Boss PW-10 V-Wah

The PW-10 looks a little complex when you first approach it... it's not a traditional Boss stomp in that you can't just plug and play, you've got to work out what controls what first. Once you know what everything does, no trouble. Loses out a little in the "ease of use" that it's packed so many FX into one item, but that's the tradeoff between having separate wahs and effecst in one unit.

The adjustments aren't too difficult once you know what everything does... turn the dials, and that's it unless you want to start storing sounds.

The heel switch is helpful for switching between memory presets. People may either love or hate the toe & heel switches... the advantage is that you have to stomp down hard to get it to switch, so you can't you change anything by accident, but that may be a disadvantage for people with a light foot action.

I run a Les Paul, or Strat into a Marshall Valvestate 100, with ernie ball volume, boss PW-10 wah, boss ce-2 chorus & guyatone md3 delay in the effects loop.

Full marks to Boss for the accurate modelling of the Crybaby, Vox & Morley bad horsie wahs, and I like the way in which one can adjust the sweep of them.

I've found the PW-10 to be less noisy than my old crybaby, both whilst active and not. The PW-10 also has the distinct advantage of optical sensors, so there's no dirty pots problem.

I also play a lot of funk bass, and am enjoying the bass wah function - can't compare it to another as I haven't owned one, but certainly it's smooth, clean and responsive.

It's a Boss... so i'd have no hesitation in saying that i'd use it without a backup. However! These things are pretty new, so I guess give it a few more years before I definitely say anything. Certainly it's built like a tank, and looks & feels like it would survive a direct missile strike. Very rugged.

Not anticipating having to call them for the next 20 or so years, if at all...

I play stuff varying from rock to indie, with a fair amount of funk thrown in (play the bass also, just can't help myself!). The Morley wah model is great for rock, crank up the drive and it growls at you most satisfyingly. The other wahs are also perfectly modelled. The jury is out on the distortion and voice functions - amusing but I think ultimately, the unit would probably be better without them - but the Uni-V effect is good fun, although I doubt i'll ever use it in recording... still, nice juddering chorusy sound.

I bought it as I was after a wah sound after losing my old crybaby, and was pretty happy to get three classic wahs in one. I bought partially because of the Boss-Roland pedigree, and I wasn't disappointed. If I lost it, or had it nicked, I would most certainly go out and get another one - it beats a crybaby hands down... not to take anything away from the dunlops, just this thing models it superbly, with optical sensors, and many more adjustable settings.

If you want a flexible wah, go the extra #20 or #30 and get this thing: for less than 100 quid it's worth it. Well done, Boss.

Simply stated, the best wah pedal I've come across in over 30 years of playing (damn has it been that long)..... Great sounds, like having 10 pedals in one, and I've had "virtually" every wah pedal ever made. This one replaces them all, and I used to be fond of my old Morley Power Wah. Read the manual and follow it for 10 minutes, editing/saving patches is easy.

Sound quality is superb, hands down. Low noise, adjustable noise filter for distortion effects. Easy to set wah and drive/wah memory setting to switch between the 2 (read the manual). In manual mode supremely easy to use. I just love this wah, it can do ANYTHING sonically, the pedal travel is fine, and correctly sounds like the "models" it emulates. You may not want to use the gain/distortion as your main sound, but it is very easy to set up a drive/gain stage to kick in with your heel or switch easily back to non-gain wah, or turn it off (front toe switch). I don't have a bad thing to say about this excellent pedal from Boss, not one damn thing..... it just sounds great and is easy to use.

Built like a truck, no hesitation in using it on stage or studio.

Boss is good w/customer support

Best damn wah pedal on the planet, and the Univibe effect is pretty darn close to the original, and even better because the original dampened the guitar signal when oscillating. Wah voicings are superb, noise level suppression is adjustable when selecting one of the overdrive simulations to load into memory (you can only use one at a time), but you can balance the overdrive gain to the non-overdrive wah volume. This pedal ROCKS! Get rid of your unreliable wah pedals and get this one. Don't believe me, get a Boss and compare it back to back with your existing pedal, I bet you'll toss your old ones out or sell them on Ebay. Price new is $149 on the web, I got mine on Ebay for $100 (used but in new condition). That's the end of my search for an old Morley Power Wah to replace the one that crapped out - I gave up on Vox Crybabys a long time ago, and the newer Morleys are crap, save for the Snarling Dog and Danelectro wahs - get the V-Wah and you'll be smiling right now the same as me.

