Vox V847 Wah Wah

It needs a little extra effort in the toe to turn the thing on and off, but that's preferable to it being overly sensitive and turning off mid wah.

My one knock is the sweep is a bit short. It takes some finite motor skills to be able to lightly move from top to bottom evenly.

I like this pre-overdrive. The experts tell you it should be after the drive but I find a bit more snarl in the lower register when it's early in the chain. I play a Rick 360 and combined with some nice nasty fuzz (I use a Big Muff) you can get a real gutsy growl towards the back of the rocker. The higher side of this is really nice and nasally, and I'll just leave it on this position for some lo-fi riffs that pierce anything else sharing the stage with you (listen to the Black Lips for an idea of what pure lo-fi treble sounds like). I get some white noise in the top half of the sweep, but the tone is what makes this pedal great.

I bought this in 1997, I've had no problems.

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I play indie dance pop and I typically don't rock this around Hendrix style. I love this pedal for its tone and I use it a lot as an EQ filter. Just leave it in the treble position or towards the bottom there is a sweet spot where you get some great harmonics and paired with a nice fuzz just snarls and chirps.

No other pedal is easier to use, push down on the treddle and away you go!

The sound quailty is fantastic. Mine was second hand and had a crackley pot, but some contact cleaner sorted that out. Since then it has never given me any trouble.
The sweep is far better than any other wah I've played. The travel isn't too far as can be the case with Snarling Dogs or Colorsound and the frequency range is much better than a crybaby.
Its not as vowel sounding as the Snarling Dogs but is far more organicand suits my playing style.
I play a Gibson SG Standard through a 80's Fuzzface - Jim Dunlop Rotovibe - Vox Wah - Digitech Digidelay - 1970's Carlsbro Top 50 amp, so the wah gives me the perfect late 60's/early 70's sound that I'm after!

I gig with it on a regular basis and it doesn't let me down.

I've been playing for 10 years and have been regularily gigging for 8 using quite a few different wah pedals and this is the one that I would recommend to anyone.
If it where stolen I would have to replace it

step on it to click. easiest of all the FX pedals!

Strats, tube amps, other stomps...overall, a very conservative, single coil setup. Lots and lots of rhythm guitar all night, a couple of times a week...It's my all-time favorite wahwah. I play a wide variety of music and this can get the "Theme from Shaft"- and "Poppa Was a Rolling Stone"--all the way to "White Room" and "Voodoo Chile." In comparison to the Crybaby gcb95, it does not have the earpiercing treble that that unit can have. This is a more throaty, phlegmy sounding wah that is great with overdrive, but really, really shines when played funy and clean!

it's a tank!

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one cord in either end and hit the power on the amp, turn up guitar volume pot

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When I furst bought this pedal about 5 years ago, i thought this was great. i tried it against every wah sam ash had in the store that day. It has been the first pedal on my board since then.

recently I have been getting into the whole "true byapss" thing. I found mod instructions and a figure on the fulltone website (under tips and tricks)

This mod cost me about $16 for a carling switch and about an hour or so to get all the steps completed.

when I was done not only did I noticve a SIGNIFICANT change in the voicing of my setup, but my non-musician neighbors were literally wowing ove rthe change in tone. My suggestion do the fulltone mod.

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last for 5 years with no problems

for battery issues I rely on a 1spot

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Never called them, no need its a wah pedal

if you can't work it become a drummer

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it's a good pedal that works for all genres

do the FUlltone mod you won't regret it

Just got it today and it took some time to figure out all the mods but pretty straight forward and intuitive. It will be interesting to see how it reacts to a different guitar, playing a Gibson L6-S right now but am hoping to construct another frankenstrat soon, I tend to lean more toward the single coils but was able to get some amazing tones from it so far

Wow!!!...it's quiet for one thing when switching it on and off...no "pop" like my last cry baby. The tones and variation will be fun to experiment with with, all seem quite usable. The volume/mid control is pretty powerful with the humbuckers and got some sweet sounding honking/break up when turned up. It definitely sounds like a high quality unit...good enough that I just sent my TS-9 and MT-2 to them.

It's too early to say but my suspicion is that it'll be a "10". It's a solid pedal to begin with and the quality of the switches, knobs, etc seem pretty bomb proof.

Very nice on the phone... I bought this VOX off ebay but spoke with them about working on the pedals I sent them. Helpful and friendly.

I play mostly jammy stuff, not too over the top distortion wise, which is odd beacuse I love the MT-2 and am really looking forward to hearing it after they're done with it. Of course the wah is great for the whole trippy sounding leads and funky rhythms. There's a learning curve with every new pedal...this one seems pretty easy and once I really get to figuring it out I'm sure I'll enjoy the range of different sounds for different settings. Right now I'm running this pedal > MT-2 > TS-9> EH Micro POG > Ernie Ball Volume > Line6 Echo Park > Fender Twin '65 Reissue. Like I said, I'm playing the Gibson right now but usually have a strat and really prefer them to the Gibson for most stuff.

A lot was said about this beautiful device.

