Boss PW-10 V-Wah

Fairly easy to use the presets right out of the box. The only negative is that when I turn on my pedalboard it is automatically on. Then what happens is sometimes the distortion knob gets turned up in transport, even though I am careful with my pedals and I am trying to figure out if one of my cables is causing the distortion. The other problem with it being switched on on power up is that then I am trying to fix my tone in my signal chain for 10 minutes before realizing that my V-Wah is ON. Doh! After a few months of gigging with it I am finally getting used to checking the WAH first if I am having tone probs.

I haven't used any of the saving features so I cannot comment on them. The presets have worked well enough for me.

Running a American Deluxe Fat Strat through the V-WAH, DOD Octoplus, AW5 Autowah, DOD 670 Flanger, Boss EQ pedal, IBanez CS9 Chorus, Digitech X-Series MAin Squeeze Compressor and Digitech X-Series DigiDelay. All these go into a Fender DSP Stage 160 Combo.

I don't notice it is noisy but I have noticed some of the treble is gone which I make up for with my EQ with out too much noticeable hiss or anything.

The effects are great. I like all the presets. The Uni-Vibe is phenomenal enough to warrant getting the V-Wah. You can control the Univabe speed with the wah mechanism. Beautiful stuff.

I haven't been very pleased with the distortion setting on it. Boss should stick to increasing the usefulness of the Wah and Univibe settings - making them even more phenomenal - and lose the distortion aspect of it. They are trying to make the pedal do too much IMO. Advice. . .stick with making it hands-down the best wah, vibrato, vibe pedal/modeler ever. Everyone already has distortion.

This is a main feature of my live rig, and I always get positive comments on the Uni-Vibe especially. I do use it w/out a backup, though I have a vintage Ibanez CS-9 that can approximate a Uni-Vibe Leslie sound in worst case scenarios. But in general I have gigged w/out backup or incident for the last 8 months.

Never dealt with boss. No opinion.

I am in an old-school funk band complete with horn section so it does the job perfectly. I also write alot of original funk/jazz stuff so it works well with the Charlie Hunter, John Scofield style of funk/jazz I like to record.

If it was lost or stolen I would probably get another. Hands down favorite feature is the Uni-Vibe. Very lush vibe.

My only suggestion is to lose the distortion and concentrate on user interface and expanding the vibe and wah features.

First off? I found that you have to press down quite hard to turn the effect on and off. Secondly if you have the drive knob past ?off? the drive (distortion) stays there even if the wah is turned off???. Thirdly, if you decide to turn the effect off and then press down too hard on your heal is you do so it active?s the three memories which is embarrassing. If a pedals is turned off it should stay off.
Apart from them three things the pedal is very easy to get to grips with, just select what settings like and what wah you want and its ?whack whack? heaven.

Initially the sound is good but the bloody ?noise suppressor? kills the treble coming from the pedal. It makes it sound like you have turned the treble down on your amp. I play detuned stuff but I should still get similar treble. I did a direct comparison with my old 1995 Cry-baby and there is loads more treble coming from my Cry-baby. On the other hand you can get a juicy amount of different sounds, I love the ?VOISE? and ?UNI-V? there real fun to play around with. The three wahs are good too apart from the lack of treble. I?m not struck on the drive its ok, I don?t think I?ll be using that. I have only played it through my old 15watt practice Marshall at current and not through my Mesa head at band practise yet. Which should be fun ;-)

It looks and feels really reliable, its takes 6 AA batteries as apposed to the standard 9V which makes it feel like a kids toy when putting the batteries in. The ?official? Boss adapter in the guitar shop cost #23, which is robbery, so I said ?no thanks?.
I haven?t had it long enough to see how long the batteries last but I think it will be for a while.

It?s a good, versatile wah wah pedal with plenty to keep you busy. Good tones and a part from the three things I mentioned in the ?easy to use? section. It?s a nice pedal to have and play with.

Out of the box and using it with distortion without turning on the noisegate or putting any of the distortion available on, I was pleased with the sound, using the Crybaby setting, which was very good, as was the Bad Horsie setting. With a clean sound, it was top draw, especially with the Univibe setting. It was easy to get a good sound out of it, which I was expecting from other reviews.
The features of this wah offer the new COSM technology, eight distortion/overdive effects, such as the Boss MT-2 and the Marshall Guvnor, a noisegate, different wah modellers, such as the Crybaby, Bad Horsie, Vox wah and voice box plus more, and editing patches which are useful to have when storing your customisable wah which is another great feature.
One problem though. If you lost the manual, you would be completely screwed. This wah would be difficult to use without it. The manual is very detailed and helpful, but changing distortion and sounds would be difficult without it and a bugger to do on stage, turn off wah, hold memory button, turn on power, etc.

