Morley Bad Horsie Wah

This is the easiest wah I've ever used because of the switchless design. Step on it and it makes a noise similar to the human voice saying the syllable "wah". That's an amazing coincidence, that something called a wah pedal would make that noise. I laughed so hard.
Anyway...yeah, it turns on when you start it moving, turns off when you take off your foot. There's a delay between when you release and when it shuts off; this was about three quarters of a second when I got it, but it's very easy to adjust it. The internal trimpot, according to the website, can take it from 3.5 seconds to almost instant. My only problem with that is that when you release the pedal, the switch to bypass increases the volume and clarity just enough for it sound like a weird little echo, but this isn't always noticeable...I'd say it's a complete nonissue generally, but it keeps this from a 10.

I run a Squier Strat with hot rails into this pedal, a Behringer tuner, Danelectro octave, Behringer Big Muff clone, Digitech Hot Head and Digitech Grunge. Depending on the volume I need my amp will be either a Fender G-DEC Junior or a 60's Kustom 200. With no distortion, the wah is almost totally silent. With more than 1 distortion, it gets a sort of gargle when it's down.
Oh, on the tone...where to begin. Well, I got this pedal because the Morley Pro Series Volume/Wah 2 was ridiculously underpowered. You couldn't hear it with even one distortion. I was worried that since it was made by the same people this pedal might be the same. I was an idiot.
The wah is extremely strong. It's squawky. It works well for that screechy Crybaby tone, and it has a nice dark tone when it's not all the way down. It works for Hendrix tones, Kirk Hammett solos, Tom Morello rhythms, and that weird tribal percussive thing that people do that doesn't seem to have a technical name. (Course those three used Crybabys, don't get me wrong, it's not quite the same, but it works.)
It asks if I can get the sound of my favorite artists...my favorite artist is Kurt Cobain and so far as I know he didn't use a wah pedal in his life. But it's close to J Mascis, Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Joe Satriani. I haven't noticed any other effects it works particularly well with when playing normally. But if you have one and get bored, try this:
Turn on an octave pedal and a pretty long delay.
Choke the strings with your left hand. Strum in whatever rhythm you feel like.
Press the wah down slowly. You'll notice a series of different percussion tones.

I've only had this pedal for a few days, and I haven't gigged with it yet, but as I said, I've had a Morley wah before. These things have casings made from cold-rolled steel. They come with rubber pads on the pedal itself to soften it's blows on the main casing. I've opened it up and it has analog circuitry (which I've always found more reliable, plus it's much easier to repair if something breaks) and the board has no apparent stressed areas. The LED/LDR system means it doesn't have a normal potentiometer that can wear out. Basically, I can find no fault in it here.

Never talked to 'em.

I play a mix of grunge (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Tad), 60's blues rock (The Doors, Jimi Hendrix), old school metal (Tony Iommi's kinda thing) and noisy stuff (like My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth). That really doesn't call for a wah most of the time, but when it does I want something loud, sharp and squawky that I can turn on and off fast. This is perfect in that sense. I've been playing about three years now, and this is still the only pedal I own that most people would agree is as awesome as I think it is; seriously, even the metal snobs would get behind this thing. If it were lost I would call up a thousand corpses from the cthonic lands of the dead to tear the world apart searching for it. If it were stolen I would conjure the vilest demons of the abyss to wreak an endless revenge on the thief. Failing that I'd definitely get a new one. The only thing I wish it had is what I wish all wah pedals had: the ability to begin the sweep on a natural tone instead of needing it to start muddy. It doesn't look like that's happening any time soon, so this is the next best thing. I've never played a Bad Horsie II, so I'll assume that the BH2 is slightly better than the BH1 and call this the second best wah ever. Email me if you have a question. Thank you and good night.

I bought this to have the famous switchless stuff.

It's a wah, plug, move your foot, works !

I come from a cry baby wth a true bypass.
No true bypass there, not really possible due to autoswitch. A bit of treble loss. Need to compensate on the preamp to retrieve my sound.

Wah range is a bit bassy on most of the pedal range and become interesting at the treble end. Full on, the pedal delivers a nice treble sound allowing to get a nice feedback, that's really great to play with.
Not a noisy pedal.
I run that into a Carvin Quadx, only on lead sounds for soloing.

Mine is used, and works

Never contacted them

Very usable for me. A Wah is a question of taste. I will not say this one is good or bad, I just like it and adopted it strait away in my rig.

Very, very easy to use. You just have to anticipate the switch off delay (which is necessary to stop it going off whan you are playing in the pedal up position. Oh and if one more person says this has true bypass I will explode - it doesn't.

I want to start by saying that if you are after a cry baby type of wah then get one. There are a gazillion samples of new, old, clones etc. I have a Teese RMC-3 and that does the cry baby thing very well for me.
This is a different animal altogether. For medium to high gain lead I think its fantastic. The sweep is both wide and smooth (helped by the spring loaded mechanism) but at all times with the foot down you get a completely faithful top end to the sound. Its absolutely glorious for fast runs up and down the neck.
Beyond the 12th fret? Well actually it follows the usual rules of not cutting it with the neck pickup (as with all wahs) and sounding more pronounced with the bridge pickup. You don't get the upper mid quack that you get with cry babys above the 12th fret but you do retain the tone of that top E with the pedal down, better than with a cry baby. And thats the trade off. Until someone makes an intelligent wah that knows where you are playing then transforms you have to accept that everything comes at a price. In this case they got is just right and the reward is that I just love playing through this thing.
Downside? Yes for me a big one - this unit sounds much better on than off - to the point where I dread taking my foot off it. The buffer is harsh and dry sounding and with a guitar like a Jem sounds very unmusical to my ears. I would be amazed if Vai plays (played?) a stock one of these.
Anyway I like it so much that I'm going to install a bypass switch behind the LED!

No comment but I have taken it apart and its a very intelligent single PCB design that should be trouble free. If you can be a55ed you can even add componen ts to turn it into a BH2 (no way for me).

A highly satisfying wah that is a keeper. I just wish it had either true bypass or a less intrusive buffer (like Boss use).

Real easy ! the only adjustment you have to make is the "Wah delay".

You have to unscrew the 2 screw on each side and then pull off the underplate... and then you'll see a "connection" with the "wah delay" inscription. from the downside "vision" you'll have to screw clockwise with a fine/little screw philips head or flat head... just a little bit not too much. and it will be all set up ! Now my wah have pratically no decay and it's perfect !

This wah is simply the best I ever had ! I still have my old cry baby... I keep it for the reverse wah effect in Pink Floyd's "Echoes". Because in other circumstances the cry baby simply kills the tone and reduce the amount of distortion and VOLUME !

Now all my tone nightmares are over... the "Bad Horsie" is killer sounding. Perfect for rock, heavy context... even funk (but any wah can play funk well !).

Another good point is that the pedal is switchless and have an electro optical circuitry... so you'll never have any pots problem anymore and it keeps the circuitry clean too... because you don't have any opening... so dust or anything else CAN'T damage the circuitry.


Now this is the equiment I'm using with it:

Fender Fat Strat USA/Jackson King-V USA=>Boss TU2- Morley Bad Horsie - Boss Noise Supressor - MXR Super Comp - B.K. Butler Tube Driver - Xotic BB Preamp - Xotic AC Booster - Xotic RC Booster - Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Mistress Flanger - MXR Phase 90 EVH - Boss Chorus Ensemble - T-Rex tremster Tremolo - Boss Volume Pedal - Boss Digital Delay DD3 => CARVIN LEGACY HEAD w/4x12" cabinet

This IS my favorite WAH in a long way !!! I totally rely on it !

I play the guitar since 1995. I'm playing mostly Rock, Heavy, Progressive and Blues music... and this pedal completly suits my style of music and my style of playing ! This is my second Wah pedal since 1998 (I still have my cry baby)... but My main wah is NOW my BAD HORSIE... and by the way you don't have to be a Vai fan to like this wah... you simply have to like rock wah tone and a mix of vintage and new wah type sound.

This is simply the best wah I ever played with... and I have tried a lot !!!

SO HERE'S THE PROS AND CONS:

PROS:
-Switchless, electro optical circuitry
-No tone and volume killer
-Perfect for rock/heavy solos (Dream Theater, Vai, Satch, etc.)
-Versatility
-Price
-Not noisy at all


CONS:
- Have to adjust wah delay


to finish the review I just wanted to say that this wah made me RE like wah solos !!! It surely help me to have a wide range of tone and sound options in my pedalboard !!!

and for the price... you CAN'T have a better wah ! period !

Simple. Plug in and play. Automatically disengages when not in use.

Holy crap. This pedal has no "sweep" whatsoever. It basically has two tone settings, low/bassy and high/trebly. When you engage the pedal and have the pedal pushed towards the back, it sounds muddy and gross. Pushed forward, it sounds tinny, thin, and annoying. I get this effect playing through all my guitars (American Strat, Les Paul, others) and all my amps (Fender, Ampeg, and little Squier practice amp). Stick with Crybaby's.

Seems to have pretty good construction, a solid unit, if you can get passed the sound problem.

n/a

I would probably only use this pedal in an emergency.

Nothing special here. It's a pedal with no knobs. There is a micrometric off-delay setting inside, but I've never had to touch that. The factory preset (1 sec) is very suitable for me.

Easy to get a good sound? Hell yeah! Step on it!

I run my Horsie first in effects chain. My setup is: Yamaha Custom SG / Fender Standard Telecaster -> Bad Horsie -> Okko Diablo overdrive -> Sanox Chorus -> Carl Martin Delay -> Laney TT-20 all-valve combo.

I bought my Bad Horsie over 6 years ago. I've changed most of my setup a few times since, but the wah has always been there. The sound of the wah has grown to be a major part of "my sound", and I wouldn't go on a gig without it.

What comes to the sound - I love it. I agree with Mick Box that when you are playing guitar through a wah, you are playing two instruments at the same time. The sound of this instrument suits extremely well with my (and my band's) music.

Let's talk about the wah. Some players here say that the pedal is very trebly and boosts volume. True. The advantage gained by this is that the wah is very usable with neck pickups, too! Especially the (in-)famous Cry Baby is totally useless with a fat neck humbucker. With Bad Horsie you really can make use of your thick clean lead sound with that Les Paul neck pickup.
I don't use my wah to get that late 70's porn-movie-funk-wah stuff; My Horsie gets stepped on lead parts. A great wah lead sound cuts through FOH mix well no matter how many guitarists and/or hammonds are backing your solo. Distortion or no distortion. It doesn't wail, it sings.

Bad Horsie is no one-trick-pony.

Bad Horsie has seen quite a load of stages and roadies' hands. It wouldn't be on my pedalboard for some time if I hadn't done two major service repairs to it.
First problem came with the optical circuit: The red light LED had turned up in it's welding and it had to be reset to it's initial position. Not a big deal.
Second problem was more severe, and it occurred on the very worst place: on stage. I run the Bad Horsie on DC power supply and the jack just broke down during a lead part of set's second song. I guess the pedal slipped on the floor and streched the DC cord enough to break the power supply jack in the pedal's right hand side. The real problem is that the pedal isn't true bypass, so without power it doesn't pass through the signal. After the gig I searched for a replacement jack and installed it myself. It wasn't really that hard.

Other than those two, no problems have come to Horsie's way so far.

I still gig without a backup.

Never dealt with the company.

I play anything from soul to southern and blues to metal. My band plays mostly blues-oriented modern rock, and Bad Horsie has proven to be a very useful pedal in the band.
I haven't counted, but I'd guess the wah pedal has toured with me nearly 200 shows, countless band trainings, studio sessions and home jams. I guess I'll be playing it 10 years from now, too.

easy plain and simple to speak.

Its way too trebly i have to keep the pedal about halfway for better vocal quality of the wah the rest seems useless to me.

i played quite a few gigs with this pedal to say the least it's built like a tank it can take the abuse but eats up too many batteries which is why i prefer to use dunlop wahs the battery life is good up to 6months or maybe more thats if you upplug it when not in use.

Theres alot of pros and cons about this pedal.
Pro's are 1).the auto return mode so you dont have to click the effect on/off. 2).it's got a wide sweep/more foot travel for more tone variation. 3)you dont have to push down the pedal during switching which avoids the possibility of wear and tear on the mechanical parts of the wah.

Cons are 1).because of the auto return the wah doesnt always shut off smoothly at the end of a guitar solo.2).finding that sweet spot between the low and mid posistion because of it's wider treble range
that takes up a good 1/2 or maybe2/3's of this pedal.3)it's sometimes difficult to end a screaming lead guitar solo without hearing a hollow type of sound caused by the pedal turned off in the bass posistion.

I basically bought this pedal as a backup because my dunlop crybaby gcb-95 was having problems at the time which i end up getting it fixed myself somehow parts get loose every now and then but i still have it.I Wish this pedal was easy to take apart so i can make certain adjustments to make the wah sound better.With the crybaby just take the rubber feet off to open the back and loosen the screws so you can twist the tone pots to take some of the treble off but not too much you wanna hear the wah just enough to make it more rich and full sounding.

Very easy to use, quiet, sturdy, a real joy

sound quality is wonderful, always used Cry Babys in the past but really love this pedal. will never go back.

built like a tank, awesome construction

this is the main reason I submitted this review. I recently called Morley and they were very kind and helpful. Here is the link to the website: http://www.morleypedals.com/contactus.html.
It has their contact phone numbers as well. The gentleman I spoke is Jim Seguin--he knew the part I needed for my Bad Horsie and is going to mail it out FREE! That's right free. The chrome nut and black plastic piece for the 1/4 inch input jack came loose and I lost it. I can still use the pedal but the jack comes loose sometimes and that can be a real problem. Especially when I'm trying to lay down some hot licks. Just wanted everyone to know.

love everything about this pedal

no knobs o anything so just rock your foot back and forth

why would a great guitarist like steve Vai use a piece of crap like this? when you put your foot forward it is very noisy like a jumbo jet you cant hear your guitar over the hum and the tone is gone from your guitar as soon as you rock forward it sounds like you are playing underwater it sounds terrible.

no problems yet

it is sturdy enough but it sounds terrible i am going to sell it and get a dunlop of some sort maybe a zakk wylde one but stay away from this wah unless you want to sound like you a playing at the bottom of a swimming pool with a lot of flies

JUST STEP ON IT to turn it on spring takes it back up and turns it off when you remove your foot.. simple

AS far as a wah it definatley has a distinctive sound, very defined and pronounced wah..wah. however toward the toe down it is very trebly or bitey, I found a comfortable, ear pleasing, spot in the middle of the treddle, however if you venture too far forward then again shrill and bitey. It will out wah a crybaby and there are no pots to get scratchy but if you use a wah as a filter then a crybaby would be a better choice as it will stay where you put it as far as pedal travel. I f you want the best of both worlds why not use a crybaby and a bad horsie side by side ,then one can wah and one can filter

rugged and dependable

never dealt

play contemporary christian and power worship. been playing 34 years

I'm giving it an eight for ease of use because the ability to adjust the delay time via a trimpot inside the unit is great but hardly user friendly. I think there are a lot of users out there who have picked one of these up second-hand and have no idea that this feature exists.

