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.

Very simple pedal. Press down hard to turn on/off. Couldn't be easier. Extremely easy to get a good tone out of this. I plug my guitar into the wah than into a Zakk Wylde Overdrive than straight into the amp. Running the guitar into the wah first ensures that a majority of the singal will be "wahed" so to speak.

Using a PRS Santana SE (the first version the one without the pickguard) this thing sounds awesome coming out of any amp. Reacts and interacts with over effects very well. I've had multiple pedals running into and out of this wah and it still has a great musical sound.

Its definately not as harsh or aburt as a Crybaby. The sweep is also much less. If you play jazz, blues, or classic rock this is the wah pedal for you. Think Jeff Beck "I Ain't Supersitious". You could use this to play heavy metal but you won't get the Hammet or Satch like sound out of it. Granted it still sounds very good with a high-gain amp but it won't sound as good as a Crybaby with a Fasel or one of those newer Crybabies from Hell.

Definately a musical wah that sounds great from clean to medium distortion levels.

I've owned the pedal for well over a year, close to 2 actually and I've had no trouble with it.

I'd gig with it and wouldn't bother to bring a backup. There is no AC adapter on it though so keep that in mind and make sure to unplug it when not in use.

Seems pretty hardily built. The chrome and black looks killer. I wear sneakers when I play and have stompped on it fairly hard and its held up well.

No need for them and hopefull will never need them.

Overall this thing is a 9. Sounds are amazing for pretty much any style of music. It gets a half point knock off for only sound "very good" instead of "awesome" on high-gain amps. And another half point off for no AC adapter. If you want a musical sounding wah that's got a classic sound this is your pedal.

What a love about a wah pedal is the simplicity of it. Plug it into your chain and effect (step on and off). Simple as that. I've tried other wah pedals * weeping demon / 535q * and its a hassle to adjust and tweak the knobs to try and alter the tone. At the end of the day, I wanted a versatile vocal sounding wah, without having to adjust knobs and controls everytime i switch channels...

I love vintage wah sounds and I want my wah to be working just as nice on cleans. The vox does that. The only gripe I have is the true bypass problem. I had mine modded to true bypass and it was perfect! All you need is just a true bypass mod and it'll be the perfect wah for me. I've also modded it to increase the vocal quality even further! and improve its sweep range and bass response. I don't think I'll be searching for another wah for a looong time.

Seems sturdy with the black chasis and chrome top. I never ran it over a steamroller but i'm sure it can survive many years of stomping.

N/A. Never dealt with them

All in all, the vox wah pedal is what I was looking for (after the true-bypass mod). I sold away the 535q I bought as it doesn't have the vocality of my 847. Furthermore I didn't want to dabble with knobs and controls everytime I switch channels. At the end of the day, I wanted a plug and play wah pedal that sounds great on cleans and distortions. If this comes with the a true-bypass it'll be the perfect wah for me.

Mr. Miyagi would love this pedal. click on, click off..... ;)

ok, just like half the product, i got it for the hendrix/srv/clapton wah sound. i was actually surprised, because this wah can cover all sounds wonderfully. from jazz to metal, it sounds good to me.

for all the LOSERS out there who whine because "its not true bypass", listen here. Jimi Hendrix, who is probably the most influential guitar player of all time DID NOT HAVE TRUE BYPASS ON ANY ONE OF HIS PEDALS. he sounded good because he's a great player. heck, he had 5x the amount of "tone suckage" as most guys, but sounded that much better BECAUSE OF HIS SKILL

i'm pretty touchy w/ my pedals anyways, but all those stompers would have no problems w/ this pedal.

never needed, but i've heard good things

great pedal. that's all i can say. for my style, its the best. just sounds good. that's it.

