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!

10

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

7 previous

10 present

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.

10

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

8.85

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.

This has got to be the industry standard non-boutiuqe wah - it's been around longer than me - and the reason..... it sounds GOOD! when you look at it the physical sweep of the pedal doesn't look that impressive - but at the top of the travel you get that famous vocal change in sound that can be maniulated and in fact does translate into a wide sweep of warm musical sound!.

I play a strat older MIJ strat with texas specials w /orres-blues kaster mod and a custom strat like guitar(chandler carved top one piece) with a single P90 retrofit - I'm using this First in my effects VOX V847 > rocktron big crush > maxon 808 (like ts9) > eq > older ibanez delay > vintage vibro champ (class A) running 2x10s weber alnicos (yEaH)- before i introduced the Vox i tried morley and dime bag cry baby from hell and HANDS DOWN the VOX was best suited for my setup - i ended up selling the crybaby I'm sure it's right for someone (those guys gotta make living too) just not what i'm tryin to do - VOX was just warmer and more musical to me - MADE ME sound better ( i know hard to believe) - inspires me to play over my head. It's NOT a boutiqe! i can't give it a 10 for sound quality but for the money it is THE BEST your gonna find IMHO -

(and it WILL need true bypass mod installed COUNT ON IT!) i'll give this a realistic 8 but it's the best 8 your ever gonna hear! the boutiqes get the 10's but thats why they get the big bucks too.

These are tried and true reliable and then some , not plastic don't have to worry that you might crack it when you step on it (lol)
i would gig without a backup as long as it has a fresh battery(cmon).

never had a problem - thats the way I prefer it

been playin for many moons, if were lost i'd get another as fast as i could, it doesnt have any fancy features or gimiicks but it DOES have solid tone! i don't know bout you, but what good are fancy features if the tone's not there?? I 86'd the dimebag CBH it had lots of features?

IF money is no object then by all means check out the Teese line up of hand built wahs also try the fulltone clydes, also how bout a loan from your trust fund ? I wish it had other features but if you really want em, you can have the vox modded by several reputable Co's including Robert Keeley (super reputable) and have - true bypass - fulltone pot - ext vol control - different fasel red/yellow inductors even switchable - LED - DC jack - change resistors / capacitors to change the voice - of course by the time you add all that up you may as well have bought a teese - unless you do it yourself or over a long period of time - and AGAIN you WILL absoloutly NEED the true bypass done if you cant do it your self -or use a looper box - but imho if your on any knid of a budget - this is THE wah for the money (modifiable at any time) that will not break the bank - the better your existing setup the more this pedal will shine - if you got korean guitar and soid state amp w/ a 8 inch speaker - i dont know this pedal might still sound good - compared to the competetion - but if you have 335 into a plexi you can afford the teese - but if your in between like me ;) - you will not be sorry - it isnt like you can't swap it if you dont agree - im just saying imho it's the bomb!

I'll save the 10's for Teese, or Fulltone

it's NOT a 10 but it is the wah im using and i sound GOOD! and if you do the mods it COULD be a 10. - im just saying.

it's a wah, dont need to be a genius to start working with it.
not really easy to open the back of the pedal, but it keeps the vintage look of the pedal !
i whish it had a true bypass ...

hat's the sound i was looking for. less agressive than a Crybaby, more creamy.
i mainly play6 0's rock and stoner, just works very weel for this kind of music.
get a fantastic sound when placed before a tube screamer. i alson use it with a SoulBender (fuzz) works also well.

mine is around 10 years old, still works !

it's a classic.
dont need to spend a lot of money in a RMC or Fulltone while this stock pedal sounds so good

just wish it had a true bypass ...

Standard manual wah pedal. Easy to use, switch responds everytime I want to turn it on or off.

I would give this section and 11 if I could. I put this first in my setup before all my other pedals and it sounds great even with all of them on. By itself it is without a doubt the greatest wah pedal I have ever used. Vox has given me that tone I want and so much more. I was disappointed with the Crybaby because it didn't give me the tone I needed. The only brandS I can think of that may come in second to Vox is the Ibanez pedals or the Morley Bad Horsie wahs.

This thing is made out of pure metal. I would trust this pedal to outlive me. I would break down and cry if I had it lost or stolen, then I would go out and buy three more.