In terms of use, it's as easy to operate as any wah, although you'll instantly notice that the pedal is sprung and returns to position when you lift your foot off. You can't 'fix' the wah into a favoured position, like the Crybaby and Vox etc

The cool thing about this pedal is that you don't 'switch' it on. The wah effect is activated when you step on it, and it switches itself off once you've taken your foot off. There is a delay between the unit switching off and you removing your foot, which is set by a trim pot inside the unit (adjustable by a flat-head screwdriver).

Ok. I've been playing with this pedal all afternoon so that I could compare it to my George Dennis GD30 Wah. The GD30 is based on the Crybaby sound but, like the Morley Bad Horsie, is optical.

So.....after playing these two pedals side by side I can tell you the following.

This Wah is a FANTASTIC wah for metal and hard rock lead playing. Pump up the overdrive/distortion and this Wah truly sings. If you want to know what it sounds like, go dig out the "Reaper Rap" by Steve Vai. The first couple of licks in that song is this pedal personified (I don't know if a Bad Horsie was used on that record, but it definately sounds like one). Overdriven, this is a very aggressive wah, a unison bend with a sweep from this wah is very dramatic and the way the tone 'falls into' the treble part of the wah is great for high-energy leads. Think Zakk Wylde on the solo for 'No More Tears'

However.......on a clean setting.....this pedal really doesn't cut it. The reason being that the sweep, although dramatic, is not a smooth transition from Bass to Treble. The pedal seems to, about a 3rd of the way forward, just literally JUMP to the treble part of the sweep. it is not subtle. If you repeatedly pick a clean note and move the pedal back and forth across it's whole sweep, it's really obvious where the jump in tone is and it's useless for clean funk work, or those wah'd, spacy picked chords that Jimmy Page gets in 'No Quarter' on the 'Song Remains the Same' DVD. If you want to simulate that sound, you have to rock the pedal only within the first two thirds of it's sweep, for fear of hitting the 'treble zone' !!!

That being said, this is a much more 'lively' and 'modern' pedal than a Crybaby or the George Dennis GD30. The extra treble that is has in it's sweep makes soloing very articulate and crisp (with overdrive), whereas the funkier, warmer GD30 did seem 'muffled' in comparison to the Morley.

Tonewise, the Morley seems to take very little tone out of the guitar when on, and I didn't notice any discernible drop or increase in volume when engaging the pedal. Great, great designed pedal, but in the end, not a keeper for me. I prefer the warmer George Dennis GD30, BUT I will miss this pedal, just for it's sheer exuberance for rock soloing. This thing would really cut through the mix at a gig and most likely tear the face off the front row!

It's looks tough. I've never gigged it but I believe Morley pedals to be very durable. With the optical, switchless design, I really can't imagine it crapping out on you at all.

never dealt with Morley

A great pedal. I reccommend it to modern metal/rock players, NOT to more classic rockers who need a clean wah from time to time for funky passages and chords.

For overdriven, lead guitar though, this baby rocks! But I'll take my George Dennis GD30 over it, anyday.

Oh, come on!! Rock it back and forth to get the killer wah sound...

This wah has a great sweep, and I can get a lot of good Steve Vai and Slash tones out of it. No noise whatsoever. Does not suck your tone. I absolutely love this pedal, much better tone than crybaby, crybabies are overated!! Here is my setup: 2002 PRS Tremonti SE- 1991 Squier Standard strat- Digitech RP80 Processor- Danelectro Free Speech Talkbox- Bad Horsie- Randall RG75. I know, it aint the best setup, i will be making changes soon.

This thing is built like a tank, i could probably drop it down a flight of stairs and it would be fine. It was left on my porch for 5 hours after being shipped because I wasn't home, and it works fine anyway! I would definitely gig without a backup, this thing can hold its own.

Never had to contact 'em, but I heard they're pretty good.

I play blues, rock and metal, and it matched my style perfectly. The switchless feature on it works like a dream! If it was ever stolen, I would find the guy who did it, and beat them senseless with the pedal! I cmpared it with the crybaby classic, and i chose the bad horsie because it was switchless and it just sounded better overall. Hey, if Steve Vai uses it, i suggest u get out there and get it, he is one of the best players out there. So go to guitar center (or ebay) and get a bad horsie!!

Very easy to use, just plug it in, step on it and that's it. The only problem here is that you have to open it to adjust the off-delay time, but you won't do that regularly, so it's just a one-time issue. I suggest setting the off-delay to zero, than you can pull off some nice tricks on it which aren't possible with mechanically switched wahs, like playing a lick and just only wah-ing some notes in the middle of it, or wah-ing every second note, or...

The wah sound is very neutral, doesn't have so much "character" as e.g. a Crybaby, but that's not necessarily bad, especially when played with lots of distortion, but the clean sound is nice, too. However, there is a big problem when playing clean: the pedal produces an immense volume boost when turned on, so when you set your clean sound at a sensible volume, it will blast your ears when you turn the wah on. This makes it almost impossible to use the pedal clean, the only way out is to turn down your volume pedal (if you have one... now, everyone sould have one!) before wah-ing and turn it up afterwards, but that makes switching to and from wah even slower than mechanical switching on a Crybaby-style pedal. They should have included a trim pot for adjusting the wah level. Thus, it can't get a rating higher than 6 in this category.

Seems to be very reliable, has never failed and I have it for years.

Never dealt with them.

I play Rock (pretty much everything that fits in this large category), Funk and Jazz. I play clean most of the time, and thus the pedal's volume boost is a big problem for me. If you play mostly with distortion, it should be no problem for you. That aside, it's a nice pedal, but HUGE, probably the biggest wah-only pedal on the planet, and eats a lot of pedalboard space. If you look inside it, it's clearly unnecessary for it to be so big, they could have made it smaller.
Conclusion: if you don't care about the volume boost and have lot's of space on your pedalboard, get it, because the step-on function is just brilliant. Otherwise, better look further.

this is a follow up on my past review

The actual effect and operation is ok. I recently a/b ed this thing and it totally sucks your guitar tone big time on or bypassed. After this realization, i have remove it from my pedal board permanantly. I would adise anyone that cares about tone loss through effects to stay away from this buzz kill. I am now looking at a RMC or Fulltone Wah which both are true bypass and sound wonderful. You get what you pay for folks.

its very easy to use, just step on it and you will get steve vai sound

fender stratocaster usa> Ibanez S series> Ashdown peacemaker 60 head amp> boss ds1 Arammat mod.

its not noisy, i use my ds 1 and step it on my bad horsie, it sound perfect, but when i play the wah, and i let go my foot, it has a delay time, but i think its ok, only half a second.

i can depend on this pedal for my gig, i dont think its easy to break, you can see all protected by metal, its pretty heavy compared to dunlop.

recommended A+

Well folks, I'm here again now posting my impression of the Bad Horsie.
EASY and comfortable to use, the pedal feels tight and firm, just adjust the "delay off" to your liking, anyway you don't have to worry about not getting the very lower frequencies fearing that you can go to bypass accidentally, the lower frequency have something like 1cm free of sweep after bypass position, anyway adjust the "delay off" as you wish.

The wah effect is really cool, the sweep is smooth and accurate!!! It sounds exactlly as Steve Vai does, little bit noisy at high gain settings, not a problem for me in a live situation bearing in mind that all wahs do the same thing at high gain settings ayway I use noise gate to keep things quiet while I'm not playing.
I don't notice any coloration or tone sucking at bypass mode and most important THIS IS A TRUE WAH WAH SOUND.

For a complete display of my live rig setup see below...

Really solid, rugged and well built.

Bill Wenzloff is a really cool guy who will help you with any issue you could have.

I play lots of types of music but rock is my main stuff, I've been playing since almost 12 years ago, and definetely this is a great option for a wah pedal out there, as I said in my past review, somebody will prefer to keep their Dunlops or Vox(I've owned both), but I suggest you to try something different, the Bad Horsie does things really fine and I decided to replace my Crybaby because of the features, not having pots and switches is really cool and that doesn't mean you won't get a true wah effect, for me this is a traditional, well done wah sound achieved by a modern design so try it!!! Remember THIS IS A REAL WAH SOUND so do not hesitate about getting one.

Here is my live rig setup for those intrested:

guitars: Fender American Stratocaster, Ibanez RG2020XTLB, Ibanez JEM7VSBL.

amp: Marshall JCM900 4502.

pedals:(FURMAN SPB-8 pedalboard) MXR Wylde Overdrive, Morley Bad Horsie, Digitech Whammy Reissue, Boss FV-50H volume pedal with a Boss TU-12 tuner.

rack: Shure Wireless reciever, Rack Rider power conditioner/light module, TC Electronic G-Major multi FX proccesor.

That's it guys, happy WHAING to everybody!!!

WELL I HOPE THIS CAN HELP YOU GUYS OUT THERE, I'M ABOUT TO GET A BAD HORSIE IN TWO DAYS, I HAVEN'T TRIED IT YET BUT I CAN ASSUME THE NEXT:

FOR ALL THOSE OF YOU THRASHMETAL-MIDSCOOPED TONE GUITAR FREAKS THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE WAH PEDAL FOR YOU DEFINITELY, I AGREE THAT THE BAD HORSIE DOESN'T HAVE THE EFFECT RANGE OF THE CRYBABYS, JUST BY HEARING AT BOTH PEDALS, BUT BEFORE TAKE YOUR LAST WORD, PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME TO TWEAK YOUR AMP IN DIFFERENT WAYS 'TIL YOU GET A GOOD BAD HORSIE PERFORMANCE, MR. VAI DOESN'T USE ANY SCOOPED TONE AT ALL, HE ACTUALLY USES LOTS OF MIDRANGE ON HIS LEGACY'S, I GUESS STEVE VAI AND MORLEY DIDN'T DESIGN THIS PEDAL WITH THE DIMEBAG DARREL TONE IN MIND... DIME LEFT A GREAT SIGNATURE WAH PEDAL TO CHOOSE FOR THAT.

ON THE OTHER HAND I CAN SEE A LOT OF REVIEWS POINTING THAT THE BAD HORSIE PERFORMS A LOT BETTER THAN THE OLDIE WAHS(DUNLOPS/VOX), SOMEBODY DECIDE TO STAY CLOSE THE OLDIES SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIVERSITY AT OPINIONS, SOME INTELLIGENT SOME NOT, QUITE INTRESTING IN FACT.

I'M POINTING MY FINGER DIRECTLY TO THOSE METAL GUYS, WHY??? WELL, CHECK REVIEWS ABOUT THIS PEDAL, AND A GREAT NUMBER OF NEGATIVE REVIEWS SAY IN THE "OVERALL RATING" SECTION: I PLAY METAL, I LIKE METAL, I PLAY METAL AND SO ON...

SO GUYS SLOW DOWN, TWEAK YOUR TONE, EXPERIMENT AND DON'T BE THAT NARROW MINDED, MAYBE THE PEDAL IS NOT THE PROBLEM BUT YOUR EQUALIZATIONS. I CAN TAKE FOR SURE THAT I WON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE BAD HORSIE.

I LOVE DUNLOPS AS WELL, THEY COULD BE IMPERFECT, WEARING PARTS, OLD DESIGN, SUCK TONE... BUT THE W A H EFFECT IS GREAT...

I'LL BE BACK FOR MY COMPLETE REVIEW, AND I HOPE THIS OFFERS SOME HELP TO EVERYBODY.

You put your foot on it, it's on. You take your foot off it, it's off. Now you know all there is to know.

It's the only wah I use, and I've gone through a Vox, a Cry baby, a Singing Geisha and a Snarling Dogs (which was total crap, SD's should just roll over and die.)

Now I use a Peavey Wolfgang > Little Alligator volume > Bad Horsie wah > MXR Super Comp > Big Muff Pi (USA) > MXR 10 band EQ > Small Clone chorus > Line 6 Echo Park delay > another Little Alligator > one of two Marshall amps. I power it all with a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 for absolutely no background noise and I'm set.

Never had an issue in 4 years, and I bought it from a guy who had had it for a couple years himself (he was upgrading to a Bad Horsie II, mind you)

Never had to call 'em. I bet they get bored, working for the manufacturer of the most idiot proof pedals out there.

Kick ass pedal.

Most User Friendly Wah ever made.

Mesa DC-5 head SG-1 and a few other pedals. I love the tone of this jewel. I like the limited sweep range because of the way I use the effect. It all depends on how you use it. Mechanically the pedal is fast because of its spring return to the bypass postion. This may be the reason for the limited sweep range. I tend to use the higher range, and to me it;s plenty high enough unlike the crybaby type wah's which get dog howling high freq. Now I have two small complaints. I have set the trim pot inside all the way off and there is still a little delay for the effect to turn on unlike the crybaby type where it turns on immediatly with the pushbutton switch. The other complaint goes along with the other in that wah is not true bypass and I get a small amount of tone kill in bypass. These complaints don't keep me from using it. It's well worth the functionality of effect that this one of akind wah has.

not problems it is metal cased.

Super easy to use, just plug it in and go wild.

Setup: Goth Explorer -> MXR Dynacomp -> Whammy II -> Bad Horsie -> Marshall DSL100 -> (effects loop send) Sovtek Big Muff Pi -> Morley Pro Flanger -> Danelectro Dan-Echo (effects loop return) -> Marshall 1960A 4x12 Cabinet.

I've adjusted the sweep to expand the range and adjusted the trim pot for the effect activation to its minimum. The pedal sounds awesome. Some other reviews mention that it's not suited to clean passages, but I use it all the time and love the tone. Maybe it's just the way I have it set up, but this pedal totally screams and goes absolutely apeshit when I want it to and also makes nice vocal sounds when I play it clean. Matches up really well with delay. Has a very slight hiss when in use.

I've had the pedal for 7 years and it's still going strong. The spring broke a while back and was easy to replace and something went wrong with it about 2 years into it where the effect would never shut off. See below.

