Vox Wah-Wah

Price Paid: US $175

Ease of Use: 10
Very easy to use(it's a friggin wah pedal).

Sound Quality: 7
I run this directly into a Marshall AVT20 with my LP standard. It sounds perfect clean, with great wah clarity, but as said above, when overdriven, sounds weak and unsatisfying. I also noticed noise in the circuit, which I know the pedal is causing. When you work the pedal without playing, it makes a scratching sound.

Reliability: 9
I've only owned it a year, but it works like the day I bought it.

Customer Support: N/A

Overall Rating: 8
I play very different syles, anywhere between blues and metal. As you make that blues to rock to metal transition with this pedal, the sound goes from awesome to just ok. If you're a blues man, there's no better pedal out there. If you like shredding or want a good all-around/versatile pedal, try something else.

Submitted by Anonymous at 10/02/2004 15:26

Price Paid: N/A

Ease of Use: 8
Easy to get a nice wah tone, although I wish the pedal had a greater range of movement.

Sound Quality: 7
Haven't compared with other wahs, but it sounds good to my ears - for the most part. One thing that bothers me-when I press down on the pedal all the way, I'm picking up a local radio station frequency. So yes, it is noisy, but I didn't expect this. It may be the fact that I live in midtown Atlanta, which has a large number of radio/television stations. I hear the radio station even though my rig (7 pedals) uses Monster Cables, which are considered to be top of the line.

Reliability: 9
Hasn't broken down yet, and I've had it for a few years.

Customer Support: N/A
Never used...

Overall Rating: 9
The Vox wah has a great tone, I'm using it with a Fender Twin Reverb amp and it sounds great. But it is noisy when you press down. If you have a knowledge of electronics and know how to make this unit noise-free, please let me know - Email barbarino_atl@yahoo.com

Submitted by Anonymous at 09/13/2003 13:20

Price Paid: US $100

Ease of Use: 8
Some resistance during turn-on and turn-off. Frustrating that sometimes I have to really stomp on it. It works though.

Sound Quality: 10
The sound is the best, without a doubt...when it works. I'm on my second Vox because they keep breaking, but I'll get to that momentarily. When it doesn't work, it crackles, zaps, squeals like a pig, and generally freaks out. Plug it in backwards and you can sound like that screaming Echoes spot on Meddle by Pink Floyd.

Reliability: 6
No I cannot depend on this thing. This is my second one, and I only bought it for the sound. I must be really hard on my wahs, because the input jacks continuously buzz and spit harshness out of my rig. But, it's not as bad as it sounds. I took a socket to the input and output nuts and torqued them rather snuggly. It seems to have done the trick, but this thing has buzzed and screamed too many times for me to be confident when it comes time to plug it in. I open it up and look at the soldering, and that seems to be unbroken. There doesn't seem to be a whole hell of a lot to this thing, so I must be consoled that it was loose jacks. We'll see. I checked out the Tech 21 for a back-up. It sounds nice, but having read the reviews, it seems that there really aren't any rock-solid wahs out there. This one is supposed to be, but this second one is fucking up similarly to the first, which is horribly distorted and growls like a dying cat.

Customer Support: N/A
Never dealt with as warranty always seems expired when they crap out on me.

Overall Rating: 6
Overall, when it works, it sounds as it should: you can warble it quickly for that sound with ease as the resistance is not great. You can work it slowly and accentuate that climax of your solo with a fully opened, screaming sound. You can plug it in backwards and make it squeal, which of course sounds really cool with reverb, delay, and whatever else you want to put on there.

When it doesn't work, which happens more often than I'd like, it can really ruin creativity. I rely on my wah more than I realized, and have had to make due without it more thank I'd care to pay for.

Submitted by Paul at 08/01/2003 12:53

Price Paid: US $150

Ease of Use: 10
Easy as any other wah. Babies could use it.

