Vox V847 Wah Wah

Price Paid: US $90.00

Ease of Use: 10
Plug and Play. Batteries only at this point. Overall a no brainer

Sound Quality: 5
Ok, here is the issue. This wha will suck some top end tone if you use a setup like mine. I'm only writing this cause i could'nt find much info on this problem and maybe it will help others struggling w/ this problem. The setup: les paul w/ tom anderson hot pickups to vox wha to ts9 tube screamer to a/b box out to tuner or amp. The amp being a 1977 marshall mkll w/ no master volume. I tried every combo from guitar to amp and it is defently the wha. If your battery is super fresh you can get by for a while with just a hint of tone loss, but in the end your gunna notice the diffrence. I don't like worrying while I play. A simple process of elemination has bore this out. Trust me i put the time in on the floor listing. The wha needs to have true bypass in order to eleiminate the problem. I don't know about fenders or any other amp combonations. It might not re-act with those amps. For those of you who have a problem as I do the solution is a true bypass mod. It's cheap, mine was 25.00. Once done ya gunna love this wha. I also put a ac adpator later just so I didn't have to deal exlusivley with batteries for all of the effects and tuner

Reliability: 10
Other than the above situation I have had this wha for 10 years. No problems ever after or before the alteration.

Customer Support: 1
I tried the web site for vox a long time ago. They never got back to me.

Overall Rating: 6
I give it a 6 if you don't do the mod and play with my type of set up. After the mod I give it a 10. I love the tone, sweep and overall voice this wha has. I had a crybaby but got rid of it cause I thought the voice was a little glassy. The vox sounds like a hard drink prostitute!!!

Submitted by Mark at 11/30/2005 08:24

Price Paid: US $100

Ease of Use: 10
This is the wah to end all wahs. It is your ordinary click on, click off, so it is very easy to use. It takes a little bit of weight to click it, but I have only been playing it 30 minutes out of the box, so it probably needs a little breaking in.

Sound Quality: 10
I run a 1996 Fender TexMex Strat (My #1 Strat) Through the Vox Wah, Then Through a Digitech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive, and into a Fender Princeton amp. This wah is a jewel. It is ghost quiet when off and it has a great sweep to it. Hendrix used one and I believe Page uses one, I understand why. You can get the signature sound of these artists and many others. A very versatile pedal. This tube distortion pedal I have sounds very good behind the wah, and I am sure that it will sound great with the Big Muff I am getting soon.

Reliability: 10
Very solid construction, I would play live with this without a backup, just bring extra batteries.

Customer Support: 10
Seems no need for customer support, that gets a 10.

Overall Rating: 10
I love this pedal. If it were stolen I would spend my life tracking it down. It has great versatility and tone. I was looking at other pedals, but you can't beat a USA made Vox.

Submitted by Mike at 10/30/2005 13:48

Price Paid: US $150

Ease of Use: 10
This is a review for a modded Vox Wah. Keep reading.
It has internal trims for adjusting Q, volume, mid, bass,gain. You don't need a manual. It's true bypass (very important in my book.)

Sound Quality: 10
let's see:
Custom Shop Strat> fulltone 69 fuzz> modded Vox> Keeley Comp> Keeley Tube Screamer> Barber DirecDrive> DejaVibe> into Fender Reissue 59 Bassman.
I play blues and rock and I'm very picky about my tone.

I own and tried other wahs including RMC, Clyde Deluxe, 535q, 535 chrome, and unmodded Vox847... This is the BEST WAH period! I sold my other wahs coz I don't need them anymore!

I found this on ebay. Search for user "Garmopat" on ebay. (write this down.) Check out his Vox mod. You'll love it. This is an adjustable wah like the rmc and others but guess what, with that wonderful signature Vox tone and sweep!

I spent hours trying to nail the perfect wah tone with other wahs, and I was never totally happy. It took me two minutes to get the SRV, Hendrix wah tones with this pedal. I sometimes adjust the internal controls for a more aggresive tone.

Can't tell you enough about how much I like this modded vox; guess I should call it "the Garmopat Mod". Its permanent on my pedalboard.

it also has this little swich on the side, so the pedal doesn't eat up the battery when the jack is inserted, great idea!

Reliability: N/A
Looks reliable. came with a black carrying bag, so you can use that if you don't use a pedalboard.

Customer Support: 10
dont know about the company. but I emailed garmopat five times, and he responded the same day. he was very kind, and helpful.

Overall Rating: 10
without this mod I would never use the vox wah. But thanks to garmopat I have the best wah. the search has ended.