Took the pedal back where I bought it (West Coast Guitars, Vancouver) long after the warranty had expired and asked them to take care of getting the thing repaired and I'd cover the costs involved. Two weeks later, I got a phone call and went to pick up my pedal and pay for the repair and Morley had not only fixed the pedal for free, but covered shipping both ways. So I bought a Morley channel switch right then and there, just to thank them. Damn thing works better than the supplied Marshall switch, anyway.

I play in a band called RANDOMBLIND (http://www.randomblind.com), it's heavy alternative rock, and this pedal is an integral part of my rig. I'll never own another wah, Morley won themselves a lifetime customer with this pedal's killer tone and their wicked service. I love the switchless activation, the durability of the thing, and the way it makes me sound like a better guitarist than I actually am. Previously, I owned a Crybaby and a DOD FX-17 wah and hated them both for different reasons: the Crybaby was scratchy and the DOD sounded like a DOD pedal. The Bad Horsie is a deadly pedal backed up by a top notch company. I'd own more Morley effects if they extended their product line. Bring back the Pro Phaser!!

Yes, I like to subscribe 1 thing about these pedals. I went to a local guitarstore and like all others I wanted to buy a morley bad horsie wah. I knew the one a friend of mine has is a very good sounding wah! So I checked the B.H. 1 and 2 and there REALLY was a big difference between these 2. The B.H. 2 had a much wider sweep.
I was like: "How can that happen? There must be something wrong with the B.H. 1!"
So I talked to the personal and told about the B.H. 1 and i asked to switch it with another one. And surprisingly that other B.H. 1 sounded much BETTER!

Everybody says that this thing is built solid, well that is true.
But for the ones who don't get a good sound out of the wah, could have (how shall iI put it) a BAD badhorsie wah.

To everybody who wants to buy a morley wah check 2 of the same wahs in case there's a bad one. Today it seems morley is overproducing these wahs. it seems they can't keep up with the quality they are supposes to built!

I came out of the store without the bad horsie wah. instead I bought Planet Waves cables who has lifetime warranty.

VERY Simple to use. Step on to use step off to bypass.
NO buttons or switches just the wah rocker arm.

My Signal chain:
ESPLTD MH-301 into Morley Bad Horsie Wah into Whirlwind A/B Selector Box(amp Switcher) into HighGain input on 5150HS with a BOSS DD-3 Delay in the amp Effects Loop. Only noise with this rig is the amp hiss wich is normal for the 5150. THE MORLEY WAH IS DEAD SILENT!!!
I use the wah for recording too so this is very important, when your foot isnt on the wah and it bypasses itself it is dead silent. This Wah is F*cking Awsome for me! it has the greatest wah sound ive ever heard. nails modern type wah tone perfectly. I got the idea of getting this wah with the whirlwind selector from gurrg and I can get his tone easily. THANKS MUDVAYNE! I noticed other peoples reviews state the sweep range is not that wide and i somewhat agree with this but it works great in this configuration and if for some reason you need a wider sweep all you have to do is contact Morley and they will happily help you mod it!!! This wah sounds even better with a little delay from the boss petal i use and when they are both on i get crazy with my shit.

100% Reliable. Solid Metal! I feel no backup is necessary.

From what ive read Morley Company is top notch. A+
they even help you if youve purchased it 2nd hand!!!
which is what i did off ebay for only $59.

For Modern Music and Wah Tone this thing is your wah. For Silent Switching and Silent Bypass this is your wah. For super ease of use and reliability this is Definitly your wah. GET THIS WAH!
this thing is certainly a the real deal when it comes to wah tone shaping, It inspires and modivates me to create music!
i would buy it again if it were stolen!
Thanks Morley for this kik ass wah!!!

As I said before.... My drummer could figure this one out.

Have you ever stepped on a regular wah to break into a FABULOUS solo, only to realize you didn't STOMP hard enough and the wah didn't turn on? Well, those days are GONE! Just put your foot on this baby, and rock away. When you're done, just take your foot off and the pedal automatically switches off. The delay time for the OFF feature is easily adjustable.

My rig:
GUITARS: American Standard Strat, Mexican Strat, Les Paul Double Cut, Aria Cheep-o
EFFECTS: TS-9, Boss GT-6, DanElectro mistakes... i mean pedals. :)
AMPS: Fender HotRod DeVille 4x10, Vox Valvetronix 2x12

In my first review of this pedal (a little over 2 years ago), I had complained about the noticable increase in volume when I activated the pedal. Bill Wenzloff from Morley contacted me and offered to have the pedal fixed. I had intended to send it to Morley, but have grown used to the unique little quirk in my pedal.

Since my first review, I have owned (and sadly sold) another Bad Horsie wah, and that one DID NOT exhibit the volume increase that my original has.

*SORRY ABOUT NOT SENDING THE PEDAL IN BILL. I JUST CAN'T BE RID OF IT FOR MORE THAN A DAY OR SO!!!!* :)

The sound quality on this pedal is excellent. It has a nice full sweep and gets a GREAT rock wah sound. I've never really liked Cry Babies or the like because they always sound so thin, but the Bad Horsie sounds great. I've even used it extensively on funk tunes.

The other thing that I REALLY dig about this pedal is that it switches on in the BACK position. Normally on a wah pedal, you click it on by stepping FORWARD and then, all of a sudden, your highs are WAY over the top. With the Bad Horsie activating in the BACK position, it opens up some really neat opportunies for swells.

This is by far the coolest sounding Wah pedal out there.

Bill Wenzloff, if y'all need another endorser, you just give me a call, ok?

I've never had an issue with this pedal, and it's had the snot beat out of it. It's been to Russia with me 3 times and has even survived the creeps at Delta airlines (though they DID manage to destroy some of my other pedals including my TS-9).

I've only ever had to deal with Morley the one time (when I complained about my pedal on this very board) and Bill was very accommodating and helpful. Offered to adjust my pedal for free and ship it back. So, thumbs up guys.

Overall, I have been extremely pleased with this pedal. I have owned other pedals and was just frustrated with their sounds. But this one is great. The only thing I struggle with is whether I want to run it before my effects, or after. It sounds really good both ways -- which, if you've read my entire review, is why I had bought another one.... They just wouldn't BOTH fit in my pedal case. :(

I play rock / funk music. Think James Brown meets the Beatles and SRV, and you'll be close and I've been playing for almost 20 years.

I would be at Guitar Center the very same day buying a new one of these (or maybe the BH2) if it got stolen. Let's face it, there aren't many pedals out there that could even get CLOSE to how cool this pedal is, ESPECIALLY since it goes for $100 bucks!!!

God Bless Everyone!
JEY
www.TheSeakers.com

I give it a 10, but to actually get it to sound good you have to do some internal manipulation. Buyer beware, it won't sound like a traditional wah unless you open it up.

This has gone through both of my rigs. The first one being a Fender strat with a Jb Junior at the bridge, the Bad Horsie, and then a Boss Sd-1 into a Flextone III XL. The other rig is a Bad Horise followed by a sansamp Tri-a.c. into a Vox Pathfinder practice amp or Roland K-60 keyboard amp. I bought it used and the original owner had used white lithium grease to prevent the string from rusting or squeaking, unfortunately in his application he applied far to much and it got onto the shudder. I used some kleenex and wiped it off though, took about 5 minutes. after I did that the pedal had a huge high end sweep. Unfortunately I was after more of a Vox/Crybaby wah tone, this thing seemed like it started it's sweep were the Vox would be at about half way. I could see how this modern type of sweep could be useable in some music, but it wasn't my cup of tea.

I got in touch with Morley and they sent me a little document in .pdf format that told me basically how to mod the thing to get it to do what I want. It took me like 2 or 3 minutes to accomplish and I didn't have to buy any different parts, all you need is a screwdriver and a small wrench.

Now it sounds like a good Crybaby or Vox wah, with none of the hastle of replacement parts.

The Pedal seems to have very little noise. Well worth the 42 dollars I paid.

I'll give it a ten because I'm pretty confident that you can get the sound you want with this thing.

I'd gig without a backup, the thing is built very well. I do depend on it for a couple of gigs a week right now, and it hasn't failed me. I play alot with this wah, almost 40% of the sets we play involve this pedal.

I imagine that there are some design issues, when I opened mine if found that the shudder was not a high quality material, it could easily bend after awhile but for the most part it's pretty well built.

Morley is a great company. They will tell you how to make the gear you have from them sound great if you simply ask. For those of you below who have belittled the sound quality drop them a line.

Morley even offered to send me a return authorization on a used pedal so that they could fix the tone if I wanted them too.

Even when I had my chinsey Morley Classic wah they told me how to mod it. I ditched that thing along ago because it was to noisy, but the Vai Bad Horsie is not noisy at all.

I play a little bit of everything with this pedal. I found that after I fixed it the pedal accels at fusion, modern and vintage rock tones, and even clean stuff. I've been playing professionally for 2 years now and own a whole heap of vintage wahs to compliment this.

I've found myself embracing the Digital revolution in recent years. Granted my flextone doesn't have the exact feel of a tube amp, but I have to say, alot of players use that as a crutch.

My only gripe with this pedal is that the off-delay is really tricky to set. It's a minor concern if you take the time to set it right and don't tinker with it any longer. This wah pedal will not work as a filter either, so for that i would suggest picking up that crybaby wah stompbox or having a second wah pedal on stage. I guess it would be nice to have true bypass.

I use 2 wah's now, one on the left side of the stage and one on the right. I'm using a Bad Horsie, and the Flextone Shortboard[vox sound] wah. I'd have to say that the Bad Horsie replaced my old Crybaby wah that was modded for me.

If you see one of these for as cheap as what I paid, pick it up, it's worth it. I got really lucky with the used one I found at my local sam ash store.

very easy to use it only has one switch and no nther Q-controls or any thing.

used with a line 6 spider 2 amp with the noise gate on it gets fairly good tone but it has a limited range. with a distortion pedal in front of it the notes are supressed quite a bit but with a distortion after it it's pretty good.

Its a pretty rugged pedal. and withstands my foot consistantly beating on it pretty darn good.

It's pretty good, but it really has a low range. For someone that has trouble with other pedals with more than one switch id say its pretty good. For me, I am looking for somthing a little more versitile.

The pedal is very easy to use, as many have stated. Switchless operation, tread on to activate, step off to bypass. Time delay for bypass is set inside, so opening the casing is needed.

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There is one major issue with the pedal, and that is the voltage supply. I acquired numerous 9v 300mA, regulated adapters, but all but one didnt work. I use a multy adapter to use it. So if you get an 'earthing type' hum, change the power supply.

I play a USA Customshop Player Strat and a modified Mexican 50s Strat, with Texas Specials. This runs into a POD 2, or Marshall AVT50H and 1922 (2x12 G12T75), through a marshall jackhammer, and bluesbreaker 2.
In operation the pedal makes a ever so slight hiss, but its inaudible when actaully playing, or even talking. The active/bypass has a little 'hopping' sound, but then if your playing you wont hear it.
The sound of this pedal is pretty good for distorted work, it is bright and has a slight gain boost, which helps with soloing, and tapping. On clean the pedal finds itself slightly short on sweep range, and the gain doesnt help too much if your looking for ultra clean. It is not a typical wah tone, but it is a wah.
It meets the Vai style straight away, if you want to hear the pedal, just listen to anything by Steve Vai, its his damn pedal!
The pedal does a good job for playing 'your own version' of many songs...Voodoo Chile anyone?

I have had the pedal for wuite a while, it has never been giged, but i would take it out without a backup. It is constructed of quite strong steel, and the brakets that pivot the pedal are solid, as is the pedal. There is a deep cut grip on the surface of the pedal, so you wont slip off of it. The spring seems sturdy enough, and the internals are fairly well housed, if not a little cramped in a few places. On the whole the pedal seems well built, and will last a long time.

Whoever this Bill Wenzlof is, i have no idea, but i have tried to contact him, about the power supply issue, by E-mail, and i have recieved no reply. Thats not a good representative for the company.

In fairness though, on Morely's website, they do have the schematics for the pedal, so it makes life easier if you need to servise it, or have it serviced.
Scematics dont help me when i need human help, so this is why this section gets a poor rating

I play many differnt styles, and he pedal seems to cope for a lot of them, but then if you are looking for classic Trower/Hendrix/Santana etc, then you should buy the wah they use.
It is a good sounding pedal, and it does the job i need it too.

An exterior 'trim pot' would be slightly easier, but then how often do ya need to change it?
Also, having an option to turn down the gain would be better for cleaner stuff, but then maybe another wah would be better.

Step on to wah and rock your foot back to off.
Simple and doesn't suck the life out of your tone!!!!
I switched from the classic dunlop wah, I will never go back.
Bought it off ebay, no manual, don't need one ?

Marshall DSL1000 Head - 4/12 cabinet. This wah is the first in my effect pedal chain. I'm giving it a 9 because it does make a slight noise when engauged but it's never heard at gig volume.
I used it last night and nailed the Summer song (Joe Satriani)

Looks like it is built very well
I would gig with out a backup but if it breaks I will drive like a maniac or dilengently search ebay for another.

Never dealt with them ?
I have read postings on here of their offered support for anyone having problems. How many Manufacturers do that ?
My hats off to them.

Classic rock, Blues.
I have been playin for 27 years and been through some equipment.
This piece will stay in the line up. Where this thing shines in my opinion is its auto switching. When playing at a loud stage volume you don't have to guess if you stomped on your pedal hard enough to turn it on or off. Also my tone is not sucked out by this wah.

Very easy to use and edit your sound from one wah to another. It came with a manual, but anyone that has any brains and has played could use this wah with ease. So much better than your average wah: your average wah you either have to step on the switch on the side of the unit to turn it on/off, or step all the way down to turn the wah on.
This wah you just step on it and it's on, step off and it springs back to the heel down position and it's off. That easy.

The normal wah settings or sound is close to one of the other morley wahs i've owned before. When the wah is on, there is a tiny bit of sound that comes from it, but that's at a high volume level. I'm using Carvin and Marshall half-stacks. I have noticed a slight difference in the tone change from the heel down to mid-range and from the mid-range to toe down. It seems you have to watch a little when passing the midrange area of the wah going higher on the tone because it scoops quickly. It is actually one of the best wahs I've ever had the chance to use. The extra gain and scoop you get when you switch it on the "contour wah" mode is badass.

It seems pretty sturdy and would not get any equipment as far as guitar equip. goes, that I could not use gigging. I have faith in it to work without a backup wah.

I play a metal/nu-metal/alternative style, and this wah is perfect. This item I'd highly recommend to other guitarists of the same genre.
As far as I can tell, the one thing that I think would make these pedals much more conveinient would be to put the input/output on the back of the pedals instead of the sides.

