Morley Bad Horsie Wah

Oh it's very easy to use in the fact you dont have to push it all way down and then click it like most wah pedals.In other words it"s the way wah pedals should be that you can switch the effect on/off quickly by taken your foot on or off the pedal.GOOD EXAMPLE:you can go from a fat rythym crunch to a high singing lead less than 1 second.1)keep your foot off the wah when your playing a heavy riff.2)then step on the pedal and play a short 2 second lead.3)immediately take your foot off to go back to the heavy rythym riff that you were playing to create such dynamics that were'nt quite as possible or as easily as possible.

I use this pedal with my marshall bluesbreaker 2 w/the boost mode switched on providing enough heavy gain coming from my gibson les paul(with EMG pickups)and my marshall valvestate 2 head.Sound wise? Hey it's good old analog technology you can actually hear the wah not like those poor sounding digital wah's,they sound more like a bad tremelo effect or somehing else the sound kinda flucuates.The pedal is a little noisy considering that i dont use a gate.But i must say there is a debate between the morley pedals and the crybabys.Some say the crybabys are better,some say the morleys are better vice versa.But i do own a jim dunlop crybaby along with my steve vai bad horsie wah.For crybaby pedals the problem i had was the clicking mode would wear out easily and what made it worse is that i lost the receipt.So i decided to fix it/jerryrig myself which is way i purchased the bad horsie wah it was used,cheap and good condition also having 2 pedals are better than having one just in case the morley or the crybaby breaks down theres always a back-up.I think morleys a litle more powerful sounding than crybabys when you push it in the treble position adding much more sustain to the signal.Of course crybabys go back as far as the late 60's along with the vox wah making those pedals the birth of wah-wah type of rock and roll.Despite these diffrences vox,crybaby or morley it's all real wah tone to me.I think sometimes the magic is your foot in how you rock bass and treble back and fourth from diffrent pedals you use and maybe each pedal has a diffrent timing and tonal range from the higher/lower frequencies.Im not really concerned or care if this pedal doesnt sound like my favorite guitar player.Because i've been playing since the late 80"s and im at that point of writing and composing my own material.Theres no time for that i just take what i got and make the best of it.

Never had any problems with it

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My styles range from classic rock/metal and theres always room for wah ask(Kirk Hammet,Dimebag,zakk Wylde...etc.I do have one of those new marshall avt 50 1x12 combos that i use for a little pratice amp when i dont have a half stack nearby.I've been playing for like 16 years and i must say that marshall is the answer for kick ass rock and roll. I've tried peaveys and fenders it just doesnt cut it when i plug into a marshall the sound is already there depending on the type of marshall that caters to your specific sound.I really dont have any complaints about this pedal because this pedal was made for me.It's got all the flexibility that i can only dream of.Like i said earlier i can go from a fat crunchy rythym to a high singing lead less than i second which gives me more dynamics as a guitar player always a +.

The simplest of wah's, and the best wah design in the world.

I bought my Bad Horsie wah just over 2 years ago, and continue to use it at rehearsals and gigs. I don't think the sound is nearly as good as wah's I've heard other artists and performers use. The wah tone is weak, and there's an annoying peak about mid pedal-travel, where the wah effect changes too dramatically. It really should have a smoother effect acorss the whole pedal travel. Beyond the peak area, there's no more wah left- it seems like the last 25% of the pedal travel is useless. Next, I've used this wah with numerous guitars and amps over the years, and I can hear a slight swirling sound- a wah effect in the background at times. Definately not true bypass obviously, but I've never experienced thekind of effect-bleed through that I get with this pedal.

Why do I use it then? Because I REALLY NEED a wah that doesn't make me click yet another on/off switch. I run it through a splitter sometimes so I can just bypass it altogether for certain songs. Overall it sounds ok- it gets the job done. Mine's been extremely quiet, never a noise problem. I dig the adjustable delay time for the effect-off. I left mine at the factory preset. That way, if you move the pedal all the way back while doing fast motions, it won't shut off on you.

Lately the input jack can't seem to keep the guitar cable connected very well. It seems to spit the cable out of the jack at the least bit of pull. It's tight enough, but the jack keeps pushing my cable out.

I've been playing Gibsons, Fenders, and Marshalls for 20 years. It's ok. They need to smooth out the pedal travel and get rid of that sudden peak area. They also need to make it true bypass. If any other manufacturer made a better sounding wah with this type of switchless feature, I'd snag one in a NY minute. Right now, Morley's the only company I know of who makes these, so I'm stuck. Maybe worth $50., but not $100.

