Morley Mark Tremonti Power Wah

In theory, straightforward to use. Switchless operation means step on to engage, step off to go to bypass. In practise, this can be a bit of a pain, especially if you want to bring the wah sound in from the bass end.
The boost function is relatively pointless, tends to create more noise than anything else on thdrive channels.
The manual is fine, nothing too detailed but perfectly adequate for a one trick pony piece of gear.

I'm running this pedal with a variety of guitars - Yamaha Pacifica 812W, Epi Les Paul with BareKnuckle pickups and a Fender Telecaster, through a Marshall ED-1 Compressor into a Laney TF300 combo.
It's a Mark Tremonti Wah, so his sound should be quite easy to obtain. I haven't found this to be the case.
The sweep is far too narrow to obtain the kind of growl-to-wail sounds Tremonti gets, particularly when he's playing live.(I saw Alter Bridge live in the UK in June 2006) I'm not convinced the pedals he's using are the same spec as the ones sold on the open market.
Due to the narrow sweep, this isn't a very versatile wah pedal - Hendrix style tones can be quite difficult to acheive, and the heavily sprung pedal makes control quite awkward.
If it's what you're looking for, on a clean channel setting, it can do an excellent funky wah sound.

To be fair, it must be said that this thing is built like a tank - heavy metal casing and no pots to wear. No reason to believe it wouldn't last.

Never dealt with Morley.

I bought this pedal because I play exactly the style of music Morley claim it's been designed for - hard rock and metal, which I've been playing for 12 years. I play a lot of Alter Bridge stuff, and was assuming i could get the right tone from this pedal, as it is apparently the same as Tremonti uses himself. However, the sound just isn't there. It is completely neutered as a rock/metal wah by the ridiculously narrow sweep.
For a funky clean wah sound (Shaft theme type stuff) it is suprisingly good, but that is of very little use to me as I don't like or play funk.
If it were lost or stolen, there is NO way I would buy another.
It will be on it's way in the very near future.

Step on it and go ?!!
A volumen boost dail - in wheel on the left side.
A inside trim pot to adjust the wah "go out" time. Have it out !!
A red Led on the right side.

Great, the volumen boost must set to zero with clean or overdrives.
With a distortion set it full up. It has a midrange sound. modern type of wah but thats what I like about it. I have also a Cry Baby Classic ( my favorite vintage Wah ) and a Cry Baby Hendrix ( biggest Bullshit ). And a old Vox ( I play only in the studio becouse its a original one ). So I was tired about the Cry Babys, also the multi FX 535Q thing. This Morley is a great alternative choice for my Live-allround-wah needs. The sound is allways great its a solid metal box and i run it with Ac power so it never leave me !! I test it against the whole Morley Wahs and this and the Bad Horsie 2 are my favorites there.

It looks great, feels great and the inside parts look also very
quality like ! Have it since 4 years on my board without any problem.
I never have try it with batterys, so I cant say anything about that.

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I play since 30 years in Rock - Metal - Jazz - Fusion - Pop - Blues Projekts....Live, Studios, Workshops etc...I test alot and this is one of the " really usable" WahWahs out there. I like it much and can just say ; test it and hear !!

Great and simple, I have change the Volumen Boost Knob against a biger one, so I can dail the volumen with my feet. Turn it down and its on, leave youre feet an it goes automaticlly back on turn off. ( In 0,2 seconds ).
Great, I like that !!

A good Wah, playing clean with my single coil strat is very great.
But my Les Paul Humbuckers are to fat, I must turn the buckers very low down to get a good clean tone with the wah. Also the mids are missing here and that raunchy Cry Baby thing !
So a 8 for clean, ( Volumen at 0 ).
The guitars + Overdrive ; I must have the Volumen Poti also dailed out ( at zero ), because it sounds like a overloaded noize wah. ( S****)
But real great than, a 9 for chrunchy Rocking wah sounds.
With distortion; its a killer, screaming hellfire, with the Paula its blow out your brain, very musicianish. Now I know why the mids are missing !! And here I must turn the Volumen Knop full in or its to silent/thin. A big fat 10 for that !!

