Vox V848 Clyde McCoy Reissue

easy to use-step on it

Les Paul into home made fuzz,vox v848 and Marshall Valvestate 2000 combo.
I was disapointed in a way. I expected that it will sound much better. It has too much treble with the toe down- that can be fixed with tranzistor change(a couple of bc109c will be fine). But I must say that it sound better than crybaby. And it's not really reissue becouse the circuit is very diferent of the old clyde. But I don't have so much money to buy a reall one.

The pot was scratchy in new wah...

If it were stolen I would buy RMC PW. And I think that I'll sell V848 soon and buy better wah.

Just like every other basic wah, nothing fancy except a 9v adapter jack. I was really impressed with the little rubber feet that keep the rocker from bottoming out. They have a little bit of rubber removed so they can be easily compressed. Because of that the wah turns on and off with just the right amt. of pressure, no jumping up and down on it and no accidental switching!

Sounds good. Good vintage vibe. I use it with a '93 Am. Strat and a '03 '54 Oxblood RI Les Paul and have been impressed with the sounds through both guitars. However, I do think it goes a bit far on the treble side, I would prefer a pedal that doesn't get quite so nasally while I'm rocking it. It does sound good when I leave it notched in that position so I won't complain. The pedal breaks over early in the travel of the pedal which lends itself to a real Clapton-esque wah tone. True bypass, but no clicking when I switch it on or off. This pedal should sell for much more than I paid for it.

This thing is put together REALLY well. Vox should get more credit for putting together such a well manufactured pedal. The 9v battery cap is one of the nicest I've come across. Much better mfg. than any of the Dunlops.

The warranty is a joke, but I shouldn't need it.

The wah effect is neat, but it is something I could take or leave. My last one was stolen in 1997 and it's taken me 7 years to replace it.
I am very happy with this pedal. It has served me well and will probably continue to do so.
Vox handled the detail really well with this one. I haven't owned any of their products before and quite frankly I doubted that Korg would produce a quality product. I am blown away by this pedal. If you need a wah, you can get boutique quality at production prices.

Yes wah pedals are easy to turn on and off, but it still takes practice with a wah to know what you are doing.

I have previously owned the standard Dunlop Crybaby wah, Teese RMC-1 wah, and the Dunlop 535Q. The first pedal, the standard Crybaby, was okay but was rather noisy. I decided to get a really nice wah and bought the Teese wah. I was disappointed at the range of the Teese wah - it would wah the lower notes on guitar very well but the higher notes didn't seem to be effected very much. I didn't like this because I normally play on the higher strings when using a wah. Then I decided to buy a wah that is adjustable so I wouldn't have another disappointment like I had with the Teese wah. I bought the Dunlop 535Q after reading about its versatility, lack of noise, true bypass, etc. It was definitely a good pedal, although I had problems with the pedal muting my entire signal when switching it on and off, and the jack for the AC adapter was crooked and I couldn't use it. I tolerated the 535Q for several months and then decided to get a new wah. I decided after some research that I would like to get either the Budda or Vox V848. I got a good deal on a Vox pedal and bought it, hoping it would be what I've been searching for. And it is! I really like the way this pedal sounds. The range of this pedal seem to be shifted higher than on the other pedals I owned. It doesn't go as low and goes higher than the others. Which is exactly what I wanted. Playing lead with distortion, or funky reggaeish stuff with clean sounds great, much better than the other wahs I have owned. I have finally found the perfect wah for me.

Functions perfectly, I do not forsee any problems.

I bought this from zZounds.com which is where you should always buy new products because they will beat any price and often have free shipping. Although I must admit I try to find things used and in like new condition before I buy them new. My favorite guitarists are Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Tim Mahoney (311). Page doesn't use a wah a whole lot, but Hendrix and Mahoney do and I can sound a lot like both of them. Hendrix used a Vox, and Mahoney uses a Budda or a Dunlop Crybaby From Hell. Although I didn't get the wah just so I could play Hendrix and 311 songs. I got it to play my own songs that I invent. People should spend less time trying to play someone else's songs and make up their own songs. That is the whole purpose of playing a musical instrument - to create, not to immitate. I don't know what is up with people who give a score of '9' and say 'I don't give 10's because nothing is perfect'. What? A score of '10' does not mean something is perfect - read what it says. A score of 10 for the Overall Rating category is a Fantastic Value. A 10 in other categories means something too - it never means perfect. Is this pedal a Fantastic Value? Yes. 10.