The wah part of it is easy to use. But I think there is too much to be done in order to use the distortion effects. I'm still gonna use my Marshall Jackhammer for that.

Wah sounds good although I have't really compared it to the other wahs like Vox etc that this wah emulates. The voice thingie and the Uni-V sounds good too.
However, the distortion settings are too loud compared too the clean wah sound so I had to use my Jackhammer as a volume box.... Also I think the distortions brought a bit sharp metallic sound with them (i've only tried the MT-2(defaul tsetting) and OD-1 dist)
But it's primarily a as a wah I use it so I give it a niner.

Looks solid enough to me.

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ease of use? it really depends on whether you have the patience to sit down with the manual. if you do, it ain't so bad, but if not, you are likely to put your hair out. each knob and button has several utilities and you need the manual to figure it out. so if you get this pedal used without a manual, best of luck yo you matey!

fantastic! i own two crybabies and liked them very much...until this pedal came along. the wah is very stable and smooth, there are no sudden peaks along the travel of the treadle. each wah type has its own characteristics and all of them sounded great.

my two wahs have crapped out on me so am not putting much hope on this one..but we'll see...

no reason to contact them yet

i have always loved the wah. and now with the new PW10, i can have 4 of them right at my feet, all for th eprice of one. you can't get any better than that. my only gripe is boss was too ambitious with this pedal, adding on the od option. i would have just push out the wah by itself as the wah on its own is awesome. this could have kept the price low and made it more appealing.

I've been using this pedal for about 7 months. It's a little difficult to work with at first, but once you find your favorite settings, It's a snap.
The trick is to pick a couple tones that are veratile and stick with them. There's 3 memories, plus a 'custom' position on the knob. If you only need a couple settings, you can pare back the heel pedal to act as a manual/memory two position switch instead of four. I ignore the distortions, although fine for pedals, I've got more than enough tube distortion elsewhere.
If you're frustrated with this pedal, you can simplify it down as far as you like, and ignore whatever you want. I use the manual settings for wahs, and use the heel switch (set to two-position) to go to a clean univibe. I've used it live & if you're comfortable with your settings, I don't think it would let you down. Don't even think of reprogramming live. Just get all your ducks in line ahead of time & they'll quack just fine. The manual is well written & complete. You really should read it completely and keep it handy when reprogramming. This pedal really does need a knob for distortion types. The distortions are OK, and there's a good variety, but if you've got tubes and/or a standalone dirtbox, it's much more convenient to ignore them.
To summarize, steep learning curve, but makes sense in the end if you can grok it.

I play this pedal through a Traynor YCV80 tube amp with an Ibanez EX240. It's the only pedal I need now, with the crunch on the amp being more than enough distortion for what I need.
For wah quality, this thing sings. I've been playing for about 13 years, & I've played on a few different wahs, and I couldn't tell much of a difference on the default settings.
However, screw the default settings.
The killer feature on this pedal is the ability to move the sweet spot on any of the wah types. Like the Crybaby, but want more bite on the low end? Just turn the wah range down a bit. The Morley setting growls even more with the range at about 10 o'clock, when soloing on the low E area. Set at about 2 o'clock, the range is over-the-top for solos on the high strings. You could probably use the heel switch to go between the high & low settings to switch 'em on the fly. That would really freak people out.
The Univibe effect is pleasantly surprising. It seems out of place on this pedal, but is a sweet sounding bonus. I would have traded the somewhat lame voice effect for a volume pedal setting, though.
This pedal takes all the classic wahs, puts them in one pedal, and makes them more customizable than you could ever pull off with analog hardware.

It says 'Boss' on it.

Never dealt with 'em, but I'll bet they're as bored as the Maytag guy.

Good: The wah tone. That's what I bought it for. The tone is sick, and you can make it even sicker with a twist of the knob. Versatility! No pots = No crackling. You remember how your Crybaby would lose its cheese after a couple of years? No more. You'll never need another wah. The Univibe is sweet too.

Bad: Distortion settings are a bigger pain in the arse than they're worth. One more knob would have made a huge difference. I thought the voice settings were kind of useless.

