Fulltone CLYDE Wah Wah

Piece o' Cake. Plug it in, it does what a wah is supposed to do. But...

Sounds great. Nice full tone range. Extra travel in the pedal is great. Internal trimmer to dial in tone. No complaints here...But...

Outstanding workmanship. I am not worrying aboput this pedal crapping out on me. But...

There is one thing about this pedal that bothered me from the beginning: The treadle hits the switch that activates the pedal before it hits the bumpers. This results in a clicking sound that bugs me. All of the conventional wahs that I have used have the switch set up so you hit the bumpers, then compress the bumpers to activate the switch. I emailed Mike to see if there was a way around this problem. He replied promptly, but to my disappointment, all he said was "NO CAN DO" Prompt but useless.

I have been playing guitar for twenty six years, and I have accumlulated quite an arsenal of instruments and effects including two other Fulltone pedals that are rock solid. I bought the Clyde without trying it out. (STUPID ME) The Clyde Wah is a beautifully crafted pedal, that gives great tones to my music, BUT...I am very disappointed with the way the treadle hits the switch every time you rock the pedal foreward. Has anyone else experienced this? I spent the BIG BUCKS on a wah pedal and I got something I don't want to use.

It's a simple wah pedal. Push to turn on, push to turn off. It also has a pot inside that you can adjust to tailer your sound (more bass or treble).

I'm using an Ibanez Custom Shop (2 HBs) to a Fender Hot Rod Deville (2x12). The wah (much like the FD2) is very, very transparent. When I step on it, I can tell it's turned on but it doesn't color the tone so much that it becomes something else entirely. This pedal replaced a Dunlop Mr Super Crybaby because the Dunlop was noisy, not true bypass (sucked tone), and had an range in the sweep that produced a very annoying sound. This pedal has a wider sweep range and does not have that annoying spot (too much treble and feedback when sound is distorted). The effect is subtle so it might not be for everyone, but it works for me.

All steal construction... this pedal is solid! So far, no problems (only a month of so though).

Haven't had to use their customer support for this product yet (but did for the Fulldrive II).

I play various styles. I mainly use the wah for funk, some rock/metal leads (Metallica style), and special effect. It suits everything I do from clean wahs to distorted sounds. However, because it's kind of subtle, you may find it to be lacking with those metal leads. I find that a controlled sweep of the foot (not too fast, not too slow) produces the best and most noticable sounds.

It's as easy as any other wah pedal to use with the addition of varying your tone with an internal trim pot. Plug in a cord out to your amp, and your ready to go.
If your picky on your tone, it may take a few minutes of pulling off the back and tweaking the internal trim pot. But other than that, it's a snap to use.

This unit is very quiet. I am using it basically with my 62 RI Strat into a few other Fulltone Pedals, mainly just the Fulldrive 2 some nights I get crazy and hook up the Soulbender, Dejavibe, Fulldrive, and this for fooling around at jams, leaving almost endless ideas to explore. I then run into either a non master Silver Face Super Reverb (modified to 2-10" speakers) or a Gretsch 6159 ( I believe ) 2-12" speakers aprox. 30-35 watts.
It is a really great wah pedal. I haven't tried an original Vox Clyde but I have played through a couple of Thomas Organ era Crybaby's and There is so much more range in the tonal sweep in this peadal, plus it's adjustable. You can adjust the bassiness or brightness of this pedal with the internal control. You even have room to use a marker to indicate favorite positions!
For the little Wah use that I do, this is the best wah for my own personal use.

I've used mine 3-4 times a week for about three months now and Have not had a problem with this pedal electronics wise. I do however have a lead foot when I step down a wah pedal, and the rubber feet on this pedal started to peel away. I noticed that they were taller than other fulltone pedal feet, so I swapped them with the one's on my soul bender. Problem solved.

Mr. Fuller has always responded to my questions promptly, and curteously. I had trouble with my Fulldrive 2 about a month back. ( a pot had started to go bad after 2 years of use) and he got back in touch with me within an hour of my e-mail to him. And had the problem fixed with in a week. !! try that with the fender company. I know!

This would probably be the wah pedal I would buy if I This were stolen. I bought it before trying it being that I already owned a few other fulltone pedals, and was very happy with his products I figured go with what and who you know. This pedal has done and lived through everything I need it to.

