The Wampler Tumnus is the one pedal that will never leave my 'board, and its golden Klon-style overdrive goodness is now even cheaper for two more days

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The greatest pedal investment I've ever made is only $127.47

Wampler Tumnus
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Klon Centaur-style overdrive pedals are a constant obsession with us guitar players for a reason – they're incredibly versatile. An always-on sweetener, boost, drive and great gain stacker with other pedals. And now I've found my favourite with the Wampler Tumnus, I couldn't be without it. I'd happily pay double, but now it's hitting a new low in price at Sweetwater for the next two days for $127.49, it's an absolute Cyber Monday bargain.

Wampler Tumnus
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Wampler Tumnus : was $142 now $127.47 at Sweetwater Sound

The Wampler Tumnus is a coveted Klon-style overdrive with the advantage of being much smaller than its closest competition, without compromising on its quality. Even less excuse not to get it on the pedalboard then. It's already a bargain at full price, but with this discount for the next two days at Sweetwater, it's a steal.

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The Wampler Tumnus is rated 5/5 by Guitar Player, and was good enough to win an Andertons blind test against an actual Klon, as well as a host of worthy klone competition. But that's not the only reason I depend on it as a guitarist.

It's much smaller than some of finest klone's around – positively tiny compared to its closest competition from the RYRA, Centavo and Centura. That means I get all the advantages, but have more space on my pedalboard for more pedals.

Wampler Tumnus

Here's my own Tumnus next to a Warm Audio Centavo and Ceriatone Centura – it's certainly not lacking in big potential for your signal chain (Image credit: Rob Laing / Future)

I use the Tumnus to stack with my Funny Little Boxes 1991 pedal for heavy drive, but the Tumnus always on with the gain dialed down for the mid-boost klones are known for – I'll then clean up as needed with my guitar volume pot. Brian Wampler has dialled in a wide sweep for the three controls here for maximum versatility, and I find the treble control can really help my stacked drive tones cut though with humbuckers in a band. And because it's a USA-made Wampler pedal, I know the components won't let me down.

And if you fancy spending a little more for added controls and a bigger footprint, the Tumnus Deluxe is discounted too – coming in with $30 off for a very tempting $169.97 .

Wampler Tumnus Deluxe

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Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Reviews Editor, Guitar World & MusicRadar guitars

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com, Guitar World magazine and MusicRadar guitars, heading up our in-house reviews team to give you in-depth and honest tests of the latest guitar gear. He eats and dreams reviews.

Rob has 20 years of experience writing, reviewing, interviewing and editing for guitar magazines and websites, including Guitarist and Total Guitar.

Over the years he's interviewed artists including Metallica, Black Sabbath, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, but he's lost count of all the guitar gear he's tested.