Morley PWA II Pro Series II Wah

Easy to use.. step on the wah button and feel the whaaa whaaa whaaa :)
Simple: only a wah volume knob.

I use it with my Ibanez RG w/ EMG's.

Pedalboard:
Morley PWA II > Ibanez SM7 > Boss SD-1 > Boss CE-5 > Boss PH-3 > Digitech Synt Wah > Ibanez LF7 > Danelectro Real Echo

The pedal is not noisy, the "clear-tone" is good (like truse-bypass).
I love the optical design, much better than the others.

I owned an Ibanez WD7 before and i tried a CryBaby and i have to say this is the best wah i ever used. I really love rhis pedal. Simple and great!

Its a big heavy tank. The optical design is great.

Really nice. I wrote an e-mail and they replied the next day with a lot of information. Morley has the best customer support over the world.

I play often play metal but not always. The best wah i ever used and will use. If it were stolen i would run to the nearest music store to get another one.
Morley rulz!!

This is for owners info:
I really like my wah, but cannot help myself when it comes to tinkering.
I changed resistor: R1 - 100k to a 33K and found this narrowed the sweep so the thing worked much more like a crybaby. So the thing was more in the mids range at both ends of the sweep.
I am an amateur at electronics and honestly was just seeing what it would do. I know how to modify crybabys to tailor them( info all over the web), so I thought I would have a go at the morley. So it seems to my ears that R1 affects the "Q" value.
I have now settled on 68K like in the original Mc Coy wahs. This just smooths off the top end of the wah.
I believe the 100k gives a really wide sweep - which is ace for modern sounds and high gain stuff. I play using more vintage tones with a strat thru a fender amp, which does not need any extra cut in the top end, so the 68K resistor works for me as I now can flatten the pedal without going "too far" for my guitar/amp setup.
The 100K however is ideal for dirty marshalls and other high gain applications.
So - sorry Bill W - thanks for the info on bending the LED. I did that, and still wanted to tinker. Now I am happier than ever.
The morley pedals are great products - it is just there is no info on modding these things to taste.
Tinkerers could go one stap further and add a 100K variable resistor, and get the sweep to suit them, but I have not tried that.
I have modidied and unmodified my crybaby and vox pedals to the Nth degree and just want to add that the Morley in in a different league as far as clarity and function.
Next thing will be a true bypass mod - although the bypass buffer on the morley really does seem to work beautifully. I am just being a solder geek....

very easy to use, plug your guitar into it then other side into your amp, turn the dial to the level you want then press the button and wah away

i tend to use an epiphone explorer with a marshall 100dfx. i think that the sound is very good but there is alot of background. when the wah is turned on but pedal not pressed down the tone changes alot, this isnt a major problem but annoying. it provides alot of feedback when the wah is left open and nothing played but does give a nice lead guitar sound

its very reliable, i have never took a back up as i only own one an see it pointless to have more, i have never had any major problems, although with exessive use mine has began to sqeek but that was easily fixed. the power supply can become annoying if plugs behind because the input is right below it so you have to lie your power supply cable infront of it, which can make it very short, but can probably get longer ones. it is built like a brick and id be very shocked if it broke

very good, i play metal and liked to sound it provides me for solos. i havent really tried many other wahs though so i cant really compare. if i was to have it stolen id probably buy a crybaby but id probably but it again eventually but wouldnt rush out to

Easy. Step on the on off switch. Wah till you foot falls off. Dial in extra level if you want.

US Strat Plus. Fender Hot Rod.
The by pass on this is clear as a bell.
Thw wah sound is heaps wider and ruder than a cry baby (which I replaced).
When it first arrived, I found the top out on the wah to be too trebly for my taste and the roll on the pedal was too touchy. I emailed Bill at Morley who emailed right back with directions on "customizing" my wah. So easy- bend the LED and Reciever away from each other a bit, and you get a more mid rangy sound. -Exactly what I wanted. Try a/b ing with a standard pot style wah. There is a huge difference. Bloody Marvellous.

Solid, Die Cast housing. Built like a tank. The electronics inside are really neatly done. However, I wouldnt want to slip and bend the level pot. Still - it is as solid as you can make it.

Wasn't happy with the sound out of the box. Emailed Bill and got a really quick reply and a sheet on tweaking my wah. So I tweaked my wah using one screwdriver and now it sounds A1! Really helpful. I will never get an upgrade because this unit is spot on.