Steo On/ Step Off and there you go!!

I play Stratocaster '57 reissue model with fender lace sensor pickups (blue - neck, gold - middle, red - bridge), fender rock pro 1000 amp.

V848 is third effect after boss super chorus and boss overdrive od-3.

Not noisy at all, ok, it is true that using it on a small home amp (15w) it doesn't give that much satisfaction but playing it live&loud beleive me, it is more than anyone could need to hear. It has real and pleasant, very natural wah wah sound.

I played on Jim Dunlop's JH1 wah for 5 years, very fat sounding but quite limited in my opinion and sound is very artificial, too synthetic.
JH1 is good for room playing and practicing but (for me) often does not give enough performance for live playing.

This is only my experience :)

I'll give it a 9 because nothing is perfect!!! :)

I never thought of it as something i couldn't play without so if it gets broken i just play without it. Who cares...

Never called them and don't think I would. Pay and stay sane.

I play in a band that playes only cover stuff (Police, U2, Hendrix, Beatles, SherylCrow, AlanisMorisette and so on...) and Vox848, in my opinion, gives you more than any Dunlop wah can do.

V848 is a very good wah in my opinion, specially if you play live a lot.
Do not buy/rate it if you play in your bedroom 15 minutes a day.


9 - nothing is perfect :)

It's simple to use it's a wah. The only thing simpler is Peanut Butter and Jelly.

This unit sounds great, it's a fairly good representation of the originals. The only thing closer is the Fulltone Clyde, but I don't have $250 for a wah. But this was sounds great, clear, bright, and growly. It's perfect for me. Being in a cover band you need to have a versatile sound, and this wah works for Thin Lizzy, all the way to, Alice in Chains, to Metallica.

A wah has never broken on me before, and I doubt it will start now. This thing is solid.

Never Dealt with them.

For the price you can't get a better sounding wah, period.

Its a Wah. Step on, step off, repeat.

Excellent. To the guy who had noise problems, I'm quite sure his problem was related to shitty cables, ac hum, etc. Mine is silent as a bell, and the true bypass is abosultely essential in my rig. I switched from the standard crybaby, and it is a huge difference. It is much "clearer" than the crybaby. The top end is a little shrill, but as suggested earlier, just roll back your guitar's tone knob a little and you're in heaven. I'm glad that top end is there, becuase it makes the pedal useable for darker Gibsony guitars. I still havent heard the perfect wah, so that's why the 9. Otherwise, it's the best of the new wahs I've heard.

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Plug in and play! Simple!

My pedal set up is...

Vox Wah==>Marshall BB-2==>Boss Compressor==>Danelectro Fish and Chips EQ==>Zoom 504 II Acoustic pre-amp / simulator==>Nobels Tremolo==>Boss DD-3 Delay (all in line into a Fender Stage 112 se)

It doesn't create any extra noise when used with any of the other pedals but sometimes can get a bit too trebley at times but this seems to disapear when I use it with the compressor (which I use a lot anyway to thicken up my sound)

It also sounds great when turned on and left just as a tone shaper ( a la mick ronson)

Its built like a tank, and feels heavy so it aint going anywhere during a gig!
I would imagine that the pots will need to be changed at some stage but seem fine for now so I would gig without a backup.

Never dealt with them

The bottom line is that I bought this pedal because I liked the sound and it covers the bases I need covering, and to me thats all that matters! : )

Certainly easy to use. The angle of the wah is correct - I like the foot controller and the on off is certainly feelable - but it needs a led on indicator -so only an 8.

Great range and probably gives a good impression of 60s over crappy noisy slappy sounding wah. But you can hear your favorite radio station through it - yes it picks up noise. Also, distorts in its own tinny crappy way. Reminds me of why I quit using my cry-baby years ago. At least the pot is silent though. I don't like the response much either it's hyper - goes too high and too low. I prefer the end ranges to be useable so I don't have to figure out where to stop - and if you try to stop it - like when doing a rythmic whap, it is different every time. My god hasn't anyone heard of technology?

