Way Huge reissues Red Llama as smaller MkIII for 30th anniversary

July 15, 2022 · 4 sources

Way Huge has reissued the Red Llama Overdrive as the Red Llama MkIII Smalls, a 30th anniversary return of the company's first production pedal, introduced in 1992¹. Premier Guitar published a First Look demo of the pedal on July 15, 2022².

The maker describes the MkIII as "a sonic re-creation of an early-'90s RL2 Red Llama"³ and says it is "more compact than ever"¹. The pedal has two knobs: Volume sets overall effect volume and Drive sets the amount of overdrive. The footswitch toggles effect on and bypass, with a blue LED indicating on¹.

Specifications from the manual¹:

The pedal runs on a 9-volt battery, a 9-volt AC adapter such as the Dunlop ECB003, or an MXR Brick Series power supply. The power input is a 5.5mm x 2.1mm jack with positive voltage on the outer sleeve, and using an external supply disconnects the battery¹.

Delicious Audio lists the MkIII at $149⁴. It reports that the original Red Llama was discontinued for more than a decade and resurrected in 2012 for its 20th anniversary with an added tone control, and that the MkIII does without that tone control⁴³.

In the Premier Guitar demo, host John Bollinger said the components are not the same as the original's but that the new pedal is "really close" to it, and that he liked the smaller size and top-mounted jacks².