Wampler: TUMNUS DELUXE - Demo

Let me quote: "The most mythical and exclusive tone in the world, with increased options of gain switching, 3 band EQ and switchable buffered or true bypass."

The Tumnus Deluxe is a sweet ride, that's for sure. Like the pedal it tips its hat to, it can do flavoursome clean boost right through to mid-gain raunch. It will add that special something to your tone that may cause you never to disengage it. And now it's even better with the aforementioned added features. The Tumnus Deluxe might be the last overdrive you ever need to buy. Until the next one.

By the way, the strings on the Broadcaster are Ernie Ball Paradigms - and they've been on the guitar since April. They show no signs of tone loss or unstable intonation and I use this axe nearly every day. That's over 6 months of quality and hard use from one set of strings, folks. Check them out - Ernie Ball Paradigms.

Today's tools:

Guitar: Carlton Custom Guitars "Broadie" with Brierley Broadcaster Pickups; Ernie Ball Music Man Axis (2010).
Amp: VASE Tonesetter 18 and ext. cab (Celestion G12M's)
Extra effects: N/A
Cables: Goodwood Audio and Providence
Power Supply: Strymon Zuma
Mic: Samson and sE Electronics
Camera: Canon 60D (me) and Nikon D5100 (pedal)
Soundcard: MBox 3 Pro (recording); Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX II XL+ (mixing and bouncing).
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Logic Pro X, Eventide/Newfangled Audio ‘Elevate’ Mastering Limiter, Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and Youtube compression).

[pdbordelon]

You almost need three of these on stage! I have the original Tumnus for my low/mid gain stuff then a Strymon Riverside for the higher gain stuff. Also I use an Xotic RC booster to boost whichever mode Im in. If the Tumnus Deluxe had a noise gate built in Id buy it today. Sweet pedal!

[RJRonquillo]

Great demo as always Brett! You had me at "nipple switch".

[flyingformation]

Best video on youtube. I can really hear the pedal. Great job.

[HaraldEngels]

What an amazing sound! Just ordered one Tumnus Deluxe :-)

[robbyclark]

Man, I just bought this pedal last week, and I am absolutely loving it! It has transformed my little Blackheart amp! I've never had a lot of pedals. Tube screamer, SD-1, i used to have a chorus back in the day, but I've never had anything like this little pedal. Unfortunately, they changed the design of the housing! Mr Tumnus and the light pole from the old CS Lewis book are no longer on the front! Why not? Now it just says Tumnus across the front. How boring. Mr Tumnus was the first person Lucy met when she entered Narnia through the wardrobe in the spare room in the book The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe in CS Lewis chronicles of Narnia series.

[acpauto]

Wow! I am so glad I found this video! Answered a ton of my questions.

[MeatyController]

This must get so creamy when stacked... I'm intrigued

[johnward]

Brett, nice review as usual. very thorough.

[frankgilb]

Noisy. Had it a year never could get it to work wright for me bought it new lost receipt .let down

[MaximDrums]

Is it just me or does it make a small pop sound when engaged?

[EGLMN]

Awesome demo Brett! Can you please do a comparison between TUMNUS AND BREAKERS?

[joeyelcocks]

One of these with a good reverb & nothing else needed 🤔

[NZone]

Great video! I’d be able to tolerate one of these on my board 😅

[thedisciple]

how do you think this pedal compares to the Danelectro Pride of Texas overdrive?

[jacobbrown]

stack this with a diamond cornerstone. perfect.

[jasonfrey]

Sounds stellar! It sounds like it has an ultra-low noise-floor, is that correct? If you feed a quiet signal into the pedal, does it stay quiet (no hiss or high background noise), even with the gain maxed in "Hot" mode?

[sam]

which do you prefer - old Tumnus or new Tumnus?

[djSmokeShow]

If only I could wire an expression pedal to that gain knob. Would be so awesome to be able to adjust the gain on the fly and have the full range of tones from that sweet gain section.