We've been working very VERY hard on our new fuzz coming that is coming shortly, the Leviathan fuzz... It will be a monster.
I threw together a quick clip of the fuzz in action (and more importantly, in context) using a Smashing Pumpkins backing track found on the 'net, but the intention was to really nail that Pumpkins fuzz tone.
www.wamplerpedals.com/fuzz/leviathan.html
You'll hear about 40 seconds of the fuzz on the mp3 behind the backing track, then the fuzz by itself. All guitars are with this pedal using a G&L strat into a Marshall JVM410h using the Plexi mode and the JCM800 mode, gains backed off to bare minimum. On the backing track there are 3 layered guitar parts... I think the original had many many more than that, but it'll give you the idea of the tone.
Fuzz controls: bass/treble/volume/gain and a switch to go from Germanium to silicon (diode selection, not transistor). The pedal is NOT a Big muff, fuzz face, or any other clone. It's actually a combination of transistor and opamp gain stages, a completely original fuzz design.
Look for the 'official' release in about a month or so
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Brian, I currently own the Triple Wreck. I've checked out the samples, but how does Leviathan compare to the Triple Wreck Fuzz setting? Thanks
The Triple Wreck's fuzz is pretty different from the Leviathan's. The TW sounds totally SLAMMED, really similar to the sound on "Lazy Eye" by Silversun Pickups when he kicks on the fuzz. The Triple Wreck is pretty much a bad mother of a distortion pedal that happens to also have a neat fuzz add-on. The Leviathan is a proper, distinct, flexible, versatile fuzz, with all the range you'd expect out of a Wampler Pedals pedal. It may be the first real fuzz Wampler has put out (I don't really count the Triple Wreck's fuzz mode since it's a sort of alternate mode or secondary function added to the high gain pedal primary role), but a ton of care was taken to make sure that it's got a large range of great fuzz tones on tap. The Rumble/Roar switch might as well be the "turn this into a completely different pedal" switch, it has a tremendous impact on the overall sound.
Basically, the Triple Wreck does its thing, and offers a platter of mega-fuzz on the side. The Leviathan is fuzz from the ground to the stratosphere, with light fuzzy tones to massive wall of fuzz crushers.
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