Way Huge releases limited-edition Smalls Geisha Drive

July 1, 2024 · 3 sources

Way Huge released the Smalls Geisha Drive, model WM32, a limited-edition version of its earlier, larger Geisha Drive, Delicious Audio reported on July 1, 2024¹. The pedal is an overdrive with three controls: Volume, Drive and Tone²¹.

Way Huge describes the circuit as producing "a wide range of dynamic, touch-sensitive tones that can be dialed in from overdrive to distortion territory by adjusting your guitar's volume knob"². The maker says low Drive settings give "a warm, buttery goodness with a bit of velvet around the edges," mid settings give "thick, tubey overdrive," and high settings reach "gnarly thunder-and-lightning distortion"². The Tone knob brightens or mellows the sound and the Volume knob sets output level².

Delicious Audio describes the pedal as "a lot smaller than its predecessor (both in height and width)" and says the controls stay the same¹. Guitar Pedal X, writing on January 29, 2024, said the original appeared as a series of limited editions around six years earlier and became known as the Geisha Drive for its artwork³.

Way Huge's page lists no price for the WM32². Guitar Pedal X wrote that the former version was "around $149" and expected the new edition to be "roughly the same," describing that as an expectation rather than a confirmed price³. The same report said the pedal would appear "imminently in the US market," with Europe to follow in a month or two³. Way Huge's page also lists a blue Smalls Geisha Drive, model WM32B, as related gear².