Geoffrey Teese RMC Picture Wah

Step on it, rock it, and step on it again. I have the switch set so that I have to put a bit of pressure on the switch before it turns on, no accidental turn offs here!

Fantastic! Sounds just like it should! I installed the FoxRox output buffer so it works great with fuzz. It replaced my True Bypass modded Vox v847. That wah sounded good, but this one sounds great!

It is used from late 2005, the switch seems fine, and the pot doesnt scratch, so I'm sure it will be fine for a while. If not, pot and switch fixes are easy and essential. I don't have backups for anything, so yeah.

I've emailed mr. teese, and he's very very VERY helpful.

I've been playing guitar for 7 years, I play indie/pop/classic rock/whatever I feel, and it is a very inspiring piece of equipment. It delivers every time I switch it on :D You'll be able to hear clips of it on some of my bands songs in the near future: http://www.myspace.com/adelphi

Step off it if you don't want to wah anymore. That's all.

Superb sound. As always with pedals it surely depends on in which order and with what else you use them in chain to get the best sound out of it. This is my way: Strat -> Teese Picture Wah -> ZVex Box of Rock -> MojoVibe -> AM Bi-Comp (only for clean sounds) -> Retro-Sonic Chorus -> Bogner Duende.
I have been playing many Wah pedals. The Picture Wah is the end of my Wah search. I own the new "fuzzfriendly" model. It workes perfect with my BoR. But that's not really a fuzz or distortion pedal anyway.
The Picture Wah always cuts through the mix. Punchy and never harsh.

I also own a RMC 2 which also is a great pedal but which besides the Picture Wah I came to use more in studio situations. The Picture Wah is just a rock live. Wah and finito.

I own it since a couple of months. No problems.

I contacted Geoffrey Teese for some very special problem with the 9V power input (nothing wrong with the pedal!). He was very, very helpful. Very quick answer, very friendly. He seems to be a person like his wahs sound: Deep bass for soul and knowledge, warm mids for the heart and in the end very precise but never harsh for the "well, so it is". Just Wah.

I would not want to go to heaven once if there was a sign at the entrance that would say "Sorry, but all Picture Wahs sold out here".

Very simple to use, stomp and play. Comes with adjustment instructions and an allen wrench.

This pedal produces all the sounds I am looking for. I use it with a strat,tele,or an older Ibanez 335 style guitars and various vintage fender amps. Playing in a room by myself,when actived it is noisy but in a live band situation (when it counts)all you hear is a pure distinct voice that crys wah.

I've not had long enough to tell. It seems quite sturdy.

I've corresponded with Geoff a couple of times and he has addressed any concerns promptly an professionally.

I play soul,funk, r&b,(motown). I've been playing for a long time. I also own a crybaby classic (3years old) and have just replaced the switch and pot to fulltone. It now sounds better than it did but for my style of playing the rmc sounds more authentic to the old thomas organ wahs. My crybaby will only be used if my picture wah goes down.

This is a plug and play wah, no dials or switches to mess around with and waste precious time... plug it in and rock n roll, doesn???t get better than this fella???s... it did come with instructions and a tool to mess around with the torque on the pedal but it was set up great when I got so it stays the way it is for now...

As soon as I plugged it in I was blown away with the difference... This is what it's all about... I???ve owned a Vox Clyde McCoy and a Dunlop wah and have played many other wahs... I???m not that much of a tone junkie but I do like to sound good and know when I do and with this wah the sounds I make are incredible, really it makes you play better... It???s got this low end growl and is so natural and dynamic with sweet spots all around... just try one and you too will see what everyone???s talking about, oh except for the wanker "tonereaper" a few reviews down that quite obviously has no clue what he???s talking about... Mate if you really believe what you wrote then I???d have your ears checked out real quick and stop wasting our time and skewing the reviewers numbers...

I got one of the new shell designs in grey, looks nice but that???s not really top on my list... It???s very well put together and clean inside and is built real solid... you can just feel it, its quality...