Never had to deal with customer service

I bought this pedal because Hendrix used it and I learned that he had great taste in pedals. I have been able to use this pedal for everything including Acid Rock, Reggae, Ska, Funk, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Grunge and Blues

I have been playing for three years and I've played with almost every wah pedal on the market. From the worst of wahs by Digitech and Boss to some of the better ones by Morley and Ibanez but Vox beats them all into the ground.

easy

i was really disappointed, has no range and limited movement towards a crybaby that also sounds modern and agressiver dan v847
with fuzz distortion the sounds doesn't change, clean a little.

it is a solid pedal but a terribile imitation of the v846, if you want to spend the same money a dunlop sound much agressiver en cool or top quality clyde serie of fulltone

like al wah wah, just have to take confidence with the rage and your feet.

Funny that lot of people talk about jimi hendrix and true bypass, while all the wha's of jimi were not true bypass.
so? the sound is good a little different from the great v846, but, the tone don't looses intensity, the switch is silent, battery goes much longer and the sound is not as noisy as the other.
if you move the range your tones will be also different.
i use a strat 68, fender prevalv, axis fuzz of roger mayer and sometimes a few digital crap stuff.
oof course maybe a clyde of fulltone sounds cleaner, but it has also 3 switches to choose your range, finaly if you want just this modulation effect it is perfect and much depends on the product too.

i've been playing for 15 years, especialy classical, but also rock and latinjazz
i adore jimi's sound and all that vintage stuff
it is a good wah wah, they have almost 50 year experience
i also used others wah like jd jimi hendrix (was too extreme in high tones, so when you had to switch the sound had to fall violently), then crybabies (are a little without personality, the low tones are not clear and how more gain or distortion you use how less difference you'll note)
this pedal is good with fuzz, not so good with hard distortion & gain.
I invite you to use it with a good fuzz of roger mayer or fulltone 69
and you'll get what you need.

It's a wah wah.

Sounds like a wah wah.

Seems reliable. I've had it for a year and no problems.

Never dealt with Customer Support.

Been playing for 30 years. I use: JS1000 > wah wah > Tubescreamer > Triaxis > VHT Two/Fifty/Two.
I've had this for a year and just recently noticed how it sucks tone when plugged in, but not activated. My discovery was made when re-arranging my pedal board and had the wah wah set aside, not plugged in. I noticed a considerable difference in my tone. More color and stronger signal. I wish I had noticed this a long time ago. I'm going to install a true bypass. I suggest buying a Carling DPDT 316-PP switch to replace the original. Go to Fulltone.com for wiring instructions (thanks for the tip, Jeremy Skrenes!) For a measly $8.95, I'm getting my tone back.
Wish it had a power adapter jack.

it's a wah pedal. click it on, click it off. move your foot back and forth. congratulations, you can operate it. putting it at or near the front of your chain works best almost every time.

i'm giving this wah a solid 9, based on the mods i have done to it to improve sweep, volume, bass, gain, and reduce treble harshness. the 847 stock is okay, it is servicable to your board but can be a little harsh on the treble side to my ears, especially when combined with a fuzz or other gain pedal afterwards in the chain.

but, and i'll contradict everything skinnyjay said in his review before me, IF YOU MAKE SIMPLE AND CHEAP MODS TO THIS STOCK PEDAL YOU WILL FIND WAH WAH HEAVEN. just take the time and effort to look it up on the internet. there are plenty of suggestions for mods to resistors and caps that change the pedal's tone. this is true of any wah, really. they can all be adapted to fit certain situations, tone needs or to please your particular ears. to buy a wah like this vox, or any pedal really, and to use it stock without making adjustments is not wise. but with the mods i did, i promise you my vox 847 rocks and could be put up against boutique wahs, and still hold its own. it's that good!

the choice is yours: you can buy a higher-end wah and spend the money up front, or you can buy a solidly built, pretty good cheaper wah like the 847 or a Crybaby and then modify them to suit your tastes. i did the latter before investing in a Fulltone, and i'm glad i did. i have exactly what i want now.