Sound Quality: 9
I run it at the begininng of my setup then into my tubescreamer, distortion and delay pedals. Then into a Marshall AVT100. Beautiful sounding wah clean or with overdrives kicked in. Very 70's classic rocknroll but thats why you buy this pedal.

Reliability: 10
No problems so far and i've had it nearly a year.
Would use without a backup.

Customer Support: N/A

Overall Rating: N/A
RocknRoll music with full on 70's solos this pedal is ideal.

Submitted by Anonymous at 07/18/2003 16:37

Price Paid: 69 (pounds) used

Ease of Use: 10
It's easy to use. You rock back. It goes HOO. You rock forth. It goes WAH.

Sound Quality: 8
This is the quintessential wah wah pedal. It has classic tone. Think Clapton, Hendrix, Page.....your run of the mill 60s and 70s blues Gods used the Vox. What it doesn't have is a great, big pronounced sweep a la Steve Vai - which is a bit of a shame because I like that. It's perfect for blues, great for funk and the action of the edal rocker allows wonderful 'fluttering' like Jimmy Page on No Quarter. That sounds great. I'd say it wa the pedal to buy if you play clean or with a mild overdrive. When you crank the distortion, the wah loses its wah; it becomes less pronounced. And it's not fantastic above the 12th fret on the 1st E for some reason..... It is your classic vintage wah without a doubt though.

Reliability: 9
never had a fault with it, it never fluctuates. Pots wear out and crackle eventually but that hasn't happened yet. It's nice and easy on the batteries compared to some wahs, too.

Customer Support: N/A
never used em

Overall Rating: 9
I play a combination of blues, funk and rock/metal/shred. It's NOT a shredder's weapon. It's a great wah for blues and funk, provides the best tone of all the wahs but I feel lets itself down when you crank the distortion. If you want to emulate Hendrix, Clapton etc, this is the pedal. If you want Satch and Vai, look elsewhere. It's the easiest pedal to use, I'd get another if I lost it or if it broke or some swine stole it. I just wish the sweep was a little wider. It's sturdy and simple with great tone.

Submitted by Duncan at 01/17/2002 20:11

Price Paid: US $90.00 used

Ease of Use: 10
Very easy to use. Just go back and forth.

Sound Quality: 6
The clean channel sounds absolutely beautiful on this wah. But when you click on some distortion, the wah loses alot of it's "wah", in fact I could barely here it while playing out the other night. I use a Peavey Bandit with the wah wah being the first pedal from my guitar.

Reliability: 8
Only used it a few times but it seems to be constructed very well. Would use it without a backup.

Customer Support: N/A
Haven't dealt with them....yet.

Overall Rating: 7
Love the clean wah, hate the distorted wah. Loses it's edge on distrortion. Crybaby sounds much better distorted but not as good clean.

Submitted by dale at 11/09/2001 07:00

Price Paid: US $70

Ease of Use: 10
Step on it to turn in on, step on it to turn it off. No knobs, how hard can it be?

Sound Quality: 9
In my opinion, its the best Wah Wah pedal ever made. Its just so classic and easy. At first when i got it i had not properly read the manual to realise you have to place it at the end of the setup or else itll almost turn into a volume pedal. So dont make that mistake. It sounds excellent. I play lead guitar and when i do a solo i put on the pedal and it does in fact make me sound better than i really am. Once you get a rhythm of how to "switch" it, the sky is the limit.

Reliability: 8
It only broke on me once, and it was a bizzare twist of fate. My band was playing outdoors on a VERY cold night. My wah wah and my distortion pedal broke! It was odd. When i got home i took it apart, and a wire had broken, but it was carefully protected by padding. Odd eh? But other than that, its been fine

Customer Support: N/A

Overall Rating: 9
Its great for classic rock and new rock. But its excellent for soloing, thats for sure. I love it on my solos.

Submitted by Max Perenchio at 07/03/2001 19:20

Price Paid: 1000 (Finnish Marks)

Ease of Use: 10
Quite easy to use. Battery changing is a bit stupid but then again it dosen't take much juice - and you aren't an idiot.

