Vox V846 Wah Wah

This pedal is simple to use! I have noticed that the louder i play, the better it sounds. I believe these wahs sound best when the amp is overdriven.

The sound quality is about as good as it gets with a wah. I've heard many stories about other wahs and the truth is no wah comes near the 846. The wah sounds even better with an overdrive pedal after like the TS808. I play through a Custom American Stratocaster through a Super Reverb with the amp set to around 5-7 and with the TS808 the wah is full with a great, smooth sweep. It nails SRV's version of Voodoo Chile.

I do think this is a very reliable pedal if it has made 40 years without any problems. My pedal is all original and I have yet to have a problem with it. I honestly think one time I activated it, it popped. but it has never done it again. I won't complain. I hope in good shape like that when im 40 years old. =D

I have never dealt with the company, never really had a reason to.
Plus I'm not too sure they still work on these effects.

For the style of music i play, the v846 fits right in. If it were lost/stolen i would probably end my life. comparing this to other products i'm not sure many stand a chance. If you are looking for a vintage wah tone, this IS what you are looking for!

Here's a heads up from a way old player with electronics degree and decades of attitude. I've been learning and doing various mods like: changing to true bypass, vocal mod(33k to 47k), multiCap(switch with .01 and .022)deeper Jimi type wah, more gain(68k input to 47k)...
Also the output buffer seems to add something. These seem worthwhile.
Like the battery saver input mod(stereo 1/4")

I picked up some wahs cheap, needed work etc.
It seems that the crybaby and the vox 847 are Identical or nearly.
I haven't seen the insides of a vox 846 but the artwork posted mostly seems like a different layout(which could change the sound I guess)

bottom line: the pot seems like one of the biggest differences and I want to warn anybody thinking of buying the pro-pot(I bought a few online and they were all bad(I'm not in this business at all) the little pop rivets were loose or so they caused all kinds of micro phonic, intermittent, what-the-!@$#, problems.

now mind you I don't love the hotpotz (the taper is different) but they seem to be what the new ones come with on Vox & Dunlop(have they merged? same factory in China?)

not bad, guitar and amp setting are critical here,
tone suck, order of boxes, quality of wires, cleaning the ends of wires.

I have taken extra batteries to gigs now for decades.
but with the battery saver mod, its mostly for my sanity; or lack there of.

Very easy. It's a wah.. just move your feet up & down.

I use it with a tele and a marshall tube amp. Finally i 've found an italian made wah (don't know if it was already called v846, since this is one was made before the introduction of that model and has no clyde's picture on the back), it beats any v847 or v848 that i've tried.
The only mods are a new switch with true bypass and the pot (presently is a hot potz II, but i've taken old pot to repair and i'm gonna try it). Also the resistor in parallel with the inductor has ben changed to a higher value (from the 33k originally in).
I now use basically three pedals: a tube screamer, a phase tone and the wah. Tube screamer and wah together are a dream come true.

I think it's indestructible.

Never dealt with.

I'm gonna sell my v847 and v848, i'll keep my crybaby modified as a backup, the only wah i'll play will be this old fantastic-sounding vox.

The sound is incredible, I bought it in a pawn shop for $25, it's from about mid-60's, and it plays great.

I'm using this over a standard strat and a '72 tele deluxe (when i buy it), and I'm playing on a fender deluxe 90 DSP and it has no extra noise or anything. and as far as it goes with my fav artist this thing sounds exactly like Jimi's, it's so nice.

I haven't used it for any gigs yet, but it's def holding up to practice stuff, but I would def use it at a gig without a backup.

I play rock and blues, and it's great for that. I've been palying for about 3 years, and if it were ever stolen, I would go out and find the same vintage.

Amazing!!!!!! Just plug your guitar in and let go!!

'75 Fender Tele with active EMG pickups - plugged directly into the V846 then into a Peavey 35 Watt Backstage amp. Never played a wah in my life - now I can get hot motown!!! Sound is on the thin side but it's vintage 60's. Sweet sweep. It's the 60's sound. RightOn!!!!

I hope so!!!!!!!!! This wah looks like its been to hell and some. And it works just fine.

I would contact people mentioned here in this forum.

Rock. Blues. It helps make the music happen. Inspires me to play better and better. Wish I knew about this a long time ago....but glad to have it now!! Expensive. But it's real. Has the sound. Not a wannabe. It's a worker and it's fun to play!!! Well worth the $$$!!

Easy as it gets....

This early vintage wah is a great tone maker but it still doesn't beat my Thomas Wah with the "tropical fish" transitor.... the Thomas has the sound...I love my early Vox too, but it's not on my pedal board... I posted this because tomorrow I try the 66' Clyde Vox... I finally found one.. Now I will be able to have the Thomas for a filter, and the Clyde for Wah... I can leave my V846 back in the Vintage Bag waiting a new sonic frontier someday!!!

Takes a knockin', but keeps on rockin'...no second chances hear folks... if it drops, I drop...

Zip.... your own your own kids..a 40 year old pedal isn't covered under warranty....

