Vox V848 Clyde McCoy Reissue

Old school pedal, just plug it in and use it.

This does a very good job of copping the flavor of the originals with the extra bonus of including true bypass, which means it's dead silent and doesn't color the sound when it's off. Has a nice vowelly sound that sounds very musical. Perfect for Voodoo Child type voicings. Less effective on Theme from Shaft type tones, which to me sounds more like a Coloursound wah.

Bought it used and it's a little beat up but it operates perfectly. Nice heavy case,seems every well built. Switch operates as it should, no noise in pots.

This wah should satisfy all but the most hardcore tone mullah. It looks and feels nearly identical to the original, with the exception that the Vox logo on the front is a sticker instead of being molded into the case. This is a mostly a cosmetic issue, but unaccountably cheap given the care they took in putting the rest of this together. I owned an original Clyde for years and to me, the original sounded a bit darker, but really no better. The sweep on the reissue feels dead on. It's also quieter, and can be AC powered, which are both improvements over the original. Vox has quit making this model, so these will probably become more desirable over time.

Very Easy to Use.

I use a Fender Hot Rod Deville Amp with a Mexican Strat guitar. It has a wide sweep but certain parts of the sweep are too high (like an ice pick). Boss CE-7 chorus works well with this pedal. It started to get scratchy after 1 year and I barely use it any more.

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Overall I would not recommend this pedal. But I don't think they make it anymore.

Its a wah so if u have trouble using it U may be drunk !

Wel its not like the old wahs and I'm old enough to remember
but with some tweekin its a very good pedal..

I use it in front of my pedal board, tube screamer, dd6, ch1, phase 90 and mxr distortion plus .. I play a modded strat with a 59 in the bridge an original 65 dano lipstick middle and a jb strat on the neck .. all thru a Marshall 100w half stack.. Ive been foolin with rigs for 30 years and this set up is it.. !!!!! sweeeeet

Its a tank.. never a prob

never needed it

ok this wah is not so bad but when you get it it may not be set up right.. you need to open it up and disengage the gear strip... I needed to roll mine a little to the treble end.. and to take it further i ground down the back end of the shoe plate to get a little more range... now it talks & sings just like u hoped for..

the clyde is the best wha in the dunlop line i've tryed & owned the cry baby & the hendrix wah

if you heve a chance to buy an old original wha the do it .. there is magic in the circuitry.. i will keep this wah wha for sure

It doesnt get any easier......if you cant get this to make a decent sound, no one can help you

the unit i have is pretty damn quiet as wahs go....the tone is quite nice...has a wetness and clarity to it...i run it through a 2x12 fender hot rod deville...i must also say i have owned at least 10 wah pedals and was more of a cry baby guy ,until i bought one of these....currently i own a cry baby classic with the fasel inductor...not bad but had switching issues....i also own a Fulltone Clyde....and to be honest , while i absolutely love the FT "Clyde'..the Vox holds its own ...it is my back up wah now...but its pretty damn close to the fulltone.....i have current fx models that dont even come close...this is a pro ;level wah and at $150, not a bad value.....

i have heard of switching issues, but never had A problem with this unit, but it IS a wah and its nature makes it prone to mechanical isssues....

dont know, dont care

it may not be the original clyde....but the original didnt have true bypass....this pedal is worthy of most guitar players , and it hangs with the more expensive boutique wahs..i wont say its the greatest ever but suprisingly good and a solid investment....

Same configuration as ever.

It sounds gorgeous. I've been limping on a Crybaby GCB95 for 15 years, so it was bound to sound better. But the fasel inductor sounds sweet and the true bypass is fantastic. I A/B'd my basic guitar tone through the GCB95 and then the V848. I was shocked at how much tone was lost with the 95. To think I've been tolerating that for all this time. The 848 was also dead quiet in treble position, whereas the 95 was all hiss and garble.

Haven't owned it long, but the construction is as good as ever and the board looks REALLY nice.

I'm a full time professional and would pay whatever I had to to get the right gear. That being said, I appreciated that this unit is available for $150 when there are some really expensive wahs out there doing the same thing. I appreciate all good quality pedals, but this is a really nice price for how it sounds and what it offers. I love that it comes with a carrying satchel. It keep the pedal safe in my kit bag.

Extremely easy to use. Slightly more difficult to use than a guitar cord. Just plug it in and rock your foot back and forth. This wah has an excellent sound.