My Bad Horsie had an annoying peak in the sweep. I took advantage of the offer in another post:
"Bill Wenzloff of Morley here again. I want to stress to all who leave reviews: If you need assistance in anyway, write your reviews (good or bad) and then contact us. You'll be glad you did. After all, your satisfaction is REALLY what matters! Call 800-284-5172 ext 12 or email me at demodude@hotmail.com THANKS AND KEEP THE REVIEWS COMING!!!!!!!",

... and after a 10 second modification to the circuitry, explained to me very well over the phone, the wah works perfectly. The sweep is much closer to what I want to hear. It doesn't have any of the issues that others report about "can only use it with distortion", "doesn't sound like a classic wah", etc. It works great with clean or dirty amp sounds.

I'd encourage you to call them if you have any issues with this pedal.

i can't get enough of the switchless feature on this... the final word on wah, i think. so easy to operate, nothing hard to stomp on or off, no button to switch. a true "10"!

i use a gibson explorer , a gibson flying v faded , epiphone sg... i tried several guitars through this. amp-wise, i use the vox ad120vt...the morley sounds better than the stock setting, plus that leaves another 'pedal' function free on my amp settings. for my setup, and style of music, it fits in quite well. a nice sweep range on the wah.

i think you could definately depend on it. be aware of your battery life on it, it will go through some batteries( but hey, typical of all pedals if you are using battery vs power supply). built like a tank, though.

haven't had to use them yet, but i see at least one company listens to the users here and makes themselves available to the people that pay good hard earned cash for their products. that alone speaks volumes.

i play hard rock / metal. imagine something like black sabbath/ alice in chains. throw in a mix of a little of everything, i fool around with amp settings and this to make some interesting sounding stuff. it's very versitile to whatever music you need. i like the 'no switch' feature on this the best. i've owned a crybaby, 2 vox wahs, and tried a multitude of other wah pedals. i like it so much i'm looking into the morley volume pedal to add that to my setup.
if it were stolen, the person who stole it should consider leaving the country. it's that good of a pedal. i tried some of the other wah pedals morley had: classic wah( more vintag-ish, doesn't cost as much, but the bad horsie sounded better) , the bad horsie 2 ( some more bells and whistles, a little more in cost), but an offer came up for this and i couldn't refuse. i'd replace it in a heartbeat.

Bill Wenzloff of Morley here again. I want to stress to all who leave reviews: If you need assistance in anyway, write your reviews (good or bad) and then contact us. You'll be glad you did. After all, your satisfaction is REALLY what matters! Call 800-284-5172 ext 12 or email me at demodude@hotmail.com
THANKS AND KEEP THE REVIEWS COMING!!!!!!!

As easy as any other Wah, its not brain surgery.

Fuckin' thing doesn't have the swing to the highs that I was expecting. Listening to everyone here, elsewhere and pros that I've grown up with... and I have the Bad Horsie 2, WOW! What a disappointment. I really just think that every guitarist that raves about it SUCKS! I've been playing to 14 years, I'm as heavily distorted as the next guy. No mid-range and the high pitched wah isn't that great as everyone states. I swear, it sounds like my fuckin' Crybaby! Wil be selling it on ebaY. I'm not into hype of a product, if it sounds great then great and I'm extremely into my sound... NOTHING! Hating Sob from Merauder and Bebop from Candiria for convincing me into buying it.

Shit, your foots gotta go on it, of course its going to be reliable!

THinking about calling Morley to find out how to modify this fuckin' thing!

I play heavy music and lead like a fuckin' bitch!
Playing for 14 years. New York Hard Core
If stolen I'll find the person and thank them.
Hate the no midrange and lack of a large up scream!
Compared to my crybaby
I wish it had what it fuckin' lacks
Make music? I think it makes me want to fuckin' throw up
DON'T BUY THIS THING OUT OF HYPE! I don't even think Steve Vai uses this shit. I guarantee he took it, stripped it and modified it.

Put in a battery or a power supply plug, input and output cords, it doesn't get any easier.

It's the rocking motion of the foot in time with the music that may be difficult for some people.

You already know it's the best one out there for high gain shred work. Lousy for medium/no gain work, but for high gain it's the only one. Here's the trick to this pedal. Take the spring out. Not only do you still have the ability to rock the treadle, you can find a spot anywhere on the treadle arc and leave it on. Go walk away and play some, you'll see what I mean. I hear Satriani does this a lot, sets his wah to a stable point and walks away playing. The best discovery I've made is to take the spring out. You'll have to retighten the treadle nuts occasionally, but you won't believe the sounds you can get.