Very easy to use, press hard with your toe to switch on the WAH WAH sound, pull pedal back bass sound push forward very trevaly sound. hit the down hard again puts into bypass mode.

im only giving this a nine due to the true bypass not being in the orginal modal (ive modded mine email me if you want info on modding its very easy)if it was included i would give it a 10 with no doubts.
Amazing clean and distortion sound, wide range and great for all types of music.

I play heavy metal, thrash, hard rock, soft rock, blues, country, folk, funk and jazz with this pedal and it does each one with ease

this was the first true wah and the enemy (jim dunlop) say that jimi hendrix used their pedal....(crybaby) well looking back and seeing that they made there first wah around 1980-1984 and jimi god bless him died 1970 hmmmm... you do the math it just doesnt work :D anyway if you are looking for a killer sound like jimmy page, jimi hendrix, joe satriani (he uses jimi dunlop now damn him) tony iommi, or any other music industry turning rock guitarist they used this pedal!!!

10 if it came stocked with true bypass

had it for 18 months changed battery a few times but never conked out on me yet. done loads of gigs, has been very well travaled and still going strong

never had to deal with them but heard they are good

JUST AMAZING DONT WASTE YOU TIME LOOKING AT DUNLOP AND MORLEY JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT AND BUY THIS AND THE QUICKER YOU DO THAT THEN THE QUICKER YOU ADMIRE THE AMAZING PEDAL AND MAKING YOUR NAIBOURS GO WAH.

C'mon now. You just step on and rock it back and forth. My dog can friggin' use it.

My rig is a hot-rodded standard stratocaster w/Texas Specials into the V847, into a Boss Blues Driver, into a Peavey Classic 50 2x12. Now for the sound part. For all the reviewers saying that it "sucks all the tone out of my rig", they are full of shit. I have a VERY simple rig so I could definately hear it if it was killing my tone. When bypassed it BARELY, and I emphasize that word, BARELY alters your original tone. If you are really that anal about it, just modify it by going to www.fulltone.com and getting one of the Carling switches installed. For me, it really doesn't hurt my tone at all. It can achieve SRV, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Hendrix, Henry Garza, Clapton, and a whole lot more. I tested it next to every Crybaby imaginable and I preffered this one. It just has that vintage tone.

We will see. I know that there are certain components that will blow eventually but it's not expensive to replace. Seems solid as a rock.

I'm a regular at the GC's and Sam Ash's in Orlando so they are very helpful to me. I'm a good customer so they are good salesmen.

I play primarily in the style of SRV and KWS, with a little LLB spice ala Henry Garza. I'm getting into Hendrix a great deal and this was the wah he used so I figured, WHAT THE HELL. I've only been playing about 3 years but know enough about tone to know what is good and what is shit. I would definately buy this wah again, because quite frankly, Dunlops are horrible and cheaply made. The only thing that could make this thing better (and every other pedal for that matter...take notes Dunlop,Boss,MXR,etc...) is that if it were 100% true bypass. I would have to say that this wah is about 90-95% transparent, so it really isn't horrible at all. I highly recommend it to anyone searching for a well made, great sounding wah pedal.

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..

eerrrrrrrrrrrrr i dunno

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.

N/A

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.)

Like every wah,if you are not used to it you need to practice a bit...But with time,it's quite easy to use and te make it sound good.I need to change something to it.It has no true bypass so that suxx.There was no manual...

I use it with a 60's mexican stratocaster.It is noisy on the treble side,especially with distortion but that's not dramatic...I like noise.It sounds always great especially with distortion and chorus.It's noisy and wicked.I've chosen this one over the dunlop 535q because there is no dramatic drop volume with distortion.It always sound great and clean it's really silky and mellow but it can get nasty and weird. It's a really musical wah,for everything heavy or funky stuff(especially for this).I'm using it with a shitty frontman 30w amp but it works great with it.Searching for a good tube amp so i can only assume that it will work even better with a good one. But there's one problem.There's no true bypass and it kills the treble on every electric guitar...I knew this before buying it but i thought it would be easy to get the switch(DPDT) and put it on. Hope i can do that.So i give it a 9 because of that. Anyway, overall,it's a really good product.

