Wampler Ecstasy Drive demo by Luca Colombo

"When I created the Ecstasy, I was working on creating a pedal that would go from clean tones to distorted tones while adding a bit of warmth. I wanted something for myself that would be dynamic, have a great sounding "gritty" tone to it yet be able to respond to the volume knob like a tube amp. I'm a big fan of dynamics and if a pedal can't work with me dynamically I just can't use it. Out of this search, I developed the Ecstasy Drive.

The Ecstasy is my take on that elusive "dumble" tone and feel - smooth creaminess yet crunchy when you need it to be, yet the tonality is much more transparent than other 'dumble sounding' pedals. Very responsive tone controls that interact with the pedal - they don't just 'color' the sound. The controls actually affect the response and feel of the pedal, just like a great tube amp.

If you love the sound of your clean tone, and just wish you could have more 'hair' on the note... a little bit of grit without any change in tonality, the Ecstasy will do that with ease. PLUS it's extremely flexible... with the toggle switch in the down position you'll get a hint of fuzz along with the overdrive, it's what I refer to as my "Eric Johnson" tone. With the toggle in the up position the tonality is super smooth, creamy yet crunchy when you dig into the strings. I call this my "dumble" tone, though it's really much, much more than that. In the center position, the toggle will give you tons of crunch, or roll the gain back a bit and push the volume up and you have a superior clean boost with a 2 band eq that's extremely transparent, but variable so you can actually turn it into an awesome treble booster just by cranking up the treble and turning the bass down.

The newest version is the same as the bigger box (older) version in a few of the videos on youtube, it is just in a smaller box.

~BW "


SPECS:

• High grade film capacitors and
resistors picked for their superior
sound and response

• Completely true bypass

• Battery connection and 9v power jack (barrel plug like Boss)

• 4 knobs - Volume/gain/bass/treble

• Switch goes from overdrive setting to distortion setting (top: creamy tone,
middle: crunchy tone, bottom, light fuzz tone)

• 2.5" x 4.5" in size

• Very transparent

• Cleans up very well

• Very dynamic

• Ultra-bright LED for ease of use

• Powder coated durable finish

• Completely original circuitry

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Luca
• Colombo
• Wampler
• Ecstasy
• Drive
• Overdrive
• Dumble
• Crunch
• Vox
• AC
• 30
• Fender
• Stratocaster
• Tone

[CarvinTone]

Had this a few weeks now and I just cannot rave on it enough, brings me clean Hendrix w Vibe, dirty Trower, SRV, Jeff Beck fusion tones, extremely cool drive and the 3 modes give you so many options it is like having 3 drive pedals. i think I am going to get another one for more settings and a saver backup.

[CharonGuitarGear]

@CarvinTone if you need a second Ecstasy now just grab it... If you can wait until September/October I suggest you to hold on... We'll introduce a video of a new overdrive pedal (that I have tested personally), which is still more organic and transparent than the Esctasy.Thanks for your post and stay tuned. G.

[miguelbaptista]

@CharonGuitarGear that got me interested.

[CharonGuitarGear]

@miguelbaptista I just received an update today regarding the new overdrive... It's now a matter of 2 or 3 weeks and the new pedal wil be ready. Furthermore, we'll have other 2 surprises which will be introduced very very soon on this channel. Take care. G.

[Aranya009]

What equipment you using, man?

[banderas49]

sei un grande ho visto il festival di sanremo xche' suonavi tu.

so che sei appassionato della marca vox se ti va quarda la prova del vox joe satriani ciao ciao flavio

[shfnderrock]

@CharonGuitarGear Great playing. This is an awesome pedal I have it. just wondering what the new pedal is you mention is probably better??

Cheers

[stratcatavarious]

I like the tone

ANd I like it because it's green !

[AGB1954]

Loved the video and the playing. I too am one that prefers the "feel" and dynamics. Excellent work...

[ichi612]

what mode do u use in this pedal thanks??and the pickup aswell......nice tone