And if you're really serious about wah, and why else are you in here, put a second Bad Horsie with spring after the Bad Horsie with no spring. Find a spot on the first one, and rock away on the second one. Absolute wha nirvanic bliss! But be careful, toe down on both will give you treble hell, like 80's poodle metal.

And God help the audience if the other guitar player comes over and rocks one pedal while you're rocking the other!

I know electronics, and the inside looks about as well as can be made. Some punker may stomp it to death, but I doubt if they're playing this pedal. I take care of my toys, so I'm not worried at all. Very well built in a good, strong case.

I've never needed to contact them, but a friend has. They were very helpful, did a repair he needed fast, and even did a free bit of mod work he wanted. Good customer service deserves to be rewarded with your business.

I play high gain shred off of blues rhythms on Mesa amps (Mark's, not Recto). It's taken me years to afford my sound, and I only play what sounds best on them. Nothing, I mean nothing, compares to the sound of two Bad Horsies, one with and one without spring, when I'm cranking on the gain. Clear, pristine sound, no mud, there is no wah that will do the high gain shred stuff like the Bad Horsie.

whelp, it's easy enough, there is no switch so you just push down when you want a litte waction. it takes some getting used to though, when you're whoppin and floppin away if you aren't careful u'll bring it too high and it will click when it disengages. you need to keep it in the proper zone when playing, it's just something to get used to.

i'm playing this pedal in a congo line of fun. i'm playing my epi black beauty with 57 classic plus's, into a boss tu-2, morley bad horsey, proco rat 2, Dunlop Tremelo, Line 6 DL4, and an electro-harmonix Holy Grail Reverb pedal, powered by a voodoo lab pedal power 2 into a Musicman HD 130 with a Fender GE412. phew. the wah has a different sound, i used to play a JH1, a jimmy hendrix wah by dunlop...and it was a lot more real than this pedal. it's hard to explain but this wah is more effect than that one. i know i'm not making sense, it's hard to explain. it has less gain i guess, and it's smoother, and it holds together a hell of a lot more. one effect i could get with the JH1 was "The Scream." when you're playing chords and you push the wah to the floor it would howl, this one doesn't do that. it was made for distortion. if you wanna use a wah for a solo, i'd suggest this one. it's a little less dramatic but it really does hold together nicely. i've never listened to stevie vai before, and i can honestly say i still like this pedal.

can i depend on it? we'll see now won't we. i won't bring a backup, if it breaks i take it out of the chain and play with out it.

no clue

i'm playing modern and classic rock. i like to get wierder sounds and this is a nice addition to my collection. i don't and won't play anything the way it's supposed to be played, i'll find a use for this, but if you can who knows. try it, if you like it what does it matter what i think? i bought it, i was obviously happy with it then and i still am.

Step on wah, off to disengage. Couldn't be easier.

Im using it with a randall RG100SC. Sounds good for extreme gain and for that clean funk wah sound. Some think that it is a shredders-only pedal. Not true. It produces a good sound for many styles of music. It does lack a little midrange, it goes from bass to treble very quickly. Not a big problem, and besides, that is what the Bad Horsie 2 is for. But 1 point off for the lack of midrange.

Seems to be built well. Plus, with no pots there is not a whole lot that can go wrong. I would depend on it without a doubt.

Never dealt with them yet, but have heard good things about Morley and their dedication to the players.

I play all styles of music, from Hendrix to Van Halen to Metallica. Works great. The whole switchless design is great. I love it and it will be a part of my rig for many years to come.

In this review, i'm going to take a different approach...we're going to start at 0, and give or deduct points for various aspects of the device,,,,

ease of use: well, i mean, how hard is a wah to use?...this one is switchless, and a lot of folks seem to like that feature...i think it takes some getting used to, but all in all, it think it's ok so 1 point for switchlessness...+1

it's a good sound, though the q-point is a little abrupt, just not a pointed as a vox..no noise at all....+1 for the sound

I NEVER GIG WITHOUT BACKUPS AND BACKUPS FOR THE BACKUPS...what're you?...mental?...as to the reliability question: it seems so, and i'll give the benefit of the doubt for morley's reputation...+1

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here's the beef: the so-called spring that forces the peadl back to its' home position (heel down/wah off) is puny, useless, and unworthy...it's so puny that the previous owner was using rubber bands wrapped around the rear of the pedal to pull it down...with the switchless circuit being dependent on the position of the pedal, this is CRITICAL!!!....unless you like the effect turning itself on...i do not...i also do not like the idea of using rubber bands, so i modded mine with a couple of strategically drilled holes, a bolt, and an old strat vibrato spring...it works now, by golly...-1,000,000 points for the useless spring!!!