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The Red Llama overdrive was among the very first production boutique overdrives when it was released in 1992. And high resale prices for the original and the full-sized reissue say a lot about players’ ongoing affection for the circuit. Outwardly, the Red Llama MkIII Smalls looks like a newer, smaller rendition of the popular Red Llama overdrive. And, if you’re into overdrives and saving space, that’s a good thing. But size reduction isn’t all that’s going on here. As Way Huge tells it, Jeorge Tripps decided to mark the 30^th anniversary of the original’s release by scouring supplies of available components to find those that would make this a faithful recreation. How successful was Tripps? Well, we don’t know how much that part-sourcing effort had to do with it, but the sound and feel of the MkIII suggests he hit his mark.