Product: Morley SLWV Slimline Wah/Volume
Price Paid: US $43 used
Submitted
08/10/2001
at
05:29pm
by
dduke
Email: beenst at hotmail<dot>com
Ease of Use
:
9
This is my experience with my SLWV (slimline wah/volume).
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A moron could understand a wah pedal. If it is someone's first it will, of course, take some practice. I would have given this a 10 a few years ago, but now with the switchless wahs out...
Sound Quality
:
9
Tiny bit of noise at very top if all knobs everywhere in system are set to max treble. This is an older pedal with an older op amp (that's an electronic component) and I'm sure the new ones are fine. It is easy enough to swap the op amp with a newer one. They only cost ten cents. Will never here the noise as one would need to be playing extremely quietly. Never will be a wah scratch; uses photocell arrangement.
Reliability
:
10
I wouldn't give a ten unless I couldn't imagine _anything_ better. This pedal is chrome plated steel and indestructable unless you go around shooting guns in the house with your eyes closed. It is the sturdiest and best looking pedal I have ever seen.
Customer Support
:
10
Email correspondence with Morley staff was excellent. I received very quick responses. I asked what it would cost for a replacement stomp switch, bumpers, photocell. They said that all replacement parts are free and I got them in the mail in less than a week, along with extras! Not including shipping, they sent me about $25 worth of equipment.
I've always though that if a company wants to gain the loyalty of their customers, they should show that they really care about them. Apparently the people at Morley agree. This is the first time I have not seen a company ask for loads of money for replacement parts. And they have succeeded in gaining my loyalty as this was the topping on the cake. I couldn't imagine a reason to buy a wah from anyone else.
Overall Rating
:
9
I am very pleased. I can't give it a 10 because I would obviouly be more pleased if I had gotten it for free. But if I was one of the fools that ruins the rating system for everyone by doing that sort of thing, everything would be a ten.
I love this pedal as a musician, and I love it as a builder of audio electronics. This has an extra place for another photocell setup so adding another wah/phasor/whatever effect or adding the ability to be an expression pedal will be extremely easy and won't change the appearance at all.