I think it's quite fragile.I'm saying this because before buying it i tried one,new and suddenly it wouldn't work...It was suposed to be new. But I treat it very nicely, i don't let it getting dust everywhere in the house.You have to be careful with it i think.Anyway,so far i don't have problems with it.Can't give more than 5 because i only have it for 2 months so don't really know how dependable and reliable it can be.

Don't know.

I play everything like hardrock,heavy,prog rock,melodic stuff but funk is really natural to me.This a good wah for that.I've been playing for 3 years.I also own a big muff,small stone phaser and a small clone chorus and searching for a delay...I like it,it's a really good sounding wah pedal but i don't like the fact that is has no true bypass...i compared it with the dunlop q535 and,to me,it has more personality and works well with distortion unlike the 535q so to me the v847 is much better even if t doesn't have true bypass(so no 10 for rating),you can mod it anyway.It's good stuff so it's inspiring of course. I recommend it to true music lovers.

I really like how easy mine is to step on. It turns off and on so easaly. I had an original Crybaby(c) for about a year and the thing was so hard to turn on and off. So here I am now with this paedl and I love it.

I love the sound quality. I was turned on to the peasel because I saw that Jimmy Page used a Vox. So I started my research and found for the price this was the best Wah I could find. It sounds Awesome

No Problems yet.

Neever talked to them

I paly Blues/rock
I play a Schecter C-1 elite
I have been playing for 5 years
I love my VOX wah because it is so silky and smooth. My music will never sound the same now that i have this thing.

Stepping on mine was always a bit of a pain, you have to do put a certain amount of pressure, and at the right angle. Sometimes I would think it was on and it wasn't. My pedal felt a little stiff at first - I noticed there was some kind of lubricant used on the inside (to ease this? Anyone else notice this?)

I love the sound of this wah - very inspirational tone with my strat and fender amp. Definitely Hendrix - "Born under a bad sign" comes to mind.
I used it to play funky, scratchy rhythms - worked fine, maybe more fluid-sounding than other pedals - I don't know I haven't used any others besides the one on the Line 6 floorboard which is really quite horrible! But that "fluidity" is what I like most - very silky, smooth, expressive...

Well here's the rub - mine is currently broken. I'm really upset about it, have only had for about 8 months. I bought it brand spanking new. I was recording at a studio yesterday and asked if they had one I could use. The studio owner said he had already gone through three of the same model and they had all broken! I don't know, I thought I took care of mine pretty well...I'm going to see about having it fixed, but I'm considering trying something else.

From the reviews on this board I won't even bother...

I've been playing about ten years total now. I own minimal gear, very few pedals. Play rock, blues, afro-beat, trip-hop.
It's cool to create swells with this pedal along with a delay. I also play keyboard, so I like to use the pedal as if I were just sweeping through playing with the cutoff frequency control on a synth. It's great for solos to add that little extra something.
I chose to buy this pedal based on it's sound and reputation. I did not expect it to break at all, it definitely looks and feels extremely rugged. But after all, we've all been told...looks can be deceiving. But what the hell, I say buy it anyway - I'm going to get mine fixed hopefully...

I wish the pedal action were a little smoother. You have to unscrew the bottom plate to replace the battery. I wish the pedal had a bigger physical sweep, it's a bit sensitive even though the range is good. That said, a monkey could use it.

I'm using a Stratocaster into a pair of tube amps that I've built (and previously an Ibanez Tone Blaster 15). Once I settled down into using the wah, I was at first disappointed. I changed my picking style and the sound I wanted just popped out -- suddenly, I could sound just like Hendrix. It would be cool if the wah effect could be made more subtle, but for that I'll probably just rip out the circuit and rebuild it.