Don't bother with the distortion or the voice settings. Well, unless you want. It's your pedal. I'd trade 'em for a volume pedal setting in a second. Just use it for the sweet, sweet wah fruits it offers. See them? They call you. Take them.

-Great manual, as long as you keep track of where you are in the editing process

-No problems actually doing it, but editing the distortion, making a custom wah, etc. are pretty cumbersome with the whole power down/up routine

-The toe switch really sucks- i'm 160 lbs, and i have to stomp with my heel to kill it, while the rest of my foot messes with my settings (anyone up to doing a mod on an otherwise great chunk of equipment?)

-without changing the presets (eg distortion), it's really easy to change your basic sound

-The wah models are dead on

-the uni-vibe is perfect, except it doesn't go fast enough for my tastes (i really want a Leslie cab, except that i'm a college student). The slow settings (barely past heel down) with max depth remind me of Dave Gilmour's phase sound when run with a chorus/flange (listen to Pink Floyd's Breathe for a good example)

-the noise suppressor bites the big one, as you need it when you use the distortion, but you can hear it fighting to kill the sound at high volumes unless you crank it (which kills any semblance of sustain whatsoever)

-the distortions are kinda distinguishable from one another, but all you really need is the boost for solos- let your amp (or dedicated stomp) do the distortion for you, as it sounds better, and has an EQ

-the voice mode sucks, as any fast pedal work absolutely robs you of good tone

-i still am undecided on the "double resonance" effect, as i can't find a practical use for it yet

-i get really noticeable lag (sound drops out) when i heel switch my presets, and there's a different distortion model on the next preset

-As long as I have the adaptor (batteries just don't cut it), i'll go anywhere, without a back up

-slightly less features would actually make my rating go UP- they tried to pack too much into such a small box without providing enough active control over everything.

I would like to come forward now to ask all wusses not to submit reviews on this wah. Come on people, anybody who gave this pedal anything under an 8 for ease of use, has clearly only owned it for about five minutes. This pedal is a work of fricken genius! I've owned MINE for about three months, and i actually know how it works! So if you can't figure it out, grab the owners manual and (amazingly) you might just figure it out. if you can't figure it out after reading the owners manual, then don't EVER operate anything mechanical down to a telephone! UNDERSTAND? Great.

o man, go out and try one that's all i can say. i'd like to be the third to rate this a 17.:-)

it's a boss, come on yo'.

i've pretty much said all i need to say at the top. Great pedal. Great sound. A bit of a battery eater, but hey, that's why they made an adaptor. awsome pedal.

How anyone can honestly give it above a 5 is a mystery. It is
very, very hard to use. And by the way the switches (one for toe, one for heel) are very , very hard to PUSH. So how can you press them when you are down on your butt trying to program it! I think if this pedal made it easier to find and set distortions and had less programming options it would be much more successful. If it had no distortion it probably would not make me so angry. Some of these "easy to use" submissions must come from Boss employees.

The wahs are great and can be adjusted for range which is great.
But the distortions: hard to find, hard to save, and they all have a ton of midrange. When did this love for midrange squawk and honk arise? I thought mid scooping was the trend. Better to have left them off. I can't envision anyone using this as their only or primary source of overdrive. Not that they suck but they are just very hard to find and switch and very time consuming to adjust. Just imagine taking 15 minutes at band practice trying to get a sound you found in two hours on your butt, you get the idea. Save it you say, well there are only 3 places to save and you cycle through them with your heel. OH JOY!! And when you call up your distortion with the back of your foot the drive goes to where the knob is set, not where you saved it at!!! Too many bells and whistles here. This is a wah wah pedal that can potentially make about 1000 different sounds. But that's like having to reading about the ass for an hour every time you have to fart.

I have only had five pedals go bad in 30 years and that's when I try to tinker with them. This is just not a factor for me I guess. As I said before however, if you rely on this for your distortion you must really love obtuse and anal retentive programming.

What, like I'm going to call Tokyo and get a chance to tell them how
stupid they are!!!!!!!!!! I've been trying for twenty years to get someone to make a flanger with a foot pedal on it to sweep the manual.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE GREAT. And while I'm ranting... Why do none of the fancy ass processors allow you to go dry left and wet right.
So frigging basic, it's on many recordings....BUT NO!!!!!! You can't
program any of these floor guitar processors like the GT3 to give
you a dry distortion from left and a wet only reverb from right. WHY!!!!