So I think its a great "allround" wah, good clean but better with gain. Oh and I have set the inside trim poti at zero, because when my feet is leaving the wah, I dont want hear a Wah anylonger !!
I use this with a good Ac Adapter, perfect, but you also can use it with Batterys.

have it 2-3 years. locks and feel very heavy. ( Like a part of a Harley Davidson ).
But because I dont now what the opto electronic is doing in the next 5 - 20 years, I better give it a 8 here.

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I play Alter Bridge, Audioslave, Hendrix, In Flames, Soundgarden Stuff....
And for me its work fine.
If I have the money I will test it against the Roger Mayer and Fulltone Wahs.
But I test this one against the Gcb 353Q, Gcb 95 F , and I like the Tremonti a littel bit more.
I play since 18 years and this one is a good piece of gear. I like simple settings, so I have a 63 re. Strat a 59 re. Paula a Engl Screamer ( at home ) and a Engl souveraign 2x12 (at gigs or studio or Band practise)+ a 2 x 12 Mesa Cab. A Boss DD3, Engl Z9 Footswitch, Maxon Ts 9, the Tremonti and a Korg Tuner. Thats all I want and ever needed on my Board.
When you know what you want, what you can and where you wanna go !
Test this.

it's so easey, just plug it in, and forgett about it!!!, it's got an awesome on and off switch, it's all automatic, when you step off the pedal it shut's of by it's self, when you step on it , it turns on, it also comes with a built in led so you know when it's on or off, built to last a life time, worth it's money

sounds great, i alreadey own a crybaby 535q and t's also a keeper, but the morley gives you that extra modern tone i've been looking for, if you want a modern vintage sound buy it, it's built to last, great overall rating!!!!!!!!!

yeah i can depend on it, in every moment, i'm a big wah fan and love morley and dunlop pedals so if you want to sound like the rest buy what the rest of the croud are buying or else buy this one and forgett the rest

morley 100% great they actualey answer to the many e mail's i sent to them very quickly to, 100% polite also, great staff!!!!!!!!!!

great sounding pedal nothing to say, just step on it, and the wah turns alive, extra 20db's of power also incorporated just a twist of the knob,great looking to!! i recomend this pedal to overall wah fans out there!!!!!!!!!!

So simple!! You don't even have to click a switch. Just put you foot on the treadle and it turns on automatically. The pedal on this puppy is spring loaded so as soon as youtake your foot off it returns to the heel down position and turns off automatically. Great for live use. You never have to worry about leaving your the pedal switched on or switching off mid-solo when things get a bit too 'toe down'. Pucka!! The only reason you would need the manual is to set the delay time for the auto-off.

Hamer Diablo into a various pedals (all true bypass) into a rack system with Sansamp PSA1 as the backbone. All fed through a Marshall cabinet.

First up - True Bypass. Zero tone sucking in the off position! All Good

Wah sound itself is great. I've owned a Morely Classic Wah (sucked), a JD Crybaby, a Budda Bud-Wah and a Boss V-Wah (vastly overated). This pedal beats them all hands down. The sweep is spot on with just the right amount of 'quack' through the pedal's travel. I like it a lot. Not quite as rounded as a Crybaby or the Bud-Wah on a clean setting but a small tweak to the boost function on the pedal sorts that out a treat.

Through an overdriven amp this is the best wah I have ever used bar none. It wails. The boost function is particularly useful as long as I remember to set it before the start of the song.

Feels really solid. No pot to wear out so barring any electrical meltdowns (highly unlikely) it should last a lifetime. Only gripe is that the return spring causes the pedal to squeak a little.