Sound Quality: 10
This definetly is the real wah sound. There is maybe one wah better sounding then this the Ibanez-WH10 but I can't get my hands on that. This is nice. Better then Dunlop, though Dunlop is good too. This has the 70's feel.. for funk and for rock.. and that's what a person is usually looking for in a wah. I think Dunlop is like this but goes a little on the copyer/over technicality side. This has the tradition in it's sound.

Reliability: 10
Yeah always works. Will never break.

Customer Support: N/A
Never had to call

Overall Rating: 10
This on rules. It is the best wah for anyone really lookings for _a wah-wah pedal_ in the real meaning of it.

Submitted by Anonymous at 06/13/2001 16:16

Price Paid: for free used

Ease of Use: 10
It's a wah, very simple to use. You activate it and just rock the pedal. There're no additional knobs or buttons. I'haven't the manual, but who needs a manual for using a wah like this?

Sound Quality: 10
I've used this pedal with many setup, including Mesa Triple rectifier, Fender Twin Reverb silverface, Fender Bandmaster blackface, various marshall combos and stacks, Peavey and with a rack system too. It always has it's own sound, deep and throaty. I've used this pedal with an Ibanez RG-550, a Gibson SG-Z, a Smith Strat a Patrick Eggle and a 1962 Jazzmaster. It always works good, there're no problems at all. Sometimes, if I don't use it for a long period, it's a little noisy: I just clear the pot and then it works fine again. With this wah you get the typical Hendrix sound. It has more excursion than Jim Dunlop's Wha-wah. With my Smith Strat, this pedal, the fuzz-face, a Bandmaster blackface and a good Marshall SLP I have the sound similar to Jimi's one.

Reliability: 9
It's the only pedal I depend on it. It's the best wah I've ever tried. It's a 70's italian model and it's not very easy find another pedal like this, even if I live in Italy. I'm always trying to find at least another 70's Vox wah, for using it as a backup, but they cost a lot, like 300$. Crybaby and Ibanez WH-10 are good too, but I can't imagine me playing without this pedal on the floor, because this really fits with my style of playing guitar.

Customer Support: N/A
Never needed a customer support

Overall Rating: 10
I like to play mainly post rock, but I've played crossover for some years. I like to play blues and 70's rock too. It's a good match with all the music I've played. I've been playing guitar for 8 years and I have the Vox wah for about 7 years. I've got an Ibanez WH-10 too. It's really cool, but less versatile. I use the Vox wah with a Dallas arbiter Fuzz-face. You have to put the Fuzz-face before the wah in your pedal chain because you get a better sound. I use also a Moogerfooger Ring modulator, a Small stone and an Electro-Harmonix Attack Equalizer. You can get really weird sounds with the wah and the ring modulator. The main feature of this pedal I love is the high frequencies it has if you rock on the pedal. Other wah pedals do not have this sound , are more darker sounding.And many pedals have less excursion. If it were stolen, I'd cry like a baby and I'd buy another Vox wah.

Submitted by Sacha at 04/17/2001 08:28

Price Paid: US $110

Ease of Use: 10
This was the first pedal I EVER used. Never even fooled around with another at the store and I understood this. Hell, I knew what to do BEFORE I even bought it!

Sound Quality: 9
Great sound. It used to pop when I'd switch it on or off but it works good now. It's not that great with the amp I have but the amp is crap so there's nothing to complain about. Great Hendrix tone. Also good for Cream.

Reliability: 8
The little rubber feet keep falling off, but I've found that it's easier to used with the feet off. Also, I'm too poor to use a backup so I don't need one. 8 because feet fell off but it works better.

Customer Support: N/A
Never dealt with

Overall Rating: N/A
Great pedal. If you're going to buy a wah, get this one.

Submitted by Peter at 03/10/2001 12:02