I am using a Ernie Ball MusicMan Steve Morse guitar and an Epiphone Les Paul through a Marshall MG100DFX (planning on getting a MXR Dime Distortion pedal, are they out yet?? no reviews on it).
It is noisy without the noisegate switched on, but with the noisegate on, there is not a lot of noise. It is noisy if you are using distortion on the amp on full and the distortion full on the wah, but you only need the distortion at quarter of the way round for the sound to get as distorted as possible.
The effects are great, but you need to use certain ones for the certain sound.
Steve Morse doesn't use much wah as far as I am aware of, but his guitar is good enough for me when coming to his sound (just need a Peavey 5150 for that heavy Deep Purple sound). With the Metal Zone set, and the Crybaby setting on, you can recreate a good Kirk Hammett sound from the Black Album. I don't usually it for blues and stuff, e.g. SRV, Ten Years After, but for metal and hard rock it is great, Wylde and Dimebag.
The distortion is great for adding that extra bite, and the Univibe is amazing as well as the talkbox setting.

This wah is rock solid, built by Boss of course. I would gig with it without a backup.

Have not had a problem with it as of yet.

I play rock, metal and blues, and I would say this wah is versatile enough for all these styles. I have been playing for about 3 years now and have a Korg mulitFX pedal which I do not use anymore. If it were stolen, I probably would get another one, but then again, I would be very much tempted to get the Dimebag Darrell Crybaby From Hell.
I love the sounds, hate the fiddley parts of using it, changing distortion for example.
I would reccomend it for sure, as long as you keep the instruction manual safe.

The distortion set-ups are a pain, but in spite of that it is way easy to dial in stuff the way you need them. I mean, this is actually a wah pedal with a few extra bells and whistles by way of the distortions. If you need a versatile distortion, get a dedicated pedal for that. I really like the ease of queaking the actual wah ranges. I hardly use the distortions since it places the distortion in front of the wah effect. I usually prefer the wah first in my chain, with the exception of very slight/mild overdrive prior to the vocal "vowel/alphabet" wah to accent the human quality of the vowel sounds. I love the vowel stuff incidently.

Best wah I've ever heard. Period. I've played for almost 18 years and have played most all of them. I would rather have this one pedal rather than all of the other originals combined. It is unreal how good this thing actually sounds and responds to playing nuances. And it is totally quiet in and of itself. Absolutely a must for studio stuff, and it is way quiet on stage at loud volumes too. The noise gate in my opinion is very transparent and doesn't interfere with the tone of my strings. Does a tremendous job at delivering very organic tones, at least for my primary set-up (a beloved Ibanez RG7420 going into a Line6 FlextoneII XL, with other pedals like a whammy, Line6 Filter Modeler, Digitech SynthWah, Digitech XP-300 Space Station, etc.....too many to list....configured as needed). The actual tones I can pull from the V-Wah are so good, especially the "Advanced" wah with the range set at the lowest setting. The Vox and Crybaby settings are faithfully somewhat narrow in their ranges just like the originals, and the Morley sounds great. Also, the bass wah is great. I occasionally use it on my Conklin 7-string bass and it sounds noticeably good.

Solid and I love the way it feels when you step on it to engage it. It's perfect in every way and still feels as tight as the first day I got it, and mine was actually a floor/demo model from the Indianapolis Mars store that went out of business, so I am assuming it had lots of use prior to me getting it, though it was basically in mint condition when I bought it.

The folks at Roland are usually pretty nice on the phone, but it is very "big corporation" feeling and sometimes they can be stiff on the customer service (especially if there is a $ to be made on stuff like manuals), especially with other pieces of Roland gear I've owned in the past.

Most incredible wah I could buy, especially for reliability, quietness, and tone variations. I would do anything to replace it if it were lost or stolen. I bought it on a whim when it was on clearance and I didn't really try it until I got it home, and it has proven to be my best friend. Ranks high on my essential tools list along with the SynthWah and Whammy pedals. Can't imagine not having it.

This is something you have got to consider... it is not easy using the built-in overdrives & distortions & stuff... If you want this to be just a wah-pedal and nothing else but a wah-pedal, this thing gets a plain 10. Just set your wah-type, wah-range, click the toe-switch & go. Also to consider if you have your sounds set in the memory & you want to get over to a friend to have a little jam, well... basically you take a guitar & this pedal. Which makes it a nice thing to have around, it can be a real cool multi-effect unit and about the best wah-out there without the hassle of taking an entire floorboard with you. So all things considered...

The sound just plain rocks. I have a modest setup which I'm still in the early stages of building, but I know what sounds good, I've played a lot of stuff over the years.
Cort M-500 Mirage/Jackson flying V -> PW-10 -> FV-50 -> Peavey Bandit
All wah-types are very convincing, in some cases you have to be a wah-expert (which I'm not) to hear the difference between the pw-10 & the real wah. The built-in distortions are all very good, it's too bad you cant tweak those too much, but they are all very usable.
The morley is SPOT-ON the sound of kirk hammett. For modern new-school stuff you definately want the morley-wah. Also gets you the sound of Mark Tremonti from Creed. The noise reducer works great, I hear people saying that it eats your sound... well I have to disaggree.

