top of my KOT is absolute magic. I like it better than the boost side of the KOT.
Honestly it truly is better than a Centaur. Way more versatile and that gain boost switch is amazing.