It is urgent to mention that we can TUNE the sweep on the VOX V847. Mine sounded too trebly and quite harsh on the down position.
I had to develop a sweeping technique avoiding the extreme highs and learnt to stay very gentle, very "middle" on the pedal.
Now if you open the box (like for changing the battery) you'll find that you can change the range of the extreme frequencies by holding back the little plastic piece connecting the foot plate and setting it on to a different position on the sweeping axe.
You can then make the high frequencies out of reach.
It is fairly easy, just unscrew the while plastic holder and set the new position on the axe. Try this before you go for soldering !

YES, the real-bypass recommandation is a MUST-DO !!

Also, isolate the connections with some tape. Some wires are VERY sensitive to ground.

10 years using it. No trouble.

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I play rock, hard rock and funky. For my taste, this pedal is superior in sound quality to the classic Cry Baby. I can nail great solos with it. Excellent for funky stuff too. But still i think the sound could be somehow smoother/creamier.

Pretty easy to use once use. Just one button on/off. No extra bells and whistles is nice. But, you may need to make some minor adjustments to get a nice sweep range.

This is a really nice sounding wah pedal. Granted, it is not true bypass, so I do notice a slight alteration of tone, but nothing major. I play a 60th Anniversary Tele with this pedal through a Traynor YCV40. It makes a really nice combo. Switching pickups alters the character of the wah quite dramatically. The front pickup gives a nice smooth sweep, with little harshness. Solo the bridge pup and this thing bites and growls. Using both pups gives a nice middle of the road.

Here is where things get interesting. After reading the reviews on this site I bought this pedal. Seemed like an easy choice.

I plugged it in and "screech!!". What was that? I opened it up and adjusted the input contacts, problem solved. They needed a slight tweeking to make solid contact with the cable.

Next, I turned it on and swept from low to high. Hmmm... Where is the high end? About the first half of the sweep made no change in tone whatsoever. OK, let me see here. I opened it back up, removed the plastic retaining mechanism resting against the geared arm that moves the tone pot gears and after a few adjustments more, I found the sweet spot. No problems. I took the advice of a few others and then removed the felt pad to increase the range of the pedal even more. If you do this, just make sure that at the furthest point when engaging the switch that there is room for the gears to move.

THis pedal must have slipped through without being checked. If I were not a tinkering kinda person, this pedal would have been immediately returned.

If you have problems with sweep range out of teh box, check this adjustment.

never used it.

I have been playing music for over twenty years. I started as a bassist and have gradually moved into playing guitar as well over the last 10 or so years. I play a blend of indie rock. And this pedal works just fine for my style of music. From a little wah on clean tele tones to downright distorted mayhem, this pedal does it all.

I really do like this pedal. It has a great look and feel under the foot. The tone is nice (more mods planned) and now that I have "fixed it" it appears to be quite reliable.

The only thing I wish this pedal had would be a little more consideration at the end of the assembly line.

Very easy to use. Only a switch! You can get great wah sounds out of this pedal in about 10 minutes.

The sound the 847 produces is fantastic. Very Hendrix kind of sound with good body and definition. The only thing I can complain about it is not a true bypass pedal but you can solve that issue installing a Dpdt switch. Pedaldoc is selling kits to do this easily and there are thousands of sites that also show you how to do the mod and where to get switches.

I usually place my 847 before my distortion pedals although I am currently considering to place it after my Ds1 as Hendrix did.

Very sturdy stell case. This thing should last many years. The only problem seems to be the pot as apparently gets scrachy after a few years and need to be changed.

I never called or contacted Vox. The pedal has always worked well.

Great pedal appart from the true bypass issue. Good sound, very hard still case, good looks, what else?

The price is a bit to high once you remove the lid to change the battery and see what is inside...

It's a conventional wah pedal. Press all the way forward to switch it on or off and tilt it forward or backward to sweep.

I like the sound of this pedal a lot (nice range and never too harsh) but one thing that I don't like is how noisy it is when I have my amp turned up. It's not horrible but there is a noticeable buzz, even with distortion/overdrive off. Even my amp's subtle noise gate doesn't quite take care of it.

Seems pretty reliable. It has the standard Vox/CryBaby/Budda-style casing. The wiring inside seems a little flymsy but I'm sure it would be fine.

I emailed them about a replacement part and they responded pretty quickly.

It's a good pedal but it can be a little noisy and doesn't have a jack for a power adapter. Even the $15 Danelectro Fab pedals have power jacks! It doesn't have a battery door either, like some of the Dunlop wahs do.

Overall I really like the sound of this pedal (which is all that really counts) but its cost may have more to do with the Vox logo than what you get. Even after modding the pedal to use a Fasel inductor, metal film resistors and a power jack, I'm still not sure that it's any better than some of the Cry Baby pedals in the same price range. If I could go back, I still would have bought it but I'm glab that I bought it used.

It's a wah. Just step on it, tap your foot to a rhythm, and let it rip! WAAAAAH!

AWESOME!!! This is the original that Clapton and Hendrix used. I think it's better than the Dunlop Crybaby. The Crybaby is way too trebly and often times cuts your tone and sound in half. The only other Crybaby that compares is the the Classic Crybaby and that's because is has Fasel inductor. This pedal is just perfect; not too trebly, and not too bassy. It's smooth and perfect for funk and killer rock solos.

Great construction. Good.

Awesome pedal. The original. Buy it.