It doesn't come with a detailed manual, as a result I think a lot of people are disappointed with the lack of range of the wah and the high treble.

This is not a traditional Wah Pedal, there is a definite art to it. Basically for fast runs of 16th notes you can make a wah on every note, try this on any other type of manual wah pedal and you'll probably end up doing yourself an injury. Think the wah in the intro to the last solo of Sweet Child of Mine..

What you do is depress and raise the pedal for one beat, there are two windows inside the pedal that mask the optical sensor in quick succession giving 2 wahs on the way down and 2 on the way up. 4 wahs per beat: tap your foot to the music and wah on each 16th note.

What did you expect of Mr Vai? You give him a thing to play with and he comes up with the a device that utelises the optical technology to the full. You could buy a touch wah, but if you work at it the Bad Horsie is far more dynamic.

The thing I love most is that it turns off automatically when the foot is removed from the pedal... and stomp back on it and it's back.

I generally use an 84 strat or Ibanez RG470 with Seymour Duncans through a Bad Horsie and JSH Wah and a Guyatone Compressor into POD v2.0 into Morley Volume Pedal into a Simms Watt 100 head into a cab with an 18" emminence speaker in it.

I record stuff into a 512mkII from the POD and using the pedals and it sounds really clear, I generally play either lead or funk rhythm, the bad horsie totally rocks for choppy funk/skank stuff, especially with muted notes.

Never a murmer of trouble from it. I'd gig without a backup.

It has a solid metal casing, no potentiometer to get scratchy and the batery compartment is attached with nylon chord and is cushioned, the cover has a sliding catch, so no screw to lose. Inside the LED was a tad loose which might affect the tone a little, but doesn't appear to.

Only gripe I have with the design is that the two halves of the pedal are attached by horizontal screws, which might take some of the stress of a person pressing on the pedal.. closer inspection shows the two halves fit exactly and there is no movement, that could strain the screws.

I've emailed the company several times with queries and requests and they've always got back inside the same day. They've been polite and helpful.

They are honestly concerned about the customer, better aftersales service than you get on most cars.

I bought it expecting a wah pedal like the Vox or Gem's I'd played. At first I was greatly annoyed.. it serves me right for not thinking and buying it based on the brand and endorsee.

I was tempted to resell it and get a Gem instead I stuck at it and it fills a niche, I have another wah pedal which I use for longer sweeps..

Had I known what it did I might have bought a touch wah instead but it'd be broke by now as I wouldn't be able to play wah on alternate beats in a measure without stomping the on/off switch as many times as I'd sweep the bad horsie. I probably wouldn't even have the concept in my playing vocabulary.

I've owned one of these for about three years now, and there is just no way around it - I'm dissapointed. It's fairly impossible to get a good sound out of this pedal. However, it is VERY easy to use - plug 'n' play as it were. The switchless operation may take some getting used to for people used to "traditional" wahs, but that will only take a few minutes of fooling around to master.

This is just not a good sounding wah on anything other than a clean amp channel. If you run a guitar through it (and I've tried MANY) to a distorted channel, you hardly get any wah unless a) you're on the bridge pickup and b) you're in some nebulous zone between the fifth and twelfth frets.

Below the fifth fret this pedal simply does not cut through the mix and has virtually no bass sweep, so it has little effect down low. On the other hand, if you play a high G on the 15th fret and rock the Bad Horsie likc crazy, it barely barely makes a difference. The range of its sweep is very very much in the mid-range of the guitar, and thus limits it when highs and lows are distorted. I'm not sure how Vai is running this to get the sound HE gets, but this pedal doesn't sound anywhere close to the huge sweeping filter he brings out. He gets a big fat wah from open frets to his highest notes... and you won't get that at all with this pedal. Very limited.

It is ULTRA reliable. Never fails... I was worried about that switchless operation breaking down somehow, but it's been fine. You can kick it, drop it, set it on fire... it will keep on working. Morley makes a durable unit.

I like a wah which can really break through a distorted/overdriven tone and "take over" as it were. This is a weak pedal, second only to the horrible Vox I played through in the extreme narrow frequencies it actually "wahs."

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
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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

n/a

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!!!

If your foot is on it, it's on, if not, its off.

It sounds pretty good, the sweep is not as drastic as my Crybaby, which is a good thing. My Setup = Schecter C-1 and Jackson dinky reverse -> Moreley Crybaby -> Marshall TSL602 -> Boss Multi-FX unit (which i use only for delay). It doesn't sound like a vintage wah, and whether that's good or bad is a matter of personal taste.

Basically the switching system is so amazing it transforms the way you can use wah.

Thing looks like it's built to withstand nuclear war.

no dealings

This pedal is worth your while, if you want a more vintage sound check out the Moreley Classic Wah.

This is a switchless wah meaning that when you put your foot on it it on, and when u take it off, it's off. There is a default one second delay on it switching off which can be altered from inside.

For my needs, this wah is pretty close to perfect. I play relatively heavy distortion stuff including Vai. It sounds great for this. If you wanna hear it then just listen to the song Bad Horsie by Steve Vai. However, as already stated in other reviews, it's not a conventional wah sound and with your amp on clean, it does sound a bit 80's space-agey. So if your after a clean wah, I suggest you get a Vox.

This is very reliable and I would definitely use it live without backup.

Not dealt with them.

As I said, in my opinion this is a superb pedal. The switchless wah feature is also great for me, however, this does mean that you can't play with the wah in a set place like Zappa used to. But overall, this is the best wah pedal I've used. Far better then the incredibly unsmooth Cry baby's

This si the easiest pedal to use in my set up!!!!!!!!1

I love the sound of this thing. It is quiet when off, gives a little boost for solos, and is still good for rhythm stuff. I use Gibson guitars, fenders, and esps through this pedal, a boss TU-2, and NS-2 to a peavey TRIPLE XXX, with a Whammy, GE-7, and ibanez DE7 in the fx loop. I got this when my crybaby crap out the second day i had it. for an extra ten bucks my crybaby was replaced with this and i will never go back.

I have had this wah pedal since 99, i do believe, and it is just as good as the day i got it. I don't use batteries i just use my pedal board for everything but the whammy. I wouldn't even need a back-up.

never had to talk to them.

I play metal, funk, blues, jazz, and anything inbetween. This thing works great for all of it. It kicks the shit out of the crybaby 95q and i would like to hear the bad horsie II. Oh well, i'll have to wait about two more lifetimes before i need to replace it anyway.

So simple, even my 1-year-old son knows how to use it!

Sounds great with clean tone, sounds sick with distortion...

I've had this pedal since 1999...nothing wrong as of yet.

Never dealt with the company

I love to shred metal, play Prince-type funk, and this pedal lets me accomplish the sounds I hear in my head. And yes I admit I bought it because I am a giant Steve Vai fan, but fortunately the pedal delivers!

This is a super easy wah to use. As soon as you sweep the wah pedal it comes on via an optical circuit on the pcb.

I can say that after using just about every wah out there, (ie. Budda, Dunlop 535 & 535q, Vox 847 with a bypass mod, and Tech 21 Wail) this is the best sounding. When you step on it and the optical circuit engages, it generates a smooth wah to treble in full down sweep. (In full down it is perfect for all the Voodoo Chile leads, sounds exactly like it to me) If you like a slight boost for solos this will do it for you. This pedal does not generate any noise in my setup, which is: Parker NiteFly & 3 Gibson Flying V 67 Reissues into the Bad Horsie, Boss Ce-20, Ultra Vibe, Boss fz-3, Boss Rv-2, Boss TU-2, Fender Pro-Sonic Head, Tone-Master 2X12. I also have a Marshall 1987x reissue with a MV MOD & It sounds great through that also. I had heard so much smack about how Morley Wah's honk the bobo that I stayed away from the Bad Horsie .(very rare that an artist endorsed product turns out to be good, at least for me) Now I am going to purchase a Bad Horsie 2 and a Little Alligator. Also realize that tone is subjective (amps, tubes, guitars, strings all play a big part!)

Only had it for 7 months, to early to tell.

Never dealt with them.

Excellent pedal, worth a try if you are looking for a step forward in a Wah Pedal. The engineering in this design is head and shoulders above all the previous wahs I have owned. been playing for 25 years ( I am an old dude!) and I am always lookin for fun gear that inspires me to play and rock, this pedal is fun and it definently rocks!

You step on it, and step off when you're done. How much easier can it get?

I'm running LTD and Epiphone guitars into a string of Soundtanks with the Wah at the end, all of that into a Marshall VS100. The times I've used it live, it's behaved, and added a nice little texture to my solos.

I don't have a back-up, but I don't think I'd need one with this. It's also powered by my pedalboard, so I have no idea how the battery life is.

Haven't had to talk to them...which I'd think is a good sign.

This was the only pedal I could find with the No-Switch option, so I got it. Good for the rock stuff I like to play (when I'm not playing bass) and I like it better than the Crybaby I used to have. If it's good enough for Steve Vai, it's good enough for me.

I love the fact that you don't have to use a switch to turn it on or off. Many times I've had to adjust the screw on the platform because the pedal won't turn off by itself (I have played about 400 sets with it though and beat the living crap out of it onstage!).

I use the standard set of guitars(les pauls, s.g., tele, strat); have an awesome Marshall JCM 800 and many different fx pedals.
The Morley sounds great but don't look for a midrangey vintage sound
like a crybaby!

I've had it in the shop to replace the adaptor input. Also when the battery dies you'll look like an idiot on stage (yeah this happened)
because it shuts down your whole line!!!

I've never dealt with the company, but their ads look great don't they?

I like this pedal because it sounds pretty good (certainly anything better than on a multi-fx unit), but it's not so good if your looking for that Hendrix (the real king of rock and roll!!!) sound.
It would be nice if I could find a switchless Vox or Dunlop wah. Worth the money and takes a serious shit-kicking!!

Very simple, step on it and rock! i notice a lot of people wrote that their decision to buy this pedal was because it does not have a switch, for me it is an added bonus to an awesome sounding pedal.

68 Stratocaster into a 71 JMP Marshall, with a tube screamer and blues driver. This pedal sings like no other wah. I own a VOX and a Cry baby, the Morley has a much larger "sweep" and the tone changes throughout the entire sweep. I find this much more desirable compared to my other wahs which have one small point of tonal change withiin a large pedal sweep. This pedal sounds great clean or with distortion and is not noisy. My VOX is brutal in this department, the cry baby is not much better.

I have owned this pedal for about 6 years, the metal loop spring thing that holds the pedal up broke about 3 years ago, I pushed a peice of sponge like foam in place of this and have lived with it ever since.

Tried to find Morley's website about 3 years ago when my spring broke but could not find it and could not bother to follow up now.

I have been playing for 17 years and gig weekly. I play rock, blues and ska, I would trade my Vox and Cry baby together for a Bad Horise. This pedal kicks ass! I have been using wah pedals from the time i started playing guitar and had always searched for a pedal that gave a wide tonal sweep through the full travel of the pedal, something you kinda get from Vox but not even close from Cry baby ( the old Roland Wah Beat is pretty good as well). I am still trying to figure out what kind of person would buy this pedal simply because it is easy to turn on and off and then complain that it does not sound like a cry baby? This pedal is something far superior than a Cry baby.

This is the most ingenious design for a wah ever. It turns on as soon as you touch it. This is the only wah wah in existence that I can use my wah technique on. I start out clean and the wah my riff and at the end of the bar on the four beat I release it. This creates a distorted sound because its in the low frequency range before it shuts off. It then starts out clean again for the nexttime around.

I've tried every wah there is. This one is the cleanest. And has the greatest range. But, if you are looking for a vintage sound don't look here. Very little midrange.

This thing is a tank. But, I admit a stomp the hell out of this thing. I go through 1 a year. Overtime, the original signal become very muddy and weak. (Yes I replace the battery) The only solution i found was to buy another one. This angers me, but I can't use any other wah with my style.

I sent one of the broken ones in and they found nothing wrong.
My ears and my bandmates ears could hear a difference thoguh.
I e-mailed them, and they didn't respond.
I am very unhappy.

I can't live with it or without it. I love the sound and design. But it is so unreliable. I prey that the Bad Horsie II is better.

I very much liked the idea of the non-traditional switch. Sometimes on my Dunlop Crybaby I am not sure it is on. The DOD pedal was a joke to me. Its on/off switch was even more unsure to me.

I hated the sound of this pedal clean. It sounded like an analogue keyboard effect. Dirty it sounded better but I decided not to buy it because I planned on useing it clean. The clean sound sounds more like a cartoon laser blast or some type of oscillator effect. You have to try it to hear it. I prefer the wanking "tone knob" sound. This dude just was not my cup-o-tea.

It looks solid. I am not sure how it works, but I would guess it would last many moons. I almost bought this guy based on looks. It seems durable and the switch is a better design in my opinion. I just hated the tones. I do not know if this one has true bypass.

Never dealt with this company, no opinion.

You are getting my opinion, so here it goes. This is a very reliable looking piece of equipment. I did not like the sound, but Steve Vai does. He is much more successful than I am so maybe this pedal is really good and I just don't know it.

I have been playing for 10 years. I currently use a Crybaby and it is ok, but I wish it were less noisy and have true bypass. Most effects are noisy, but this one didn't seem so bad in the noise department.

There is also a morley model that is a volume / wah that seems really interesting. I'd buy it if I like the clean sounds.

I can only suggest you that you demo it (or any piece of equipment) before you buy.

Looks good, sounds ....not that great.

One of the main reasons I purchased this wah was because of the automatic shut-off as opposed to traditional wahs with the switch you have to press on to shut it off. This is a definite plus over other wahs.

Stock, it's a little too dark for my tastes. Morley adjusted it for me and it's perfect. It sounds just like a vintage Hendrix wah now.

It's almost 4 years old and it still works like new.

First of all, I'm not affiliated with Morley in any way. I emailed Morley about my wah sounding a little too dark. There was nothing wrong with the wah, I originally bought the wah in 1998 for the unique automatic shut-off even though the sound was darker than what I like. Jim Seguin responded quickly and stated that Morley would adjust the frequency on the wah to my preference for FREE of charge. I was amazed that they would "go way beyond the call of duty" for a regular guy/non-celebrity guitar player like myself. I sent the wah to Morley. They had it for 1 or 2 days and sent it right back to me. The cutomized tone was exactly what I wanted. Jim Seguin even called me after I received the wah back to make sure I was happy with the new tone. In all my years of buying guitar gear, I've never experienced customer service as good as Morley's service. It's a true rarity in this day and age. I'll be sure to buy more Morley products in the future.