Never dealt with them on this pedal but did send an email re. my Classic Wah some time ago. They got straight back to me with some recommended mods. I still sold the thing though!! ;)

I play in a covers/function band covering anything from funk to classic rock. I've been playing for 15 years now and have tried loads of different wahs over the yearsd (see previous comments.

This pedal does it all well and with a minimum of fuss for live use. My opinion of Morley was slightly tainted by the bad experiences I had had with my Classic Wah but I'm glad I gave them a second chance and bought the Tremonti Wah. Sounds great, boost is very usable and the Auto on-off is just awesome. I even find myself embelishing small parts of riffs with a bit of wah because it really is a case of 'step on and step off'

If it were stolen I'd get a new one... then I'd hunt down the lowlife qho took it and congratulate him/her on having great taste in wah pedals!

The easyest Wah I know, and one reason that its a keeper

in clean, it can be e bit sharp when you kick it forward down and you use the bridge Humbucker or singlecoil, dont use the volume boost for clean playing, but a very good sound, so a 9 for clean stuff
in tubescreamer chrunch also dont use the volume boost, very great sound, another 9.
in heavy Rock action, full volume boost and kick the scream, this is it, a big 10 for that, but when you dont play and have still fullgain sounds you hear some schschwaoung...so you must play in full heavy action or dont step on it.
You can play anything from reagge, funk, blues, Rock, Metal
great mix of a old - new wah sound.

I use it with , Les Paul, Strat, Casino, Twin Amp, Marshall 800, Mesa Roadking combo and sometimes with different delays.

no noize, very solid.

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I play since 20 years and almost everything from Hendrix, Bob Marley, Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Soundgarden, Metallica, Jazzy stuff and sometimes ambient experimental sound. I earn money with playing guitar, not much but enough.
I use this for allround playing at live gigs, in the studio i can choose different ones..
Great allround wah. And a big plus for that just step on action.
No F***schwitch.

Easiest wah pedal i've used. No pots, just a boost knob to cut through the band during gratuitous wah solos. Bought this cuz i used to have a crybaby and turning it on and off all the time was a pain.

I think this is the 2nd best wah i've ever heard next to a dunlop 535q crybaby. The Morley is clean sounding and not as trebley as a crybaby but its good nonetheless. Sounds great clean but was kinda dissapointed for the distortion. I wanted that extreme porno music sound but i guess it'll do.

Dude, this thing is friggin buff. i can probably use it as a weapon and kill somebody.

never dealt with them.

I play metal, but sounds pretty good with bluesy tones too. If it were stolen i would probably try out the Bad Horsies, Zack Wylde, or Dimebag wah just to see what those things sound like. I would probably go back to the switchless wahs cuz they're perfect for idiots like me.
This thing is badass, but i would like to play it extremely loud for a chance to see what it sounds like cuz i live with a bunch of conservatives. I main reason i bought it is cuz the thing is switchless and the spring action feels sexy. Was lucky enough to get this with an employee discount cuz my friend worked at Guitar Center.
I would actually want a q on that just to make a variety of sounds. If i had money I would probably mod it so it would have a EQ and would sound similar to a dunlop 535q crybaby.
For the money i got it for, hell yeah its worth it. Who can refuse a discount like that brand new?

Plug and play!!!

I have used many wahs and this is by far and beyond the best for my needs. I love that it doesn't have a noisey pot that can wear out (as so many of my old wahs have). The dB boost knob is great. This wah has a wide mid freq. range on it, which I love. Its nice to get right in the mid range and just rock it.
I am using it with a PRS Custom and a Mesa Tremoverb head. If your looking for a great sounding, no BS, no hassle wah pedal, then look no further.

No pot to wear out. Have owned mine since it was released and its still rockin!!

Never needed it. Thats a good thing, right?