I can rely on it in a gigging-situation to work without too much trouble.
Gosh, yeah yeah "BOSS = tank", "It's a BOSS", "I trew it under a speeding train and it still works", "I took 5 shots at it with my shotgun and the buttons weren't even moved"... This is almost becoming a stupid question if somewhere on the product it says "BOSS"
It is solid metal, if you hit someone on the head with this thing you migt kill him.
Tip: leave batteries in the unit so the settings stay stored and as a backup if you would accidently would pull out the plug of your adaptor.

Never dealt with they
I'm probably going to die before this pedal does... so I believe I won't need it.

I've been playing for nearly 8 years now and this is my first contact with wah pedals since 4 years. (I used to play them all the time). If this thing got lost or stolen, I'd probably go hunt down a thief, but without a single doubt buy a new one. I compared this to a crybaby, a morley and a vox wah... And let's be fair at this, why the hell go through the maintainance hassle the crybaby and the vox bring with them, if you can have this thing... Why the hell would you choose between 3 wahs... If you can have all 3 of them. The beaty of this thing is that the Morley wah on this pedal is convincing enough to be the real one, but it's cheaper... This thing certainly inspires towards new things, and also makes you feel one of those wah-heroes you wish you where. Or just how about making your own custom wah, which also is a powerfull feature to me. This is definately a MUST-BUY (or at least take a look at it :)) for every leadplayer or anyone that wants a wah added to his setup. My message to boss is to just make the distortions and memories easyer to use, and maybe add the functionality of tweaking the distortions a bit. Peace!

The manual is comprehensive, but typical of most Boss pedals, it's not an "all-in-one." Yeah, it has more types of "wah", but against my Crybaby, it just isn't there. Too much tweaking is required to get a sound you want. Then, if you switch instruments, you have to change settings, etc., etc.,. I have time to practice; I don't like wasting time programming or fine tuning pedals. The factory settings sound horrible.

I have Gibson SG and a Strat Custom with Texas Specials, into a Marshall AVT 50. Great sounding instruments/setup. But I think the PW-10 actually degrades the overall sound. I don't use it any more. I use the Crybaby instead. The noise suppression is marginally effective, especially on the Strat. The Uni-V sounds silly. The Voice setting is poor as well. The overdrives are either weak or too distorted. The Gibson can handle it a little, because of the humbuckers, but it kills the sustain and harmonics on the Strat. Worst of all, the Crybaby setting doesn't sound like one at all!

One thing I do like about Boss is the power daisy-chaining. Very reliable. But if you need to use batteries, the PW-10 requires 6 AA batteries, unlike most pedals which require a single 9V. So now you have to have 2 types of batteries in your pedalboard, if you need to use them. If you forget, or don't have enough, the pedal is worthless. Not only that, it's huge. It takes up too much floor space; you have to position it right to connect it in-line with other pedals with right-angle mini-cables. Poorly thought out and engineered.

Never dealt with them. What are they going to say? "You might like it someday!"
This PW-10 is going straight to the chopping block. Part of customer support is making a decent product in the first place; I wish Boss and Roland engineers would finally employ their multi effects units' capabilities into the individual pedal units.

I play rock, blues, etc. It doesn't sound good at all, in my opinion. Lost or stolen? Big deal. I'll just sum all the questions up in one statement. Boss products are rugged and "reliable" in terms of their ability to withstand punishment, but this is just another of a long line of poorly engineered pedals that lack versatiltiy and sound qualities. I don't get it; their muti-effects units are so good, but the individual pedals don't cut it, and are WAY overpriced. That's why they're always changing their line-up. Buy a Crybaby or Big Muff. Those have been around a long time, and there's a reason for it. Try to find one of those used. Good luck! See what I mean?

I'm a bass player, and just like Cliff Burton from old Metallica, I'm using this pedal for my bass solos. For me it's great. You can simply make two presets, one with Distrtion, and default leave clean, when on the stage, you can use Heel Switch to change effect. Everybody complains about use, for me it's very good Wah for all fast bassists who like their solos during the concert...

WoW!!! 8 types of distortion and 6 types of Wah, including Uni-v and Boss Humanizer... I'm using the presets for Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi and Morley Bad Horsie, it works eXtremely good, just like from old videos, when Cliff played on them together...

Boss, as we all know, builts effects just like tanks. For me- Immortal...