Now I have the perfect wah: Vintage/Hendrix tone with modern control and features.

I've used Vox, Dunlop, and a few others and in my opinion this one is by far the easiest. It's very precise. It's my idea of the way a wah wah pedal should work.

This thing is made to Steve Vai's specifications. Unfortunately, Steve doesn't like a traditional wah sound. I, on the other hand, do. This sound is more suitable for shredders who want to accent certain points in ther solo-ing. In my opinion it should not be catagorized as a wah. I was very disapointed with this aspect of the pedal, but so impressed with the way it worked that I was determined to somehow modify it to suit my needs. Read on.

Very sturdy. I completely trust it on it's own with no back up (Just keep some fresh 9 volts around).

Here is the beautiful thing about this situation. Bill at Morley left a message for us unsatisfied bad horsie users (a few reviews down from this one) to give him a call for some kind of resolve. I'm sure glad I did. He took time out of his busy schedule to give me detailed instructions over the phone on how the pedal adjustments could be made. He even called ME back. Several times. He explained how this thing works. The design is simple and beautiful. It uses two optic sensors with LEDs underneath the foot pedal. Light hits the sensor through two holes under the pedal: one that indicates when it is on (a much larger hole), and another that determines the range of the sweep (a smaller triangle shaped hole). The circuitry reacts by how much light is allowed to get through to the sensor. A brilliant design. With Bill instructing me, I was able to adjust the range of sweep by slightly covering the little triangle shaped hole on the foot pedal with electrical tape. Instead of a triangle, Bill told me to cover it so only a tiny slit remained. This prevented too much LED light from getting to the sensor, which added more definition to the sweep. Another mod I was able to do was loosen a nut on top of a copper coil and magnet which lowered the range of the sweep for a more traditional sound. With these modfications, anyone can tailor the sound of this pedal to be more to their tastes. It's a beautiful thing.

Morley gets points for a couple reasons. One, tremendous customer service! Two, innovating and improving the design of one of the most popular pedals ever. And three, for it's ease of use, sturdy design and quality craftsmanship. However, I cannot recommend this pedal to people who want a traditional wah wah sound. I would recomend that players try the Bad Horsie 2, or one of Morley's other wah wah pedals instead. I'm a strong suppoter of Morley now, but in the case of this pedal I must stick to my guns and give it an overall rating of 5. Steve Vai's idea of wah sound gets a 0.

No Brainer

Much cleaner than the usual wah's. But it still has some noise. I don't know if it's the frequency that wah's dial in or what, but they all can be noisy- not noticed during a show.
I really like the fact that you can step on it and your immediately "wah-ing". (haha) I can add a "wah" to any chord, note or sound at anytime without trying to step on it to turn it on. It?s unique because of that. Allows you to do more creative things. Just step on it and go. It goes off in the same way so you can wah just a few notes here and there without doing a total wah solo- I always have the problem of turning off my Crybabys etc. during solo's because I get so aggressive. That?s the main reason I bought this. But I was pleasantly suprised to be doing a lot more things with it than just "Not worrying" about me shutting it off mid solo.

Bought it 2 weeks ago- we'll see how it holds up,as I am VERY aggressive on it.

Great to see the Morley guys getting involved on this site!

I'd replace it if it we're broke or stolen.

even a blind, one legged man could figure this one out. Step on, wah wah wah, step off.

I run a dual rectifier into 2 mesa 2x12 cabinets. The Bad Horsie is the first effect in my pedalboard and then goes to digitech metalmaster< boss od-1< NS2< digitech x-series reverb pedal< Boss chorus and then Boss flanger. I have an EQ pedal and a boss DD-5 delay in the fx loop of the amp. I have 6 electric guitars but mostly use my Strat, Les Paul and Ibanez Prestige 320. I love the sound of this pedal. Other reviewrs have stated that they cannot hear this wah when they are using lots of distortion...I do not have this problem. The pedal could use a little midrange ( it has virtually none) but I think others people are disappointed with this pedal since it may not fit their style. I have had a fleet of cry-baby's and I have a vox also but the Bad Horsie fits my style more so than other wahs.

So far so good.

So far so good.

I play in a local hard rock band ( check us out at www.methanelive.com) and we do Godsmack, Incubus and a lot of other current bands. I am very into the shredders of the 80's that I grew up listening to and this pedal fits my needs. I have had 3 CryBaby's in the last five years and all of them have died without any abuse whatsoever. One never even left my house and was dead in 8 months. I love the sound of a Crybaby but I'll burn in hell before I buy another one of their cheap ass pedals. I then bought a Vox off of ebay and did not like it nearly as much as much Crybabys. I also struggle with getting the Vox to shut on and off easily. I bought the Bad Horsie soley on the fact that it was switchless. I had played with one several years ago and hated it. I now cannot get enough of this pedal ! It will not get you your 70's porno wah sound but that is not my bag of tricks anyway. When running my strat through the pedal I can get some devastating blues sounds ( and I play through a dual rec). I think this pedal really shines for anyone who plays " modern" hard rock/metal/shred whatever. If you want to record porno music get yourself the crybaby...this pedal is not for you. For myself, if someone stole this from me I would beat their ass with my box full of Crybaby parts and I shove my vox pedal in their backside. I will never play anything but a Bad Horsie until Jim Dunlop gets his products road friendly.

Well, it's a wah pedal. Switchless even. Not too hard to figure out.

I was expecting alot more considering everyone raves over it. But when i got it, it was a huge disappointment. First off, the sound is really weak in comparison to my crybaby. It got mass amounts of feedback no matter what order i put it in the effects chain. And was just overall bad.

It's built pretty well.

I've had friends tell me that their customner support was great. I haven't actually talked to them. I've read the things that bill said here, and he seems nice enough. It's too bad he's endorsing such a terrible product.

I chose this pedal after hearing people talk about how great switchless wahs were. As i said, it's too bad such a good idea was wasted on such a bad sounding product. I was going to buy a bad horsie 2, but after owning the first one, i'm not too sure i would have much faith in the sound. I give it a 2 because it's built well and i hear customer support is really attentive.

its extremely simple. theres nothing to adjust. just plug in cords and power it and your set. there wasnt really a manual just a sheet of paper describing how good it is to own a morley.

im running a les paul standard and a hamer custom flametop into the morley bad horsie. from there to a boss line selector. in loop one i have a zoom 505 and in loop 2 i have the fender pedal tuner. from the line selector into a danelectro mini phaser, then to a danelectro cool cat chorus then into an equalizer pedal. from there i go to a marshall 8100 head into a peavey 5150 4 12 cabinet.

it sounds badass. the horsie is first in my board and the packaging for the pedal says not recommended for use in effects loops. its not noisy at all. it has a very full thick sound to it. the wah is very broad compared to the crybabys ive been using for years

so far so good. i havent gigged with it yet cause its only 3 days old but it seems sturdy to me. i opened it up and there is too much circuitry. i hope it doesnt break down.

havent had to call yet.

im in a funk reggea punk hiphop hardcore jazz band. its pretty versitale. i might have to add a crybaby back to my board because i still like that sound but untill then this pedla is good.

i wish it came with a hundred dollar bill. its kinda pricey. but i like it so far

Hey all! Bill Wenzloff of Morley pedals here. Just wanted to remind everyone reading these reviews that if you want to post a negative review of our product and you haven't yet contacted us at Morley - you probably should. You'll be glad you did. Not that we mind bad reviews (if you want to let us have it, feel free!), we just know that if you take the time to call us we CAN and WILL solve whatever problem you have. You can reach me directly at 800-284-5172 ext 12. Hope to hear from you soon. KEEP THE REVIEWS (good or bad) COMING!! We use your comments to continually improve our products.

Very easy to use..........

I use an Ibanez Prestige and a Jackson Solist, through a Boss MT1 and a Boss GT-3 into a Marshall JCM2000 DSL100. I am disappointed with this pedal. It is very noisy on clean patches.........not noisy I guess, but adds ALOT of distortion. And when playing it for anything heavy, you can barely hear it. I have a crybaby....can't remember the model#...the one with the Q knob......and I like it much better for clean stuff......but was so hoping the Bad Horsie would cut through the distortion better than the Crybaby. It doesn't. What little I can hear does sound better than the Crybaby.....but it just isn't "there" if you know what I mean. I should have bought the Horsie 2, but was unaware of the newer model when I bought this one (6/02)

Very dependable.......I have used it every weekend since June....(TRYING to make it sound good) and haven't had any physical or mechanical problems. I have a backup.....

Haven't dealt with them YET.........going to contact them soon about adjusting the off/delay time. (I thought there was a pot or some way to adjust this setting, but when I opened it up, there was nothing adjustable.) Have heard their support is second to none...

Overall, I rate the Bad Horsie about a 7......very dependable, built VERY ruggedly, very easy to use...the switchless feature is actually the reason I bought it, but the sound is a tradeoff for the ease of use in my book.

going back to my military mentality-Keep It Simple Stupid! they did and this rules!

i mostly use a carvin kit guitar that has an emg-81 pick-up in the bridge and an emg-sa in the neck (i dont really like middle pick-ups so i leave them out or take them out). i am using different amps all the time but mostly a fender prosonic combo or '65 twin reissue. i love steve vai and bought it because if him. i have to agree with the other reviewers that say the bottom is kind of weak but it is meant to be an expressive tool mostly used for solo's and melody stuff. i dont think it was meant to spend a lot of time in the toe-up position anyway. i bought my first one about 4 years ago and really LOVE the thing. just because vai's name is on it doesn't mean i will use it (i will own it but not necessarily use it). it is definitley the best sounding wah i have ever tried or used. i love the boost i get from it...especially on clean melody stuff because it makes the notes jump out. for solo's, it is just the kick i need for certain things. i also agree with a lot of others that said it is more "modern" sounding. it is not a wah pedal that will give you the classic 70's funk "wah-ka-chi-ka" sound. if you want that then buy a dunlop or vox, otherwise use this thing how it was intended (i think) as an expressive solo/melody tool! only a nine though because sometimes when i use it for solo's, really high up on the neck-17th thru 22nd fret-i have a hard time telling it is there (but hey...maybe it is just me)!

i definitley can depend on this! i use it every gig,3 or 4 times a week,without a back-up! my first one died about 2 months ago after four years or so of abuse so no big deal. hey, who hasn't had some drunk idiot come up to you at the end of the night and kick your pedals all over the stage. or better yet, who hasn't been so drunk after a gig that they just throw everyting in a bag and hurry out of the club not really caring at all what the hell happened to their gear! but my first one did die so i must concede the point here and give a 9 also.

haven't had to deal with them although maybe i should have when the first one quit on me! i will take everyone elses word that they are great to deal with!

i play a lot of different styles from 70's disco and funk (i dont use it for the "wah-ka-chi-ka" sound, i have an envelope filter for that), to steve vai stuff, to hard rock and heavy metal. i have WAY TOO MUCH other gear but it is all fun to use and mess around with but this is the ONLY pedal at all (fuzz boxes, delays, chorus's included) that i use every night! it suits what i do perfectly despite a couple of its short comings that i mentioned earlier but they arent an issue for me. the balance of the hinge is definitely something you have to get used to but once again is not a problem. once you do get used to it is hard to play on any other wah's. just to try something different, when my first bad horsie died i bought a dunlop jimi hendrix wah which i really like also but realized that it just doesnt sound as good to ME as the bad horsie so 2 months later i bought another one. if it were stolen, i would probably kill the guy that took it (just because i HATE thieves), but when my last one broke i bought another so that says everything i can about it!!!!! overall i give it a ten because it is PERFECT for what "I" need it for.

cant get any easier, the thing wah's itself.

I wrote a fairly critical review of the bad horsie wah, (babs), but since then a lot has happened. The whole issue with the price changing was obviously distributor related, because I emailed Bill Wenzloff of morley, and lets just say I was more than satisfied with their response, the customer service of this company is second to none. It really is unbelievable. You probably think this only matters if you buy a faulty product, but it matters just as much if you don't like the product, cause you can do something about it (if you bought it from morley, anyway). It turns out the wah I bought was most likely faulty, and I have since obtained a bad horsie 2, and the difference is unbelievable. The contour mode, with the level of full, gives a bigger volume boost than I expected, and the control really offers a huge tonal spectrum. Its elctro optical circuitry is completely silent, and the switchless feature is flawless. The wah has a modern sound, but with the contour control you cat get pretty much any sound out of it. I have no basis for comparison, but I am definitely more than satisfied, the silent circuitry used for the pot really is an incredible development, forget scraping old metallic pots filled with grime, and make way for the future. It only got nine cause after buying it, I still don't play like Vai.

only had it for a short period of time, but its exhibited no deteriation so far. it seems reliable

All that can be said for this category is, its the best I've ever encountered, and I got a good taste of it. You wouldn't believe it.

This wah really makes the most of modern technology, which morley pioneered, so its no wonder. Jim Dunlop hasn't made any breakthroughs since the company was founded, except the ones it ripped of morley. The the silent electro optical circuitry is incredible. But all this doesn't mean it won't suit hendrix or classic rock. I tend to look at it like PRS, its modern, and is above being a certain genre, its just the sound of quality.

Step on, wiggle, step off.

Yes, It does sound different that a crybaby and vox. I have all three. And Yes the Crybabby does sound like a Wah and this doesn't.
Sorry for comparing the two diferent sounds. My complaint about the Crybaby is that I loose my tone when it's on. With the B.H. Wah I still have my guitar tone that I like. But I have a killer system and That might make the differce. when I tested this thing out in the store I hated it. It did take a while before I really used it but now it was all I used because it sounds so good.

well the spring broke twice...
and the optical thing is messed up so at times it does not shut off.
But... I have droped, it kicked, it thrown it accross the room trying to fix it and it still works!!!

Well I tried to get a replacemet spring with no luck but, I have given up on it, but I think it was bad timing, There web site did tell me they will send out replacement springs. But, I just took it apart and drilled a hole in the spring and stuck it back on. Good as new!

Sounds Different but you might not like it if you want to sound like a wah. It is a wah and does go (wah wah wah). :)

This wah is very straight put your foot on to get wah wah effect take foot off to bypass. SIMPLE

I us a ibanez universe 7 string and a ibanez RG 450dx(with EMG pickups) runing though a digitech rack into 1 peavey 5150.
The sound on this is different (as all things Vai) but in a good way,
when you plug in the sound comes on very week but if you use it in the right prospective and change your eq's (add some chorus)and let it grow on you, you will love it. But as i said before its week so i sugest, buy cry babey and use that, and use the bad horsie in special times where it will work for you.

