The Wampler Tumnus is the essential pedal I can’t live without, and for a limited time, its amazing Klon-style overdrive is available at a reduced price!]

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 few days for $127.49, it’s an absolute Cyber Week bargain.

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.

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 .