Loud is good...louder is better though..Les Paul through a Tweed Champ. (Holy Grail) but not with an 8" w/ a (try and guess) speaker TONE TONE TONE...midrange distortion ,... more distortion, and even more distortion. (forget those under biased hi voltage amps) I think I'll trade for a dunlop...NOT!!!!It helps me get sick, distorted harmonix...

It's very easy to operate and even easier to get a good sound, but it does require a nice touch to make it sound it's best.

I'm using a '96 american standard with vintage noiseless pu's into a fulltone fulldrive 2 into the Vox wah then to my vintage Super Reverb. Mine is extremely quiet for a wah. Not to mention this particular pedal is almost 33 years old. It sounds spectacular, clear bass not muddy as new or average Wahs tend to be. It has clear smooth tone. I would say it sounds exactly like Jimi's Wah, but that would be an insult.

It's 100% original and not a single problem it's amazing. I would never bother with a backup. The casing is almost half an inch thick.

It was very expensive but not compared to boutique copies out there. I've played since i was 5. I play all styles and it could have a place in any style of music. If it did get ripped i'd buy a Clyde or another early model Italian Vox like it.

VERY EASY TO USE,ALMOST PLAYS IT-SELF, VERY LITTLE UP-GRADES

SOUND QUALITY IS UNLIKE ANY I HAVE HEARD, THE RE-ISSUED V847 DOES NOT HOLD A LIGHT TO THIS WAH, I USE AN SRV STRAT, FENDER VK, MODDED 7S9, FUSS ( BOSS) OCTAVIA AND OTHER ASSORTED PEDALS,WITH NO PROBLEMS

VERY DEPENDABLE, IT'S 30 YRS OLD AND IT WILL STILL OUT PREFORM ANY WAH ON THE MARKET I WOULD USE THIS WAH ON A GIG WITHOUT A BACK-UP, I DO HAVE A DULOP CRYBABY, THAT WAS MADE BEFORE THE RE-ISSUED ONE AND I MIGHT USE IT AS A BACK-UP, BUT AS FAR AS TO COMPRE THEM, FORGET IT

I USE ANALOGMIKE FOR ALL MY SUPPORT AND MODS, TO ME HE IS TOPS, I HAVE HAD HIM MOD MY TS9, BUT THE WAH HAS NO UPGRADE EXCEPT THAT I ENSTALLED A TRUE BY-PASS SWITCH AND INSTALLED A JACK SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO MESS WITH THE 9 VOLT BATTERY HASSELL ( I WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS, BUT IT ALREADY HAD A HOLE DRILLED AND AN OLD STYLE JACK INSTALLED, SO I JUST INSTALLED ONE THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE TO MY PEDAL BOARD

I PLAY BLUES, THROUGH A FENDER VK, WITH THE SAME SET UP AS SRV ( OR AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET), I LOVE THE WAH AND AGAIN I CANNOT COMPARE IT TO ANY MADE TODAY ( I HAVE NOT TRIED ANY, BECAUSE I DON'T NEED TO) I WOULD GUARD THIS PEDAL WITH A SHOTGUN( I'D HATE TO BE THE PERSON THAT STOLE IT, BUT REALLY IF THAT DID HAPPEN I WOULD TRY TO FIND ANOTHER ONE TO PURCHASE, I WAS LUCKY TO FIND THIS ONE OUT OF NEW MEXICO, AND ANALOGMIKE TOLD ME TO TAKE OUT THE POT AND THE SWITCH AND INSTALL A DPDT SWITCH I WILL DO THE SWITCH, BUT THE POT IS WHERE THAT SOUND COMES FROM, IT IS MADE IN ITALY AND THE NUMBERS MATCH UP TO THE CLYDE WAH THAT WAS MADE PREVIOUS TO THIS ONE, IT DOES MAKE THE SOUND YOU WANT COME ALIVE AND IT MAKE PLAYING SRV, HENDRICK, OR ANY OTHER MUSCIAN THAT USES A WAH EASY TO RE-CREATE, IN CLOSING IF YOU WANT A GOOD WAH LOOK AROUND , FIND ONE OF THESE AND BUY IT, AND YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT THANKS VOX

step on it and rock your foot
aha very easy

SWWEEEEEEEEET.....thats all i need to say

built like a rock

sweeeeeeeet

It's a wah-wah pretty basic. I love the sound of this but I have nothing to compare it to. I don't know if anything's been done to it as I bought it used and wouldn't know how to tell.

I play it with a Fender Strat Through a Crate GFX-30 amp. There's not much noise but there is some. This things sounds great all around. It seems good for Hendrix and other stuff like that probably because it's a lot like what he used.

It seems to be built very well after all it's lasted 30 years maybe more.

I'll play Hendrix through this and other stuff like that, definitley a good match as it's from the same maker and the same kind that he used. If it were stolen I'd have to find who took it and get it back as I probably couldn't find anohther so if you find on get it and keep it safe. I love evrything about it especially the chrome. I wish I knew when it was made and how it managed to get to me. Get one if you can I got a good deal but if I knew what it was I'd pay over 100 for it. Luckily the store didn't know that. There's so much more I could say but I'll just remind you one more time if you see one get it if you can afford it.