Wilson Effects announces Capstone overdrive with switchable germanium clipping

April 9, 2026 · 3 sources

The Wilson Effects Capstone was reported on April 9, 2026, as a new overdrive pedal from Wilson Effects. The maker lists it at $155.00, SKU 039¹.

The pedal has GAIN, LEVEL, BASS, MID and TREBLE controls plus a Clipping MOD switch². Flipping the switch to the left engages the stock diode clipping mode; switching it to the right introduces a pair of NOS NPN Germanium transistors¹. Wilson Effects says the gain control is also influenced by the Mid and Bass controls, and that increasing the mids and bass enhances the grit¹. Delicious Audio describes the right position as softening the top end and making the low end "squishy," with notes blooming into fuzz-adjacent territory, and calls it "Not a Muff. Not a Fuzz Face. Something in between."³

Delicious Audio reports true bypass, that the pedal is handmade in Guilford, Indiana, and a one-year warranty³. Guitar Pedal X reports a reversed board inside that makes the components, including the germanium transistors, difficult to see².

Guitar Pedal X, writing on April 17, 2026, said its Capstone "can be incredibly subtle and exceptionally transparent" and that it needs to be cranked to reveal a more textured side; its preferred textured settings were MOD to the right, Gain, Bass and Level at 3 o'clock, and Mids and Treble fully cranked². The reviewer reported paying a total of $167 direct from the Wilson Effects webstore, including a Spring discount and $35.70 shipping².