User Guide

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OVERDRIVE
PANTHEON
Some pedals are classics. Some pedals are instant classics and… well... some
transcend both of these states and instantly pass on into the realm of legend.
Marshall introduced one those classics in 1991, the infamous BluesBreaker, and
guitarists all over the world instantly fell in love with its natural yet ballsy break up...
loved the way it responsed and just loved how it just made them still sound like
them, but just that little bit cooler. And ballsier.
For reasons only know to themselves, Marshall discontinued it after only a few years
and ever since countless versions have come to take its place. Each one of those claim
to update and improve on it. I don’t know if you noticed, this was attempted from just
about every pedal company you can think of - and some you can’t - except one...
Wampler.
Here’s what you need to know... Brian has always passionately loved this circuit, it just
does almost everything it needs to do and does it so damned well. Almost. For that
reason a version of this has been growing and developing on the breadboard at
WampHQ… he got so completely lost in it, got so completely lost in researching all
those that came in its wake that when he nally found his way out of the labyrinth he
knew exactly what he had to do to make the perfect Wampler BB style pedal. And so...
the skies cleared, the sun shone down, the birds sang and the concept of the Panthe-
on was born.
Here’s where he landed. Firstly, all controls should be on the front and on display for
easy tweaking. Secondly, there should be 3 stages of gain to give you all the gain you
could ever want and, nally, 3 dierent overdrive voices for those who love all of
those pedals that have followed in its path… with those 3 voices a lot of players will
end up looking at their boards and think “well, those can go” because once you have
all that mixed in with the legendary Wampler EQ stack, the ultimate version has
nally been realized.
Before you start digging into this monster, you’ll want to take a moment to breathe out, relax and make sure you’ve got just how this
thing works. The Pantheon features 5 knobs: Volume, gain, bass, treble and presence - and a couple of switches: Gain level and Overdrive
voice. You’ll notice that each of these controls will aect the others, so, if you tweak one - don’t forget to tweak the others in response…
this is where the fun really starts!
We'll go over each control in detail below just in the way of a heads up and we’ll even oer some suggestions that will give you a great
starting point. Just remember, in the words of Brian himself, “Don’t use the suggested settings”, so… we dare you, don’t try them… just
lean in and try it for yourself!
Bypass Switch – Simple enough, a relay based soft switch that will turn on the pedal, it also turns it o - but where’s the fun in that?
Therefor, we recommend turning it on. And leaving it on. There’s also a helpful LED right next to it to remind you which state it’s in, but
we kinda think that’ll be obvious.
Volume – Consider this the LOUD knob. The more you turn it, the more you loud you get. We think most guitars will achieve volume
unity at about 12 o’clock, but yours may be slightly dierent.