This is a revision of my earlier review on this pedal. I'll add comments in sections I wish to expand on, otherwise my earlier opinions will stand.
Manufactured 11/98. As easy to use as any wah wah is.

I have trouble getting a clear sound out of this pedal with three of my six guitars. These guitars have a *very* dark natural sound and humbucking pickups, and I think this is translated through the CLYDE to produce an unpleasant mid-rangy quality. With my single coil pickups, the CLYDE sounds great. It also sounds great with a bridge humbucker in an ash-body guitar.
I did not particularly like the "VOX notch" position Fulltone marks on the internal adjustment pot. I've got a real, early 70s VOX wah, however, and I think I just got a particularly good one of those.
I have to go with my personal experience on this, and with my equipment I can't give the CLYDE a 10.

I bought the unit in December 1998, and it's worked since then. I don't use a wah a lot. I just don't trust the darned things, I guess, given that using them is how you wear the pot out.
I'd gig it without a backup--even if a wah failed on me, it's not a big part of what I do.

Here, sadly, is where it gets weird. My previous e-mail contact with Fulltone has been OK--if you wrote to ask advice on how to use an effect, you'd get a prompt, sometimes terse, always helpful, reply.
In my experience, however, Fulltone can get more than a little hostile when you report having a problem with the unit. For example, Fulltone contacted ME about my previous review of the CLYDE--saying that if I had a problem with it then the problem was with me or my equipment, not the CLYDE.
But my unpleasant experience aside, in all fairness it's clear that Fulltone believes strongly in its products, and replies by e-mail (that's the only way I've talked to them) are prompt and to the point.
For previous support, they get a 10--for anticipated future support, they get a 1; I'll round it up and give 'em a 6.

All my other wahs have been very old VOXes (VOXen?) and Crybabies, which have always been great. The CLYDE seems as good to me as any of those do, with the exception of a single "magic" VOX I've still got--and which sounds great with ALL my guitars.
My personal problems with Fulltone aside, they make good stuff. I'm not saying this to try to patch things up, either: I didn't keep everything I bought of theirs, but it wasn't because it was poorly made. That's just an undeniable fact. IMO, Fulltone effects deserve to be high on the list of anyone considering top-of-the-line signal modification equipment.
Support's a little dicey. They might consider hiring someone to do it that knows how to bite his or her tongue.
I'm going to check out a Roger Mayer wah replacement kit, though, to see if I can resolve the problem I'm having with the CLYDE and my particular humbucking guitars.
I'm going to No-Opinion the rating here. It's only fair.

Wah pedals are easy to use badly, and not too hard to use well. Regardless of how well *you* use one, they all work 'bout the same way.

This is a good wah for single coil pickups. You have to diddle the internal pot to avoid an unpleasant sounding mid-range spike--but then, the single coils don't sound as great. The pre-marked spot which Fulltone claims nails the Vox sound, well, doesn't wow me.

Since I don't use the wah as a primary effect, sure, I'd gig without a backup. It seems as reliable as any other wah I've used (old Vox and very old Crybaby, mainly). The only reason I score it a 9 is because I don't completely trust any effect whose pot could wear out in mid song. Using the effect is what wears it out, in other words.

Mike Fuller is responsive via e-mail, albeit terse and not completely receptive to any implication that there are situations for which one of his effects isn't all that great (e.g., I don't think the pedal sounds very good with humbuckers, personally.)

I play rock-funk-jazz, whatever the hell that might be. If it were stolen, I might get an old MXR Envelope Filter--or look into the Roger Mayer wah, which I've heard good things about. Or, I might do the true bypass hack to my early 70s Vox, and not spend anything else on an effect which I only occasionally use.

very easy to use. it's a wah. not much need for a manual. the internal pot makes it easy to tweak to personal taste.

i am using the wah with a '62 reissue strat and a bassman reissue amp. i am using a vox valve tone overdrive after the clyde in the chain. the wah sounds great. unbelievable sounds come from clyde. i replaced the vox reissue i had with the clyde. i was a little skeptical about the price tag, but when i plugged it in i forgot how much i paid.

one word... solid. no backup needed.

i emailed mike fuller several times before i purchased the clyde to ask him about the wah. he was always quick to respond and very easy going. seems like a really nice guy.

overall, this is the best wah that i have heard. when i first plugged it in, i almost fell over. the wah made me want to play and play and play. i was hesitant to spend the money on a wah due to the limited amount of use, but now that i have it and have played with it, i do not regret the purchase.

