Since late 2009, we discovered that Brad Paisley was using Wampler Pedals. He started with the AnalogEcho, then got an Ego Compressor and then had the Underdog overdrive.

Everything was great until his tech, Chad, mentioned to Brian that Brad still was not quite settled on the overdrive sound he was getting from his live rig… could Wampler maybe look at making a pedal …??

Brads requirements were quite “simple”… it needs to be clean but get crunchy with some “beef” to it. It needs to have a fluid tone when soloing. I needs to add a little hair to the tone but then but then has to be able to give flat out ball busting gain, oh… but please do not wreck the tonality. It needs to have everything, in a pedal format, but do not make it sound like a pedal...!

Over a period of months, Brian made some prototypes and sent them off, there were a couple of “tweaks” here and there to be made and then finally, when “proto #2” landed it went straight into the live rack and out on the H20 world tour.

That prototype has now been made into the Brad Paisley signature “Paisley Drive” and goes with Brad wherever he goes. When you see Brad live, or performing live on the TV, and you are blown away by his overdriven tone, it’s the Paisley Drive.

The truly great thing about this pedal is that it’s not only Telecaster style guitars that it works so well with, it brings the best out of your Strat or anything you may have loaded with humbuckers. You no longer need to have individual pedals for your guitars; the Paisley Drive will make each one sing.

The inbuilt tonal controls, the presence and mid contour switches, will make this pedal the single most versatile and complete overdrive pedal you have ever owned. In fact, we believe it might be the last one you ever buy...

Brad Paisley:-
“...we actually recorded this (pedal) in the studio, you know, trying it out. I turned up a Trainwreck Amp that I've got and compared the sound of the distortion and it was very, very similar. And that's a very good test because any time a pedal can mimic a great overdriven amp then you're on to something...”

         

“...I matched the settings with pics on the site of Brad's board and whammo, the Paisley sound... but that wasn't all. This pedal delivers without the hiss of cheaper pedals, gives great blues tones, even some smooth overdriven metal sounds when pushed... and when complimented with analog delay and a little compression, there's not much you can't do with it. Perfect tone, no muddy sound when mixed with other pedals or by itself, and the flexibility to be used with multiple genres of music? I'm sold. In fact, as a result of how good this pedal was for me, I've since purchased the Ego Compressor and am looking forward to more pedals after that. Several friends of mine has since tested both the Paisley and the Ego at my house, all explaining to me how their pedals are better and boutique pedals aren't the way to go... Well... they ALL changed their minds and are now either buying Wamplers...” Richard Stallsmith

“...it's mindblowingly good. Very nice OD, definitely gets that Paisley tone if that's what you are after. But I use it for Joe Walsh tones in my Eagles tribute band. It's a great medium gain overdrive. It's worth every penny. I'd buy one again in the blink of an eye. Amazing stomp box, best overdrive I've ever heard or used. It really is something else.” Austin, Illinois

“Amazing tones and very transparent with my Mesa Boogie Electra Dyne. Plug in the Tele and the thing comes to life. This is the best match i've found for my amp thus far. Probably because the paisley drive sounds exactly like my amp but when its on it boosts the gain and low end and thickens up EVERYTHING ( and no bass cutting midrange hump), while keeping the lower strings tight and focused...HOW???...(like a new set of strings or something)..anyway's i've already had a paisley type of “cleaned up dirty” tone going and this pedal completely pushed it over the top. Couldn't be happier with your product! Thanks a million!”

“...I thought I would let you know that the paisley overdrive is amazing. I no longer need my Marshall.
Never gonna need another OD pedal ever again...”

“...the paisley drive blows my old overdrives out of the water (just like the ego comp blew away my old comps)!
Many thanks for quality products!...”

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If you aren't satisfied with the tonality and performance of this pedal, send it back within a week of receiving it (direct sales only).
More time may be allotted in some circumstances, contact us if for more information.
5 year warranty coverage (fully transferable) on any malfunction except due to abuse.

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