The Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive is a Dunlop overdrive pedal. Close alternatives include the Vertex Tone Secret and the Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose. It pairs well with the Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier and the Peavey Invective 120.
Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive
Dunlop · pedal
The Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive is a mini format overdrive from the Smalls line, voiced to capture the dynamic, touch sensitive lead tones of a cranked classic British stack. It delivers crunchy, mid rich amp style overdrive that responds strongly to pick attack and guitar volume, cleaning up to lighter breakup and pushing into singing, saturated lead gain. With simple controls in a space saving enclosure, it offers a Marshall flavored rock voice that works as a primary drive or to push an amp harder. It suits classic rock, hard rock and blues rock players who want expressive, British voiced overdrive and lead tones in a compact, pedalboard friendly box.
What stands out
“The Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive is a mini format overdrive from the Smalls line, voiced to capture the dynamic, touch sensitive lead tones of a cranked classic British stack”
— from the listing
“It suits classic rock, hard rock and blues rock players who want expressive, British voiced overdrive and lead tones in a compact, pedalboard friendly box”
— from the listing
“it delivers crunchy”
— from the listing
“With simple controls in a space saving enclosure, it offers a Marshall flavored rock voice that works as a primary drive or to push an amp harder”
— from the listing
“Players see the Supa-Lead as a compact, British amp style overdrive with dynamic, touch sensitive response”
— from the community notes
Trade-offs
“scooped or modern high gain tones may find it too mid focused”
— from the community notes
- lead
- classic rock
- crunchy
- british
- drive
- dynamic
- touch
- breakup
Good for
- Busking
- Live
Genres the Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive is commonly used in
Amps that pair well with the Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive
Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier
Mesa Boogie
18% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)
Feed a crunchy signal into Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier and it comes out closer to clean boost
Comes later in the signal chain
Peavey Invective 120
Peavey
18% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → mid-forward)
Peavey Invective 120 takes that crunchy character and pushes it toward mid-forward
Comes later in the signal chain
Ceriatone HRM 50
Ceriatone
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Stack Ceriatone HRM 50 on top and a crunchy tone tightens toward mid-forward
Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM Bluesmaster 50
Ceriatone
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM Bluesmaster 50 pushes a crunchy tone toward mid-forward
ENGL Special Edition E670
Engl
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Stack ENGL Special Edition E670 on top and a crunchy tone tightens toward mid-forward
ENGL E610II Savage 120 MkII Head
Engl
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
ENGL E610II Savage 120 MkII Head pushes a crunchy tone toward mid-forward
Friedman Small Box 50W EL34 Amp Head
Friedman
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Put Friedman Small Box 50W EL34 Amp Head in front and the mid-forward tone leans further toward high gain
Roland Cube Street EX
Roland
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
Roland Cube Street EX takes that crunchy character and pushes it toward mid-forward
Pedals that stack with the Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive
Z.Vex Super Hard On
Zvex
21% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)
Z.Vex Super Hard On pushes a crunchy tone toward clean boost
Comes earlier in the signal chain
MXR Micro Amp
MXR
21% matchpushes an already-dirty tonePushes an already-dirty tone harder and tightens it up. (crunchy → clean boost)
MXR Micro Amp pushes a crunchy tone toward clean boost
Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo
Caroline Guitar Company
15% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep Caroline Guitar Company Parabola State Tremolo after Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive in the signal chain, clear of Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive's own gain stage
Comes later in the signal chain
Acoustic Strymon Compadre Dual Voice Compressor
Acoustic
14% matchshapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (dynamic → compressed)
Acoustic Strymon Compadre Dual Voice Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Comes earlier in the signal chain
Keeley Halo
Keeley
7% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Keep Keeley Halo after Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive in the signal chain, clear of Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
Electro-Harmonix Canyon
Electro-Harmonix
7% matchsits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.
Electro-Harmonix Canyon's modulated voice goes after Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive's own crunchy character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Comes later in the signal chain
EarthQuaker Devices Swiss Things
EarthQuaker Devices
EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp
EarthQuaker Devices
tonal matchComes later in the signal chain
EarthQuaker Devices Utility Series Buffer Preamp pushes a crunchy tone toward clean boost
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Vertex Tone Secret
Vertex
59% similarityShared character: grit, pick attack, touch
Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose
Electro-Harmonix
57% similarityShared character: grit, singing, touch
Wampler Paisley Drive
Wampler
57% similarityShared character: controls, grit, crunch
NUX Plexi Crunch
Nux
56% similarityShared character: compact, hard rock, crunch
Donner Fush Drive 2020
Donner
56% similarityShared character: simple, lead, overdrive
Fulltone OCD
Fulltone
56% similarityShared character: response, pick attack, hard rock
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret MKI
Catalinbread
55% similarityShared character: high gain settings, hard rock, crunch
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret MkIII
Catalinbread
55% similarityShared character: hard rock, middle, response
Carl Martin Rock Drive
Carl Martin
55% similarityShared character: marshall, high gain settings, hard rock
JHS Fumble
JHS Pedals
55% similarityShared character: hard rock, high gain settings, crunch
Pasta Pedals Plexi Drive
Pasta Pedals
54% similarityShared character: singing, crunch, classic rock
MXR M193 GT-OD Overdrive
MXR
54% similarityShared character: controls, grit, singing
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive?+
The closest matches in character are the Vertex Tone Secret, the Electro-Harmonix Spruce Goose, the Wampler Paisley Drive.
What pairs well with the Dunlop Way Huge WM31 Supa-Lead Overdrive?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier, Peavey Invective 120, Ceriatone HRM 50 — Feed a crunchy signal into Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier and it comes out closer to clean boost.