one warning though: when it comes to mods, there's no one size fits all. i went through 2 stages of modifications. after the first set, i had a little too much volume gain and the high end was still a little biting. i changed the resistors again and fixed those problems with slight adjustments in values. read up on these things and you can do them yourself with a solder gun and a steady hand, or (like me) take them to your friendly, neighborhood guitar tech and let him go to work. a wah wah's circuit board is VERY EASY to pull out and work on. SO DO IT!

oh yeah, standard stock for this pedal right out of the box i would give it a 6.5 or 7. it's not bad, but it's not great either. i probably wouldn't give anything a 10 ever, so my 9 here means a lot. i also added the TRUE BYPASS switch to mine, which makes one helluva big difference to preventing tone sucking (which is notorious in wah pedals without one). very important to do that, so do it as well.

so far so good. a Vox wah is built pretty solid and there's not much to go bad on one that can't be fixed in a jiffy.

never have, never will. my customer support is my guitar tech guy. if you don't have one that you're up close and personal with, then good luck if you're not a handyman yourself.

i play blues rock and psychedelic San Fran style jamming in a band. i have used this pedal for about a year and a half. it fits well with the music we play, and i use it alot. with mods and the properly ordered pedal chain, it will fit well with a good fuzz/distortion pedal and a delay to give you some very "far out" tones. i have freaked out my bandmates with some of my guitar noise.

making mods is a trial and error type thing. be patient and you can customize a pedal to suit your own tastes. you don't have to pay $200 for a boutique name to have a boutique quality pedal. you really don't. and i have nothing personal against boutique companies; they're great if you have the cash to spend. myself? i love a bargain, and the vox 847 is one (although you have to invest another $30-40 on parts, mainly the true bypass switch). i think the pot that comes with it is fine myself, unless yours is worn out i wouldn't mess with it.

if the strat is the most modifiable guitar, the wah is the most modifiable guitar pedal. to use it stock, unless it's boutique or something, makes no sense at all to me. other people have done the work to offer suggestions for resistor changes, why not use their advice?

i think the Crybaby has a little more gain and bite to it than the Vox. the 847 to me has more of a classic funky sound. i'm not putting one over the other; they both can be great. it's just up to your ears. all i know is, Jimi used a Vox (it was a Clyde though i think) and Clapton used a Vox. that's enough endorsement for me.

i'd love to try a Fulltone Clyde just for a taste test (and almost bought one once just to try), but i can't justify selling my 847 for something so expensive. i can't imagine it would sound that better. i now have a wah modified exactly the way i want it and with true bypass. what more do i need? it works great as it is.

btw, the 847 does not have an external power supply connection. but guess what? you can modify it to put one in. i didn't, but there are instructions on the internet for doing so.

You have to remove the bottom to replace the 9v. Why not use an adapter? IT DOESN'T HAVE A JACK FOR ONE. Otherwise it's a regular wah.

It seems I payed all that money for some pretty chrome and a name. A name by the way that's owned by KORG. Reguardless, this is one over- rated wah. First, it has an extremely narrow range i.e. "not very wah sounding." I like my wah with a side of bacon, know what I mean? FAT. This pedal is very thin with very little bottom end. TOO Nasal would properly discribe it.

The rubber bummer pegs underneath the rocker part all became dislodged. I fixed them with super glue. Otherwise it works fine.

Never bothered. No sense in complaining about what is inherently flawed. I mean it works, but it still sucks.

Listen, if you want a good wah on the cheap get a plain old cry baby. Seriously. Don't bother with this thing. This is not the same pedal made famous by our heros. In fact it's completly different. What SHOULD you do? Well I bought a used budda wah for about $120, and it was exactly what I expect a wah to sound like. They're better than a cry baby (although far more expensive new), as the budda has none of the harshness, and has a broad range of frequency. I realize this is all subjective, but you can't deny what isn't there.

All you have to do is rock it back and forth and press harder for bypass... so I guess I'll give it a 10

I bought It used on ebay and I guess it was used a lot. I LOVE this thing, but this wasn't the case at first. I'm kind of a tone freak and I like to experiment with parts. anyways here's a recap... The pot that came with it was ironically... a dunlop! it was an old hot potz by clarostat or something like that. It was scratchy and uneven in sweep. I replaced it with a fulltone clyde pot (ICAR taper) problem solved. It cleaned up the noise and the sweep is beautiful. Sounds great now. But I wasn't satisfied! I wanted a deeper, richer tone!

