Vox V847 Wah Wah

It gets like a trumpet sound with a toilet plunger in front of it, type sound.

I dont have a manual. there are no patches to edit.

It sounds good. I use it with an Indonesian made Squier guitar, but it really is a Fender. Mine didnt work when i first got it, but then when i phoned, they asked me to check the battery. i did, and found there wasnt a battery in it..Oopps( :(

i go into the wah with a cord from my guitar, and out of it into my amp which is a small Gorilla amp. I have been playing shows with this setup, and suits me good.

Well the pedal rocks back and forth, so i dont know how the volume knob attached will hold out. I lost one of the feet too, and now its off balance, but i have to make sure when im using it, i keep my foot in a certain position. It has caused problems when im trying to solo, and it doesnet switch on.

i dunno

I play old T.V theme songs type tunes. Like the Monkees, the Banana Splits, and Munsters. I only own the pedal , my guitar, a cord, and my Gorilla solid state amp, with an 8 inch speaker in it. The speaker is a bit torn, but it gives me a bit of a distortion sound to it, so i dont need a distortin box.

It's a wah pedal. You rock it forward until you feel the click, and you know it's on. You wah away. You rock it forward until you feel the click, and you know it's off.

Perfect for me. I'm playing my Vox V847 in between my Floyd Rose Classic Strat and Marshall AVT20. There'll be an Ibanez TS808 (TS9 mod) in there soon enough too.
I got the Vox through Ebay, it's been modified so there's an on/off switch so you can cut the battery when not using the wah for long, without having to remove the intrument lead (useful for board-mounted wahs), and various modifications to the sound, it has more range, and is more adjustable to the sound you want. I play mostly heavy metal, mainly Iron Maiden (best band going), some Jimi Hendrix, Clapton et al, this wah suits my needs perfectly - it's got that 'voice' that suits my tone and the music I play. Beats the hell out of snarling dog wah's and Dunlop Crybabys (unless the latter has been modified too, in which case the Vox only just beats it).
As said earlier, the 'voice' of my wah is adjustable, so it can be adjusted to suit what I'm playing.

It's built like a brick, just rubbber and metal. I would gig without a backup definitely, 'cept I'd put a fresh battery in just in case.

Never dealt with. Anyway, the warranty would have been void the second the wah got modded. But the guy that modded it is a genius, top bloke, helpful! So for him, I say 10.

Suits me like a glove! I've been playing just under two years, and this wah brings to reality that perfect 'wah' I have in my head. If it were stolen I'd contact the guy that modded mine and I'd ask him if he'd like to mod another for me. I'd also hunt down the guy that stole my first one and beat him to death with it.

wont repeat....BUT...You dont need true bypass. STOP living with the tone sucking and get whats called a BUFFER CIRCUIT PUT IT. For under $3 you need 2 resistors, 1 JFET AUDIO TRANSISTOR, and i think a capacitor (GOOD FOR AUDIO APPLICATIONS...THE MORE EXPENSIVE ONE YOU FIND , THE BETTER )

Anyway, if you are handy with a Soldering Iron, Get the Faisel Inductor in there as well while your at it (the red one) BUT you dont need true bypass, look up on the web about JFET in a wah pedal. YOu should see circuits magnified, and you need to add this simple dinky circuit after the input resistor. I DID IT, AND YIKES,,,,,IT WORKs,,,tRUST ME..YOUR SIGNAL (WITHOUT WAH ENGAGED) WILL SOUND JUST LIKE,,,,IF NOT B E T T E R THAN TRUE BYPASS!!!!!!.

I cant remember the web page but there are a few sites that tell you how to do it. It is a generic thing, so depends on if its a crybaby, or Vox, or Dallas Arbiter type.....you get the schematic for yours,,and look into it.

True bypass,,,,fougetaboutit!!!


Dont buy into all the BS hype,, do the ACTIVE JFET circuit, and you will see......trust me. Hey for $3, dont tell me its not the best deal since pamela anderson offering a free BJ..

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they have that??

remember, faisel inductor, JFET Active circuit in place (for when wah is NOT on), and you will have a smokin wah pedal. JUst remember to use GOOD PATCH CORDS, not those 10 for 7.99 in the music store type that come in all different colours. USE CoAX cable if you can....better yet,,make your own custom coAX ones....RF cable. Do this and your tone will be 70% better....guaranteeed.

The Wah pedal is very easy to use. You just turn it on and off. Mine did not come with a manual.

When I first bought the Wah it was completely stock. I started gigging with it; I noticed not having ac capablities the batteries would die very fast. That became a problem for me, so be my first mod. I put ac in it; Problem solved. I'm sure you've noticed from other reviews about the by-pass problems. So be mod # two Robert Keeley. After I read the reviews, I went to Keeley's website and it was very informative on what I can do to improve the sound of my Wah. Before the Keeley mod the pedal sounded very trebly; and it was ear piercing. I needed a quick fix and from reading Keeley's info I found the solution. I had the true by-pass mod done, along with the LED light, so I know when the pedal is on or off, and the best mod of all the mid gain external pot. Which removed all of the ear piercing treble and made it nice, warm & gave the pedal some mid-range. The pedal now sounds wonderful. It sat in the chain for along time with no use. Now I find myself using it all of the time. I have Robert Keeley to thank for that!

