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Description
Experience a world of rich, nuanced overdrive with the Way Huge Saucy Box. This pedal boasts an intuitive interface of volume, tone, and gain knobs, delivering a highly responsive character that caters to your playing style. Its unique design features passive circuitry and a pre-balanced drive/clean ratio, making it easy to dial in the perfect tone. Whether you're new to the world of boost or seeking a high-quality, user-friendly pedal, the Saucy Box offers a smooth, organic tube-like overdrive that will bring your music to life.
Key Features:
- Intuitive interface with volume, tone, and gain knobs
- Passive circuitry for a richer sound
- Pre-balanced drive/clean ratio for optimal performance
- Delivers organic, tube-like overdrive
- High-quality design, suitable for both beginners and experienced players
Product specs
| Brand | Way Huge |
| Model | WHE205 Saucy Box Overdrive, WHE205-BK Saucy Box Overdrive Special Edition, WHE205PK Saucy Box Overdrive Limited Edition |
| Finish | Black, Black / Pink, Pink / Black |
| Year | 2015 - 2020 |
| Made In | United States |
| Categories | Overdrive and Boost Pedals |
| Pedal Format | Standard |
FAQs
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What type of overdrive tone can I expect from the Way Huge Saucy Box?
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The Way Huge Saucy Box offers a transparent overdrive tone, balancing clean and overdriven signals to enhance your guitar's natural sound without excessive coloration. It's versatile for various music styles, from blues to rock.
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Does the Way Huge Saucy Box work well with both single-coil and humbucker pickups?
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Yes, the Saucy Box is designed to complement both single-coil and humbucker pickups, providing a consistent and dynamic overdrive tone regardless of your guitar's pickup configuration.
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Can the Way Huge Saucy Box be used as a clean boost?
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Absolutely, the Saucy Box can function as a clean boost by dialing down the gain and increasing the level, allowing you to push your amp without adding significant overdrive.
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What kind of power supply does the Way Huge Saucy Box require?
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The Way Huge Saucy Box requires a standard 9V DC power supply, which is common for most pedalboards and power bricks, ensuring easy integration into your setup.
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Is the Way Huge Saucy Box suitable for live performances?
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Yes, the Saucy Box is well-suited for live performances, offering robust build quality and reliable performance, making it a dependable choice for gigging musicians.
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Reviews
PROS
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Versatile with a wide range of drive tones
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Enhances definition when stacked with fuzz and distortion
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Transparent, adding life especially to upper mids
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Can function as a light overdrive or a powerful boost
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Sounds more expensive than it is
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Works well in multiple setups and musical contexts
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Adds a pleasant grunt and control at higher gain settings
CONS
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May not pair well with certain amps at higher gain settings
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Tone adjustment can be subjective, with some preferring settings below noon
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Doesn't mesh well with some other drive pedals, like the Keeley modded SD-1
Owner Insights
We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about Way Huge Saucy Box.
Comparisons
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The Saucy Box is compared to the Pork Loin as a simplified version with fewer tweaking options, making it more user-friendly.
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It shares some tonal characteristics with the Klon, focusing more on boosting with slight coloration rather than heavy overdrive.
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The Saucy Box uses diodes in a soft clipping arrangement, differing from Centaur-based designs, making it distinct from typical Klone circuits.
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The Saucy Box is a "greatest hits" version of the Pork Loin, offering simplified controls for consistent tone across settings.
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Owners have replaced Blues Driver pedals with the Saucy Box, noting they don't miss the previous pedal, implying superior performance or preference.
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Use cases and applications
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Works well as an "always on" boost, adding subtle color and edge, especially suitable for stacking with other overdrives.
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Saucy Box is noted for usability, providing consistent tone quality regardless of knob adjustments, making it user-friendly for various setups.
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The Saucy Box is often placed before drive pedals but after fuzzes, enhancing its stacking capabilities with other overdrives.
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Users report the Saucy Box effectively enhances the dirty channel on amps like the Valveking, adding desirable spice to the tone.
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Critic Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 Reviews and 10 Ratings
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Sauce on everything
Big Box but dont let that put you off. Quite Klon like overdrive. Sounds like a more expensive pedal than it is. Works better with some other drives than others. Its a case of try out early and later in your effects chain.
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Joe Satriani uses the Way Huge Saucy Box Overdrive pedal, as evidenced by its listing on Reverb.com by Bananas at Large.
“There was a Way Huge Red Llama, an MXR Distortion Plus, a Way Huge Saucy Box, a TC MojoMojo… whatever seemed to fit the song,”
"Then is goes into the Saucy Box, which is essentially a Klon overdrive sound. Again, it’s a parallel addition to the sound."
In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" article, Phil X discusses his use of the Way Huge Saucy Box overdrive pedal, highlighting its role in shaping his guitar tone for Bon Jovi performances.
In an Instagram photo, Sarah Lipstate features her gear setup, which includes the Way Huge Saucy Box overdrive pedal.
Roberto Burgos is shown using the Way Huge Saucy Box overdrive pedal in an Instagram post, where he shares a nostalgic moment listening to Beach House.
Welcome back to ProGuitarShop where we're dipping back into the Way Huge Saucy Box HC for a second helping. Today, we're going to focus on the higher-gain overdrive applications by feeding an already overloaded amp some sauce. The best part of the Saucy Box HC's gain structure is that it's innovative Drive control mixes hard clipping into the signal path, allowing players to heavily push a dimed amp while still retaining its character and imparting a hint of tube-melting chunk. Of course, at full-bore, the Drive control on the Saucy Box will put your amp's tubes in a full Nelson while coating your signal in a thick, crunchy tone.
"This week I got two Way Huge pedals: the Saucy Box overdrive and the Supa-Puss analog delay. I put both of those on there with the Spruce Effects Salt Water Fuzz and the Levitation reverb by Earthquaker. Of course, my Boomerang looper is also on there."
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