Wampler Pedals PINNACLEDELUXE AMP in a Box Pinnacle Deluxe Distortion Pedal

It is a cool looking pedal with magnificent sound. I am using it between a LP and a Marshall DSL-5c 5-watt/1-watt tube amp that I use for lower volume living room playing. It really is worth the money and it does deliver the Brown sound like Eddie Van Halen had on the early VH albums. What makes this pedal better than any other brown sound pedal on the market is the boom and thump you get from each string. I think it might have a little reverb or echo in the mix. When I compare this pedal to the Wampler Plextortion, the Pinnacle has a bounce or punch off each string just like what you hear from Eddie VH in concert. If you play Ain't Talkin Bout Love, you get that boom boom boom off of each string. When you try that from the Wampler Plextortion or any other brown sound pedal, the thump and boom is missing. There are also harmonics from each string that you won't get from a Plextortion or any other brown sound pedal on the market. It has a concert arena feel too it. That's why it is different from all of the others.Pros:1. Beautiful brown sound with excellent definition and clarity once dialed in for your setup. It's just perfect. I can't get a sound like it out of any other pedal configuration. It sounds much better than anything my Marshall amp can do on its own in any channel, clean or high gain. Everything else sounds muddy compared to the Pinnacle.2. It looks good. It is red with sparkle flecks in the paint, nice white graphics and lettering. Two LED lights that are blue and red.3. Toggle switch for Vintage or Modern tones gives you tons of versatility. Vintage is recommended by Wampler for the Van Halen sound. Modern adds a sharper edge to the distortion.4. Overdrive stomp button instead of a toggle switch that is on the less expensive Pinnacle model. This is convenient but not necessary since the two pedals sound the same according to Wampler. Save $30 if you don't think you need the stomp button.5. The instructions that come with it show the recommended settings for several Van Halen songs.6. Strong metal construction with screws in the bottom similar to MXR pedals.7. Power supply input is in the front not the side, unlike MXR pedals.8. Accepts the same 9v power that Boss and MXR pedals use. If you have a daisy chain or power supply that works with Boss or MXR 9v pedals, you can use it with this.9. Comes with a cloth drawstring bag. Not spectacular, but nice to get a little extra from a pedal at this price.Cons:1. Mine introduces a small amount of noise into the channel when activated. It isn't completely silent like some YouTube reviews suggest. It all depends on your guitar, your electrical supply, your room's airborne EMI noise content from TV's, lights, and computers, etc. It is sufficiently quite and probably quieter than many distortion pedals because it is a high quality item, but some noise is there and the loudness depends on the volume level you prefer.Conclusion:Wampler is an amazing company with unbelievable customer service. The Pinnacle is my favorite Wampler pedal, but I own a few others and they are all excellent.

I noticed one thing that really was a "no go" for me. No matter what you set your amp to (or even what type of amp) you would get the "Wampler tone." For example, a Fender is traditionally thought of as bright and clean...when you turn it up...dirty, but never a candidate to be called, "a brown-ish sound" With this pedal, Fender, Marshall, hand made boutique amps all lost their personality and it was all "brown sound." I could not get variations of the individual amp tones to come through. Speakers did not matter much either..old celestions, new Jensens, old Webers...(the old weber when Ted was alive). I did not spend a great deal of time with the unit, but I thought that for a pedal, you do want "some" of your natural tones to come through. I could not hear it with this pedal. It did have very quiet footswitches, it was true bypass, it was not noisey at all. But I did find it a "non-transparant" tone of its own. For me, and let me specify clearly, "FOR ME" it was not something worthwhile. I am sure others will love it. It's well built for sure. But tone is a subjective thing and for my tastes, I could not use this.

I have used Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifiers in the recording studio a number of times and have been a fan of the amp for years. The Wampler Triple Wreck is about as close that a pedal can get to the real deal (of course, depending on what amp, cab and EQ settings may be factored in at the signal chain). But aside from mimicking the Mesa, the pedal itself has some unique tonal qualities that give it that little extra in the tone department.I've done a side by side comparison between this one and its brothers the Sovereign and the Pinnacle, as well as the Okko Dominator, and the Triple Wreck is one mean beast.Aesthetically, the new version that i got may look a bit more "cool" compared to the older versions, but i believe the circuitry is no different from that of the original release.

this pedal may or may not work well with certain amps because it has loads of low end unless you move the bass on the eq almost to zero. all in all a great pedal though.

TAKE IT WITH YOU!!! This is an absolutely AWESOME pedal! I've been using a Boss GT-10 for the last 5 years lugging it around and continuously fiddling with the sounds to get a good distortion sound of which the GT-10 just doesn't have. I followed a friends advice and bought the Triple Wreck. Right out of the box, I plugged it in and IMMEDIATELY got the sound I've been looking for all of these years. An absolute MUST HAVE!

I found it to be worthless. Most of the time it sounded like I was playing through a single coil neck pickup! I've played plenty of mesa boogie rectifier amps, I'm familiar with the sound and this IS NOT it.

WOW! The brown has come to town, or rather my rig. This is an amazing pedal. The tonal variations are endless, all due to that little contour knob. You will not believe the sounds, that are readily available to you. The 15db boost switch will make the cat run, every time. LOL. You will NOT be dissapointed! Let your inner Eddie out!!!

I must have a different pedal. The one I have is basically a toneless unusable piece of junk I wish I could return. How anyone can get anything decent from it I will never know. I think this pedal was designed for the look how much money I spent crowd because it sounds terrible. What a disappointment.