Now that the ac is installed; I have'nt had any difficultes with batteries dying on me. I've had the pedal for ten years now and no problems. Use it all the for time gigging.

Never dealt with a company, but I'm sure Vox stands by their equiment.

I play everything from classic to modern rock. I've been playing for over 25 yrs. I have too many pedals to name, I'm a gear head! As far as guitars go I own mainly vintage Gibson, Fender, and Gretsch. My amps no different Marshall JCM800-900,plexi, and Fender vibrolux,bandmaster, and bassman.Tubes Man! If the Wah was lost I would definatley purchase another.

Very easy to use. Just step on it and start twisting your tones...

This wah sounds great...I've had mine for about 5 years now. Had an old 70's era noisy Dunlop Cry Baby wah for a while but it was in bad need of a tune-up. It was very noisy and didn't have as much wah range as I'd like. So instead of getting the Dunlop repaired I decided to buy a new one and the search was on. I tried out several and the Vox was the clear winner. It's got a great range of wah sounds and works for any kind of music I pump into it....hard rock, 60's classic rock, funk, you name it. I also love how quiet it is...I can't tell that it's on until I hit a note. Very quiet. Yes, it does suck a bit of tone...but you know what, after all these years of plugging my guitar into a wah that's not true bypass, I guess I've gotten used to (and actually like) the fact that my sound is buffered a bit... I like how the high end trebly tones are smoothed out a bit and the highs are a littled rolled off by the wah pedal. When I play without the Vox wah, I do notice a difference...my tone is brighter and a tad louder. So I guess if retaining your guitar's bright tone to the highest degree possible is important to you, maybe you should check out a wah with true bypass...but this one works for me. Giving a 9 here since it's not true bypass.

I dig it!

I've had mine for about 5 years now and I've had no problems whatsoever. Batteries last forever in this thing too! Amazing...I can go about a year before needing to change the batteries - and even then the darn thing still works fine. I change the batt's once a year just as a proactive measure I guess.

Great all around wah pedal. The only drawback is it doesn't have true bypass (although you can have that mod done or do it yourself). I think Keeley had instructions available on how to do that.

I've been playing for 30 years...mostly classic to hard rock, with some country, jazz, blues, and funk mixed in too. Play in a working band that gigs out about 6 times a year and jams every week. This pedal has performed flawlessly for me since I bought it.

its a wah pedal....turn it on....rock the pedal...thats it...even our drummer plays with it!!!

i play a strat through this and a couple of effects more...i still have my gcb95 but this is more of a wah pedal than that...the gcb95 seems to just play with the highs and lows of your note...while this will gonna make you go WAAAAAAAHHHH....great for any type of music... really inspiring to make good music, sounds like CREAM/HENDRIX/PAGE/WHO.... though,the fact that is not a true-bypass may not that be to good... but it can be modified anyway...so that's fine...

its a made out of METAL and RUBBER....i could play a gig with this in the moshpit...and this will still come out in one piece!!!

have'nt tried it yet....hopefully i won't have to...

i've been a musician for about 20 years...this is my second wah pedal...but i usually get the sound i want from this than my gcb95...i play blues/rock/funk and everything in between...and this one cuts it through...and i like the classic looks of it too....the chrome and the VOX emblem on the rubber pad...CLASSIC ROCK N' ROLL!!!
try it and probably you'll buy one yourself...

Its simple to use, just plug and play.

I play on my Maple neck Mexi strat that i upgraded with 57' 62' originals, and a 1960's 5 watt tube amp. The setup alone sounds amazing. THe Vox however is a tone sucker. I'm not sure why people even make pedals without true bypass (probably just because they're cheap.)

Well i'm a musician so of course i'm a tone snob, but i bought this thing before I knew what i liked, and now i don't like it. It just sucks sucks sucks tone. Not as bad the the crybaby but enough for me to not want to use it.

Also its very noisy in the open position, it seems you can't get the wah- sound with out the fuzzy white radio noise sound.

And speaking of radio noise, this things transmits like a mofo. Maybe i jsut got a faulty unit, but on several occasions, with different amps, it has clicked on to a radio station. Pretty good reception though i guess,....it sounded like Talk radio AM, so it doesn't even have good taste in radio stations.

All that said, i guess its fine for playing alone if you just want a cheap way to get a decent wah effect, but i would never dream of useing it at a gig, or even at jam practice.

For a good wah it looks like i'm gonna have to go botique.

Like I said, i'd never use it at a gig, and sometimes it clicks onto radio stations. Like in spinal tap. Very unreliable.

I was gonna send it in to get fixed (if it is in fact broken) but the guitar centers i got it from is a half hour away and my car is broken.