It's sturdy, if I were to drop it I'd worry more about the dent I just made in the floor than if the wah still worked. Theoretically the potentiometer might wear out in a few years, I don't know. You could also get dirt in the gear, but this is all speculation.

Never needed customer support.

It adds another dimension to my playing (literally). If I were to lose it, I'd probably replace it with another (eventually).

I had a Vox 847 before and i rated it a 6. the wah sound was really good, i rated it an 8. but i killed my tone when it was off, so i deducted a few points. the one i have now was modded by the previous owner. it has true bypass and a larger sweep. its awesome in comparison to my old stock 847 wah (that i sold). i really dig this one.

i play british rock, jazz, blues (like everyone) and some funk. this really comes in handy with all my music. some may say "jazz never uses a wah..." Well, sometimes i turn on the wah and leave the pedal all the way back so i get a really hollow, mellow, dull sound. its really nice. if it were stolen, id be bummed. i've been looking for a modded vox wah for a long time. i'd probably wait a long time until i had enough money for a budda or teese. maybe i'd run across another modded vox wah. i'm not sure. i'm just gonna hope that that doesnt happen.

It's a wah. Plain and simple, no knobs or so.

I'm using a Yamaha RGX420S guitar with the Marshall MG250 amp I recently bought. The sound is incredible. Whereas Dunlop goes 'wwwNOISESCREEKKKK' the Vox goes *waaaahhhhh*. It really cries. I'm still working on finding a more GENTLE sweep out of it. It's possible, no doubt, just takes more practice. But in case you want a REAL crying wah sweep, I suggest you buy this baby.
THis one is currently an essential part of my tone, and I wouldn't trade it for another wah pedal.
This is regardless the best wah-pedal I've come across, but then again, there are many many more of them. Also, I'd believe there IS a better wah out there.
For me, it's a ten, but since there are always better ones: 9.

I've had it for a week and it works :)

Okay, without joking, I believe this baby could take a good bombing and still be in one piece.

I won't rate it for now.

Never dealt with 'em. Probably never will.

I mostly play funk and rock. Vox does it all for me, I couldn't ask for more. Simple. Up till now I had to play with a crappy Zoom multieffect wah, this is a whole lot better (surprise) but to my astonishment, Vox beats the shit out of any Dunlop out there. I tested them all out and fell in love with this one. The sound is awesome...

HOWEVER
!!! Two minuses for Vox however !!!
1. It isn't true bypass; it eats some signal from the tone. But then again, I've heard it's possible to fix it on your own easily.
2. There is no AC outlet and it eats 9v batteries, so get yourself rechargeables.

If it were broken or lost, I'd try a Vox with true bypass and an AC outlet. Other than that, no complains.

8, due to the faults.

Very easy, the usual wah thing. Just step down on it until you feel the click and it's on. Rock it up and down you get the effect. Do the same step down and click it off.

My set up usually is Vox wah,Rat distortion,Boss delay unit,and Line 6 modulation unit. Sound quality of the Vox wah is the best, none other like it. I'm using a Yamaha G-100 2x10 combo. You can get vintage Santana sounds, Robin Trower, Clapton, Neal Schon etc.

You can depend on it. You would have to try to break it.

Never dealt with them.

I play inspirational contemporary Christian music. My influences are Rock,Jazz,R&B,and early fusion. Ive been playing for 37 years and received my first Vox wah when I was sixteen, had it for nearly twenty years before it got stolen. Ive owned the Cry baby but they "bite". Bad pot story with Dunlop. I repaired it with a new pot and gave it to a freind as a gift. I've tried several types of wahs but this one in my opinion is the ultimate wah. Just the right amount of sweep.

It's a Wah Wah pedal Stupid, How hard is it?