I did some research about components and decided to replace the the stock resistors (metal or carbon film) with carbon composition resistors. This gave it a little more growl because these resistors distort a little bit when they are driven. I replaced the mylar caps with Orange drops. This was probably the single best improvement in tone. The sound difference was amazing. I also replaced the Inductor with a 500mh fulltone clyde inductor. (by the way I'm not a fulltone dealer or rep. I just used them Because I heard they're good)

It is so much better now with these mods, but there's more coming:
I am about to install true bypass in it, a DC jack plus higher quality BC-109 Transistors etc.... I could spend hundreds on this pedal. It's now almost up to boutique wah standards.

Low noise, works well with my tubescreamer and fuzzface. I use a strat and a '74 twin amp. sounds like clapton, page, SRV, hendrix... Stock I would have rated it 6 or seven Now it's 9 because it's very vocal,, it says Wah. It will be 10 when I'm finished modding it.

Built like a tank, I can depend on it. I don't think it should ever quit especially when I get the power supply. So I give it a 9

Haven't had to deal with them yet

Great for blues and classic rock.
Been playing for about 2 years.
Would probably buy a modded wah if lost or stolen, to save money.
Love the sound, Looks awesome, some of the stock parts were cheap.
I thought the stock sound is better than the crybaby, ibanez and morley wahs.
Wish it had an LED. Great expression tool. Overall 8 . sounds great but it's very basic in terms of features.

Its really easy to stomp on, before i bought this i tried a Jim Dunlop Crybaby original which was great but it was almost impossible to stomp on it so its not 100% you get it on everytime, thats why the vox wah wahs are better

My guitar is a Les Paul(Epiphone) and my amplifier is a Marshall MG 15DFX, the pedal sounds great clean but when distorted it makes noise when you push it down, i solved this by buying a Boss noise supressor pedal and now the wah pedal doesnt make a sound even if distorted, i suggest you buy this wah wah and Boss NS2 to make it quiet(also kills the hum without affecting your tone). I can play the Voodoo Child intro with this pedal so choose this wah wah Tank.

You can trust this pedal, cause is strong and made of metal.

I play Hard rock, Guitar Shred, Country, Blues and Punk rock.
ive been playing about one year now, i also have a boss Equalizer GE6
,a Jim Dunlop MXR distortion + and Boss Noise Supressor NS2(my best pedal). IF someone could steal my wah wah i would get the same wah wah. I love the sound and the looks of it, I dont really wish it would have anything cause its a re issue well maybe a dc adapter.
It helps me making funkier solos. PEOPLE DONT WHINE ABOUT THE DISTORTION NOISE JUST BUY THE BOSS NS2 IT KILLS ALL THE HUM OF PEDALS AND PICKUPS GUARANTEED

Plug and Play. Batteries only at this point. Overall a no brainer

Ok, here is the issue. This wha will suck some top end tone if you use a setup like mine. I'm only writing this cause i could'nt find much info on this problem and maybe it will help others struggling w/ this problem. The setup: les paul w/ tom anderson hot pickups to vox wha to ts9 tube screamer to a/b box out to tuner or amp. The amp being a 1977 marshall mkll w/ no master volume. I tried every combo from guitar to amp and it is defently the wha. If your battery is super fresh you can get by for a while with just a hint of tone loss, but in the end your gunna notice the diffrence. I don't like worrying while I play. A simple process of elemination has bore this out. Trust me i put the time in on the floor listing. The wha needs to have true bypass in order to eleiminate the problem. I don't know about fenders or any other amp combonations. It might not re-act with those amps. For those of you who have a problem as I do the solution is a true bypass mod. It's cheap, mine was 25.00. Once done ya gunna love this wha. I also put a ac adpator later just so I didn't have to deal exlusivley with batteries for all of the effects and tuner

Other than the above situation I have had this wha for 10 years. No problems ever after or before the alteration.

I tried the web site for vox a long time ago. They never got back to me.

I give it a 6 if you don't do the mod and play with my type of set up. After the mod I give it a 10. I love the tone, sweep and overall voice this wha has. I had a crybaby but got rid of it cause I thought the voice was a little glassy. The vox sounds like a hard drink prostitute!!!