I dont know and dont care

I play classic rock and new rock and this thing is a piece of crap. So big deal you can get the sound you heard on a Hendrix album - but Hendrix also put his echo before his amp creating a noise bomb - no one does that fuzzy tinny thing any more. If you want some GNR tone forget it. I think I'm going to return it for an electronic wah without all the hiss, amplification, distortion, and crap. I just one beautiful singing tone and this won't do it. My 2120 may have its limitations but at least is has a decent wah. And people - the price must just be so they can justify the low production of these gimicky things.

It's a wah... very easy to use.

Excellent wah for many reasons. It is true bypass, and reacts very well in clean and dirty sounds in my guitar setup.
It goes- '65 Deluxe Reverb RI- Pe Vibe Unit- Boss Tu-2- Ibanez ts9/808- Ibanez ts9/808- Ibanez cp-835 II (comp')- Clyde wah RI- EB volume pedal into either a '64 Fender L series Mustang (olympic white) or a G&L ASAT classic tele.

With this out of the way, it reacts the best in this position of my setup. Before the OD's, and it's barely usable. AFter the OD section it's very sweet and useable to me in any degree of overdriven sound. It's a bit raspier than a Budda or Teese wah; however, it is the best sound for my limited wah needs. I am not looking for a $300 wah that gets used maybe three or four times a night. This wah is top notch tone, great wah pronunciation, and very much gives you the standard sound expect from a good quality wah. Some say it drops in volume a bit, which is true. This isn't that bad though... it's not dramatic, only a bit on the overall presence. But I don't mind this all that much, as I use a PA anyway.
Lastly, I will say sound-wise it's the perfect wah for the styles that I play... funk, blues, jazz, or rock... it doesn't matter what style, because it works for all of them. A++ for me!!

so far so good....

nothing to add for this section yet...

I won't repeat everything again... it works in all of my styles, and it is just as good as any wah out there. Some people get caught up in this or that, when really the sound difference in most cases is very small to nill. I have used- Dunlop 535Q, Vox V847, Teese RMC-3, Dunlop GCB-95 and the clyde reissue which for me, is the best out of them all. I don't need tons of tweaking ability, yet I need true bypass. This has what i want. Try one out... I think you'll see how great these wahs really are!!! EXCELLENT!!

Plug n' Play. It couldn't be easier.

There is no doubt about the fact that this is an excellent wah. For those players that truely believe that this wah has the same tonal pallatte as the Crybaby line, maybe wah just isn't your game. The ONLY complaint that I have with this pedal is it has a tendency to get trebley in the nose down position if your EQ is set for a high treble gain. This leads me to the pedals best strength in my opinion, the versatility of the vocal range when used in coodination with you guitar's tone knobs or the settings of your amplifier's EQ. When I first started out with this wah, I thought I wazs in for a huge dissapointment. Boy, was I wrong. I had my guitar's tone knobs up around 9-max. When I eased off the tone knob and took some of the bite off, I was in tonal heaven. What a nice vocal sweep I got with this pedal. Then, once again, I thought I was in for another dissappointment when I switched on some dirt and found that the wah sweep had been completely rearranged. Well, after some minor tweaking of my amp EQ, I got what I was looking for. Believe it or not, this pedal made me really pay more attention to my Mesa Mk IV's settings and in the end gave me a better sound out of my amp even when it is off! Which leads me to the true-bypass! This pedal is truely true-bypass. When this pedal is disengaged, there is NO tone discoloration of my original signal. Overall a great design. I would give it a 10 if not for being a little trebley at times and making me touch my tone knobs. :) This may very well be the last wah pedal I ever buy.

No problems so far.

Never dealt with.

This is the wah for me. If you are not picky about you wah, you may want to check out a Crybaby. They are decent wahs and can be had at incredible prices used. If you have a specivic vocal wah in mind this may be your bread and butter. It really is the best wah I have owned. I am so glad I sold my Crybaby 535Q. It had too many options and not enough tone. I play everything from straight ahead Blues to Rock n' Roll to the hard stuff and it covers all I need it for with the exception of extremely high gain stuff. I don't normally use wah on high gain stuff anyways so that does not bother me. This was the wah I was looking for and it covers my Hendrix/SRV range in spades. Try one and buy one. Great value, if I lost it I would definately buy it again.