I play blues & jazz. The wah is eq.d for (I think) metal sounds, but is easily adjusted to fatten it up for rootsy music using the LED. Bloody fantastic. Plus the optical sensors will never wear out or go scratchy like the pots in most other wahs. So cool. The boost feature is really cool too. Just set the wah at whatever point you like and use the pedal as a mid boost- great for woman type tones, or bassy for fat jazzy leads. Lurve it.

Way easier to turn on/off than a Crybaby.

THIS IS NOT A CLASSIC WAH! nor does it sound very vocal-like. so if you want a wah like that, don't get this.

This is for a "modern wah" sound. For anywhere from Alternative to Hard Rock.(It sounds good clean too)

No noise is produced in my setup.

Effects sound great. If you slightly tilt the wah you can get a "flange-like" tone which is great with distortion. Only if you want it though, otherwise its just a wah.

Can I get the sound of Clapton? Probably not. don't want to.

Can I get the sound of Tremonti? YEAH! He uses a Morley.

Ibanez GRX40---Morley Pro Series II Wah---Boss DS-1---Behringer GX110 Ultraroc

Very dependable. Cables will not come loose because of the perfect-fitted input and output jacks.

And I do gig without a backup.

Never Dealt With Them

I play Alternative to Pop-Rock to Hard Rock. This is a perfect match.

I've been playing for 2 years now.

I would buy another if this were stolen.

I love the sound and ease of playability with it.

It definately helps making music intros and riffs.

Very easy to used. Just plug in the cable and there u goes..

Well Since Young I admired the late cliff burton.I know he's using power wah boost.well that stuff is hard to find in my country.I hope with the boss bass overdrive I will get the sound I want.Currently I just tried playing it clean and its sound good.This is my firat wah pedal.I never used a wah pedal before and i hope that i made the right choice.

Well, I don't think this pedal will damage even if u abuse it. Solid like a rock

I never dealt with them but I did email to Bill just 1 day ago.

I played metal and alternatives. I would say crossover style.I played from the old school metal like slayer,sepultura to new band like godsmack, system of a down.Well I can't say much bout it yet cos I just owned it bout 1 day.This is my first wah pedal.Even thou lots of review stated that the PWA-II is not good but I still give it a try on my bass.

Even George W. Bush could probably use it right.
I'm not going to give a 10 because it is not switchless. But unlike the crybaby it is not hard-to-switch either.

I play Dearmond M-65c > morley wah > Hughes & Kettner edition silver > Korg toneworks ax30G (in loop)

I think it sounds very good. People shouldn't say the sound sucks because it isn't a classic wah sound; it's not a classic wah! I like it with distortion a little better than clean. It works very nicely even with lower notes as well as chords, on very high notes it seems less effective, but maybe I'll consult Morley to try and fix that. The sweep is just right for me, and what's very important, it is not noisy AT ALL and doesn't take off high frequencies. I borrowed a crybaby from a friend once and I was disgusted with the amount of tone and volume that thing sucked when the wah was off.
I also tried the bad horsie in a store because the switchless system really appeals to me, but I liked the sound and sweep of the pro series II better, so I bought that. Sound is more important than ease of use.

Pff this thing can take on a tank any day of the week. If world war three would start now I'd probably hide under this wah pedal. Nuff said.

Altough I haven't dealt with them yet, I like already because they take the effort to post here and encourage me to contact them. I think that's because the pedals don't ever break and they're sitting there all day with fingers up noses.

I play metal and fusion and some satriani stuff. It works okay with any style but specificaly with distortion I think.

Very easy to use this pedal. I got it from another guitarist who did'nt like the sound of the pedal. No manaul was included, but got it of the Morly website. Basicly like any other pedal exept the on/off switch on the side of the pedal you have to get used to.

The previous owner did not like the sound at all. That why he sold it to me. My first reacftion was the same; The pedal reacts totally different compared to a cry baby or a vox.

That's why I contacted morley by email: that made things very clear. One of the tech guys explained that the position of led inside the pedal can be moved. It actuaaly influences the frequencys effected by the pedal. Very helpfull people at Morleys!

My setup is as follows: I don't use a lot of effects:

Boss Delay en Chorus into the parallel effectloop of a Marshall 6100 head. Mine is the EL34 version. The head goes to a JCM900 (4*12) cabinet.

The guitar goes into the Morley and from the Morley direct to the guitar input on the AMP. I always plug my guitars directly into the wha.

I use it with various guitars: Custom shop strat, American standard tele, Japanese Craftshop Jazzmaster '62 reissue and a Ibanez Talman with lippstick pickups.

