An Amp in Pedals Clothing

The Supa-Lead from Way Huge is an overdrive pedal which is designed to respond like an amp. Ideally, it likes to be used in conjunction with a valve amplifier that is being pushed a little. In this setting the Supa-Lead acts as an overdrive channel in said amplifier. It is dynamic, sensitive, and tonally complex. It has character and clarity. You can use it to inject a good amount of boost into your signal to kick your amp into the next gear without it sounding too obviously produced or of a different timbre.

Complexity

The key to the Supa-Leads authenticity is the complexity and nuance it is overflowing with. The tone has layers and depth which affords it extraordinary dynamism. The pedal is extremely responsive to your use of your guitar’s volume control. Up high the pedal can deliver searing gain. Turn the control down though and the gain recedes revealing the clean tone it is built upon. Everything feels organic and intuitive. It feels like a good valve amp.

Versatility

Although the pedal may be most at home in front of an amp on the verge of break-up, it is incredibly well suited to just about any scenario. You can generate crunch tones from a clean amp, push a driven amp further into saturation. The key to this pedals robust authenticity, as mentioned above, is its tonal complexity. It doesn’t really matter where you set it. You’ll get a workable tone from anywhere. It’s a pedal to be played with. Putting it in different environments with different guitars and amps will yield lovely, fitting results. The way that you play the guitar and where you set the volume will also have powerful effects over the tone. That’s one of the joys of the Supa-Lead, it works with you to do some heavy lifting but blends into the background whilst doing so.

Big Impact, Small Pedal

This Supa-Lead pedal is part of the new Way Huge Smalls range. This means that the pedal enclosure is noticeably reduced in size compared to their standard enclosure size. This change allows the Smalls range to fit into more pedal-board gaps without taking up too much room. Crucially, none of the tone or functionality one would expect from a Way Huge pedal has been sacrificed to accommodate the smaller enclosure. You still get full Way Huge quality, just now in a smaller, handier package!