Morley PWA Pro Series Wah

This pedal is not the most easy to use pedal in the world. It's not your normal rock and go wah. You can't just rock it full forward, full back and expect that to be a good sound. This pedal is best if you find a good spot and rock just a little bit each way. If you do rock it full forward, full back, it's going to sound like crap. I wish Morley would tell people that that way more people would buy their wahs. You can also change the sweep on it b/c of the electro optical stuff, if you call Morley, they'll tell you how. The level control is great and easily controllable with the foot. The switch on the side is a much better idea than having it on the pedal for someone like me that likes using a wah as a filter sometimes.

My setup is guitar (Washburn BT-3) to DOD Fuzz, to Ibanez powerlead, to Rocktron Rampage, to DOD FX-50 overdrive pre-amp (made in 1977), to DOD FX-10 Bi-Fet pre-amp, to boss HR-2, to Dano Reverb. My amp is a Laney GC-30. Then from the send for the effects loop, I put this awesome wah, and that's it. This thing is the best clean sounding wah I've ever heard. It's also one of the greatest distorted wah's that I've ever heard. For those that think that this sounds week with distortion try putting it after your distortion pedals will you? I used to have a Dunlop crybaby and this thing wipes the floor with it all the way around. This thing has it's own sound. The standard sweep on it is amazing. The way the pedal comes to you is with the sweep as trebly as it can be, but it still gets ballsy heal down (if you wah down there and don't toe it that much as stated before). I made it just a little more bassy, but kept the nasalness of it. I think that I found the right spot when I changed the sweep. This thing sounds much better than a pot wah. The feeback control is amazing with this thing. People say that the Bad Horsie is better, but I don't like the switchless stuff.

According to the date on the circuit board this thing was made in 1997, and it's still rocking 5 years later. I haven't had any problems since I got it a couple of months ago (unlike that fucking Dunlop Crybaby that quit on me after a fucking week, Damn fucking Jim Dunlop, I don't know who you are, but you are very lucky that I don't beleive in the death penalty :-). I take all of my pedals apart almost as soon as I get them, and this one looks like it will be rocking for a long time. The components look very high quality (unlike <caugh> crybaby).

Morley has the best customer support in the business. The guy (sorry man I forgot your name, and I know that you will be reading this) helped me change my wah's sweep and he was really cool. He also explained to me what the Morley was designed to be. I agreed with his statment, "We decided that the last thing the world needed was another Crybaby or Vox knockoff wah, we created our own sound that no other wah has." That pretty much sums it up (that is paraphrased it's not like I wrote the phrase down or anything.)

I play like a blues metal type of music, and I also like to make my own freakish guitar sounds (like Tom Morrello). I also love Nirvana's style of music, and some of my music elude's to Nirvana. The sounds that you can make with this thing are amazing. I have been playing for 2 years and no other wah so far has compared to it. It wipes the floor, the walls, the celings, and the stage with the crybaby. No Dunlop Vox knockoff is going to compare to this pedal. No wah sounds like this. If you like the classic wah sound better, get a Vox the Dunlop won't compare to a Vox either. If someone stole it I would fucking hunt his ass down and them beat him to death with a Dunlop crybaby (wouldn't want to get blood on the Morley would we?) if it didn't fall apart on the ride to his house that is. The best things about this wah are the sound quality, the fact that the switch is on the side instead of under the pedal, the amazing sweep, the volume control that I can use with my foot, and a buttload of more stuff that I will think of later. You can do things with this wah that you could only dream of with any other. (except maybe the Rodger Mayer vision wah, but who in the hell is going to pay $500 for a wah that's ridiculous)

Just want to point out some things i left out in my last review. the pwa's sweep feels much more comfortable than the original crybaby's. The dunlop has a really limited range. its sonic range is more or less the same as the morley, but it's very physically limiting. Also, my experience with the pwa was like this: When put in my signal chain,it sounded very vocal and not very extreme or harsh. the toe up position isn't extremely bassy, and the treble isn't normally too overpowering(depending on your amp settings). When put in the effects loop, however, it has and extremely muddy toe up and a toe down postion that will make your ears bleed. It's definitely a multi personality pedal. If you want vintage or extreme sounds(or both), the pwa is a great choice.

It's a wah. Rock it. It's easy, but knowing how to employy the effect is important. Level control is useful. Switch seems pretty sturdy.

Ibanez RG120 w/super distortion into morley, Digitech RP100, Johnson 25 watt practice amp(solid state). Great sound. Ive never heard a wah that does clean better. People say the effect gets lost with distortion, but i found that boosting the highs on my amp and RP100 made the wah very easy to hear. Igot this pedal because im a hammett freak and people said it comes close to his sound. it does. Very vocal when used with the right settings.

It's built like a tank. Heavier than my cat. Nothing's gonna jack this up.

Never dealt with morley.

