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Universal Audio LION '68 Super Lead Amp Pedal Emulator with Lead Sound and Legit Tube Amp Tones

  • mfr: UA-LION-U
  • SKU: UA-LION
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Product highlights

  • Powerful UAFX dual-engine
  • Delivers authentic late-'60s British tones
  • 100-watt plexiever placed into a stompbox
  • Authentic emulations of Super Lead, Super Bass, and ‘Brown’
  • Includes the world's best speaker cabinet, mic, and room tones
  • Features ‘hot rod’ amp and speaker mods
  • UAFX Control mobile app lets you customize
  • Timeless UA design and craftsmanship, built to last decades

Universal Audio LION '68 Super Lead Amp Pedal Emulator with Lead Sound and Legit Tube Amp Tones

The Universal Audio LION '68 Super Lead Amp Pedal Emulator gives you the classic British amp sounds made famous by decades of legendary artists including Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, AC and DC, and more. Lion '68 is the only pedal that delivers the dead-on tones of three distinct 100-watt plexi amplifiers. Built on powerful dual-engine processing and world-class UAD modeling, you get all the gorgeous cleans, aggressive breakup, and hot-rodded roar of the originals. Play the most authentic emulation of a 100-watt late-'60s plexi head ever placed in a stompbox. Take a vintage fire-breathing amp anywhere, complete with legendary mic speaker pairings, boosts, and amp mods. Rock out with three legendary plexi setups Super Lead, Super Bass, and ‘Brown’ for decades of inspiring tones. Download curated tones, customize features, explore presets, and more with UAFX Control mobile app.

Play Through Award Winning Speaker Cab Emulations

Using the dynamic speaker modelling technology from the beloved OX Amp Top Box, LION '68 Super Lead gives you the authentic thump of six classic speaker cabinet setups, with perfectly placed studio mics and dynamic room sounds.

Experience Legit Tube Amp Tones, from Stage to Studio

Whether it's replacing your amp rig and going direct to front-of-house, or recording tracks into your DAW, Lion '68 gives you the inspiring, album-ready tones of three expertly miked 'golden unit' 100-watt plexi amp heads with sonic realism far beyond other digital modelers.

Experience Authentic Super Lead Sound

Lion '68 is the only amp-in-a-box pedal that faithfully captures the bell-like cleans, aggressive kerrang, and soaring distortion of a vintage hand-picked Super Lead head, giving you tones that jump from your speakers and electrify your nervous system.

Get Classic Super Bass Tones for your Pedal Platform

Looking for less aggression with a spongier attack and more clean headroom? Lion '68's Super Bass will get you there, with a jaw-dropping emulation of this classic plexi variant — perfect for pairing with overdrives, fuzzes, delays, and more.

Go Brown for Hot-Rodded Heaven

The ‘brown sound’ of Van Halen is ground zero for hot-rodded Super Lead tones. From the sag of a voltage-starved Super Lead amp to the mixed Celestion 25-watt ‘Greenback’ or JBL D-120F 4x12 cabinet, you'll get the aggressive sizzle, softer midrange attack, and string-to-string definition that inspired generations of guitarists.

Add Authentic Boosts

Only Lion '68 lets you take your crunch and searing lead tones further with tried-and-true boost recipes including a Maestro EP-III preamp, Boss GE-10 ten-band EQ at the turn of a knob.

Customize your Sound with the UAFX App

Lion '68 gets even better with the UAFX Control mobile app. Add the onboard noise gate, download custom tones, recall and archive your presets, and dive deeper into the sound that spans generations.

Get the Nerdy Details on the ‘Golden Units’

To capture classic plexi sounds, we sought out prime specimens a '68 Super Lead and '69 Super Bass each bone stock with ‘laydown’ transformers. For the ‘Brown’ amp, we used a Variac to bring the wall power down to 90 volts and rebiased the amp extra hot, giving you the authentic sound and feel of the most famous hot-rodded sound ever recorded.

Specifications

Audio
Tone Adjustment Yes
General
Configuration Core

Questions

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Returns

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You have 30 days to make a return. During the holiday season, from November 1 to December 31, we extend the return window to 60 days. 
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Oh no! Please contact our customer service team so we can resolve the issue immediately. You can call us on 1.800.221.0828, email us at [email protected], or send us a message here.  
We do not currently offer exchanges. Please return the item you purchased within 30 days and order what you’d like instead. 
If you ordered a kit, you must return all components and accessories to receive a full refund. 
If you ordered a product that included a free item, you must include the free item with your return. If not, your return will not be accepted and you will not receive a full refund. 
We currently only offer camera repairs at our Brooklyn store. The item must be dropped off and collected in person as we do not accept shipped items for repair. For more information, please call our Brooklyn store on 1.718.431.7900. 
Most items can be returned within 30 days for a full refund. Click here to read our full return policy. 

Shipping and Returns

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Flexible, Easy Returns

If you're not happy with your purchase for any reason, our flexible 30-day free return policy makes it easy to get a full refund. Click here to view our return policy.

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