Way Huge Analog Weirding Module

TOTAL GUITAR AUGUST 2021
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ou may have noticed,
pedal brands have spent
a great deal of time in
recent years giving us
more and more ways of
making our guitars not sound like
guitars. One of the latest comes
from leftfi eld Way Huge. Named
after Paul Atreides, it borrows its
sub-moniker from the Weirding
Module – the sonic beam weapon
David Lynch introduced for his
fi lm adaptation of the Dune
graphic novels.
Way Huge’s Jeorge Tripps
took inspiration from Electro-
Harmonix with the Atreides.
At fi rst glance, those sliders
remind us of our EHX Micro Synth
– interestingly, Tripps has based
this on the EHX Mini Synthesizer
keyboard, as used by Van Halen,
Jean Michel Jarre and more. In
a nutshell, it’s a synth pedal
featuring a few diff erent circuits:
an envelope fi lter, fuzz, phaser
and a sub-octave layer. You get
a master volume, sensitivity and
range controls for the envelope
fi lter, bright and fuzz sliders, a rate
control for the phaser and level
control for the sub-octave. Inside,
there are switches to change the
phaser feedback amount, as well
as switching the sub from its
standard minus-two to one octave
below your original signal.
You might overlook the Atreides
as a one-trick pony from the spec,
but sound-wise it covers
everything from Jack White-style
‘torn velcro’ to synthy octave riff s,
and it works wonders on 70s funk
lines. As it’s polyphonic, you can
back off the fuzz and create some
cool cleaner lo-fi rhythm parts
too, especially with the addition of
that phaser. It’s an experimental
guitarist’s playground with much
to be gained. It tracks with
lightning fast speed and is capable
of creating some truly monstrous
sounds, just like its namesake!
You may fi nd yourself with a bit
of a learning curve, but if you’re
thinking outside of the stompbox,
we’d urge you to give this a try.
Stuart Williams
TYPE: Synth pedal
CONT ROLS: Volume, sensitivity,
range, bright, fuzz, rate, sub
sliders, internal controls for
phaser feedback and
octave range
SOCKETS: Input, output power
BYPASS: True bypass
POWER: 9v battery, PSU
CONTACT: Westside Distribution,
www.jimdunlop.com
AT A GLANCE
TRY THIS FOR THINKING
OUTSIDE OF THE STOMPBOX
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WAY HUGE ATREIDES ANALOG WEIRDING MODULE
Telepathic weapon of sonic destruction? Almost!
£215
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