Universal Audio Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp Guitar Pedal

Universal Audio Lion 68 Super Lead Amp Overview

Get the Iconic Plexi Tones That Powered Rock

Sporting the beautiful cleans, aggressive breakup, and hot-rodded roar of the legendary late ’60s 100W plexi heads, the Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp from Universal Audio lets you take the vintage sound that helped define classic British rock bands like Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and more, anywhere. The Lion ’68 amp in a box is loaded with three classic plexi amps: Super Lead, Super Bass, and Brown, as well as three award-winning speaker cab emulations, with a further three unlockable after product registration.
Selectable boost modes let you transform your tone with the turn of a knob. You can control a 3-band EQ and volume for each of the two channels, alter the room sound, adjust presence, and control the output volume. Stereo 1/4″ I/O is perfect for feeding stereo FX into your amp pedal, using the 4-cable method for easy integration into external FX setups. With the free UAFX Control app and built-in Bluetooth 5 support, you can wirelessly control your pedal, conveniently download custom tones, and take advantage of unique features like the onboard noise gate and custom mod functions.

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 100W plexi amp heads—with sonic realism far beyond other digital modelers.

Play Through Award-Winning Speaker Cab Emulations

Using the Dynamic Speaker Modeling technology from UA’s 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:

• GB25: Late ’60s Marshall cab with vintage Celestion 25W Greenbacks.
• GB30: Marshall 100 birch cabinet with Celestion 30W Greenbacks.
• JB/GB: Two Celestion 25W Greenbacks and two JBL D-120 Fs.

Available upon product registration:

• 1×12: Electro-Voice EVM12.
• 2×12: Two-Rock extension cabinet with Celestion G12M-65 Creambacks.
• 4×12: Marshall 1960 TV cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30s.

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 handpicked 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 so-called 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 25W Greenback / JBL D-120F 4×12 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 and 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 UA’s Golden Units

To capture classic plexi sounds, UA sought out prime specimens—a ’68 Super Lead and ’69 Super Bass—each bone stock with laydown transformers. For the Brown amp, UA 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.