Wampler Tumnus Deluxe User Manual

I’m guessing you’ve seen the prices of some of the vintage effect
pedals on eBay these days? Certain pedals are literally going for
several thousand dollars - why? Well, because they sound AMAZING
and they have a myth and a legend attached to them - which of
course it helped all the more by a healthy amount of PCB goop and
them not being made like that anymore...

There have been many clones of the most popular, many that claim
to bring you the original parts used in the original way, recreating
something magical, even going so far as recreating outer paint color
to distinguish models. Here’s the thing, we ALL know that each of
these pedals were different, it had nothing to do with the paint or
any myseterious secret part change, it had everything to do with
what the designer felt worked best at that moment in time, for that
pedal. We decided that enough was enough, we got frustrated with
people charging hundreds of dollars for a copy that claimed to
contain the magic fairy unicorn dust NOS parts, and decided it was
time to put this to rest!

Brian took several of the original and designed the Tumnus to sound
like the best bits of all of them, make the ultimate tribute to that
circuit - and make it with modern high quality parts so each sounds
as amazing as the nextt! With the original Tumnus appearing only in
a mini format, people were shouting for a full sized version - So,
Brian being brian, decided he wouldn’t just put it in a bigger box, he
wanted more gain, he wanted the option of true bypass or buffered
and, of course, a full 3 band EQ. The Tumnus Deluxe was born...

Whether you want to use this pedal as an OD or a boost, you can be
sure that all of the low end is present, and beautifully warm, the mid
hump is placed perfectly and the gain itself is to on point you will
finally understand what all the hype has been all about. With that as
your foundation, you can now have THAT tone, but with total con­trol... sounds like heaven in a box!

In order to get the best out of your new pedal, we recommend you spend some time getting

Gain – The home of the dirt. The more you turn it, the more dirt you get. This control is

to know the controls as well as understand how they all work together. This kind of circuit is

extremely susceptible to the EQ stack and of course, the switches. If you set it someplace

the most responsive around, and you can get so many tones from it... it’s really worth spend­ing lots of time playing with it and see what it does. Try it as a boost with the gain down or as

and then play with the EQ or one of those switches, this might need a little tweak to bring

a OD pedal with the gain up, it just makes everything sound better!

it back to where you like it.

Bypass - as you have come to expect from Wampler, the bypass switch is a relay based soft

Bass – Straight up at noon is unity. From there you can either add some low end in or take

switch, this ensures the pedal will be the most hardwearing it possibly can be! There is a

it away. This active control will fatten your tone right up or when you bleed it out make

switch on the side, labelled ‘buffer’, when pushed in the pedal is ‘buffered bypass’ and when

your tone as cutting through the mix as you can.

out, it’s fully ‘true bypassing’. The buffer in the Tumnus is outstanding, so the choice is yours
which way you want to play it!

Treble – High end… nd the balance with the bass control with this, balance that tone.

Gain - Quite self explainitory! This adds grit and dirt to the effected signal. Start with it all the

Presence – This is the one you’re gonna have to watch. We think that most players will

way off (counter clockwise) and up the volume from unity and you have an amazing boost, it

leave this all the way o, and only those who dare to venture into the realms of darker and

will fatten up your tone remarkably... When you bring the gain control up the glorious thick­ness this pedal is famous for appears - as a stand alone boost, overdrive or pre gain boost,

more mysteriously moody set ups will need it.

this is the key to finding you tone. You’ll find that the HOT switch only really kicks in when
you have the gain up high, so, if it’s not making much difference at lower gain, crank it!

Gain Level – 3 levels of dirt. At the bottom you get a regular amount, the original amount.
At the top, you get the modied amount – the young pretender’s version - in right there in

Level - You guessed it, this is where the level comes from. You will probably want to start at

the middle is the high gain version. Faces will be melted. Names will be taken.

an equal volume to it bypassed, unity. You’ll probably be surprised that this is much lower
than other OD pedals, this is because one of the features of this pedal is the headroom in it

Overdrive Voice - Brian has perfectly crafted three independent overdrive voicings (soft

to act as a pre gain boost.

clipping, hard clipping and both) for you that are classic and contemporary BB style tones.
In order to enjoy the full versatility of the Pantheon, it is best to tweak this control along

Bass / Mids / Treble - In true Wampler style, Brian added a much more comprehensive EQ

with the ‘Gain Level’ switch... for the classic, original, BB tone have both switches in the

stack to the Deluxe. The treble control is the same as the classic Mini Tumnus, and is joined

down position. For the newer modded tone it’s best to have the ‘voice’ setting in the

with fully active Bass and Mid control. Start with the bass and mids at noon, find the tone you
like and then start to take away or add the others, you’ll be amazed it what this can do for

middle and the ‘Gain Level’ down - For those higher gain sounds, put the gain switch in the

tone!

middle and then try the voicings all the way into that rabbit hole of tonal perfection...

Suggested Settings (Volume to suit)

That classic K tone

Dial this in and go take the
family on a nice holiday!

Hot Strat bite Single coil snarl

Taking your S style guitar and
giving it some bite

High gain and juicy

When you want to make your HB
guitar go from growl and roar

Giving your single coil guitar that
famous bite, and then some.

Welcome to the Pantheon. There’s a new King in town.

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