I can't use a pedal that makes me furious, even if it has some
great wa sounds. They should have left out the distortion and the
noise gate. The noise gate will actually cause your sound to fade out. Very nice when trying to sustain a note, NOT!! If I was'nt so lazy I'd put it on E BAY for $45.

From the first moment you take it out of the box, plug it in, turn it on and start messing with the knobs, this pedal [like most BOSS pedals with multiple settings] becomes truly engaging. My suggestion would be to sit in a room and have a "getting to know you" session with the pedal before you even think about touching the manual. After you are acquainted with the basic functions, the manual provides you with tons of easy to follow directions on how to further manipulate the pedal. Now, the problem for some may not be so-much-the-directions-as the process of programming the pedal. Saving presets, setting distortion types, etc. all have a different process to them [unplugging the pedal, pushing buttons, turning knobs...] that require nothing more than a little patience. Outside of that, this pedal is incredibly easy to use.

My setup goes: Les Paul Studio [into]>Fender PT-10>BOSS PW-10>ProCo RatII>BOSS CE-3>BOSS CS-3>KORG Dynamic Echo>[out through] Music Man HD130 Reverb Head/4x12 Cab. The WAH on it's own always sounds great. With a little bit of chorus and/or compression you can get some nice harmonic undertones to come out. With distortion [unless you use the pedal's on-board distortion(s)] the final signal likes to feed back when the pedal is rocked all the way forward. This can be adjusted somewhat by the "wah-range" knob. One of the best/noisiest sounds you can get out of this pedal is by putting it on its 3rd factory preset [a kind of distorted synthesizer emulation], turning on echo or delay, and strumming a chord or single note while slowly sweeping the pedal from low to hi tone. This creates a tremendous swell of horribly beautiful noise that sounds something like a very large space ship swooping by, or what it must sound like just before your head pops.

Very dependable. No need for a back up.

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I have been playing for 12 years now. Before this pedal, I had a limited edition Dunlop Crybaby which got the job done quite well. Then the PW-10 came out, and once I realized that it could successfully emulate the sound of my Crybaby, as well as create the sounds of multiple other wahs, I was sold and traded in my Crybaby. The styles of music I play go: Jazz, classical, metal, ambient, progressive, math, and straight up rock. I use this pedal more for effecting the dynamics/tone of my guitar within a song, rather than as a tool for wanking out a solo. But, it is also very versatile within the wanking realm. With all of its options [did I mention it also has 8 different distortion settings, and can be used as just a distortion pedal?] this pedal is quite ideal for me.

I bought this for use as a wah and as such it is child's play to use. The distortion and programming features require a bit more attention but none it is rocket science. Unlike some of your other reviewers, I found the manual helpful and easy to understand.

I'm skinny. Maybe that's why I haven't experienced the problem of accidentally tripping the heel switch. You know, guys, it's the sound that's supposed to be fat -- not the players.

My setup: American Standard Stratocaster > Boss CS3 compressor > FV50H volume pedal > [wah goes here] > trusty Zoom 1010 multiFX > Boss tremolo (TRsomething) > Boss DD3 > Marshall Valvestate 30 (clean channel only; I'm saving up for a better amp!)

The V-Wah isn't at all noisy. The photelectric potentiometer is a dream, offering smooth tone transitions and no unpleasant mechanical surprises. If only the vintage wahs whose sound this babe models were a quarter as good at this.

In terms of the sounds themselves, this pedal is pure heaven. I don't want to comment on how close the sounds are to the originals modelled; taken for themselves, they're great. The Bad Horsie setting is wonderful, especially for reggae and funk (well, at least I think so). The Voice setting is a great gimmick but it can get old really fast if you use it tastelessly.

The best thing on it -- as some of your other reviewers have found -- is the Uni-Vibe setting with the pedal-controlled vibrato speed. Look, I have to confess; I never knew what a Uni-Vibe was till I got this pedal. There were all these sounds on Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti and on other albums I love that sounded tasty but I never knew what made them. I do now. This one effect alone is worth the price I paid for the whole pedal.

