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I've been offered a Wampler Tumnus overdrive in exchange for my Weeboh JTM drive... I have a Weehbo JCM drive and have not been playing the JTM much since I got it. I feel it too bright, gritty, harsh, and lacks bottom end. The thing is I may well be completely wrong. I restarted guitar after some years from my teen days when I had totally bad taste in these things, and I am learning tone just new. So I may discover it is awesome six months from now who knows. Is having a Klon clone or Klon type pedal a good idea? They say it is real good for boosting a tube amp. But well, what does it do that any other overdrive won't do as good? I need to answer this guy about the exchange pretty fast I believe, so I am here. Thanks in advance
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The Klon circuit is unique to most other Overdrives since it has a true parallel path clean tone. (With gain all the way down it becomes something close to a clean boost) Then you can roll in some breakup with the gain knob. The reviews have been glowing for the Tumnus, it has a little more bottom end than a standard Klon clone, which players seem to like. It has been used to boost a tube amp or another Overdrive, as a low gain rhythm sound, as an always-on tone sweetener like an EP Boost, and as a solo boost after other drives.
Players that like it see it as a jack of all trades utility pedal. It might be worth checking out. -
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Thanks gentlemen... sounds like it is worth a try or maybe it is plain good to have one in any case...Comment
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The Tumnus is a good pedal that can boost an amp or even a quality pedal like the JCM Drive. FWIW, I found the JTM Drive to be best used as a clean-mildly overdriven pedal. Just be sure you don't lose out on the trade. Weehbos are highly expensive new. If you got it used, go for it.
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Useful info thanks a lot. I observe The Wamplers are on a par with Weehbos pricewise where I am located though. I am buying my things from German dealers.Comment
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Klon this and that...Timmy
That is a lowgain pedal that sounds just as good!
And you can adjust bottom and highs.Comment
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yep. big timmy fan. the fact that the bass control is pre gain and treble is post gain help make it very musical soundingComment
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Oh okay. That makes sense. The Weehbos here run for about $279+ new. I always buy them used. Best of luck.Originally posted by stupendous silly View Post
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Just so you know gentlemen , I also have a Maxon 808 and Xotic BB for overdrive jobs...Comment
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I've compared the Tumnus to MANY different drives and it's one of the few that sounds amazing from completely clean to gain near full up. Whether pushing/tightening a gain channel (how most use it) or running gain up into a clean amp both yield great results. The small footprint makes a nice feature as well. Just another top shelf pedal from Brian!Comment
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Did you end up getting the tumnus? Do you like it?Comment
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I took out the JTM from the box, plugged it in... and well it has a much clearer and open sound than the JCM drive, nice... and I have shifted to a different amp in the meantime, and it doesn't sound as harsh as it used to.. my problem with it is that it does not even reach AC/DC levels of gain. I checked out Brett Kingman's demo again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyOlQTrNcdE ... from 1.28 he is going into a totally clean amp and he is getting plenty of gain, more than I ever do. So I am still lingering, but the guy really wants the JTM so I think I still can exchange if I decide to.Originally posted by Nightburst View PostComment
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So... Have you received the Tumnus? If so, how do you like it so far? I am about to buy one as well. I used to have the Weehbo JCM pedal but sold it due to amp-pedal mismatch.Comment
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I didn't get the Tumnus,ultimately I felt I disliked the big bottom-end I hear from Tumnus over other Klons in demos. Also I got better results out of the JTM with a clean boost when I minimized the bass input. My limited observation is that Tumnus might be better as a stand-alone pedal over other Klon-types, but not necessarily the best booster with that big bass it has. That stands to be confirmed by users of multiple klon-type pedals though.Originally posted by IronyMan View PostComment
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