I haven't had any need to contact Geoffrey but if in the future I do, I'm sure based on the numerous other reviews I???ll be taken care of just the same as everyone else...

I mostly play blues and psychedelic rock... I've always been stuck on Hendrix and those old time Mississippi blues masters ass well and Clapton and Trower and so many more... I've got a 1970 Fender strat reissue through a Special Edition Blues Jr. and an MJM London Fuzz... It works so well with my germanium fuzz I was quite surprised and its also very transparent... I can nail so many tones with this wah I just cant wait to plug in everyday... It really makes you sound so good and also shows you what kinda tone all those cats were messin around with back in the day... I love this pedal, thanx RMC...

With all due respect to the previous reviewer, I actually like to read negative reviews as well as glowing ones. It helps me learn shortcomings about a product that I might want to buy, or ultimately -- not buy. But scathing negatives that don't back up the reason for such and don't go into explicit details aren't helpful to the user community.

Getting on with it -- very easy to use -- it's a Wah pedal. Step to turn it on, sweep while you pay, step to turn it off. Unscrew to change battery, or use a power adapter. Forget tweakability -- this wah pedal doesn't need it. And now it comes with a variation of the FoxRox retrofit so that it plays nicely and sweeps full range with fuzz pedals, for no additional cost. Can't beat that with a stick!! Voila!

I've been waiting a long time for these to become available based upon word of mouth and seeing a friend of mine use a Wizard Wah life on his board. This is what I've been searching for since I bought my first Crybaby 15 years ago. Beautiful tone with any guitar, especially with my Strat. Sounds great with all my guitars, amps, pedals, dirt boxes, pickups. If you're a Les Paul player, I highly suggest checking out the Wizard Wah as well.

Looks as dependable as can be. Built solid like a rock inside and out. Can't wait to start using it live.

Mr. Teese has a great reputation as a builder and service oriented person, and he backed that up personally with me. Got him on the phone very easily after I ordered my Wah with a question about the retrofit. Very helpful dude. Great on email as well. I love it when the best products are made by equally stellar people.

The single best Wah I've played. Beats out EVERY stock and boutique wah I've ever played, and I've played them ALL.

As easy as they have ever been. Wait, make that easier. I'm using a MUCH better switch now and a wah case with easy to adjust torque control.

The same as always. Wait, better here too. All RMC wahs now feature licensed Fuzz Friendly Technology so they work with most fuzz boxes, distortion units, and modern high gain amps.

Better quality DPDT switch than the previous blue 3PDT, Carling, Cliff, etc. that I've used over the years.

I've had some problems with the Switchcraft jacks I've been using so I've gone to a different pcb layout, with high quality board mounted jacks that won't foul like the Switchcraft have. Believe me, I put my prototype through absolute hell before I went into production with the new layout.

I stand behind my wahs 100%. However, if you go all around the internet telling lies, slandering me, my wahs, my employees, and my business in general, then we'll have a problem...

Feel free to email me if you have any questions or comments.

Tonereaper, aka James Hebert, is posting misleading, slanderous statements about me, my wahs, my employees, and my business in general, all over the internet. He does not own an RMC wah. He owns an Area 51 wah.

My wahs are still built in my workshop, currently in South Carolina, using the best available components. I have redesigned my entire line in order to better meet international RoHS and WEEE laws. I stand behind my new wahs every bit as much as I stand behind my old wahs. I have not sacrificed tone or quality in order to meet the new international laws. It was either follow the new laws or close. Period. End of story. Change or die.

Please note that I did not give any rating points anywhere. This entry is here to rebuff the previous post from Tonereaper, but not to alter the now skewed numbers.

Just step on it.

Not bad for a mass produced wah that now looks like it's made in china.

NO !!!

Yes, and Geoffrey is nice as long as you don't criticize his stuff. But if you do, he then is a jerk.

The new wahs from RMC are made with a circuit board that is connected to the input and output jacks, It has a cheep on off switch and the wah pedal is not worth $50.00 us dollars. Just look inside before you buy one and you'll see what I'm talking about.