Submitted by longjohnuo@yahoo.com at 10/19/2005 17:58

Price Paid: N/A

Ease of Use: N/A

Sound Quality: N/A

Reliability: N/A

Customer Support: N/A

Overall Rating: N/A

first of all, the crybaby has been around since the late sixties. it was until the early 80's that dunlop bought the rights to it. hendrix used a crybaby also, but he didnt use a dunlop. the early italian crybabys sound identical to most vintage vox wahs. it wasnt until they started being produced in california that the sound changed. but not so dramatically. the only upper hand vox has over dunlop is the fact that the jacks arent directly mounted onto the board and they have a sweeter sweep as opposed to a crybaby.

Submitted by Anonymous at 10/06/2005 09:26

Price Paid: US $100.00

Ease of Use: 10
Very easy just push down the front of it until you feel or here a click witch turns it on and off.

Sound Quality: 10
I use a 58 les paul ressue, 1967 SG special, and a fender american deluxe strat HSS. I have a fender blues junior and a vox 15 watt valvetronix. This pedal is classic, it gives the best Clapton tone with humbuckers and the best Hendrix tone with either humbuckers or single coils. This Pedalis just a classic Why? because it sounds like one, feels like one, and looks like one, also it only says vox just like the originals. I definatley recomend this pedal to anyone who want a classic wah from the 60s.

Reliability: 10
This pedal is built like a tank it probabley will never go down on it hasn't for me. One piece of advice don't keep it in sunlight because that could damage it on mine during one day without turning it on and off it just blancked out and I couldn't here anything but then 1 second later it came back. I wasn't sure if it was the cables or my pedal crapped out butit was both my cable was bad and my pedal was a little to hot from the sun. So don't keep it in the sun and it will be fine.

Customer Support: N/A

Overall Rating: 10
I would definatley buy this pedal again if it got stolen. I bought this because I had seen clapton and hendrix using voxes and they are my Idols. This will work very well with other pedals such as fulltone 69 and other fuzz/distortion type pedals.

Submitted by ClaptonsGod at 08/25/2005 14:28

Price Paid: US $99

Ease of Use: 10
Very simple pedal. Press down hard to turn on/off. Couldn't be easier. Extremely easy to get a good tone out of this. I plug my guitar into the wah than into a Zakk Wylde Overdrive than straight into the amp. Running the guitar into the wah first ensures that a majority of the singal will be "wahed" so to speak.

Sound Quality: 9
Using a PRS Santana SE (the first version the one without the pickguard) this thing sounds awesome coming out of any amp. Reacts and interacts with over effects very well. I've had multiple pedals running into and out of this wah and it still has a great musical sound.

Its definately not as harsh or aburt as a Crybaby. The sweep is also much less. If you play jazz, blues, or classic rock this is the wah pedal for you. Think Jeff Beck "I Ain't Supersitious". You could use this to play heavy metal but you won't get the Hammet or Satch like sound out of it. Granted it still sounds very good with a high-gain amp but it won't sound as good as a Crybaby with a Fasel or one of those newer Crybabies from Hell.

Definately a musical wah that sounds great from clean to medium distortion levels.

Reliability: 9
I've owned the pedal for well over a year, close to 2 actually and I've had no trouble with it.

I'd gig with it and wouldn't bother to bring a backup. There is no AC adapter on it though so keep that in mind and make sure to unplug it when not in use.

Seems pretty hardily built. The chrome and black looks killer. I wear sneakers when I play and have stompped on it fairly hard and its held up well.

Customer Support: N/A
No need for them and hopefull will never need them.

Overall Rating: 9
Overall this thing is a 9. Sounds are amazing for pretty much any style of music. It gets a half point knock off for only sound "very good" instead of "awesome" on high-gain amps. And another half point off for no AC adapter. If you want a musical sounding wah that's got a classic sound this is your pedal.

Submitted by Dan Calandro at 08/17/2005 19:42

Price Paid: S$120 (SG)

Ease of Use: 10
What a love about a wah pedal is the simplicity of it. Plug it into your chain and effect (step on and off). Simple as that. I've tried other wah pedals * weeping demon / 535q * and its a hassle to adjust and tweak the knobs to try and alter the tone. At the end of the day, I wanted a versatile vocal sounding wah, without having to adjust knobs and controls everytime i switch channels...

Sound Quality: 10
I love vintage wah sounds and I want my wah to be working just as nice on cleans. The vox does that. The only gripe I have is the true bypass problem. I had mine modded to true bypass and it was perfect! All you need is just a true bypass mod and it'll be the perfect wah for me. I've also modded it to increase the vocal quality even further! and improve its sweep range and bass response. I don't think I'll be searching for another wah for a looong time.

Reliability: 10
Seems sturdy with the black chasis and chrome top. I never ran it over a steamroller but i'm sure it can survive many years of stomping.

Customer Support: N/A
N/A. Never dealt with them

Overall Rating: 10
All in all, the vox wah pedal is what I was looking for (after the true-bypass mod). I sold away the 535q I bought as it doesn't have the vocality of my 847. Furthermore I didn't want to dabble with knobs and controls everytime I switch channels. At the end of the day, I wanted a plug and play wah pedal that sounds great on cleans and distortions. If this comes with the a true-bypass it'll be the perfect wah for me.