I play metal(metallica!) and some neopunk green day/blink 182 stuff. It works great for me. Can't beat the value. Sound this good for $40. Too good to be true. But apparently not. I a/b'd this with a crybaby. No contest. The crybaby had no level control and i hate the toe switch. It wasnt as heavy-duty either. I guess if you can afford it, the bad horsie might be a little better distorted, but there is little lacking here.

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!

It`s a wah pedal.It is as simple as it gets.

OK here goes.When I got this thing it sounded like crap.With the stings muted and rocking it I would get this god awfull woooshing sound.This pedal made some nasty sounds from wooooshing to slidewhitsle to static.I play through a Blues Jr. with a Les Paul copy and a Fender Telecaster.My effects are DOD Mystic Blues and Grunge.The Mystic Blues worked good with the Morley,but with the Grunge it had no effect at all.After reading some of the other posts I decided to tweak the LED inside the unit before I went and ripped the guy a new one for selling it to me.Lo and behold,it is as quite as a church mouse now,sounds excellent,and wahs my grunge pedal great.I would rate the sound a 9.5 to 10 if I didn`t have to tweak the pedal myself or if Morley would publish this info for people.It`s sad I had to find the solution here than from Morley themselves.After reading some of the bad reviews here I wonder if they were suffering from the same problem I was.

This thing is gernade proof.

The manual doesn`t give much information on the pedal.The web site doesn`t even compare to Dunlope`s.They have an 800 number but I didn`t use it.With the adjustments I made I should have been able to find them somplace other than here.

Very simple to use, no manual required. On/Off button on side is very useful, as is the adjustable volume. Another useful feature is it's weight! this sounds bizarre I know, but because it's fairly heavy it doesn't slide around on stage! Great for those big solos!

Epiphone Les Paul Standard > Morley Wah > Peavey Studio Pro 112. Simple setup, Great sound, perhaps a little less intense sounding than I'd imagined from the Wah but still very good. It sounds close to Kirk Hammet's Wah. Good range but again a bit less than I originaly hoped. The louder you set the volume, the more noise.. but if it's not in use why leave it on?

Incredibly strong base, very solid construction, although one of the screws attaching the pedal to the base came lose and needed retightening - not really a problem. This pedal has taken some fair abuse (aggressive rocking..ect) since I bought it 6 months ago and still operates perfectly.

The Morely website had the manual for download, not that I needed it...

A good Wah, and for $125 AUS, a great Wah. Much better than others I tested including the crybaby and various wah's on multi-effect boards. One of the reasons I like this Wah so much is it's simplicity and when turned off it doesn't effect the guitar signal at all. The only points lost are for the sound which, as I said earlier, is slightly less intense than I hoped. If I had more cash I'd probably shop around a bit more, test a Vox..ect. But a great Wah for the price.

plug in and go

Just to add to the positive reviews: People often have no idea where a WAH should be in the FX chain. People who say it has no effect when using distorion obviously haven't tried it on the other side of the distorion. IDIOTS. And if that's what you say about this unit, you'd have to say the same about any other WAH because they ALL WORK THE SAME WAY. The Wah pedal is put in front of the OD/Distorion for lighter WAH effect and after it for much greater effect. The best thing about all the Morley pedals, is that they are all QUIET. Most wah pedals add an incredible hiss - Not this one.

These are built like a brick shit-house. Nothing short of Nuclear warefare would break it.

Never had to deal with em.

Very bloody good wah. The only better WAH is the Morley BAD HORSEY.

Duh...it's a wah...Rock it, get the tone you need. It's a square platform with an easy to use pedal on it. Rock it fowards and it goes "wah"...rock it back and it goes "ow". Has a volume control and an easy-to-see LED above the on/off toggle button. When I got it, it was larger than I expected. But that's not a bad thing. It's just me.

I play an Ibanez Ex140, or a Les Paul style with retrofitted pickups into a Crate GFX 65 and I sometimes add my DOD overdrive in the mix. Sometimes I mix the built in effects with the wah. First of all, let me say that the bad reviews in this section to me seem very ignorant. Almost any wah is gonna get trebly and cheesy sounding if you rock full fowards. Mess with the EQ, mess the the Wah level control, and just barely rock that sucker and you get plenty of wah...rock it lightly and it's more low end sounding, rock it further down and it gets more nasal...and I dont know what people are talking about saying it has no effect on distortion. When I first pulled it out of the box I was suprised how much effect it DID have...just keep a fresh battery in it and it'll wah like a cat in labor.

The sound is good. I just sit up in my room for hours playing solos with it... I love this thing!! One thing I did notice right off is that it seemed to favor my Les Paul style...especially in the treble position when I would switch it to high gain. The wah is especially prevalent in the high gain when I scoop out the mids. Sweet tone! I can make my solos get that "extra wail" that I'm looking for with this wah. Then gradually fully press it and you get kind of phasey flangy sound. The really high-fret-high-end soloing doesn't show the wah as much...but you have to be pretty high on the frets for that to happen. This thing can get a good sound from blues to metal. Light Distortion sounds very classic Rockish with the wah. Clean sounds like funk/R&B/Disco. All sounds are very good.