Somebody gave this a 17 for sound quality? Way to go.

Haven't owned it that long or gigged it yet but it looks pretty solid and I've learned to trust Boss gear. I'm easy on my stomp boxes anyway -- like I said, I don't weigh much.

Don't know. You mean this isn't manufactured offplanet by super-intelligent advanced using a technology barely distinguishable from magic?

I play rock -- all kinds, and my definition of rock is a broad, broad church with a congregation that includes Hank Williams, Robert Johnson, Tom Waits, Nirvana and Beck. I'm not a big metal or punk fan. My favourite guitar players are Jimmy Page, Ry Cooder, Andy Summers, Neil Young and Keith Richards, not necessarily in that order. I don't play like any of these guys but the settings on my cheap little Zoom multiFX box mimic (or mock if you prefer) some of the tones frequently used by those heroes.

It don' signify. This wah is a great match for any kind of music that features wah guitar. It is intrinsically musical in the way it responds to the player and can lead your playing in interesting directions if you let it.

If it were lost I would instantly go out and buy another. If it were stolen I might go out and buy a gun.

First of all, I'd like to slam craig james (who submitted a review for this product fairly recently) on being a complete technical IDIOT! THIS PEDAL IS NOT HARD AT ALL TO USE!!! EVEN IF IT WAS IT WOULD BE WAY WORTH THE MONEY ANYWAY!!! seriously, getting started is a little bit confusing, but it's not that bad when you get to know the pedal.

On a scale of one to ten, this pedal scores about a 17! This friggin pedal will all but cook you breakfast (and do the dishes too) if you want it to! It literally has about 20 different effects pedals built right in. My favorite feature is the classic wah sounds (especially the Morley Bad Horsey), but i also love the EIGHT types of distortion as well as the more modern sounding wahs.

I know you've heard that all bosses are bomb proof, but this one seems just a teency weency bit cheeper than most. i'm gonna baby mine, and i think it's gonna last me a while.

Five friggin year warrenty. that's all.

"What style of music do you play? Is this a good match?"
It doesn't matter what style music you play, this pedal does it all. The reason most of us buy effects pedals is for the sound they produce. (duh). I have to give this one a ten+ just for the superb sound that it produces. (rock on)

The PW-10 is a great wah, but you MUST read the manual THOROUGHLY if you want to use this pedal to its fullest potential. turning the knobs on the pedal is easy. accessing the distortions and other gadgets is tough, but the manual trells you everything you need to know.

my setup: BC Rich P7 Mocking bird / BC Rich NJ Beast ===> V-wah =====> BOSS MT-2 ====> BOSS GE-7 ====> Marshall MG 30

This pedal is excellent in everything it offers EXCEPT the distortions, which sound somewhat weaker than the pedals they are based off of. This pedal is worth the money regardless of the distortions. Mo, Vo, and CBY Wahs all sound excellent with their own personalities. Bass wah is designed for bass, but works well with guitar too. the advanced is similar to the CBY-Wah, but with a wider range.

The voice wah is very interesting to play with (theere is a suggested setting called "oh yeah!" which makes it say just that!). The Univibe is also a nice effect. You can create your own custom wah, but the default is a synth sound, which i really like.

overall, awesome sounding wah!

Its a BOSS. Built like a tank.

Never had to deal with them.

I play most metal and some blues. This wah pedal is excellent, and i suggest everyone at least try one!

It is easy to get a good sound out of this way right off the bat, especially in "manual" mode where the sound output is dialed in in "real time", so to speak. I'd knock a few points off b/c I feel that this wah almost has too many features, believe it or not. You do need to spend time reading the manual but it is well worth the effort. The manual is thorough and explains the unit well. I don't know if some of the features such as the voice sounds or even the distortions are necessary, especially since you have to disconnect your chosen power supply and hold the memory button down for two seconds while reconnecting the power, just to get to the distortion options. However you can then program them into 1 of 3 memory banks for recall on the fly. For such a long list of features, a couple more memory slots would have been nice. Better yet, cut out some of the aforementioned options and bring the price & simplicity down. The wah sounds are fantastic, which is what really matters. My only other gripe is the heel switch function. I tend to place enough pressure down on the heel (from using the more traditional wahs) to engage the wah's memory options which playing. I just have to lighten up on the heel pressure...