The only obstacle to getting a great wah sound with this wah is your equipment. I will caution users on one point. I have found that even though Jimi put his wah before his fuzz in his effects chain, Jimi did a lot of things that us mere mortals cannot do. Run your distortion/fuzz/overdrive into the wah. It really does bring out the sound better. The higher your saturation the more the wah sound disappears if you don't. Not just this wah either. Dunlops, Morleys, and others have given me this problem. I have no problem getting a great Jimi sound for Voodoo Chile or Purple Haze. But my favorite sound is when I roll my tone knob back and find that sweet spot on my wah and let her moan. When I knew this was the end of my search after about 13 wahs in 2 years, which was 3 seconds after I plugged it in, I pulled the rubber cushions from under the front of the pedal to make activating the switch easier. I have always hated wahs that switch like this. I prefer the Morley style of activation. Btw, this wah is true bypass. That is a must for these tone suckers. If you ever get a chance, compare how a regular wah sucks away your tone when it is off. I got no noise when turning on and off. I run a LP, Strat, and Tele through all true bypass effects and a Fender Twin Reverb Reissue w/15" speaker.

I click that switch and rock that pedal off and on a lot. It gets the most mileage of all my effects. Rugged construction. I would have no problem gigging without it.

Never dealt with them

I love the blues and blues based rock. I own good quality gear, but I will probably buy a backup b/c no one stocks them. I had to buy this one online. I am becoming less worried about my stuff not working, but am worried about it getting stolen. Believe it or not, my pedal board is a small fortune and I am considering a small safe to lock them and other band valuables in so they won't get stolen. If there are any pedals that I would say absolutely would wreck my sound it would be the Vox Clyde McCoy and My Wren And Cuff Red Camel. Everything else I could get by without, or scramble to replace. I have used the Dunlop 535Q, Zakk Wylde, Slash, and Dimebag wahs. I have also used several Morleys including the Steve Vai Bad Horsie. I wish it had a little more range when you rock the treadle to the rear.

It's a switched wah. It has a switch on the front, only reason I gave it a 9 instead of 10. Not rocket science.

Here's where this wah shines. I have yet to play a boutique wah (much more expensive) that sounded any cleaner, tastier, or had a better sweep. WAY better sound than dunlops IMO. CLEAN, no added extraneous noise. The CADDILAC of wahs, complete with chrome. Not trebly or whiney like the crybabies. It's smooth. One word to describe it...AUTHORITY.

Red Fasel inductor. Great retro sound.

No annoying changes in volume and a true cutoff. I will not need another wah.

Built rock solid, and true analog components, battery is a bit of a pain to install, but who has time for batteries anyways, I never use them.

never needed to use it.

Like any effect, best used in moderation. But when a song calls for wah nothing else will do. Wah is essential for bluesy rock and acid rock, my favorites. And this one is the Cadillac, big smooth and chrome, nothing cheesy about it.

PS..I never liked the crybabys, sweep is too small and sound is too grainy harsh and limited, and those switchless ones have real annoying issues, like a cheesy "modern" sound and lag, switching off at wrong time, etc.

Plug it in and go

The range is much greater than the built in waw of the Boss ME 50 and a lot more clearer than my old Marley. You get that late 60's -70's tone that the others I owned lacked. My setup is guitar - waw - boss ME50 -tubeworks 901 - boss loop - Deluxe Reverb. I play a ash strat, Guild hollow body Starfire III and an Ibanez LP copy I bought new in 77'.
I use this pedal for those over the top expressive moments. Like all effects, too much use can sugar coat a song to death.

As with every waw I tryed, you loose some tone, but this one has a true bypass.

After 3 years, it is working fine. It is very heavy and built like a tank.

I play a mix of rock and Christian worship music, with some blues and light jazz. I have 30 years of struggling to get out of a rut of doing the same sameold guitar playing with breakthroughs now and then.
I would buy this waw again. The heavy chrome with the rubber inlay is very nice. The action is very smooth

I would have liked to see a small on light, but no big deal.

The true bypass is a good feature.

Before you buy a waw, this one is a "must try it out". To me, it stands out from the others and worth more than the going price.

I am doing a follow up review just to say one thing. The pot is definitely bad. It scratches all day long but man i love the sound this wah produces. I'm pissed because it would be unbelievable if that was fixed. I need to do some modding but i haven't gotten around to it.

Good wah, Bad pot

I DON"T NEED NO STINKING MANUAL.... MANUALS ARE FOR GIRLS.. HA HA

Is it easy to get a good sound of this ? YES, it is SUPER EASY to get a GREAT sound out of this little Gem.

