Gearbox - Andy Wood Signature Overdrive Pedal Review

The best dirt pedal yet!

Ok, so I loved my Bogner Ecstacy Red, and I liked the JHS Sweet Tea V3 even better. Then I had the chance to compare the JHS side by side with this. I sold the JHS and kept this without a thought. The noise gate works incredibly well for being in front of the amp. The Pinnacle side is the best tone of its type that I've tried in a pedal yet. It just nails that "brown sound"… read more crunch, and is super adjustable, all the pots have great range. I've never played a Klon or Klon clone before, and the Tumnus side of the pedal makes me very sad that it took me this long, what a great overdrive! Stacked, on its own, gain turned up with a clean amp, or down with a dirty amp for a boost, it seems to do everything great! Its my favorite overdrive now. I do have an 808 I use primarily for pushing my MT15 in djent territory, and the wampler plays very nicely with it, as well as the Wampler Fuzztration I have upstream from them. Mixing and matching all of them works great with no issues. Not much else to say, get this pedal!

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Fantastic

It quickly became my go to distortion pedal. A Pinnacle and Tumnus circuits with a gate in one box? Yep. Sign me up and I wasn't disappointed. I paired it with the new Quilter Superblock US & it's an extraordinary duo. Here's a video I did an hour after getting both of them. They've been my rig ever since. Well done, Wampler!

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A great pedal!

I really enjoy this pedal! I slimmed down my board for playing some 80s rock music and the versatility of this pedal gives me the sound I need. I really enjoy the ability to change the order of the overdrive and distortion, plus the built-in gate works really well. This is one of my favorite pedals.

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Amazing pedal!

Great pedal, very versatile.Very easy to dial in settings. The noise gate is marvelous! Very happy purchase.

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Screaming machine, tone, Tone, TONE!

The Gearbox is a Tonal monster. I have a Dual Fusion on my board and a Pantheon for my main go between drives with a Tumnus in the always on position. I cannot part with my DF as channel 1 is just pure tonal bliss for me. However, the Dual Fusion and the Gearbox are totally different pedals in circuitry and sound. I Like the Pantheon but between it and the DF, there is no contest… read more for me. The Gearbox driving both channels is like a supercharged Klon through a Marshall and it just squawks tone. Go check out Andy Wood's demo of (his) this pedal. Tom Quayle did a nice one too and of course Brian Wampler's is a must see. I love Wampler pedals. Brian Wampler makes some of the best pedals hands down. The Gearbox was definitely on the higher boutique end but to me, worth every penny.

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