Props to Morley for pulling it off with a great wah pedal. Now only if it didn't come with Mark Tremonti's name on it, that would be the best.

easy to get a decent sound out of it. just plug it in and go. just one knob for volume boost. the fact that i had to unscrew the bottom plate to adjust the off-delay time wasn't daunting at all to me.
of all the wah pedals i've tried, this one had the biggest rocker sweep. for a lot of people that might take a bit of getting used to. this is essentially my first wah pedal so it wasn't a problem for me. i love the switchless design, because traditional switches were what turned me off from wah pedals in the first place. i just hate it when it's supposed to be on, and sometimes you just didn't push hard enough. total humiliation.

my signal chain is:
squier strat..Mark tremonti power wah..boss cs-3 compression..marshall drivemaster..boss ch-1 super chorus..fender twin reverb/marshall jcm-900/roland jc-120.

sounds really good, especially with the compression on. i have two bands, one with only me as the guitarist, playing female-fronted rock. with that band, this pedal sounds excellent. my other band is a funk-based, dual guitar group with a dj, a keyboardist, percs. i'm the lead guitarist and the rhythm guitarist also uses a wah, a dunlop crybaby gcb-95(?. although for rhythm it sounds excellent, sometimes it gets really hard to get a lead sound that punches through, especially with the heavy parts of our songs. in this area i find that the volume boost is no help at all; the way my pedalboard is set up, it only saturates my distortion level even with the volume boost all the way up. thinking of getting a cheap eq pedal for the meantime.. for cleantone wacka-wacka stuff, this pedal really shines. really milky. i AB-ed it against my friend's vox clyde mcCoy. i fell in love with his pedal, he fell in love with mine. hahah. we both agreed that they both sounded exceptional, it was just the interface that was different: the morley was switchless and had a wider rocker sweep; the vox had traditional sweep and switching system that everybody else is familiar with.

a bit noisy though. on the toe-down position it emits this high pitched whine that i thought came from my zoom707, so i took that out. now i think it's because i have single coils. oh well. i don't know if i need a noise suppressor or a just new guitar with humbuckers this time. or maybe it's the high gain. anyway it's not really a problem when the band starts playing.

the wide sweep, like i said, took a bit of getting used to. halfway down i'm already satisfied. toeing it further down i get sounds that i don't think i'll ever need.

i've had this pedal for around 6 months. it would probably live longer than i would. built like a tank--i wish someone would think of another phrase to use than this because this is all i ever hear. it's true, though.

i don't think i'd ever need a backup for this, though i might consider getting another wah so i can have a different sound, at maybe another point in the signal chain.

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i've been playing guitar in bands for around 10 years already. this pedal is one of the batter investments i've made, gear-wise. i find myself playing guitar for hours, just stepping on the pedal. i play funk in one band, veruca-salt type rock in the other. this pedal suits me well in both.

if it were stolen or lost, i'd definitely get another one, or a bad horsie 2, because i'd like to try tweaking the wah sound a bit more.

i love the fact that it's switchless, but also partly turned off by the fact that i have to keep my foot on it if i use the pedal like a filter.

i've tried dunlop crybabies, early-model morleys, my zoom707's expresion pedal, and my friend's vox. surprisingly the dunlops are at the bottom of my list (though i've yet to try em out with a compressor of any sort). the vox and my morley are tied for first place, with the morley eventually taking the lead because of these reasons: the morley is switchless, and i live in a country where getting replacement pots are next to impossible.

Come on, you know this!

Okay, the sound is okay...OKAY. Not great. It's clear. It's clean, step on and off without any noise. That's the grat thing about this wah (and the Bad Horsie). I actually bought this just for the fact that you didn't need to "click" a button. However, there is a price to pay. The sound, while nice, is NOT classic wah. I really like the sound of the '60 and '70s wah. I was hoping (based on some of the reviews) that I could get the classic sound without the old clunky pedal. Wrong. Also, the "booster" does not do anything. I didn't notice a volume change in the slightest. But I didn't plan on using it anyway.

Yea, shines here. Solid and I have it a year with no troubles at all.

Couldn't say.

It's easy and smart, solid and sounds okay. Not a wah pedal per se. And the booster does nothing.