Submitted by Liam at 08/11/2005 13:38

Price Paid: $65 ((ebay)) used

Ease of Use: 10
Mr. Miyagi would love this pedal. click on, click off..... ;)

Sound Quality: 10
ok, just like half the product, i got it for the hendrix/srv/clapton wah sound. i was actually surprised, because this wah can cover all sounds wonderfully. from jazz to metal, it sounds good to me.

for all the LOSERS out there who whine because "its not true bypass", listen here. Jimi Hendrix, who is probably the most influential guitar player of all time DID NOT HAVE TRUE BYPASS ON ANY ONE OF HIS PEDALS. he sounded good because he's a great player. heck, he had 5x the amount of "tone suckage" as most guys, but sounded that much better BECAUSE OF HIS SKILL

Reliability: 10
i'm pretty touchy w/ my pedals anyways, but all those stompers would have no problems w/ this pedal.

Customer Support: N/A
never needed, but i've heard good things

Overall Rating: 10
great pedal. that's all i can say. for my style, its the best. just sounds good. that's it.

Submitted by univox5138 at 08/10/2005 12:50

Price Paid: 110 (GBP)

Ease of Use: 10
Very easy to use, press hard with your toe to switch on the WAH WAH sound, pull pedal back bass sound push forward very trevaly sound. hit the down hard again puts into bypass mode.

Sound Quality: 9
im only giving this a nine due to the true bypass not being in the orginal modal (ive modded mine email me if you want info on modding its very easy)if it was included i would give it a 10 with no doubts.
Amazing clean and distortion sound, wide range and great for all types of music.

I play heavy metal, thrash, hard rock, soft rock, blues, country, folk, funk and jazz with this pedal and it does each one with ease

this was the first true wah and the enemy (jim dunlop) say that jimi hendrix used their pedal....(crybaby) well looking back and seeing that they made there first wah around 1980-1984 and jimi god bless him died 1970 hmmmm... you do the math it just doesnt work :D anyway if you are looking for a killer sound like jimmy page, jimi hendrix, joe satriani (he uses jimi dunlop now damn him) tony iommi, or any other music industry turning rock guitarist they used this pedal!!!

10 if it came stocked with true bypass

Reliability: 10
had it for 18 months changed battery a few times but never conked out on me yet. done loads of gigs, has been very well travaled and still going strong

Customer Support: N/A
never had to deal with them but heard they are good

Overall Rating: 10
JUST AMAZING DONT WASTE YOU TIME LOOKING AT DUNLOP AND MORLEY JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT AND BUY THIS AND THE QUICKER YOU DO THAT THEN THE QUICKER YOU ADMIRE THE AMAZING PEDAL AND MAKING YOUR NAIBOURS GO WAH.

Submitted by Rob at 08/08/2005 11:13

Price Paid: US $99

Ease of Use: 10
C'mon now. You just step on and rock it back and forth. My dog can friggin' use it.

Sound Quality: 9
My rig is a hot-rodded standard stratocaster w/Texas Specials into the V847, into a Boss Blues Driver, into a Peavey Classic 50 2x12. Now for the sound part. For all the reviewers saying that it "sucks all the tone out of my rig", they are full of shit. I have a VERY simple rig so I could definately hear it if it was killing my tone. When bypassed it BARELY, and I emphasize that word, BARELY alters your original tone. If you are really that anal about it, just modify it by going to www.fulltone.com and getting one of the Carling switches installed. For me, it really doesn't hurt my tone at all. It can achieve SRV, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Hendrix, Henry Garza, Clapton, and a whole lot more. I tested it next to every Crybaby imaginable and I preffered this one. It just has that vintage tone.

Reliability: N/A
We will see. I know that there are certain components that will blow eventually but it's not expensive to replace. Seems solid as a rock.

Customer Support: 10
I'm a regular at the GC's and Sam Ash's in Orlando so they are very helpful to me. I'm a good customer so they are good salesmen.

Overall Rating: 9
I play primarily in the style of SRV and KWS, with a little LLB spice ala Henry Garza. I'm getting into Hendrix a great deal and this was the wah he used so I figured, WHAT THE HELL. I've only been playing about 3 years but know enough about tone to know what is good and what is shit. I would definately buy this wah again, because quite frankly, Dunlops are horrible and cheaply made. The only thing that could make this thing better (and every other pedal for that matter...take notes Dunlop,Boss,MXR,etc...) is that if it were 100% true bypass. I would have to say that this wah is about 90-95% transparent, so it really isn't horrible at all. I highly recommend it to anyone searching for a well made, great sounding wah pedal.

Submitted by Anonymous at 08/06/2005 06:44