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Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal

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Manufacturer URL http://www.morleypedals.com/
Ease of Use 8.2 (26 responses)
Sound Quality 6.6 (27 responses)
Reliability 8.6 (25 responses)
Customer Support 7.1 (9 responses)
Overall Rating 7.3 (24 responses)
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Product: Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal
Price Paid: US $104.??
Submitted 04/30/1998 at 02:13pm by Brandon
Email: RATM26 at aol<dot>com

Ease of Use : 8
Very easy to use, i like the feel of a crybaby better tho. The only real problem with eas of use is, if you ever turn the wah off, you have to make sure the pedal is all the way down, or youll lose volume.

Sound Quality : 6
Im using an Epiphone G-310 and a 1966 Kalamazoo Reverb 12 (tube amp). I dunno, this pedal is alright, but the distortion isnt that great and the wah isnt effective enough, it needs more range or something. Its very noisy with distortion on.

Reliability : 9
Youll break before this will, its steel everywhere, and the knobs seem pretty secure. Id trust it on a gig without a backup definately.

Customer Support : No Opinion
no need to

Overall Rating : 9
I play anything from blues to metal, its good for blues but if yer in a metal band, use a crybaby and a Metal Zone or DS-1 (Boss). Overall im happy with it even tho ill trade it in for a crybaby pretty soon.


Product: Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal
Price Paid: AUS 220
Submitted 09/28/1997 at 07:57pm by Ben Greer

Ease of Use : 10
Very easy to use - only the pedal for wah/volume, three knobs (tone, distortion and level) for the distortion settings.

Sound Quality : 8
The wah is quite smooth but not very wide (which I like - crybaby's get too trebly up top for me), the volume works O.K. but is generally either off or on (not much actual vol. change as you push the pedal). The distortion is cool, I use a Metal Zone for heavy stuff, and this pedal on a tubey o/d sound for open chord type stuff which gives me the two types of ditorted sounds I want.

Reliability : 7
Seems solid enough to me, although the pedal squeaks a little (you wouldn't hear this if your amp is turned up however).

Customer Support : No Opinion
No need to deal with them yet.

Overall Rating : 8
I really like the sounds, and the fact that instead of buying a wah AND an Overdrive pedal, I got two in one. The main prob is that the vol is ALWAYS on except when using the wah so if you accidentally tap the pedal when trying to switch on the distortion you lose volume - basically the wah and distort switches are too small and too close to the foot pedal - the option to turn off the vol would be nice. Apart from that this is a great 2in1 pedal with good sounds.


Product: Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal
Price Paid: US $94
Submitted 06/11/1996 at 09:57pm by Anonymous

Ease of Use : 10
If you can't use this thing you obvisouly stand too close to the microwave. The manual sucks the suggested distortions flat out suck. There is no difference when you twist the knobs

Sound Quality : 8
The distortions kind of sucks. The wah sounds good. If you put the distortion on while your distortion on your amp is on you get screaming feedback

Reliability : No Opinion
I've only had it for a month. Hasn't broken yet.

Overall Rating : 8
I hate the volume pedal it's a pain in the ass. Everything else is great. It's good for playing funk or chili pepper songs. I'd buy it again


Product: Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal
Price Paid: US $180?
Submitted 05/25/1996 at 12:33pm by Matt. B

Ease of Use : 8
very simple and obvious to use.

Sound Quality : 6
Not noisy, but it seems to me like there is a kind of 'bump' in it , when bended just a bit over half, it also doesn't sound warm, more flat

Reliability : No Opinion
Very stropng, and solid

Overall Rating : 6
It's really very stong, and makes no noise but the sound isn't really warm enough and the switches tend to make a whole lot of noise, especially when played with distortion


Product: Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal
Price Paid: US $90
Submitted 02/19/1996 at 02:58am by Ryan LaNeve

Ease of Use : 9
very easy to use with only three knobs to twist and turn. However, I find myself pushing the pedal up when pushing switches, causing a loss of signal when turning off effects.

Sound Quality : 5
The volume part sucks. It's either on or off, no matter how slow you rock it. The wah could be a litter wider, but does cut through the mix. The distortion has one sound - chunky, but it's definately useable, especially on classic rythm riffs. Just don't bother turning the knobs, it doesn't change anything.

Reliability : 10

Overall Rating : 4
I wish I'd played a few more before buying it.


Product: Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal
Price Paid: US $90
Submitted 02/05/1996 at 07:40pm by Big Momma

Ease of Use : 10
Manual is "ok". The control are pretty basic

Sound Quality : 6
The wah is excellent. THe distortion is nearly the worst thing I have ever heard.

Reliability : 10
It is very dependible and is used for gigs all the time. Had it for a year and a half with no problems

Customer Support : No Opinion
Never dealt with the company.

Overall Rating : 6
I wouldn't buy it again because the distortion is bad, but it does work as a good volume pedal.


Product: Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 11/06/1995 at 04:31pm by J.

Ease of Use : 10
well...the volume isnt tha slick...after you reach a certain distance on the pedal (almost all the way down anyways) it just has the same volume...but the wah is pretty killer...it had tons of low-end and a screaming high... i had some problems with the distortion so i called up morely and they were more than happy to fix it... the distortion is more classic cruchy/chunky vintage distortion but ya can really get it to sound good... the one thing i liked and dis-liked was the fact that there was not a switch on the front like a crybaby so you can rock it as hard as you like without accedentaly shuting it off...but insted the moved them to the sides... which was real annoying hereing a huge click, but thats not really a prob. for me sence i leave my wah on for quick access...all in all its a good studio and road pedal...but to fess up...there are better sounding pedals out there... check em out...

Sound Quality : 7

Reliability : 10

Customer Support : 10
call morley...

Overall Rating : 8


Product: Morley PDW Pro Series Distortion/Wah/Volume Pedal
Price Paid: US 99
Submitted 02/19/1995 at 06:39am by Anonymous

Ease of Use : 9

Sound Quality : 8

Reliability : 8

Overall Rating : No Opinion
8

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