Built like brick toilet

as i said in the reliability its tough, and it has optical circuts. so dont expect to have to talk to an repairer any time soon.

Like all thing, its very hard to find sompthing perfect, and if i was desining it i would change some things. But its your ears, not mine, not steve vai's.I have used it for 6 months now ind its firmly stuck in my rig. But with thid pedel you will either think its shitty or the best thing since valve amps.

Hmm.... Step on, your guitar makes weird, crying sound, step off, sound stops. If it were beef flavored, my dog could use it.

Here's the thing that's stumping me about this pedal. It does not sound bad. However, it does not sound like a wah pedal. On clean, it can be used to do techno-like "synth with resonance pot"-sounds, but not guitar sounds. With distortion, it sounds pretty good, but has a waaaaay too short sweep. All in all, I think it lacks in midrange compared to ragular wahs. You know how other wahs sound kinda "wet"? This one is extremely dry. You decide for yourself if you like it.

Extremely dependable. Electro-optical circuitry means no worn pots.

This thing is good if you want something different. However, I will be purchasing another wah for the more traditional sound. Talking (a la Steve Vai) with this thing sounds kinda tame due o the lack of midrange. Bear in mind, though that I use a heavily scooped mid sound, and that wahs will aound different with different EQ's. I have been playing for 4 years and counting, I practice intensely between 2 and 6 hours per day, and play mainly in the styles of Dream Theater, Metallica, plus a maintaining a healthy interest in fusion and Flamenco. I will probably be checking out the new Dimebag Darrell Model Crybaby from hell. It's got a camouflage finish!!

i think its pretty impossible to NOT know how to use this one....

Honestly, i think its a decent pedal. It's virtually noiseless, which is good and the switchless thing is great. WARNING: THIS WAH HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BOTTOM END! NONE! no tone adjustment (at least their keeping it simple) altho one would help. Maybe a bit too trebly too, my sound starts to break up a bit when i use(d) it.

It was a very dependable wah. I had it about 5 months and then it pretty much completely fell apart, literally. the spring broke, the thing that sets off the sensors broke. I took it apart to fix it and its impossible to get back together. thanks morely.

I havent dealt w/ them directly altho the local music shop didnt help much at all either.

I play everything except country. Rap, Blues, Funk, Jazz, Metal, you name it. I've been playing for maybe 7 years now and i've had cry babys before this. Those wahs had balls. But they werent switchless. Overall, its not a bad buy, but i am a bit disappointed.

Not even gonna dignify this question...I you cant figure it out ..you dont need to be playing.

(I have a cry baby but the pot went out so i thought I'd try something new)I get it home and sure enough the way it sounded in the store, was the same way it sounded at home, quiet but very weak. I'm pissed at myself for buying it. I was stupid for thinking that just because it was endorsed and partly created by Vai it would make it better. i applaude the switchless, but it lacks character. Give me character over bells and whistles any day!! I cant get funky with it at all!! i put after my boss gt3 going into a jc chorus amp. You can baraly hear the wah effect when distorted!!

would i use it in a gig...sure but I dont think anyone would even know it was on...thats how WEAK it is!!!

I play funk rock, prince, funkadelic, and Hendrix. I've been playing for 7 years, and I know now I SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH THE CRY BABY> I WONDER IF I CAN GET MY MONEY BACK.

there's an in and an out. if someone needs help in operation, they need professional help.

i was not happy when i first used it. there are 2 very BIG problems with it. first of all and not to be jacking off telling everyone what i use, i plugged this directly into a mesa dual recto head and the other end into an ibanez rg470L with a dimarzio tone zone in the bridge. the first problem is that when you are using it with a power supply(a 9v 300ma supply as suggested), there is a low end hum coming out of the amp in bypass. it's not a real big hum, but in a recording situation it's enough to trip the gate on a compressor. i thought maybe there is line noise coming from the house somewhere, so i turned off the fridge, power amps, anything that might cause noise in the pedal, and i also plugged it into my power conditioner. still noise. with the battery in, there's no problem. when i don't want to spend a fortune on batteries though, this really pisses me off. the next thing is that the transition from bass(and very little of it) to treble is horrible. if they made a switchless crybaby i would have bought one in a second. morley should have stuck with the crybaby's frequency transition instead of making it hard to adjust to. if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? i have never used a wah before, and i noticed right away, so i can't imagine what other people think.

i've had it for 3 hours, so i don't know.

none.

i play grungy, 50's beatlezep, and i hope that i will be able to put it to some good use. i love the switchless thing because when i was trying out wahs, i found the crybaby too much of a hassle to push all the way down and push hard to turn it off in the middle of a song. i wish there was a way to make it SOUND like a crybaby though. if i don't like it in the end, there's always ebay, you know?

Its switchless, although it takes awhile to engage (3/4 second), but I hear you can adjust that.

Don't buy this if you want any character, I really regret it. Its really scoopy, and has hardly any mids, I've had it about 2 weeks and I have a Marshall JCM 2000 TSL and an ESP mh-300, and it slaughters my tone. in the toe down position its really tight and pinchy, like most wahs, and in toe up really deep and muffled, but it doesn't curve into the mids, it just cuts straight between them, but I'm not saying it leaps, its actually pretty smooth. I don't even use it cause it just doesn't sound like a wah should. It has a similar sound to if a wah is placed after distortion in the chain of effects, which I really don't like. Don't buy unless your big on disappointment.

seems sturdy enough, although I wonder if over time the spring would loose its bounce. But I have only had for 2 weeks so who am I to say.

I live in Australia so I have only dealt with the distributor, but it was absolutely ridiculous. I rang the distributor (Dominant Music) and asked them for a price, and they told me it retailed for AU$250, but they only sell them wholesale and I have to go through my local dealer, and upon order would take overnight delivery. I went in there the next day and the guy in the shop rang dominant music in front of me, and he was told they retailed for $330 ! in two days they had gone up, or I had been lied too. This meant I had to reluctantly trade my trusty DS-1 to get it, but I did so angrily. 3 weeks later I got a call from the shop saying my wah had come in, but they had put the retail up another $30 to $360!! I though it might of been the shop, but the guy showed me the receipt and papers from dominant!! all this for a wah I don't even like!!

I've been playing guitar for about 6 years, but music all my life. I play Hendrix, heaps of Vai, Slash, bit of zeppelin, pearl jam, soundgarden, bit of chili peppers, and the wah was useless for all of these, although it did bear a faint resemblence to the shred bit in Tender Surrender by Vai, but don't buy this thinking it will give you Vai's creamy sound, because it will really disappoint you, and don't buy crap products from dominant music, its not fun. It got 2/10 because it came in full working order, no matter what that standard is.

I have the Bad Horsie 2, so the only thing different is finding a contour setting that you like. It is pretty mindless. Step on it, and change the settings till it sounds cool. Turn on the contour for one wah sound, and turn it off for the original bad horsie sound. Like 2 wah pedels in one. Very cool.

Not a drop of noise in this pedal. Once you find the sweet spot, you can do anything with it. Very clean. If you like scratchy, intermitten pots, then get a crybaby or vox.

Built like a tank. I could hammer nails with it and it would still work. (not recommended by the factory, of course)

Great. I wasn't sure what to buy, the one or the 2. And after a 15 minute discussion with them, they were very helpful and being that I wanted versatility, I chose the II model with the contour.

This pedal rocks. I've been playing with it for a while now, and I can do anything with it. Very clean, very easy to use. Switching is way cool. I run it through an ADA MP-1, Intellifex, BBE 482, and a Boogie 50/50 into two Boogie 1 X 12's. Man what a great sound I have! The wah, just adds character to it when necessary.

Well, if my drummer can figure it out... anyone can.

I use a Fender Deville and a '72 Pro Reverb with a TubeScreamer (TS-9) with my Am. Std. Strat.

I think it sounds pretty good. My beef with the pedal is that it seems to REALLY push my volume a lot! I mean, it's at the point where I have to crank my volume down 3 or 4 notches when I want to use the wah. Trust me, it is NOT the wah just enhancing the mids and highs. This is not PERCEIVED volume... it is flat out LOUDER.

Built like a tank.

Haven't dealt with them yet. I intend to with the volume issue.

I play a variety of music from moldy oldies to blues and heavy rock. I have been playing for 16 years and have been saved from the Dunlop crybaby rut. I would buy this pedal again (especially if they could fix the volume issue).

Are U kidding? It's a WAH!

My rig consists of SG/Ibanez RG570/modded strat, a couple of stomp boxes into a Trainwreck modded Marshall 50wt. JCM900 1/2 stack. This wah is the first thing I plug into, and I love the way it sounds. Who gives a rats ass if it sounds like VAI? Go blaze your OWN path.My one quibble is that the low frequencies are a tad weak, but if u are soloing, it's the mids and upper mids that give you your tone anyway.

I am a big guy, I stomp it constantly, and it has never let me down.Nuff said.

Never had to. this pedal is a tank.

My band is really into originals. Guess we're heavy though.(Think Sabbath,COC,Obsessed) Yes I'd buy it again(I'll skip the lame threat stuff) Get this and throw that lame Crybaby away.

Pretty damn easy, it's a wah pedal for Jesus' sake, if you can't work one of these, especially one without a switch and is spring loaded, you should not be a guitarist........you should be a drummer.

Real good. It sounds like a wah alright. I have a Carvin Legacy (for those of you that have been under a rock for the past three years, this is the Steve Vai Model), I run it though pretty much a TS-9, and have a BOSS chorus, and delay in the loop...and I can get damn close to his sound, but the wah is exact. So if you want to know what it sounds like, listen to Vai's "The Ultra Zone". Morely just came out with the "Bad Horsie 2", it has contour controls, I'm anxious to see what that does.

Well I'd never go to a gig without a backup anything, but this thing is built like a 1976 Chevy Suburban dipped in titanium alloy. Mine has been but through utter touring hell. I've spilled beer on it, I don't recommend it but it still works, it's been covered with red dirt (barn party), and thrown around, and it works like a dream.

Never had to deal with them.

I don't think I'll ever go with another wah. honestly, I've tried and my playing sounds like otter crap. If you buy this pedal, be prepared to get used to it. The feel is so different from anything else but is so comfortable, so yeah, if you pray by VOX or Jimmy Dunlop, you won't anymore, I used to.

Idiot proof to use.

It's not as good as I thought it would be. I was borrowing an old late 70's early 80's CryBaby that was beatup and duct taped. It was filthy and scratchy sounding but had soul. The Horsie lacks character and pizazz. It doesn't jump out and accent solos and make you say, "Wahhhh!" It sounds thin, I lose volume, and I do alot of pedal pumping and get little results. The range seems limited. I've used it through a couple tube heads and 1/2 stacks, and my 112 combo amp. Thre results are always the same. The on/off feature is the only thing that beats the Cry Baby. Guess whos crying now?

It's well built.

No opinion yet but I will be contacting Morley today.

I play mostly heavy music and don't rely on the wah for many songs unless a cover song requires it. Occasionally I will use it in a solo for filler but I not too much because the sound is so weak. I hold on to it because I keep thinking it will fix itself one day. I hope Morley develops an upgrade we can install. Like a set of balls.

step on it and wah

ok. but just wish it had a wah vary knob which can vary the tone of the wah...(Can you help me out on that Bill Wenzloff)
Good wah sound on all position of the neck , unlike the Dunlop JH-1 i had, only good till 12 fret.

Had 2 fault on the wah. first which the wah remain on forever...had it replaced...the second wah after using for a year the wah was not able to switch on as wanted. had the part replace and in good working condition

With some electronic background i'm able to trouble shoot the fault and email to morley and they send me the part."Bill Wenzloff" send me the part i wanted and best of all free.( he is a helpful guy)

only thing i wish for is a vary tone for the wah

I have the Original Bad Horsie, not the the new one. It's extremely easy to use, LOVE the switchless bypass. Didn't even look at the manual (it's a wah pedal.. 'nuff said...) Took a while to get used to the long throw of the treadle, but I like it now. I have a Dunlop Crybaby as well and it's throw is much more limited.

Well... here's my problem... I knew that this pedal was intended for a more modern wah sound (which is what Vai uses) and it does that very well. This is NOT a Clapton/Hendrix type sound, nor will you EVER get that tone from this one. But that's ok with me, that's why I held on to my Dunlop. SO, that said, I'm satisfied with the more modern tone. BUT: here's my beef... the low frequencies of this pedal are VERY weak. Almost FARTY sounding. I love the high range, though. This pedal cuts thru my bassist and drummer very well. But, it's useless in the lower half of the range. It just doesn't have any balls on the bass side. Actually, I have to push the pedal halfway down before I can get much response from this thing.

Built like a truck! No problems there. I could run over this thing with my car and it would be fine.

Never dealt with them, but I hear they're the best in the business.

Like I said, this is intended for a more modern tone. Works great for Creed, Godsmack, Sevendust type of sounds. Which is the same type of music my band plays, so I'm happy with that respect. Just disappointed with the low-end response. I've had it for a few months. Took a while to get used to the sound, used a Crybaby for 15 yrs. The switchless feature is worth every penny! I wish ALL wah's had this. I just wish I'd waited a little while. As soon as I bought this one, the new version came out with the adjustable frequency. Just what I need!! Oh well...

My name is Bill Wenzloff of Morley Pedals. Just writing a quick note to anyone writing a review of our products. Thanks for buying a Morley AND if you ever need assistance in any way please contact me at Morley 800-284-5172 or morleypedals@hotmail.com. Please keep the reviews coming and be honest! It's the negative reviews that fire us up to continually improve our product. Thanks and happy WAHing!

A Monkey could use it....

My current rig set up is:

2 Fender American Deluxe strats, mid 80's Kramer Stagemaster, Charvel Strat, Marshall 1960A 4x12 cab, Laney Pro-Tube lead head, Mesa Boogie V-Twin pedal, and I also own various other rack effect processors, which I'll use every once in a while. But I prefer to use as little effects as possible. Hint of chorus, and tons of mega distortion!

The Morley Pedal I happen to own is the FIRST one. Not the newer one. I RARELY use it, but every once in a while, if I happen to be jamming to some Clapton, or some killer 70's tunes, I'll use it. It works just fine for what I use it for. Sometimes however, I feel it can be a bit "weak sounding" for a wah pedal. It's missing something...I can't really pin it down...BUT, for the amount of time I actually use it, it works for me.

Playing music like Children Of Bodom, In Flames, and tons of other progressive & Death metal, you don't really need a "wah" pedal, but it's always nice to have one on hand for those times when you just want to jam out on some 70's tunes.