My setup = USA Fender Strat w/ Humbuckers -> V Wah -> MXR Phase 90 -> Ibanez TS9 -> Boss MT-2 -> Fender 2x12 Hot Rod DeVille. The pedal is not noisey at all, and the distortion effects have a noise supression option to quiet things down too. A nice addition. This pedal would work well with any kind of music: rock, metal, blues, disco, etc.... I use it for rock/blues. There are not a whole lot of options to tweak the distortion settings compared the the actual pedals they model, but they sound great as is. You can dial in the Drive option (gain). The wah sounds are fantastic. The pedal allows you to tweak the heck out of your wah sound via "Q", "Range", and "Presence" settings. It gets an A+ in that department.

I've only had this particluar pedal for a short period of time but given BOSS's record I do not anticipate any problems. I do not gig out too much but it feels dependable; a combo of metal and heavy duty plastic. I don't think anyone really needs a backup wah, you can get by without one unlike a blown tube or broken string.

I have not had to converse with or deal with BOSS/Roland support.

I've been playing for about 13 years. I've owned a Dunlop Crybaby and still own a Vox reissue wah (which gets serviced by Dunlop by the way, in the event of a problem). The BOSS V Wah is a no-brainer replacement. I feel that the Dunlop and Vox style pedals (or any potentiometer-based wah for that matter) will inevitablly break down. The problem with the Dunlop and Vox ones is that they break down far too soon, at least in my experience. And I mean within two years, and that's with light use. They get scratchy/squeeky and sound aweful. The V Wah won't do that due to it's infrared-based technology. The Morley's operate based on the same principal (optical). Simply put I dig the wah features/sound and since it likely will not break down anytime soon I think it's well worth the money. I am knocking off a point b/c as I wrote previously there are probably too many options for most musicians, given this application. But of course you *don't have* to use the extras.

Okay! Frig! This think is so hard to use, well not to use but to get it to sound right! I have been back and forth to the store that I bought it from and between the two of us it is pretty much useless. One minute it'll work the next it is like a screaming feedback. If you do what the manuel tells you, you'll get even more screwed up! This is the hardest pedal to use in the world I think! Schools should have a course specifically on how to use this thing! I've owned it for about 2 months and have only used the Uni-Vibe effect life in fear of blowing people's eardrums if I use the distortions on it!

Okay, yes the wahs do sound good and the uni-vibe is rocking. When the distortion do work they do sound good, but all because it is so friggin hard to use I'm gonna dock it 3 points because I'm really mad at this pedal. The sound is good but I would easily buy any of the orginals (for example an Electro Harmonix Bigg Muff or a Vox Wah) over the emulated version any day!

NO!!!!! I can't depend on it! It honestly freaks me out to turn it on incase it screecches right in my ear! I'd trust a wah more if I made it myself then this one although it is built pretty good!

I haven't emailed them yet, but I am going to! The support that the store gave me is great considering I've been there 50 million times trying to figure out how to work the stupid thing!

One of the hardest things for me to buy was a wah, then I HEARD this one and was blown away. I tried out the demo and I liked it. I bought it and POW! It sucks the bag! If it was ever stolen I would pity da foo who stole it! The sucky thing too is that the music store I bought it from is store credit only! How bad does that suck! Unfortunatley this kind of blew my mind set on boss, I always thought that their effects were cool, but this one is a pile of junk! If I ever buy a boss pedal again, I'll have to try it out for like a week first!

Not difficult to use-Didn`t get "manual"-got store demo cheap!-this is a solid pedal-like a rock.

1961 Es-355 and other jazz guitars-Fender Princeton and twin amps-I bought this for "Univibe feature alone"!-the best damn hammond organ sound I ever heard-Period I`m not an effects player but this pedal is the One effect that is truly Super a WINNER!!-Hammond Heaven!!-Forget those other reviews nothing "SillY about this awesome Sound

8 months and going strong-I use it all the time No Problems!!..

Havewen`t had need for contact- my unit is fine!!

Maybe someday I`ll use all this pedal can do-I get killer comments every time I play on sound quality and "Hey you sound just like a Hammond Organ.. Man is this thing the balls!!!..

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.