I play my own style, sometimes bluesy, funky whatever. I would never buy this thing again.

Pretty basic, just plug it in and step on it when you want to wah

When I first had experience with a wah, it was my dad's Snarling Dogs. Needless to say, that was hard to compete with. I later tried out a Crybaby. Now, those sound pretty good, but there is very little range. It seems like it's always just back or forward, with no in between. The Vox, however, produces every tone possible. I cannot believe how great this sounds, whether clean or distorted. Great for solos and rythm.

This thing is a brick. Metal and rubber. You couldn't break this thing if you tried. I would definately gig without backup.

I have never dealt with the company and don't expect that I shall need to!

I was caught up between this and a crybaby. On a whim, I got this one. I have never been happier with a purchase. BUY THIS NOW.

The classic wah-wah pedal. Simple as can be to use...plug into it, run a cable out of it. Press it forward to turn it on, rock it back and forth at whatever speed you want, and press it forward again to turn it off. Simplicity.

This is the only wah-wah pedal out there, as far as I'm concerned....it's the one Clapton, Page, and Hendrix all used and it the big-balls wah to the Dunlop Crybaby's limp-dicked sound. My main axe right now is an Epiphone 335 Dot with Bigsby through Vox amps (AC30 and Pathfinder). The sound is everything you've heard on those great late 60's/early 70's records by Zeppelin, Cream, Hendrix, and other greats. Nasty nasal tones, deep throated growls, and everything in between. Additionally, leaving it in certain positions gets you nice overtones and feedback, including some truly savage tones (the Zappa method). My one complaint about this pedal is that it has a tendency to let local radio signals leak through my amp. However, it's not too common for me.

I bought this pedal 11 years ago and it still works flawlessly. It's a tank...just look at it. Chrome and black rubber....a classic beauty and a brick. I would (and have) use it without a backup no problem. I doubt this thing would ever crap out on me at a gig.

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To me (and countless others), this is the only wah pedal out there. If you want that classic rock wah sound from the late 60's, ealry 70's, this is the only pedal. I play music that's a cross between Hendrix/Cream/Who/Zeppelin and Beatles/Blur/Suede and this pedal fits right in...it hasn't left my pedal board since I got it 11 years ago. And like I said earlier, the Crybaby's are limp-dicked compared to these. I bought this 11 years ago because I saw in pictures and interviews it's what Page, Hendrix, and Clapton used. Also, a friend of mine had a Crybaby and I laughed at it's chicken-squwacks....the Vox is the one!!!

The VOX V847 Wah Wah is a modern day version of the classic 1960s model that Eric Clapton used during his tenure with Cream. I've always liked the "talking sound" Clapton got from his Vox pedal on songs like "White Room" and "World Of Pain" (from the album, "Disraeli Gears" in 1967). For me, that's where I start with to determine what a wah wah pedal should sound like...the modern day Vox V847 gets that sound.
Like all great wah pedals, it's easy to use...simply step on the pedal and it engages. The Vox has smooth action with no unwanted "popping" noises when the effect is engaged.

My set up includes a Standard Fender Telecaster and a Marshall 100 watt MG100DFX combo amp. My choices for effects have changed since the Marshall has digital effects built in (chorus/delay, flanger, delay & chorus). I wanted a nice dependable wah wah pedal with that "classic" sound and the Vox fits the bill.
The pedal sounds great in either clean and overdriven modes with no terrible crackling sounds or radio interference problems to note. A nice feature about the pedal is there is no volume loss when the wah is engaged.

The Vox V847 is built in the USA- I really didn't think they did that anymore! It's all metal construction looks great (with it's chrome pedal and rubber Vox logo) and feels solid too. Unlike other pedals I've owned (Cry Baby, Dan-o-wah, & an old National) this pedal seems to be built like a tank!
I plan on using the Vox as my one and only wah-so no backup pedal will be used.

Vox products are distributed by Korg USA and I have had positive experiences dealing with their customer service people in the past.
FYI: I see Vox pedals are serviced in California by the same company that services MXR pedals.

For classic rock I don't think you can beat a Vox pedal. I've been playing for thirty four years and I have always wanted a Vox wah wah pedal and now I finaly have one of my own.
Vox includes a really cool carrying case that looks like something right out the 60s! (You can safely carry around your Vox pedal to next gig in style.)
Vox decided to go "retro" and not offer an AC jack on the pedal for some unknown reason. I wish they would have wired in an AC jack, but I'll just have to live with that feature. Right now I'm using rechargeble 9 volt batteries on the Vox (time will tell how reliable they turn out to be).
Pound-for-pound the Vox blows away the plastic-cased Dano pedal. The Dano is very microphonic...every time you step on the Dano it "creaks" and gets picked up thru the amp, not cool. The Dano has a plastic pedal and body and there is no telling how long it will last. The solid metal Vox feels like a champ and does not produce any unwanted sounds ("creaking", "crackilng" or "button pops").
Basically, I like it and I'm very impressed with it's overall quality.
(Rating would have been a 10 with an AC jack.)