Wampler Euphoria Natural Transparent Overdrive Pedal

Wampler Euphoria Natural Transparent Overdrive Pedal Overview

The Wampler Euphoria is Brian Wampler's take on the elusive tone and response of those infamous "D style Amplifiers" - creamy smoothness that get crunchy when you want it but with a more transparent tonality than other pedals built after the same ends. Responsive tone controls that interact and don't simply "colour" the overall sound. Much like a great tube amp the controls on this pedal actually affect the response and feel.

Here's what Wampler have to say about it themselves...
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 distorted tones while adding a bit of warmth. He wanted something for himself that would be dynamic, have a great sounding "gritty" tone to it yet be able to respond to the volume knob like a tube amp. Everything about Brian is in the dynamics of sound and if a pedal can't work with him dynamically, then he just can't use it.

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. PLUS it's extremely flexible... with the toggle switch in the down position you'll get a hint of fuzz along with the overdrive, it's reminiscent of the tones that "Eric Johnson" may use. With the toggle in the up position the tonality is super smooth, creamy yet crunchy when you dig into the strings.

This is reminiscent to the famous "D style" tone, though it's really much, much more than that. In the center position, the toggle will give you tons of crunch, or roll the gain back a bit and push the volume up and you have a superior clean boost with a 2 band EQ that's extremely transparent, but variable so you can actually turn it into an awesome treble booster just by cranking up the treble and turning the bass down.