Wampler Black 65 Vintage Overdrive Pedal

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Bring the sound of a vintage "blackface" to any amp. The Wampler Black '65 Vintage Overdrive pedal models some of the most popular tube amps of the '60s.

Made famous on more award-winning recordings than any single musician, the tone of the 1960s Black Panel amps was undeniably great! If you're a guitarist or steel guitarist who wants to capture that sound now, plug into the Wampler Black '65 Vintage Overdrive pedal.

The Black '65 OD isn't named after any particular amp precisely because the range of sounds available would make calling it the "BF Dee Lucks" or the "BF Bass Gentleman" or the "BF To-Win" too boxed in. Engineered from the ground up for diversity, the three-band EQ and Gain Switch will allow you to dial in a sound very much like any of the classic amps of the era –- and even get into tweed-covered territory. And as if that functionality weren't enough, it can act as a "tone shaper;" that is, a pedal that you place at or near the very end of your chain but before the amp, with the gain set very low but the EQ adjusted to give everything the amp-like, great flavor you want from the pedal. This pedal is no one-trick pony. It works very well for giving your "Black Panel" amp (whatever it may be) a cranked-up sound at a lower volume, just as it works very well for giving any amp a serious dose of that classic tone. Experiment and enjoy!

Wampler Pedals has heard guys say they hear the Twin, some say Vibrolux, some say Deluxe Reverb when they play this pedal. Whatever they hear, it has that "Blackface" type of sound that they were looking for. When you turn it up, it's going to break up more like the amp would if you read more turn it up.

With the additional of the boost switch, you can increase the gain to make it sound like the amp is being driven harder.

Features:

- High-grade film capacitors and resistors picked for their superior sound and response
- Completely true bypass
- Battery connection and 9v power jack (barrel plug like Boss
- Controls: Volume, Gain, Bass, Mids, Treble, Gain boost switch
- 2.5 x 4.5 in.
- Ultra-bright LED for ease of use
- 5-Year Warranty
- Powder coated durable finish
- Completely original circuitry
- Stacks VERY well with other pedals
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For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 765-352-8626
Email: help@wamplerpedals.com
Web: https://www.wamplerpedals.com/contact-us/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (3 ratings)
Submitted April 17, 2013 by joe v

"Perfection"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Received this in the mail today. Within five minutes, I could tell it's a permanent keeper on the pedalboard. VERY, VERY good tones. Blackface at the edge of breakup, and beyond. But also very convincing clean shimmer. I play a Blues Jr, which in spite of being a black Fender, sounds nothing like a BF. The amp now sounds like a DR, Twin, SR, your pick. Gently breaking up at 4am, while the rest of the family is asleep down the hall. Try that with your BF. I'll probably leave this pedal on nearly all the time. In fact, I find myself changing my amp settings to cleanest-neutral, so as not to AFFECT the TONE of the PEDAL. Backwards-crazy.

Musical Background:

serious hobbyist
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