Thorpy Warthog V2

builttospill

Bloody! Wow! I paired up the Warthog and an EP Booster with my PRRI on Friday night, guitar was a jazzmaster with P-90’s. Quite simply it’s one of the best distortion and lead tone creators I’ve ever come across. Easy to dial in, it’s articulate and fat, does fantastic light overdriven tones up to fuzzy, gooey like distortion.  I could probably sack off the other OD’s and Distortions on my board but nope! the underrated and often overlooked Boss SD-2 Dual Drive is staying. This is a perfect distortion box for those into alt rock, heavy rock, post rock and math rock and even gets me close to those Built To Spill tones, it’s also perfect for your Neil Young stuff. So looking forward to running the Boss DM-2w into the Warthog as I recently discovered I prefer my delays in front of dirt. A massive thanks and pat on the back to @ThorpyFX ;

mburekenge

I love mine! ridiculously versatile.

monquixote

Really wish I hadn't sold mine

smudge_lad

Mine hasn’t been turned off since I got it on Thursday! It’s phenomenal! Haven’t yet paired it with the SD-2 though!

builttospill

Me neither will try tonight

hotpickups

I sold mine last year and just re bought one again. Amazing versatile pedal.  

ThorpyFX

Thanks everyone!!! 

DaveMon

Just picked one up on Sunday, already replaced 1, possibly 2 pedals on my board.
Very nice! Love the build quality.

Already thinking about which Thorpy pedal to get next.....

builttospill

DaveMon said:

Just picked one up on Sunday, already replaced 1, possibly 2 pedals on my board.
Very nice! Love the build quality.

Already thinking about which Thorpy pedal to get next.....

Which pedals did it replace @DaveMon ? loving it at the moment such a great distortion.

DaveMon

@builttospill ;A Way Huge Russian Pickle and quite possibly the EHX opamp big muff as well.

builttospill

Next I'd be looking at the Peacekeeper or possibly Fat General? not sure really, I don't want to rejig my board round too much.

smudge_lad

The only two Thorpy drive pedals I don't currently own are The Dane and Germanium Vet. I've also got a Fat General.

I couldn't even begin to advise on which you should go for next, as they are all absolutely outstanding!

builttospill

smudge_lad said:

The only two Thorpy drive pedals I don't currently own are The Dane and Germanium Vet. I've also got a Fat General.

I couldn't even begin to advise on which you should go for next, as they are all absolutely outstanding!

Have you tried it with the SD-2?

smudge_lad

builttospill said:

smudge_lad said:

The only two Thorpy drive pedals I don't currently own are The Dane and Germanium Vet. I've also got a Fat General.

I couldn't even begin to advise on which you should go for next, as they are all absolutely outstanding!

Have you tried it with the SD-2?

Not yet bud, was busy over the weekend. Maybe have a blast tonight though.

You running SD-2 > Warthog?

Jonathanthomas83

How does the Warthog compare to a RAT, a Muff and the Gunshot? 

smudge_lad

Jonathanthomas83 said:

How does the Warthog compare to a RAT, a Muff and the Gunshot? 

The Warthog can really cover a lot of ground - it can do quite clean, dirty boost, overdrive, distortion and fuzz as you move round the gain spectrum. Definitely the most versatile of all the pedals you've mentioned.

builttospill

smudge_lad said:

builttospill said:

smudge_lad said:

The only two Thorpy drive pedals I don't currently own are The Dane and Germanium Vet. I've also got a Fat General.

I couldn't even begin to advise on which you should go for next, as they are all absolutely outstanding!

Have you tried it with the SD-2?

Not yet bud, was busy over the weekend. Maybe have a blast tonight though.

You running SD-2 > Warthog?

Warthog>SD-2 but will try other way round

builttospill

Will run the with the EP Booster too so it'll be Warthog>SD-2>EP

builttospill

smudge_lad said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

How does the Warthog compare to a RAT, a Muff and the Gunshot? 

The Warthog can really cover a lot of ground - it can do quite clean, dirty boost, overdrive, distortion and fuzz as you move round the gain spectrum. Definitely the most versatile of all the pedals you've mentioned.

Out of interest if you have the volume on max and both and gain and calibre at zero is it supposed to do a clean boost? 

smudge_lad

builttospill said:

smudge_lad said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

How does the Warthog compare to a RAT, a Muff and the Gunshot? 

The Warthog can really cover a lot of ground - it can do quite clean, dirty boost, overdrive, distortion and fuzz as you move round the gain spectrum. Definitely the most versatile of all the pedals you've mentioned.

Out of interest if you have the volume on max and both and gain and calibre at zero is it supposed to do a clean boost? 

@ThorpyFX - what say you?

ThorpyFX

smudge_lad said:

builttospill said:

smudge_lad said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

How does the Warthog compare to a RAT, a Muff and the Gunshot? 

The Warthog can really cover a lot of ground - it can do quite clean, dirty boost, overdrive, distortion and fuzz as you move round the gain spectrum. Definitely the most versatile of all the pedals you've mentioned.

Out of interest if you have the volume on max and both and gain and calibre at zero is it supposed to do a clean boost? 

@ThorpyFX - what say you?

Yes, pretty much, you'll have to balance the calibre and gain to ensure that the circuit isn't clipping.but yes, its a really nice clean boost too.