Tefi Vintage Lab is pleased to welcome you to our family. We hope you
enjoy using our new LeadEr lead distortion. Feel free to get in touch
for any suggestions or clarifications as to how you might best use the
effect. Play music and enjoy using our products!
The LeadEr - Lead distortion
Sustain, a good pinch of musicality, and the right dose of nastiness
are the best recipe for an incisive distortion. The leader of the vintage
motorcycle club, Ignazio “The Leader”, has skillfully blended these
ingredients to obtain a Lead Distortion able to deliver your musical
message to your audience, highly defined without annoying gritti-
ness. Designed specially to make an electric guitar scream, both with
Single Coils or Humbucker pickups, when it arrives on the scene it be-
comes the star of the song. Based on original TEFI Vintage Lab circuit,
The Leader focuses on medium range frequencies that can be tailored
according to your own personal taste using the “Body” and “Presen-
ce” controls. The “Sustain” control adjusts the length of the note de-
pending on the requirements of the Solo or Rhythmic pattern.
With its 75dB maximum gain, the Leader is designed to create electric
guitar lead solos that will not be covered by the other instruments in
the band. The ideal position in the effects chain is immediately after
other overdrive pedals and before a delay, in order to have a complete
distortion package at your feet.
THE LEADER Operating Manual
www.tefivintagelab.it
Dimensions
Max gain
Signal switching
Power connection/ground
Battery type
Output impedance
Power supply/
Power consumption.
9Vdc/135mW
(I-max: 15mA @9Vcc)
Chassis
Weight
Input impedance
127x95x52 mm
+75dB
True bypass
Negative tip/negative ground
+9V (6LF22)
470 Ohm
Die-cast aluminum
350gr (w/o battery)
700 kOhm
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS