Wampler Pedals Pinnacle Deluxe V2

The original Pinnacle was praised by Zeke Clark (former Van Halen gear tech) as being the pedal which comes the closest to getting the "Brown Sound" of anything he's ever tried - over the years since it was released, the Pinnacle became the industry standard in the brown sound, but underneath was hidden a secret that many realized, it was SO much more than that!

We decided to give you everything you need to make this the most versatile distortion pedal available today. We took the basic gain structure of the original and cleaned it up, making it more organic and real, that was stage 1. Stage 2 inclued incorporating a three band EQ to give you more control. Stage 3 was about putting in a SAG switch to tame high output pickups and not have the pedal compress so much and then finally, stage 4... put a pre gain “lime green overdrive” booster in the pedal that can be worked separately from the main circuit. So, you know, if you are going to update something, may as well do it properly!

With the new Pinnacle you will find the sounds you love from the standard model and a whole load more. From classic rock to agreesive metal all the way down to a responsive overdrive, the Pinnacle Deluxe v2 could well be the most versatile and organic sounding distortion pedal available today!

To get the most out of your new pedal, you'll want to become very familiar with the controls.

The Pinnacle Deluxe v2 features controls for Gain, Volume, Bass. Mids, Treble, Boost gain/level as well as a Vintage/Modern switch to change the overall tone from a more classic, darker sound to a brighter, more forward tone, and a Boost switch which changes the internal gain structure between lower and higher gain modes. Flexibility is a key feature, as usual, and the tone controls on the Pinnacle are intentionally very interactive, so experimentation will go far - it really is one of those pedal you have to play with in order to squeeze out the best tones! So, it’s fun from the word go! As with all Wampler Pedals products, the Pinnacle includes a high-quality true-bypass relay soft switch which takes it out of the signal path when bypassed and top loading jacks. Experiment and enjoy

Controls:

• Bypass Switch – A true-bypass relay based soft switch ensures solid removal of the circuit when it isn't wanted, meaning you don't lose any tone when the pedal is off.
• Volume – This control adjusts the output level of the Pinnacle. There's plenty of volume on tap in either standard or Boost mode, so whether you want to go farther than your input level or just make sure it can do unity volume (the same level of signal going out as you feed it, when active), you're covered. The Gain, Bass, Mids and Treble knobs, and the Boost Toggle all have an impact on total output volume level, so you're probably better off waiting to adjust the Volume until you've dialed in the other controls. Re-adjustment might be necessary if you get it to the desired level and still need to tweak the sound.
• Gain – This control, in conjunction with the Boost Toggle, lets you dial in anything from a classic, almost laid back early rock tone all the way to modern high-gain. Our users, from international pros to weekend warriors, all have their own favorite ways of using the pedal, so however you end up liking the Gain setting, that's just fine. The "Brown Sound" is in there awaiting with all the other great tones! But in terms of how much distortion you want, there's a great deal of flexibility and we encourage you to run through the whole gamut to get a good sense of how it works and responds before you settle on how you'll use it.
• Bass / Mids / Treble - The power of the Pinnacle Deluxe is held within the full 3 band EQ stack. This is the key to tone chasing, start with everything at noon and then see what happens when you start to move them around. You’ll find that changing one will mean you have to change another as the tone is so fluid, this is where the fun starts - we’ve literally lost hours and hours just tweaking the EQ section and then playing with what we find!
• Vintage/Modern Switch – This control essentially sets the overall voicing of the pedal's frequencies, to be either darker with a classic tonality or brighter and more modern. This control is more to do with the character of your guitar and in particular your amp, some amps won’t like the modern setting at all others will eat it up and want more.
• Boost Toggle – Do you need more gain? Well, there you go. Flick this and see what happens!
• Boost - The key to those amazing tones was not only the amp, but the quite often the pedal pushing them! We all know which pedal it was, so we modifed the basic circuit and placed it in front of the Pinnacle’s main gain stages. The Boost control adds both gain and level when you turn it, so you will find the perfect solo boost in there. If you are running a slightly dirty amp, use this on it’s own one day and be amazed at how useable it is!
• SAG - Some players have remarked to us that the Pinnacle runs too close to compression to be useable with higher output pickups. We the SAG control activated the input level doesn’t hit the main gainstages so hard so the low end compression is not as noticable - this is also really good for more laid back tones - play with it and see what happens