Hands down this is the best wha i have ever played. Quite as can be with the true bypass. It doesnt matter what amp you use because this thing is the best. The wha sound you have always wanted

Built like a rock.

great and better. I had a little trouble finding one so I emailed mike fuller and he emailed me back the same hour with info.

I will say it again. I describe it as, i hope i can say this, a slow orgasm on morphine.

Simply a wah...and this one oozes good wah tones!

Using with a Strat, PRS CE24, PRS Standard, LP Standard, Marshall JTM 30, Fender Blues Deluxe, and a rack which includes a Chandler Digital Echo, Peavey Valverb, Hafler Triple Giant, and Peavey 50/50, through a Marshall cab with vintage 30's...pedals are a TC Electronics Chorus and a TS-9 reissue modded by Analog Mike...
Best wah sound I have yet to play through with a much wider sonic range...much more vocal...the wah sweeps lower and higher than my old Morley and Cry Baby...also quieter and the gain is adjustable...my other wahs were limited when using the neck pickup on all of my guitars...now I can wah and get as warm as I want.

The first I received didn't work at all...faulty switch (see below)...the replacement is perfection...however, I haven't had if for long...it appears rock solid... the case is welded not stamped.

Wonderful is an understatement!
The first Clyde I received didn't work at all. I called Mike Fuller and he sent a replacement out the same day, second day air at his expense and paid my return postage too! He had recently learned of a small batch of CLYDE's which had been sent out with faulty switches. Needless to say, he is no longer using that switch vendor. He even included his cd, "Days into Years" which btw, has some wonderfully tonal and tasty guitar work recorded by Mike in his studio. I have spoken with him on several occasions since, and he is always a gentleman, never failing to answer my questions...

I play anything from blues to jazz to metal and all the great things about this wah have been said before...I would buy another if lost and I have my Cry Baby for back up...I give it a nine only for the hefty price tag...but as said before, the best is rarely cheap.

Piece of cake here. 1 part soul, 2 parts rhythym, and a little foot action. You are in business fast!

No problems with noise. Has to go first in the chain next to the guitar of course. Works great in conjunction with the Fender Deville 2 X 12 and Fulldrive 2. Working on getting the 70' pedal and Clyde sound right. May need a Marshall to even discuss this combintation.

Built tough. Ready for battle and not taking prisoners.

Mike Fuller is the man. He is a kind person that stands behind everything he makes. No beef here whatsoever.

A little pricey for a WAH. Well worth the investment however. Tunes are just flying out of this. Shaft and shaft's revenge and shaft goes to Africa. Right on! I'd rather fight than loose this puppy.

Real easy, just plug it in and go. After all it's a Wah-Wah. No brain surgery required, just a little foot-eye coordination and rhythm. The adjustable gain control is set and need not be messed with. Ever. In fact the gain control is inside the unit and need not even be looked at.

Ah, here's the pay off. Imagine your favorite recorded wah sound. Now get a Clyde and that sound will be yours. Beats the hell out of the Cry Baby and Vox Wahs. Set the internal gain control for more throat and less nose or vice versa.
This baby is true bypass as well and wont drag down your signal chain when turned off.
Quietest wah around.
Note that the travel in the pedal and pot is longer than the common wah. Meaning that you can emulate Hendrix or go further into realms never imagined by a wah before.

Very heavy guage steel. Very solid feel. Inside it looks nice and roomy, not shoved in like the robots in Korea do it.
I do gig without a backup. I'll give it a nine for reliability though because in ten years or so I'll probably wear out the pot.

I think Fulltone will stand behind it. It includes a limited lifetime warrenty. When I picked it up from the workshop of the manufacturer he (Mike Fuller) seemed quite reasonable and I believe he'll fix it if it breaks from anything other than extreme abuse.

I beleive this is the best wah available. I won this one in the Fulltone Clyde giveaway, but had I known how it sounds I would not have settled for any other wah.
If it ever gets stolen (I'll never let it get away elsewise) I'll have to buy another Clyde or be wahless.
Pricey at $280 (or $265 maybe) but the only thing out there for wah purists.