I've called once there and I was nearly shocked! They were nice for me!!! :)))

I'm Black and Thrash bass player, I use Peavey International Series V-Crusher and 150W Hohner Bass Amp. Actually, for me it's the best Wah on the world, If i'd lost it, I'm shure I'd buy another one, or maybe two :)))

If you're looking for just a wah pedal, it's simple. The problem is, however, when you want to used the built-in distortion. To much unplugging, plugging back in, hold this, hold that, just too boring. Save yourself the headache and don't use the distortion on this pedal.

Right now i'm using a Paul Reed Smith guitar into my old Fender Chorus M-80 solid state amp. I find the distortion to be very fragile, and by fragile I mean that sometimes the sound changes from what you set it to. As a wah pedal, I was sold on this thing because the guy at the shop lined up this one, a Vox Wah, and a Crybaby and to tell you the truth, I liked this one better. But in addition to the wah sound it has an excellent Uni-Vibe emulator, which I use religiously. The best example of a sound you can get from it is the Kenny Wayne Shepherd --- Last Goodbye song.

Mine's been banged up...it's a Boss, built like a rock.

Non-existant.

I play a wide variety of music, on my Paul Reed Smith I play heavier stuff...a la Nickelback, Metallica, etc. On my Strat I play blues stuff, and recently i'm obsessed with Kenny Wayne Shepherd (amazing). If it were stolen I think i'd buy it again. i love the uni-vibe sound...hate the distortion it provides.

Bottom line, if you find you become bored of specific types of sounds rather quickly then i'd recommend this pedal because of it's range. Otherwise, i'd probably suggest buying a Vox and Crybaby simply because you'll eventually want one anyway.

Ease of use? Yes and no. The wah side is brilliant. Takes no time to dial something really cool up and go. The distortion side is a real hair puller. Too much tweak and shut things down, hold memory button, dance around in circle. You get to the point of being able to get a level set and find out that it responds differently to different amplifiers. Frustrating.

Godin LGXT>Morley Volume pedal>Mesa Boogie DC-5 or Crate VC5212>In effects loop>Boss GT-3 and Line 6 DL-4 Delay modeler. The wah effects all sound great. At some level, they are better than the originals. This is due to the fact that they are quieter and more precise than what they are emulating. Had several different Crybaby's, a Dano-Wah and even played through Vox and Budda-Wahs. This is so much more consistent. To a wah purist, this argument may not fly. But I will sacrifice authenticity for clean dependability any day. Don't really like to constantly worry about maintaining other Wahs.

It certainly appears to be solid, no potentiometers to worry about. Use without a back up all the time. It's a Boss. They seem to be pretty well indestructible.

Dealt with Boss once and it was a complete cluster****. All of the cognitive stability of a crank smoking Golden Retriever with Tourette's Syndrome. Gave up and had local tech-geek fix problem. Manuals from Boss have improved immensely in the last few years. That means that they are just plain bad as opposed to completely and utterly incomprehensible

Funk. Gospel. Celtic. Atmospheric weirdness. I have been playing over twenty years in a variety of styles. I would definitely replace this for the wah options alone. They are 100% brilliant. I love how the wahs give you so many colors and tweeking possibilities. I must be missing the boat on the distortions. They all sound pretty one dimensional to me and are an absolute protological exam to use.

This pedal is easy to use ....and it's not. If you bought this product to be a wah pedal, and nothing else (like most people), it's dead simple. It's on or off with the tap of your toe, and has good sounding pre-sets for the classic wah pedals (Vox, Cry Baby, and Morley) at the turn of a knob. Pick one, stick with it, and it's a wah pedal. The problem (and some people would argue that it's a benefit), is that this pedal also has distortion built into it. It's a programming nightmare to dial in the type and level of distortion you want. Stick with the wah, and if you get tired of say the Vox sound, switch to the Cry Baby.

I use a variety of different guitars, and I plug this unit into (a really ancient) Roland GP-8 Guitar Effects Processor. For the most part, the amp I use is a Fender Dual Showman Reverb with a Marshall 4 X 12 slant cabinet (a cardinal sin I know). The Wah sounds are great to excellent (which is what you really bought the pedal for, isn't it). The Univibe and Voice settings I find slightly interesting but useless. The distortion sounds (once you find them - see ease of use) are good, however there is no tone control, which detracts from their viability. You need a distortion pedal to use in conjunction with this pedal, because the distortion sounds that the pedal has, have no tone control and are a real pain to dial in.

This thing is solid. I have a rather extensive Boss/Roland collection which has never failed me. I don't expect this to.

I live about 20 minutes away from the Roland Canada repair centre. I brought my GP-8 there once because a connection jack was worn out. It was fixed in a week, done right, and it was pretty cheap. I have no complaints.

I like this pedal. When I bought it, I was set on the Vox, but this one is just as rugged, sounds as good, is pretty close in price (about $ 25.00 more), and for that has a few extra sounds in it. I'll keep it.