Not noisy at all. When switched offf, this pedal does not 'f*ck up your sound. When switched on, it will influence your sound depending on the position of the level pot. I always have it in the lowest position possible.

Very reliable. Build like a rock. Very well build.

Very customer friendly people. Like i mentionded, i emailed Morley because i did noit like the sound at first, But after contacting them, they explainded (send me a Morley Techtalk document)how to alter the sound.

I play from Rock, to Soul and also Symphonic rock. It depends on the music, ALways have my old crybabay connected too (made by Thomas organ in 1974)

Like everyone else says, simple to use... it's a wah. I personally like the on/off switch better to the side rather than under the toe. However, i do get tired of stomping buttons.

To me, the sound quality was great on the top 4 (d,g,b,e) strings when you stay below the 12th fret. However, when i played past the 12th fret, on any string, the wah strength disappeared. On the bass "E" and "a" string the wah response isn't quite as strong. I ran a strat style guitar through this wah into a korg ax1g multi effects pedal, and then into a DOD grunge pedal. With the distortion pedal on the wah doesnt cut quite as much as I was looking for. On clean the sound quality is great, though.

This pedal is superbly built. I love the look of Morley pedals and the way they are built. I haven't had any concerns with this unit yet.

I sent an email to Bill from Morley's engineering and he called me back one day. He was the biggest help and VERY friendly. He discussed all of my questions thoroughly. So for that, they get a definite 10.

I play anything from metallica, creed, and pantera to eric clapton, stevie ray vaughan, and jimi hendrix. this wah is a nice wah, but doesn't fit what i want. i have already ordered the Mark Tremonti power wah because of its switchless design and hopefully better sweep and response with a distortion pedal. I will definitely stick with morley products, though, because i love their stuff. once i get my mark-1 wah, i'll submit a review of it so check for it if you're interested.

Very easy to use. Plug in, play, same as any other wah. The kickswitch thing is a bonus though, because I heard the Dunlop range have a push thing, so you can't accidently knowck this one on. The manual for it is pretty much useless, but it's easy enough to get your brain round anyway.

At the moment, I'm using a Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler, a Boss DS-1, a Digitech X-series delay and this Wah pedal (not in that order) and all into a Carlsboro GLX100 amp....oh dear lord that amp kicks arse, but anyway...When the level is on high and you push the wah down all the way, you get a windy hissy noise, but I'm not complaining...our band uses it on one of their songs, so I don't mind it. The wah is superb on clean, you can really hear the tone altering drastically whatever level you have it on, but on overdrive, it's less prominent. It's still good if you use it properly, but it's harder to get a full sweep across the range from bass to treble and back.

It's dependable. I gig it without a backup, but that's just because I have no cash to buy another one. It's probably best for you to not jump all over it, but since I'm a relatively sedate player when I'm near my oh-so-precious effects, it doesn't matter to me. You're supposed to rock a wah pedal anyway, not destroy it.

never dealt with the company, and I've seen no need for an upgrade yet

The music I play is Radiohead mixed with Coldplay, but with King Crimson and Rage Against the Machine effects. I do all the effects, and I find this pedal gives good opportunities for soloing, long sweeps and just basic texture control.

It compliments my other gear very well, and it helps me to get that "not guitar" sound that I find intriguing. However, I have been known to use it for more conventional stuff too, and I find it's pretty easy to use for Hendrix songs, Cream and most other classic bands that use wah.

If it were stolen, I'd probably get another, but it might be worth that extra ten bob or whatever to invest in a Dunlop one. Especially if you are a semi-pro.

What would go really nicely on it was if it had an anti-wah sound on it...My FM4 is supposed to have that, but it only works if you play it through the stereo channel, which is not at all practical for use in a band. What I mean by an anti-wah effect is like two wah pedals going in the opposite direction to each other, but since that is on none of the wah pedals I have ever heard of, it's not at all a fault in the Morley one.

It helps me to add that extra whatever to my sound, and although I don't use it generally to write riffs or sounds or anything, it often helps me cut through the mix and then sink back in whenever I want to, which gives the music I make an interesting "Is that a solo? Oh no it's gone" type thing.

Overall, this is a good long lasting piece of equipment, and if you use it with many other effects, it's true bypass function is immeasurably valuable. It's circuitry (so I've been told...I wouldn't know for sure, as I have only had it a year) won't wear down as fast as other wah pedals, so I bought it mainly on it's better than average sound quality and it's durablility. I find also that batteries last practically forever in it, but when they are finally on their last legs, they give your amp a really annoying clicky buzz type thing....but that's just an indicator to get another two quid battery...no big deal really.