I have a VERY simple setup: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe--> Boss BD-2 (Keeley Mod/Phat Mod)-->Clyde Wah-->American Deluxe Telecaster, and sometimes I will throw a Big Muff Before the BD-2 for more distortion although the Keeley Mod on the Boss BD-2 provides GREAT distortion/Overdive Sounds.

Through this setup the Wah sounds AMAZING !!! I don't understand why poeple have problems with putting the Wah AFTER a distortion or overdrive pedal, I mean if there is a volume boost or decrease in volume, I just tweak the volume on the BD-2 and BOOM problem solved, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT A PROBLEM.

The SOUNDS i get out of this Wah range from Slash to DAve Navarro to of course Mr. Hendrix himself. It's all there, IF YOU HAVE THE SKILLS AND CHOPS, THIS WAH IS KILLER !!! I found myself soloing and just pulling out all kinds of TRICKS and LICKS with this WAH, I lost track of time, It's that good. I mean, I was thinking, DAMN !! I sound Like Slash Right now.

Think about the Solo on Janes Addiction's song STOP, or Civil War by Guns N Roses, or All Along the Watch Tower by Hendrix, that's the sound I get. If your gear is Great Gear, you'll appreciate this Wah more, and I'm lucky to have Great Gear.

I recieved it on Christmas, and it still works Great. I'll give a 10 anyway

Never had to mess with those FREAKS

BUY IT ! $150.00, you can't go wrong, MAKE SURE YOUR GEAR IS UP TO PAR, OR YOU MAY NOT BE HAPPY WITH IT. I HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE KEELEY BD-2 PHAT MOD. AND DON"T LISTEN TO THOSE WHO SAY IT DOESN"T SOUND GOOD AFTER A DIST/OVERDRIVE PEDAL, THERE ALL CRACK SMOKERS. IF YOU KEEP YOUR SET UP SIMPLE WITH GREAT QUALITY EFFECTS, YOU WONT HAVE A PROBLEM.

THEN AGAIN, I DON"T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE

Very easy to use. Only about 3 or four lines of instructions but who needs them to use this pedal?

Good sound quality but I would say it is different from real vintage wahs. It sometimes can get too trebly but my Cs3 modified by a Spanish company called Pedaldoc can cope with that and much more. Better sound when placed before the dirt pedals too. I used it once after my distortion pedals (as Hendrix was supposed to do) and it sounded like a volume pedal more than a wah.

Very sturdy. I keep on hearing people saying that their 848 get scratchy after using it just a few times. Not mine, thanks God.

Never had to call them. I hope this stays the same.

Good pedal but maybe a bit too extreme for me. I think without the modified Cs3 it would be a bit to much for me. I prefer the subble vocal sounds of the Crybaby really.

Very easy. Easier to hit the on/off switch then a crybaby

Sounds excellent and IMO it sounds much better then a crybaby. You can get a better range and a better funk sound. You should get a compressor for this baby though because if u dont get used to how high the high end can get, it might hurt your ears. My setup is fender knockoff with Fender vintage noiseless pickups-Vox Clyde McCoy Resissue>Boss SD-1(Soon To be Keeley Modded)>Boss DS-1(Soon To Be Keeley Modded)>Ibanez TS-808> Ernie Ball Volume Pedal Jr. (Fender Tuner in the Tuner Out)>Boss PH-3 (With Expression Pedal)> To a crappy ol' crate. Im Soon going to get a Hot Rod Deluxe, a Blues Deluxe Reissue, Line 6 Tonecore Verbzilla, and a Line 6 Tone Core Liqua-Flange. I dont hear any additional noise and i didnt give it a 10 because the high end can get ear splitting, but that can be fixed by technique.

This thing feels very sturdy and pretty much built like a tank.

I play blues, funk, pop, and other good stuff. Ive been playing for a couple of years and i spend hours online looking at gear and the i play guitar for a couple hours per day. If it were lost or stolen then i would probably cry and then save up and get another one. These things take up a good chunk of change but its definetly worth it. It is my favorite pedal on my pedal board and it is a necessity if u wanna play funk. I chose this pedal because if was rated the best on musicians friend.

Sounds great for the money. Much better than the first VOX reissue. I now use this in place of my Fulltone and Teese RMC3. Has a nice full sweep AND nice treble bite when needed.

It's been working fine for about a year. The pot will eventually wear out but they all do.

I would replace it if it was lost or stolen. Better value than boutique pedals costs 3 times as much as the Clyde

standard poor design... check out morley's switchless design..

noisy - you bet - pot is scratchy

needs daily cleaning to keep pot from creating scratching sound

junk!