It seems to be built well, never really had any problems with it. Like any other wah pedal....

Never dealt with them.

I have been playing guitar for almost 19 years. Play mostly metal, death/black metal, rock, (60's, 70's & 80's)...etc If it were stolen, I'd just buy another wah pedal. Doesn't need to be the Morley Bad Horsie Pedal...I'd probably buy a CryBaby? They're cheaper!

I just bought this one as an "impulse buy".

Plus, I liked the fact that it turns off by itself once your foot leaves the pedal.

Ease of use.. Perfect. An Amoeba could probably figure it out.. Manual is laid out nice. Informative.

Sounds Great! Not an overbaring Wah sound, but very pronounced. I guess I think it may lose a little bass when engaged? Anyone have a tip or trick for this? Very "talkative" wah :)

So far so good! Very sturdy caseing as with all Morley stuff. And some Big props to Bill for his post. Showing he cares what the consumers think. Thats great and makes me feel like I'm in good hand jsut in case something should go wrong..

Go Bill!! Haven't had to deal with them, nor do I think I will, but it looks like they'll be there if need be. Now if only we can get All the companies reps to look at these and respond!

I have many different influences and styles. Wah seems to fit in where it's needed.. And it always sounds good so.. If it were lost or stolen, I'd hafta get another.. I guess I just wish it had a control(like the vision wah) that would change the characteristic of the wah sound(or does it?)just cause I like to tinker and tweak everying on a constant basis. For the money, it can't be beat.

Just as easy as the first one. Well, it has 2 knobs and a button so i guess it isn't "exactly" as easy. Hell. Nevermind.

Ok. It has the same exact features as the first bad horsie with the contour turned off. Turn the contour on (via standard morley button/switch on the lower left side) and you have a "contour" and "level" control. Contour is... well... kinda like a parametric wah equalizer. It shapes the general tone of the wah sound. Level is how much of the wah effect that it applies to the signal, not a volume level. You can do alot of fine tuning with the added options on this model. It still has the switchless feature and the option of setting the delay time between when you step on it and when it turns itself on. Definately one of the thickest wah tones you can buy. Even though you can play with the level & contour settings and make it sound more vintage, this pedal wasn't made to sound vintage or recreate the sounds of previous wah pedals. Funny thing is, this pedal, with the contour turned off, sounds better than the first bad horsie. And it's supposed to be the same thing in normal mode. Strange. But good.
On to the bad stuff.
If you turn the level and contour all the way up like an idiot (or rather, like i did, just to see what it would sound like) you get some terrible background noise and signal distortion along with a hugely noticable "click" when you turn it on. But they weren't meant to be turned all the way up. They're there just so that you can fine tune the sound a little bit. Which is something that very few wah makers offer without finding schimnatics and prying it apart.

Well, i've only had it a week.
But most everything Morley makes it built pretty tough so i'm assuming that this isn't any different.

Actually, i bought the first bad horsie first. Hated it & took it back. I left a review of it in it's section. Mr. Bill Wenzloff read it, then mailed me answering some questions i had and gave me some advice. He told me about the bad horsie 2 and offered to mail me one when they came out. TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE. I didn't even have to pay shipping. Just because they wanted me not to lose faith in their business, and because they appreciate criticism. It leads them to making products like this one. So if they're willing to send me a free pedal, one that probably will not cost under $100, i would give them the highest rating any scale would offer for customer support.

Ok, i really don't have all that much use for a wah pedal in my music. But i play a LOT of Tool, and it's essential for a few parts here and there. So i'm not "Super-know-it-all-about-wah-pedals-Man". But i can appreciate the fact that this pedal is really versatile to be a wah pedal, and sounds pretty damned good. I like to just set my wah pedal at a certain angle sometimes and leave it that way. And if you want to do this, just take it apart & take out that huge spring under there. That may void the warranty. Course', if taking it apart voided the warranty, adjusting the wah delay would void the warranty. So i really don't know. Anyway, i'm pretty impressed with it all the way around. And you can't beat free. Morley makes sturdy products, that sound good, work right, has AWESOME customer support, and isn't terribly expensive. I've owned this, an a/b, the first edition bad horsie, and a little alligator volume, and none of them have ever broken. I just didn't like the first bad horsie. But for all the other people out there who don't like it for whatever reason, try the contour wah. It's 10 times better.
Thanks Bill, i owe you one.

Very easy to use, you don't have to put all your weight onto the front of the peddle just to switch it, you simply let off. Even your drummer can figure it out.

Pretty good, there isn't as much difference from the highest highs to the lowest lows like a crybaby, but not bad.

I had it for one month and the thing broke, the thing that trips the laser beam inside broke off, therefore keeping it from working, then I was charged 50 bucks to get it fixed, very dissapointed with that.

Well I just used my local music store for the repairs so I wouldn't really be sure.

Overall I would recommend it, just don't be dumb like me and try to fix it if something goes wrong. I would buy it again if it was stolen.

The switchess system makes this by far the easiest and simplest wah to operate compared to all other wahs in the market. Unlike other wahs, it's impossible to miss or fumble when turning it on.

I use the wah mainly with my amps(Marshall)distortion on, and it sounds great. I mostly play 80's metal, for which it sounds great. I'm not sure if you blues players will enjoy this pedal because that's not my area of expertise. But, you owe to yourself to check it out.

The pedal has I very wide base, so it's very stable and unlikely to tip over. This pedal already lasted longer then my Crybaby, which started sounding like crap only after a year.

Read the review below--that says it all.

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My name is Bill Wenzloff. I work in the engineering department at Morley. Reading through some of the below reviews. I've noticed a few comments about whether Steve Vai actually uses a Bad Horsie and whether or not his is customized. I can assure everyone that not only does Steve use the Bad Horsie, his pedals are identical to the ones anybody can buy in any music store. There are also some comments that reflect a negative liking to the sound. It's interesting that most negative reviews had not contacted us and leave no email to respond to. I am sure that in every case in which someone dislikes the pedal, we can resolve the issue. My advice to anyone writing a negative review is, call us first, you'll be glad you did. Ask for me Bill Wenzloff toll free at 1-800-284-5172. Looking forward to hearing from you.

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This wah is great to use right out of the box. No pots or gears (ie. Dunlop Crybaby) (those break so easily). The bypass switch is ingenious. It is also spring loaded so there is always a resistance when you press the pedal. I love this. Very natural to use. Very easy so my feet can concentrate on other switches on the floor instead of the wah. I hate having to adjust things mechanically if I don't need to...I have to setup quickly and concentrate on our playlists, soundchecks, etc. during a gig.

I play old school 80's type of heavy metal with fast soloing (fingertapping/whammy, etc). This wah has a little more of that modern rock sound to it, rather than that old 60's/70's sound to it. I also hear more of the wah effect when I use it as opposed to the Dunlops. Someone recommended a Geoffrey Teese wah ($450+ range) but I wouldn't spend that much on a wah, no matter what the hell it did (thousands on amps, guitars, and multi effects units are a different story).

Regular gigging and usage since 1997. A piece of metal sometimes hangs out from underneath the pedal that you depress, but I just push it back in. NEVER FAILED! Great battery life, too (unlike the little boss effect pedals)! I always use it without a backup. Essential back ups for me are a spare guitar and spare tube amp. Everything else is okay. However, I am building a backup system for home (practice, recording, etc), so I will need to replicate some of my effects. My rig sits in our practice studio/room and we load everything into the van from there to go to gigs. The less I have to carry back and forth, the better.

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Try before you buy. Test it out against the Dunlops, etc. I liked it better than the others I tried. Ingenious bypass design! Great, spring loaded feel! A little pricey back in beginning of 97 when I bought it.

Switchless wah, can't get any easier than that. You can change the OFF Delay from inside the unit, which is a nice included feature and simple to do. (Ranges from 0 - 3.5 secs, Default is 1)

I'm currently running an ESP LTD MH-300 > Bad Horsie > Johnson Marquis 120. This wah is equipped with a 15db signal booster (which can be removed via Morley Factory) so as far as the distortion channels go; I get exactly the sound I want. Great mid/high expression but low sound can get cut since its a switchless wah.

For clean channels, this wah adds quite a bit of sound that intern distorts. With some tweaking you can get around this...not entirely though.

The overall tone is a high sustain/output with a smooth sound. For producing the sounds of the earlier decades, it doesn't really have the hard edge. So it depends more on your style if this is a good choice for you.

My biggest problem with previous wah's were those annoying radio frequencies and psu adapter noise. So far I haven't had any problems using a 9-volt battery, but using the psu adapter requires me to turn off various home electronics (and this is a case for most adapters). Bypass mode is extremely quiet, haven?t had any problems with sound interference.

It's constructed very well, built out of steel and feels solid. Has a very wide base so wah action is always smooth. The 1/4" input/output jacks are modified so that the cord is much harder to get pulled out when playing.

I haven?t dealt with them yet and hopefully won?t have too. But the reviews I've read about them show they are quick to respond and fix their products.

I've been playing for 8 years now and my style is influenced greatly by Satriani, Vai, Hendrix, SRV, and so on...and combined with my current setup, I am very pleased with the sound I'm able to achieve. Its best feature is the switchless action, but if you are just considering buying it for that...might just call it an additional super bonus, because you SHOULD buy for the sound it produces. Same goes for the ?Steve Vai? name attached. There?s no doubt that he uses a Bad Horsie, its a great pedal, but I can guarantee it?s heavily modified to the point where its not even close to the factory model anymore.

I have to admit that this is pretty easy to use. The switchless feature is quite handy, especially helping to activate it while sitting down( unlike a crybaby ).The auto switch of was set pretty well. Apparently you can adjust the shut off time by opening up the pedal, it's all covered in the manual.

I have to say, I was so dissapointed.I ran it through my set-up of Ibanez RG > Bad Horsie Wah > Marshall JMP-1 > Mesa Boogie 50/50 Power amp > Marshall 1960B 4x12. I cannot believe how weak the Wah sound is. It still had the battery from the shop when I got it, so I thought that it might improve with a new battery. Wrong!!!!!!!! The bypass is pretty good, not noisy even on high gain settings, but it's not very surprising when the wah doesn't do much anyway. The sound is very fake sounding and very "perfect". Personally, I like a bit of dirt in my Wah sound. It might be just right for studio sessions. If that's your thing, try it out for your self.

I only used it for a week and I had no problems.
I'd have to actually like the sound of it before I would use it on a gig. I like wah, but I'm not desparate!!!

I play metal, Rock, Ambient, Trance guitar. I was looking for something to replace my stolen Original Dunlop Crybaby.I ended up taking it back after a week. I was wanting to see if there was anything better out there. This sounds a lot like a jimi hendrix wah actually. It's more of a preference thing.I hate the sound of these, but someone else might. I use a wah as a filter to get that crystal method sound and for solos. Maybe the Dunlop 535Q might be what I'm looking for? Or maybe I had it right from the start?

Not only is it a wah pedal, which any idiot can use anyway. It's a switchless wah. So if you have any trouble figuring it out, odds are you would have trouble figuring out a parking meter too.

I rarely give anything a 1.
Because everything has it's up points.
Except this.
I bought this pedal because i thought the switchless thing was a neat idea. Apparently sound quality for convenience is a trade people are willing to make. So anyway, i get it home. Plug it in. And play what i always play to first test out a wah, bulls on parade. It's terrible. If you place it in the signal path before an overdrive, you get weak, shitty, non-responsive, useless wah. If you plug it in after the overdrive in the signal path, it completely colors the sound. When it switches on, your volume is cut in half, and your sound is muffled. Same thing if you run it through an effects loop. I've tried every possible setup with this wah, and i end up with the same results. Except. If you're using an amp which already has an overdrive (which i'm not) it doesn't do it. Strange. But not worth changing out my entire setup to appease the needs of a wah pedal.

Morley's actually rank close to Boss's on this subject.

No idea.

I'll give it a 2 because it's built nicely.
But as far as sound quality goes, it's completely useless.
If you just happen to own a Mesa Three Channel Triple Rectifier (and most people don't) it would sound alright. Like i said, if an amp has an overdrive channel, it doesn't act all stupid. But regardless, it doesn't sound so hot. And i have a few complaints about the way it switches too. Apparently you can change the delay of the switch, but i didn't bother considering how much it sucks. And when it switches on, there's a very noticeable "click". And it distorts clean sounds. And probably some more stuff if i thought about it long enough. Bottom line; I'm somehow doubting that Steve Via really uses this thing. The music industry IS the advertising industry. And i would without a second thought write my name on a shitty pedal for tens of thousands of dollars. And i can promise, that's what happened.

As easy as it gets. Step on it, it goes on, take foot off and it goes clean (after a delay which you can adjust inside - detailed on Morley site).

Mmmmm - a bit disappointed here. As an avid Vai fan with a Jem 77FP and 30 years of serious playing behind me, I could not get any reasonable sound out of it. Boy was pissed off! The high end only appears in the last few degrees but it does have a area about 80% through where I get almost infinte sustain and doubling.

Also, I don't find it clickless. There is gain when it switches on that I have read about (apparently can be removed by Morely) but I got a short burst of distortion when it switches on.

Dunno - just got it.

I've emailed Morely to ask about the performance.

Built like a tank!

Very easy to use. Plug and wah!

Using a Flextone II Plus and a 1995 Ibanez RG 770(King of all Shred Guitars). With a fresh battery I plugged in using the High Gain Marshall sound. It was just OK. The pedal is very toe heavy, the last 1/2 dictating control over the sound of the wah. Did'nt quit like the sound compared to the Budda wah or the Dunlop. It has its own sound. Now the crappy part, which has already been explain in the other review. I switched to a clean sound(Line 6 Clean) and did some funky Curtis Mayfield thang with an E9 chord and sound was distorted. The 2db of gain was a crunchy gain like an overdrive pedal. Don't like that at all because it ruins clean and glassy amp tones. I would not recommed this to anyone who is using clean tones. As far a distorted tones, its just ok. There are better choices out there.

Feels solid. Only had it for three days and it going back.

Never dealt.

I play blues, rock, metal and other various styles. I replaced the Bad Horsie with the pedal board that was designed to go with the Line 6 amps with the wah and volume pedals. The wah built into the Line 6 blows away the Bad Horsie. nuff said!

This is a wah, simple as that. Easier than most in fact because it is switchless.