To start, it's a wah. Plug and play. The on/off switch is nice and loose, so you don't have to stomp on it to turn it on or off. It's true bypass,which is essential for a wah. There is absolutely no signal lost in the chain.

Wow. I've played the main wah's out there (Dunlop, Vox), but this thing is on a totally different level. The true bypass really helps, as I am a freak about losing any signal. It has a huge sweet spot, very musical. I play a Les Paul through a JCM 800, and what is realy impressive is the amount of sustain you can get from this pedal. Through my set up, it definitely colors the tone, and reduces some of the "growl" from the Marshall, but this is not a bad thing. It adds sustain, and somehow a little overdrive to the sound. The lows sound amazing, and the mids are very tight. This pedal just sings when your playing lead and sounds nice and fat when your playing rhythm. Most impressive, it is not noisy. You do know that it is on as you can hear the filter, but it is not loud. Some have siad that it is not humbucker friendly. I can say without a doubt that it takes everything my LP has with room for more.

Just got it, but it seems very solid and I don't think I would need a backup.

Geoffrey is very quick to resond to emails, and answered all my questions. It took several months to get this pedal (I ordered it in June), and I originally ordered an RMC1. There was a mix up between the store I ordered it from and Teese, they only received the picture Wah's and some RMC3's. Rather than wait, I grabbed a picture wah and could not be happier.

I play rck music, and I keep my pedal board pretty simple:

Guitar-volume pedal-wah-beano boost-ol' yeller-amp

This wah sounds awesome and is very responsive to your playing, which I really enjoy. A lot of wah's can sound cheesy, but this thing has balls, and that is what it is all about.

When I did my original review on this pedal I made a mistake and it got listed under RMC4 this is not a review on the RMC4.
This is without a doubt my main wah.Has been for quite a while.Just plug and Play.

THis wah is studio Quiet.Tone for days.It has the Vintage style wah market covered and then some.I use several different amps and guitars along with different pedals.This wah gets along fine with all of them..I just read on RMC's site that his wahs are now Fuzz Friendly.MIght be worth checking out but for now I am happy.

Can you depend on it? It's a %$#$%^ RMC.
Would you use it on a gig without a backup?
No Problems....No Backups...

Geoffrey Teese always delivers..I had many email and phone conversations with him prior to my purchase..I told him what I wanted and that is exactly what I got when I took his suggestion to try the Picture Wah.Never heard a bad word about his customer service.

I Love Rock.Everything else comes second..I started playing guitar when I was a Kid.I have over 35 wahs in my collection collecting dust now..The Picture wah is my working wah.I have posted many comments about these wahs on line.I just always look forward to kicking the wah on because I know it will be an inspiration.GReat Job Geoffrey.I know it is a labor of Love and it shows in your products.

Step on it. That's it.

Strat - Picture Wah - Vibe Unit - AnalogMan SunFace NKT 275 - Fulldrive 2 - Analogman BiComp - Retro-Sonic Chorus - Bogner Duende. Way the best Wah ever! I tried many. Fulltone Deluxe: pretty good for studio work - I can imagine using this for some studio work - but does not really cut through live in a band. New Voxes and Dunlops: cold, even somehow digital. I also tried a RMC 2 which also is a very good wah but is a bit more mellow at some settings. So it's a matter of taste.
But to me the Picture Wah ist THE Wah. Step on it and it is all there. Uuuuuaaaaahhhh. Exactly like the old Cream and best Hendrix. Deep bass goes to very smooth yet punchy mids and ends in a biting but never shrill or harsh Sound. Excellent smooth progress thru all the frequencies. It does not really sound like it has a volume boost. It just takes over your volume and also the original guitar sound very organic when you step on it. The sound of your guitar is 100% there. Nothing but a 10.

Cannot really tell because I have it just about 2 months.

Cannot tell. Since no problems showed up with the pedal until now I did not need to contact Mr. Teese.

If they do not have a Picture Wah in Heaven for me to play then I do not want to go there.