Wingman FX Danger Zone

The Wingman FX Danger Zone is a handbuilt, analog two-in-one pedal that puts a tremolo and a phaser in the same box, with tactical fighter cockpit graphics and joystick-style controls to match the theme¹. RockBoard's PedalPedia describes it as built "to provide combineable analog tremolo and phaser FX with optimal control and coloration flexibility"², and it sells for $249.99 USD¹.

Both effects run in parallel, tremolo on the left and phaser on the right, each with its own footswitch, so you can use either one alone or both together³. Each side gets its own Volume, Rate and Depth controls, and the Rate knobs are topped with the company's "WingMan" foot-control knobs, so you can change speed with your foot mid-song¹⁴.

Analog tremolo and phaser in one pedal

The tremolo side is a square wave design, which gives it a character Guitar World's reviewer Paul Riario described as "intense in its mostly square-waved stutter," noting it can be tamed by backing off the Depth knob for a clearer, smoother tremolo¹⁵. The Rate control on the tremolo side sets the speed, going from slow and mellow to what Pedal of the Day called "all-out vibrato-infused insanity"⁵.

The phaser side offers two voices. The standard setting covers classic phase shifting, while the Jet Wash mode is a second phaser type that Pedal of the Day found "provides deeper coloration and a more intense overall effect"⁵. Delicious Audio described the Jet Wash footswitch as accessing "a slightly different sounding phaser"³.

Because the two effects are in parallel rather than in series, engaging both at once does not stack one into the other in the usual sense; each keeps its own controls and volume level³.

The controls and three footswitches

There are three heavy-duty footswitches: Arm for tremolo on/off, Fire for phaser on/off, and Jet Wash in the middle to toggle between the vintage and modern phase settings¹. Using Jet Wash "changes the alignment of its phase shifting for softer swirls or rapid staccato knock," according to Riario's review¹.

The control layout is built around foot access. The Rate knobs use the WingMan option knobs, which you turn with a "top" foot movement, while the large round Depth knobs sit on the left and right outer edges of the pedal so you can brush them with the side of your foot, leaving clearance to actuate the WingMan knobs³⁴. The Mach II switch, on the phaser side, is described by the maker as delivering "sonic boom capabilities," and Pedal of the Day called it "igniting the Rate of the phaser into an additional dimension of multiplied sound possibilities far crazier than it is normally"²⁵.

Alongside the input and output jacks there is a clean (dry signal) output jack, which taps the unaffected signal for parallel routing¹.

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What reviewers said

Guitar World's review concluded:

Pedal of the Day was equally positive, calling it "a 2-in-1 that should be firmly planted on any board that uses these two types of effects," and noting that it "plays nice with overdrive and distortion pedals and sounds," which matters if you run it alongside gain pedals from the overdrive or distortion families⁵.

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