I use an Epiphone Les Paul Standard with a Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 played through a 100 watt Marshall Valvestate combo. Sometimes I run it through a Digitech RP2000. I'm not really sure but when I use the AC power supply on it, it is a bit noiser even when it is on bypass mode. For some reason also, when I use the wah on the clean channel of my Marshall, either as a wah or as a filter, it breaks up the sound quite a bit. However, I am borrowing my friends Mesa Triple Rec, and it doesn't do that at all. So I guess it's some sort of problem with the valvestate. I play a lot of Deftones, Metallica, Big Wreck, Collective Soul (sounds great for that), Guns N' Roses, Silverchair, Incubus, Weezer, Rage, a little Creed, and Fuel. I can get good sounds with this wah for all of those artists, particularly Guns N' Roses, Metallica, and Collective Soul. There is a cool feature on this wah where you can change the time that it takes to turn off once you take your foot off. It takes about a minute to unscrew the back panel to do this, and battery change is simple and doesn't require unscrewing anything. Sounds great with a good distortion on it, particulary the Marshall sound. If you are into older stuff like Hendrix, Zep, Stevie Ray.... then this is not a good wah for you. It is not snappy enough, it breaks up a little too much, and not as nasal as a Crybaby or a Vox, which I have also. If you like the modern stuff, the Metallica, Collective, Godsmack, Creed it is a perfect wah, and is one of the coolest wah's on the market that isn't too pricey. I've been playing for about 6 years, so I'm not one of those guys who just says this or that with no musical experience.

I would depend on this thing any day. It is all metal, so it's made to last, and as long as you take care of your gear and don't throw it around, this pedal is gonna last you. I would gig with it, and have gigged with it without a backup, even though I should always have a backup.

Never dealt with em.

I play modern rock, and some old classics like Guns. Like I said, I've been playing for 6 years, and have had this wah for a year, and it sounds as good as the day I bought it. I would buy this same one if it got stolen. I like the switchless system, and the modern sound it has to it, the only thing I dont like is how it breaks up a little bit sometimes on the clean channel. I also like how it has a true bypass unlike a Vox or Crybaby. I have a Crybaby, and a Vox wah, and I like it better than both of those FOR MODERN SOUNDS. Like I said again, if you like the older stuff then get a Crybaby or a Vox. They are better for that sound.

Toe down, toe up...simple. No switch, which is handy.

For my setup> Gibson SG->Digitech RP7->Bad Horsie->Fender Tweed combos, this pedal pretty much sucked. The low tones aren't very low. The mids have some kinda splinter in them and the high scratches and screeches even with no input. I wasn't impressed
I dunno, maybe my pedal was f**ked up.

TIP to those who have functional pedals---put wah just before amp. That way you get a warmer sound with less scratching.

The thing is solid metal but the spring is a bit heavy.

Didn't keep the thing long enough to phone them.

I play Metallica, Hendrix, Chilis and Zeppelin. The pedal was nice with clean, funky tunes but the no switch thing pissed me off as you have to wait a second or two to bypass the pedal.

I hated the thing so I changed it for a "Dunlop Hendrix" Wah. The Hendrix has greater depth (although there is some drop off)and no severe scratching. I should have looked around more before I bought te Bad Horsie as there are SUPERIOR, CHEAPER pedals out there.

simple, very simple

awesome wah sound... somewhat noisy when on (if you turn it on while not playing the guitar, you can hear a hiss... but, its a wah pedal... first you're not gonna use it without playing the guitar and second, I've never heard a wah that didn't add some noise). Its a major part of my live and recording rig...I love it.

used it for three years now without a problem... until a couple of weeks ago. (see below) problem was not falt of unit, but a power surge.

O.K. this is why I decided to review. Went to the gig a couple of weeks ago and turned on my pedal board. My Bad Horsie wouldn't turn off. Tried everything, but eventually just unplgged it and did without. E-mailed Morley, they responded almost immediately with a Phone #. I called and the Tech talked me through a few tests. He determined that a chip was fried probobly due to a power surg. I ups'd it to Morley and they fixed it free of charge, even though it was WAY out of warranty! They also replaced the rubber stoppers on the heel of the pedal, cleaned it up and changed the rubber foot pad! Also they had it back in the mail within 24hours of recieving it and payed for return shipping!!!! WOW, I just wish other companies would treat customers like this.

I play everything...gig three to four nights a week. I've been playing for about 15years. It's a great pedal, the fact that you don't have to fight with an on/off switch is worth owning one. If it were stolen or lost, Id definitally buy another. Recently I bought a used one just to have a back up. Morley does it right, I'd highly recommend them and their products

This wah is so f**king simple too use!!! You step it on step it off. There is a small volume gain, which you can get taken out through Morley. P.S. Dont fuck with the timing switch inside!!!There is no manual, but who needs one? Easy as Shit to use.

I play Jackson Soloist Custom-Shop with one duncan Screamin' Demon p/u----to a voodoo lab trem pedal----to BAD HORSIE WAH----to a morley aby that switches from a line6 flextone II plus (w/ 112 satellite cab)for clean sounds, and a marshall avt150h/1960a half-stack. The wah can be a little to noisy for clean wah, but Thats cool for me. You should always use a 9v battery instead of the power supply in situations where hum or noise is a problem(i.e. Live) This wah sounds great with lots of overdrive. You get a good sound for solos. Just always put it before your distortion/overdrive pedals.

Made of steel can withstand just about anything. I frequently gig it without a back up.

Great customer support on all morley products.

I play hardcore rip your nuts off metal!!! Shit like Slipknot, VOD, Chimaria, Mudvayne. This thing can really do the trick. You can even get a good metallica sound when dealing with fast overdriven solos. I've been playing for 7 years and this is by far the best wah I've ever played through. I used to have a crybaby but it was to much hastle to bypass after solos.If it were stolen I'd get a new one.

just step on it, no switching like a cry baby.

I think this pedal was made for soloing, it sounds great with a overdriven amp, every note sounds great while soloing, it is not as noisy as the dunlop, it got a great deep ooo...wahhh, for funky rythem playing i think the dunlop is better, because it has a shorter
sweep and the noise is less on the clean setting.

build like a volvo

don t need it

I play funk, blues, santana, it is the best buy for those who like sreaming solos, you dont have to think to switch the pedal on or off.
I like soloing and dont like think of pedal switching while i am in a kind of trance.

Very easy. Once you use this switchless pedal, you'll never go back. BUT!!!!... There's something very interesting about this pedal you should know. (You should always use it before any distortion pedal). But, this pedal has a 2 db gain when it's in the on position. For clean sounds, this can cause a bit of distortion - no fun at all. But, here's the really cool part: you can send it back to Morley and the very cool dudes there will take the gain out for you - FREE. All you pay for is shipping. That makes this the only pedal to buy because it works great in every situation. OH YEAH... one last critical thing... the 300ma DC converter, nor any other wall wort can be within 18inches of this pedal or it hums like a frat girl who had way too much to drink.

Strat (Single coils) & Ibenez RG570 (Humbuckers). Though a bunch of Boss pedals then through 1 of 2 Marshall amps. This pedal sounds fricken fantastic. I've used this pedal over very clean strat-play-that-funky-music sounds to thick, heavy, Metallica Metal-Zone with goobs of distortion and chorus and this pedal cuts through like no other.

I've drilled holes in mine and beat the crap out of it in live shows for 1.5 years and it still works like a champ.

The support is over the top - not that you're going to need them unless you want to customize the darn thing. They we're very easy to reach and very helpful. Not like Alesis, bastards.

I used to like my VOX and Crybaby's but now use them only as supports when I lean my amp back. Other than the stupid name, the Bad Horsie is the best Wah pedal out there.

Works fine for me, I think that it's better than my old wah, though that one was an old Dunlop Crybaby for Bass. I don't really know how to describe the sound. It does have a wide range of tone, I do know that though! No manual, but I figured it out pretty quick. Step on, step off.

My setup changes a lot; but it's usually my Fender Jag-Stang, or Stratocaster to my Boss Tuner, to my Boss 8-Band Equalizer, to my Morley Little Aligator Volume, to my Boss Acoustic Simulator,to my Electro Harmonix Small Clone Chorus, to my Morley Bad Horsie Wah, to my Digitech Whammy, to my Boss Dual Overdrive, to my Rogue Tuberider MVT1000 Overdrive Head, to my Rogue 400W Speaker Cab. It does have a high volume boost thingy added when I use it.

I would say so. This is the only one that I'd bring with me on the road (maybe that's cuz it's the only one I own). It's a pretty tough piece of pedal.

I ordered it from musician's friend and that was it. They were friendly about it, they let me know when it was on it's way.

I play from NIRVANA, Bad Religion, to Metallica to Goo Goo Dolls. It's a great pedal! I use it with Metallica and APHASIA solos. I use it with Creed and Godsmack too I guess. It makes my solos a lot easier when I write them. Like the Digitech Whammy did. I use this a lot more than I do my Digitech Whammy. I don't really think It's worth $99.99 though, more like $69.99!

Well, as you can read from other reviews, it's a bitch to figure out how to use! I JUST CAN'T GET IT TO WORK!!!! No manual needed really, just on the delayed off timer (located inside controls how long it takes for the wah to turn off once you take your foot off, leave it where it is!!!!!)

I have an ESP: LTD Viper 300 with my lovely crate gfx-212 (HA! im getting a 5150 orginal here soon). The viper could use some duncans, but the wah sound is great despite the - on the p/u's. This pedal has a very smooth, wide range. It's got a quite intense wah sound with distortion, and a perfect sound clean. Don't expect that blows your ass clean wah sound that Hammett has, his wah is so intense... still looking for something like that. But, for my purposes (light wah use) its perfect, and for you Satriani's and Hammett's, it will work just fine. Wider range than a cry bitch. Will give feedback at high gain, high volume situations when nothing is comming out of your guitar (what wah doesn't?!?!). Just don't set it right in front of your amp.

The bad boy is made of steel. I've dropped it a few times, I even have left it on my speaker magnets (for transportation), didn't harm it at all. I would play a gig without it, with a fresh battery of course. Don't use a DC power supply with this thing live... it will create unwanted Hum in your sound, I don't care what power supply it is, there is NO WAY to get perfectly regulated DC from an AC to DC converter... always use a 9v (or whatever it takes that you're using) when hum and noise are big problems.

Never had to deal with them, but I got a warranty from them and Sam Ash, so it's covered for 2 years. I believe it covers anything, even abuse, but not sure :-/

I play any and all styles. Anything from death metal to jazz. I am into Metallica, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Dream Theater, Van Halen, Hendrix... the list goes on. You get the point I play everything. This is a great pedal. If it were stolen I would for sure get it again. I don't like the cry baby, I think switchless wah is going to be my thing for life. I've been playing over 5 years, taking lessons the whole time. I have the LTD Viper, and Epiphone Les Paul, Fender Telecaster, Kalamazoo SG, zoom 505 (UCK), crate GFX-212, crate GX-15. I don't use the 505 it kills my tone, the gfx-212 probably does too that's why I'm savin up for the Peavy 5150 Half Stack. I'm also going to get Duncans: Alnico II Pro Humbucker for the neck, Custom for the bridge (with push/pull for coil tap). BUY IT NOW!!!

I find this wah one of the easiest to use no the easiest all u do is step on it with my previous crybaby I had to worry if I was going to step on it hard enough to turn it on and off not with this one

My setup is I play an ibanez 760 rare and I have a peice of shit samick and I run them through a fender hot rod deville and I have a roland gp8 effects processer and this is by far the best wah I have ever owned and heared its quiet and unlike some pedals huh huh crybaby you can actually hear the definiton of the wah

Ive only had it a week but my friend has had the pleaser of owning one of these bad boys for 10 years and it in mint condition

I bought it at long and mcquade and kevin simpson is the man from jason nicevski

this is the best investment as far as pedals go that Ive ever made if someone stole it id hunt them down like a dog but I wouldnt be mad I mean who wouldnt wanna steal this puppy but yes id buy it in a second p.s kevin simpson is the man

If you can't figure out how to use this pedal, here's my suggestion:
Don't have children. I wouldn't want you to pollute the human gene pool with your stupidity.

Here's my setup: Epiphone Strat Copy => Bad Horsie => Danelectro Fab Tone => Digitech RP7 => Peavey Transtube 1 x 12.

In my opinion, this is a great sounding wah pedal. I find that I get the best sounds from it when I use the bridge pickup on my guitar. This pedal responds very well when you have a tone with a good amount of treble or midrange (A DOD Grunge Pedal would work quite nicely with it). I love the fact that it boosts your guitar signal when you plug it in. I didn't buy this pedal just because it's endorsed by Steve Vai. I haven't heard much of his music. I bought it for the sound and also for its switchless feature.

I haven't had the pedal for long, but it seems like it would be pretty reliable (it's built like a tank).

Haven't had to deal with them.

I've been playing for about 6 yrs. I like many types of music, including rock (metal, classic, punk) and jazz, but not limited to just those two styles. This pedal serves my playing very well. I tried different pedals, such as the Snarling Dogs wah pedal, and the Dunlop Crybaby pedal. I ended up choosing this pedal for the sound and because of the switchless feature. One thing that I don't like about wah pedals in general is the fact that you practically have to stomp the damn things to switch between wah and bypass. Definitely not something I want to be concerned about in the middle of a solo. In fact, the switchless feature was the deciding factor in choosing this particular wah pedal.

Alright, honest to God. This pedal is absolutely amazing. The sound is that of a real wah! You really don't need a manual. Watch! When you press it down, it goes "wah" and the same when you go back up! It's mind boggling!

The sound is impeccable! Always great!

Of course I can depend on it! It's built like a tank! I mean, you step on it !!

Dont need them

Everything rocks!

It's a switchless pedal... Step on, step off -- It's just that easy!

I'm using an ESP M250 with stock pickups (soon to be changed), and a cheapo Fender "champ" 15watt amp from my strat pak (also soon to be replaced .... I wish). This pedal is awesome with my bridge pickup. It doesn't have the same effect when playing through the neck pickup though. High output pickups help with this pedal... So far, I can get just about any sound I want from this pedal. Great Hammet wah. I can get the exact Creed wah sound with this also! No noticable background noise...

It's held up great for the short time I have it. Dunno about the long term though

Dunno

I play metal, rock, classical, blues and just about anything else.. This wah is perfect for me. If it were stolen, I'd buy a new one in a second.

This wah sucks. It really sounds bad. It has the worse voicig I have heard. Steve I know your playing, and respect you but this this sounds bad. The Budda wah snarling dog wah, the clyde wah from fulltone, and a cry baby 525 sounds great compared to this. It is pathetic. DO not bu it because it has Steves name on it. Buy it if you like it. If you can? One more thing I was highley interested because of the switchless feature of stepping on/off but it will take a lot more than that to convince me

It would make a good gift for someone that doesnt like to use wah a lot.