It's built solid...no problems at all so far..
I would gig without backup for sure, although I would bring an extra battery just in case ;)
The battery hasn't given me trouble yet, but you never know what might happen.

Never had to deal with them

It does everything I would want from a wah. It's great. I messed with it, tried different guitars and it's still got a great tone. If it were stolen, I'd hunt down the theif, then use it as an excuse to save up for a crybaby 535Q.
Not because this is in any way a bad pedal...but because the 535Q has the "Q" dial, and I can get an even wider range of tones. This thing DEFINITELY helps make music. If you're thinking of buying this thing, do it..I don't think you'll be dissappointed.I got it from musician's friend for just 60 bucks. Great price, great sound...what more can you ask for? The only other thing I'm looking to get is a new guitar. ;)

it is easy to use. what can i say? it's a wah-wah pedal! rock it forward, get a treble-y sound, rock it back, get a sweet deep sound:) rock it back and forth, oh yeah, wah baby.... but for real, this is an easy pedal to use. when you want to switch off, just click the button on the side. i think it has a good bypass, which i think is good.

I use a cheap amp, which incidentally came out to be pretty good. i use also a korg ax1, which i think is awesome. i put the wah first, then the korg, then the amp, either through the effects loop or directly into the input in front. i prefer the effects loop. um, you get noise, but if you put your hand gently on the strings, the noise stops. umm, just don't play too close to the amp. but this is a norm for any type of amp you play. actually, the noise that is produced by the pedal is good because if you want to control feedback(a la hendrix) the wah will be a good controller to that. so i really like it. plus, the wah sound is real smooth. just tones down and up, like a wah should:) umm, to get the sounds of your favorite artist, just fiddle with the dials of your amp. i think most people think that any product is bad because you don't fiddle with the EQ of your amp! you have to do this to get that sound you like. for example, i wanted to get this satriani wah sound that you hear on crystal planet, track 8, all you have to do is set the high on about six, the mid on seven point five, and the low on 10, if you have a presence, put it on 9, and guess what? pretty damn close to the satriani wah i like so much:) so fiddle with your amp a bit. a wah is only a tone control that quickly moves that tone knob up and down quickly... the amount of wah you want is dictated really by what you put around it. so, in summary, this wah has a real good sound. very clear. real nice. no garbage coming out of your amp.

reliability??? when the human race are extinct, this wah will still be around!! yeah, it is that well built. and it is real heavy too. it is actually 2.9lbs, as it says on the specs list. and it is all metal. i like it, built like a tank like the other reviewers say. so this thing will outlast your children, your children's children's, and after that! and i mean that, for real.

i play blues and satriani type music. if you don't know satriani, it would be equivalent to about steve vai, or buckethead. yeah, it is a good match. perfect i'd say. i have been playing since i was in the fifth grade on and off... not till summer of 2000 i took guitar more seriously. if this pedal got lost or stolen, i would replace it when i got the money( musician's like us don't usually have too much money to begin with). i love the smoothness... it is good. just so crystal. amazing pedal. and for 40 dollars? damn! i mean, i don't mean to be so enthused, but this is a wicked, heavy, big pedal. and i like it alot. this thing really makes me make music, it helps with feedback back because i like to use feedback... and this pedal helps me control it very precisely. umm, it just just a good pedal. if you find this pedal is not getting you the sound you want, please fiddle with the EQ and other knobs on your amp... they will help GREATLY to get the sound you want. remember, a wah is just a tone button, but in a pedal form. everything else has to come from the stuff you put around it. so choose carefully.

Easy to operate, like every other wahs on this planet... Switch it on and rock... there is a level knob that controls the level of the effect (it's a usefull and interesting feature...). If you want to get a good sound out of it, tought, you might have to mess with the optical detector's position (or something like that...) like i had to... Doing this, this ok sounding effect turned into the greatest wah on earth... (for bass anyways...).

I use it on bass... A G&L L-2500 plugged into a Ampeg SVT Classic with an Ampeg 8X10. It's not noisier than other wahs, and after messing with that optical thing, I can say it's the best sounding wah I tried on a bass (to my hears anyway...).

Built like a boss, NO I meen tank !!!!

I contacted Morley by E-Mail one evening and they responded the day after, early in the morning... Can you ask for anything more ???

I play with this wah alot, it sounds great with a chorus plugged after it... I play rock, heavy metal, jazz and all sort of stuff, that pedal is always appropriate... It sounds different, it's not a Crybaby you know... if you want a Crybaby sound, get a Crybaby (the new bass Crybaby is pretty good I heard !!!). But if you want something else, check this out...