Nostalgic Distortion
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LOL, I simply have too many of these (two Euphoria's & a first generation Ecstasy) & if I'm completely honest with myself I'm probably a bit of a Brian Wampler fanboy? However I just don't use a large number of pedals the way that I used to so I think I'm gonna let one go?
Having had the chance to play through a Overdrive Special myself I can say without any reservations that this is probably the next best thing for under $4,000 & certainly A LOT cheaper than the real deal!!! Like pretty much all of Brian's "AMP IN A BOX" pedals you can stick it in front of just about anything & it will sound absolutely fantastic! However it truly shines when placed in front of a good clean tube amp. Not that something like that is a requirement, I often find myself using one of these while playing through my 6505's & it's bloody sublime in that application!!!
Just another for instance, I have a S.S. 100W Fender combination amp that I keep at a drummer buddy's house along with one of my Telecasters so he can use them & also so we can jam whenever I stop by? Even through that old POS it adds a surprisingly lush tube like warmth & a very dynamic response!!!
The Euphoria is dynamic & touch sensitive, it brings out nuances in your playing like nothing else I've ever heard from a stompbox, & it can be used as an "Always On Pedal" or a Overdrive when you feel like kicking your amp in the teeth!!! This pedal can cover an amazing amount of ground for a lower gain pedal....
They are pretty popular so there's lots of demo videos out there showing them off with a verity of different guitars & amps. If you think you may be interested in the pedal they should give you a pretty good idea of what it is exactly....
$120 SHIPPED....
As far as trades go, I may be interested in other high end effects if it's something that I don't already have four versions of & I'm always happy to consider moderate to low output standard spaced Duncan humbuckers....
Please feel free to ask anything you'd like about it!!!
WAMPLER'S DESCRIPTION- Natural, transparent overdrive
The Euphoria has been world renowned for many things over the years, but primarily it has become famous for its versatility and that old boutique catch phrase “transparency”.
When Brian created the circuit that would eventually become the Euphoria, he was working on creating a pedal that would go from clean tones to extremely fat tones while adding a bit of warmth, a natural overdrive… the goal was to make a pedal that does NOT sound like a pedal – it needed to be dynamic, have a great choice of tones (from gritty to smooth) yet be able to respond to the volume knob like a tube amp...
The hidden secret of the Euphoria is the pre-gain bass control. This gives the tone a fatness that a regular EQ stack cannot give you, it gives you a warmth and sustain to the tone that is extremely similar to that famous, elusive amp that attracts the the kind of price tag in the used market that could literally buy you a home.
If you love the sound of your clean tone, and just wish you could have more hair on the note… a little bit of grit without any change in tonality, the Euphoria will do that with ease. The 3 completely separate gain stages give you 3 distinct styles of overdrive – So, from that famous smooth amp style drive, to an open and free tone that just pushes your natural tone all the way up to a more aggressive crunch style, the Euphoria will be the first, and quite possibly last, choice you make for an overdrive pedal....
Having had the chance to play through a Overdrive Special myself I can say without any reservations that this is probably the next best thing for under $4,000 & certainly A LOT cheaper than the real deal!!! Like pretty much all of Brian's "AMP IN A BOX" pedals you can stick it in front of just about anything & it will sound absolutely fantastic! However it truly shines when placed in front of a good clean tube amp. Not that something like that is a requirement, I often find myself using one of these while playing through my 6505's & it's bloody sublime in that application!!!
Just another for instance, I have a S.S. 100W Fender combination amp that I keep at a drummer buddy's house along with one of my Telecasters so he can use them & also so we can jam whenever I stop by? Even through that old POS it adds a surprisingly lush tube like warmth & a very dynamic response!!!
The Euphoria is dynamic & touch sensitive, it brings out nuances in your playing like nothing else I've ever heard from a stompbox, & it can be used as an "Always On Pedal" or a Overdrive when you feel like kicking your amp in the teeth!!! This pedal can cover an amazing amount of ground for a lower gain pedal....
They are pretty popular so there's lots of demo videos out there showing them off with a verity of different guitars & amps. If you think you may be interested in the pedal they should give you a pretty good idea of what it is exactly....
$120 SHIPPED....
As far as trades go, I may be interested in other high end effects if it's something that I don't already have four versions of & I'm always happy to consider moderate to low output standard spaced Duncan humbuckers....
Please feel free to ask anything you'd like about it!!!
WAMPLER'S DESCRIPTION- Natural, transparent overdrive
The Euphoria has been world renowned for many things over the years, but primarily it has become famous for its versatility and that old boutique catch phrase “transparency”.
When Brian created the circuit that would eventually become the Euphoria, he was working on creating a pedal that would go from clean tones to extremely fat tones while adding a bit of warmth, a natural overdrive… the goal was to make a pedal that does NOT sound like a pedal – it needed to be dynamic, have a great choice of tones (from gritty to smooth) yet be able to respond to the volume knob like a tube amp...
The hidden secret of the Euphoria is the pre-gain bass control. This gives the tone a fatness that a regular EQ stack cannot give you, it gives you a warmth and sustain to the tone that is extremely similar to that famous, elusive amp that attracts the the kind of price tag in the used market that could literally buy you a home.
If you love the sound of your clean tone, and just wish you could have more hair on the note… a little bit of grit without any change in tonality, the Euphoria will do that with ease. The 3 completely separate gain stages give you 3 distinct styles of overdrive – So, from that famous smooth amp style drive, to an open and free tone that just pushes your natural tone all the way up to a more aggressive crunch style, the Euphoria will be the first, and quite possibly last, choice you make for an overdrive pedal....