This is the wah to end all wahs. It is your ordinary click on, click off, so it is very easy to use. It takes a little bit of weight to click it, but I have only been playing it 30 minutes out of the box, so it probably needs a little breaking in.

I run a 1996 Fender TexMex Strat (My #1 Strat) Through the Vox Wah, Then Through a Digitech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive, and into a Fender Princeton amp. This wah is a jewel. It is ghost quiet when off and it has a great sweep to it. Hendrix used one and I believe Page uses one, I understand why. You can get the signature sound of these artists and many others. A very versatile pedal. This tube distortion pedal I have sounds very good behind the wah, and I am sure that it will sound great with the Big Muff I am getting soon.

Very solid construction, I would play live with this without a backup, just bring extra batteries.

Seems no need for customer support, that gets a 10.

I love this pedal. If it were stolen I would spend my life tracking it down. It has great versatility and tone. I was looking at other pedals, but you can't beat a USA made Vox.

This is a review for a modded Vox Wah. Keep reading.
It has internal trims for adjusting Q, volume, mid, bass,gain. You don't need a manual. It's true bypass (very important in my book.)

let's see:
Custom Shop Strat> fulltone 69 fuzz> modded Vox> Keeley Comp> Keeley Tube Screamer> Barber DirecDrive> DejaVibe> into Fender Reissue 59 Bassman.
I play blues and rock and I'm very picky about my tone.

I own and tried other wahs including RMC, Clyde Deluxe, 535q, 535 chrome, and unmodded Vox847... This is the BEST WAH period! I sold my other wahs coz I don't need them anymore!

I found this on ebay. Search for user "Garmopat" on ebay. (write this down.) Check out his Vox mod. You'll love it. This is an adjustable wah like the rmc and others but guess what, with that wonderful signature Vox tone and sweep!

I spent hours trying to nail the perfect wah tone with other wahs, and I was never totally happy. It took me two minutes to get the SRV, Hendrix wah tones with this pedal. I sometimes adjust the internal controls for a more aggresive tone.

Can't tell you enough about how much I like this modded vox; guess I should call it "the Garmopat Mod". Its permanent on my pedalboard.

it also has this little swich on the side, so the pedal doesn't eat up the battery when the jack is inserted, great idea!

Looks reliable. came with a black carrying bag, so you can use that if you don't use a pedalboard.

dont know about the company. but I emailed garmopat five times, and he responded the same day. he was very kind, and helpful.

without this mod I would never use the vox wah. But thanks to garmopat I have the best wah. the search has ended.

first of all, the crybaby has been around since the late sixties. it was until the early 80's that dunlop bought the rights to it. hendrix used a crybaby also, but he didnt use a dunlop. the early italian crybabys sound identical to most vintage vox wahs. it wasnt until they started being produced in california that the sound changed. but not so dramatically. the only upper hand vox has over dunlop is the fact that the jacks arent directly mounted onto the board and they have a sweeter sweep as opposed to a crybaby.

Very easy just push down the front of it until you feel or here a click witch turns it on and off.

I use a 58 les paul ressue, 1967 SG special, and a fender american deluxe strat HSS. I have a fender blues junior and a vox 15 watt valvetronix. This pedal is classic, it gives the best Clapton tone with humbuckers and the best Hendrix tone with either humbuckers or single coils. This Pedalis just a classic Why? because it sounds like one, feels like one, and looks like one, also it only says vox just like the originals. I definatley recomend this pedal to anyone who want a classic wah from the 60s.

This pedal is built like a tank it probabley will never go down on it hasn't for me. One piece of advice don't keep it in sunlight because that could damage it on mine during one day without turning it on and off it just blancked out and I couldn't here anything but then 1 second later it came back. I wasn't sure if it was the cables or my pedal crapped out butit was both my cable was bad and my pedal was a little to hot from the sun. So don't keep it in the sun and it will be fine.

I would definatley buy this pedal again if it got stolen. I bought this because I had seen clapton and hendrix using voxes and they are my Idols. This will work very well with other pedals such as fulltone 69 and other fuzz/distortion type pedals.