Wampler Tumnus Deluxe vs Wampler Tumnus V2

The Wampler Tumnus Deluxe and the Wampler Tumnus V2 are both pedals sharing transparent, mid-forward, bright. The Wampler Tumnus Deluxe leans edge of breakup and dynamic.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

46% — somewhat different

Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • transparent
  • mid-forward
  • bright
Citation fame
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Price

$182.77via Reverb

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Description

The Wampler Tumnus Deluxe expands the compact Tumnus into a fuller-featured Klon-style overdrive with a three-band EQ and a switch that spans nearly transparent boost to serious overdrive. It keeps the string-to-string clarity, high-headroom output, and amp-like breakup of the Klon voicing, staying transparent as a boost and warm and organic in its crunch, with natural compression and breakup that feels like an amp rather than a pedal. The added Bass, Mid, and Treble controls work as cut and boost to tailor the pedal to any amp, with warm lows, an identifiable midrange, and the right amount of top-end sparkle. It preserves the guitar's natural tone and dynamics, cleaning up with the volume knob, and suits blues, rock, and country. Its only quirk is that pushing the mids past about two o'clock can produce a cocked-wah character.

The Wampler Tumnus V2 is a compact Klon Centaur-style transparent overdrive, the second version of Wampler's Tumnus. It follows the Klon voice: a largely transparent drive that preserves the guitar and amp's own character while adding a pronounced midrange push, a tight, controlled low end and a clear treble sparkle. At low gain it works as a clean boost with light grit for pushing a valve amp harder; higher gain settings give a smooth, compressed overdrive that stays articulate rather than saturated. The V2 adds a three-band EQ in place of the original's single tone control, giving more shaping range in the same mini enclosure.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Blues
  • Blues Rock
  • Country
  • Rock
  • blues
  • alternative
  • rock
Tonal lean
  • edge of breakup
  • dynamic
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Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
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  • Busking
  • Live

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