I run This Through A Fender Stage 185 amp Then a VOX Wah wah, Soon to be a Danelectro Tremolo pedal (I won it on Ebay), a Bass Crybaby Wah (to get a lower wah), Then My Guitar, A red Lyle Semi-hollow body Archtop From the 60's or 70's (I don't Know). I get A complete Recreation Of Hendrix With this pedal(Because Hendrix Used a Vox Wah NOT A CRYBABY!) I don't Understand Why Dunlop made a Hendrix Wah, I played It, it dosn't Come close to My Vox Wah wah! It is a very strong Wah. I used it in My school talent Show and I got the best wah ever. Sadly, I forgot what setting I used on my amp to get that tone...

It's My Only Wah Of course I can Depend on it.
But, Sometimes it will screech at me for no reason but hey, I got it at Pawn 1 Whatdo you expect?

It's Not Broke

This Works Great For Hendrix, 60's Rock, Prog. Rock
I would Buy it again of course But mabey a New one, Straight through Vox (I don't Trust Most Ebay Dealers Unless I know Them)
In A boxing Match Crybaby K.O. Vox Winner!
I use it Every day(it's like Brushing Teeth Man!)

It's a wah. Plug in one side run out the other. The ac jack Jon has installed along with the ac jack out to power other pedals is a God send.

Jon has taken everything good about a Vox wah and made it shine. I have the pedal with all the top quality stuff, like the hard to get goodies and all the nos components, which would be a vast improvement over a stock Vox all by itself. But the mods he has put in are just outstanding! First of all he installed an ac jack so no more batteries. Then he put in another jack so you can power up your other pedals and ran them both through a noise filter. If you have used a Vox wah then you know all about the noise. Jon's pedal is unbelievably quiet. No scratchy stuff, no hiss, nothing but the effect, and it quiets your whole pedal chain as well. He also installed a nice led at the top of the pedal so just in case you drift off you can check if it's still on. The sound is just perfect. His mods bring out all the subtle little tone changes in the Vox. It's a very complex bag of sounds in there, and even though I have played Vox for years I really had to pay attention to my playing as well as my foot action in order to get everything out of it. And there is a whole lot to get out of it. If you use a wah for something more than just an up and down effect you are going to love it! The damn thing makes you play better. It really growls when pushed and is extremely expressive played clean. Jon also managed to soak off that annoying high end piercing Vox peadls are famous for. My favorite thing about it is when you are really playing loud and overdriven it will deliver all kinds of over and undertones on bent notes that are always changing with how and what you are playing. Very surprising and really fun.

I've only had a little while but it feels solid to me.

Jon is just a super guy! He put up with every one of my annoying emails and was always extremely helpful and cool. He even gave me some help and excellent advice on a reverb project I was struggling with. You will not find a cooler guy to deal with. I ABSOLUTELY MEAN THIS. THE GUY IS GREAT.

If you are into wahs and you love a vox pedal buy Jon's V847 mod. You will definitely not be dissapointed. I love evrything about it, and it looks cool like all Vox stuff.

couldn't be any easyier...click and wah away.

great...this is a true wah. it has every thing a wah should have, it kicks all the other wahs in the teeth (including that legendary cry-baby). with the right you rythm you can play great tunes between hendrix and alice in chains. only thing i had a problem with is that it has no true bypass (which you've probably heard enough), its no big deal though...either get in installed, rig it your self (which may not be the best way to go)....run it through a different connection and frequency.

outstanding...like all other wahs...its built like the hunk of steal it is. though i wouldn't recommend try to prove it wrong.

never need it

( you probably don't want to hear this next stuff ...but they told me to put it in) i play hard rock, mostly aic...quite a bit more too though...and this pedal matches me well. been playin for a bit over 2 years (i'm 16). i own an ibanez rg170..who doesn't...(i'm lookin in to gettin a G&L Invader though) a DOD stereo phaser, peavey bandit 75 (no-transtube), and a crapy digi-tech x-series synth wah.
...anyway i'd highly advise getting this wah, theres no other that really compares to well to it...unless its one of them endorsed ones that price over $130 usually.