Put in a 9V battery, plug in the unit and go.

I am fortunate enough to have a few of the original halo inductor wahs. 4 things in this circuit dictate tone: type of inductor,type of capacitors,type of transistors and type of potentiometer. These are all different in the reissue. In addition the reissue has what appears to be input buffering. It does sound sort of cool, but does not possess the subtle vocal qualities of my originals.

Looks well built.

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I play rock music, for about 30 years. I have 9 wahs, 3 vintage, 2 boutique (Roger Mayer 9090A and Teese RMC3), 4 which I replaced the boards with my own, in a quest to reproduce the vintage gems. I have come to realize several things,1) Electronic components have tolerences {5%,10%and20%), and all these components on the board add up. Now I am told design engineers take this into consideration on paper. I believe I have heard different. 2) With vintage gear, someone along the line recognized the given piece sounded exceptional, so it was cherished and survived.But then I know folks who have just "old" pedals they don't sound particularly good. Me, I'm going to swap out the guts with a old Vox board I just aquired. Do what makes your ear happy.

it's fine

sounds pretty good...better than the crybaby i have...a bit of volume boost but nothing outrageous...pretty quiet

this the second one...i played one in the store ...liked it...they gave me another one that wasn't a demonstrator...it was noisier...louder clicking when i turned it on etc...so i went back the next day and grabbed the demonstrator that i liked...i hope it is reliable..haven't gigged with it yet...i believe that there maybe a lot of lemon Vox wahs being made...too many testimonials wrt that on this message board ... american worker competence??...i don't know ...it's almost like guitars buy the one you liked ....don't order a new one sight unseen...the jury's stillout on this one

the store replaced my first one and if there are further problems they'll keep replacing them until they et it right

should work out...

Easy just step on it and rock 'n' roll

First i didn't liked it because i put it after my distortion/fuzz effects. If you put it after a distortion/fuzz pedal it works kind of like a volume pedal. But if you put it before your distortion/fuzz
pedal(s)than you have a awesome sound.
my setup is like this.
=> vox v848 => boss ds-2 => Big Muff USA => korg ax 10G => Mxr micro amp => boss bf-2 => boss tr-2 => amp

Seems good built to me i haven't had any problems yet (let's keep it that way).

Don't know never dealt with them.

Well i Play mostly hardrock, classic rock, Blues and rock 'n'roll. If you play that kind of music the vox v848 is the perfect wah for you.

started getting scratchy after 2 days

not reliable, I thought I got a bad one the first time, the second one broke faster than the first

I wrote a review of this pedal recently and said that I loved the tone before it got scratchy and I was going to get a new one. Well I got a new one and this one started scratching sooner than the first one. I don't know if I'm having terrible luck with these things or what, but if two days of playing is all it takes to get the pots scratching on these, then I really cannot recommend them. I thought I must be going insane, but I asked my guitar teacher and he said that's what usually happens to them after you use them for a long time. Well two days is too short and I'm really pissed so I'm giving them another bad review. $150 is a ton of money to spend on a pedal that doesn't last a week.

Very Easy to Use

Awesome sound, compared it to a fulltone Clyde and there was not a noticeable difference. True Bypass was awesome

I've had this pedal 3 days now. Day one it was great. Day two it started to get scratchy. Day Three it stopped working entirely. I'm going to try to get another one though because the sound was so great.

I'm returning mine directly to the store so I hope I don't have to deal with them.

It broke quickly, but then again, I'm going to try to get another one. The sound is awesome.

A monkey could use this.

Schecter C-1 => Clyde McCoy Wah => BF-3 Flanger => Fender Twin Amp.

When the wah effect is engaged, even if your guitar volume is zero, you get a little bit of static (which you can manipulate by rocking the wah back n forth... kinda cool... but kinda useless too), but it's nothing to complain about. When the wah is off, however, there's absolutely no problem.

The range of this wah pedal is awesome! you can get everything from a very deep and muddy "whucka whucka" to a high frequency screechy "wicka wicka". My complaint here is that the toe down position is piercingly loud and screechy playing on clean mode. Playin a chord from heel down to toe-down sounds something like "whucka whucka wakka wakka WHICKA WICKA" OWw... What I've found is that I can eliminate the painfulness of this screech by lowering my tone on the guitar... This... doesn't really work in a live situation, unless all of your clean pieces have at least a bar of rest before you come in with the wah. With distortion/overdrive on, the wah works beautifully. You get a nice wide wah through the entire range of the guitar, unlike the original crybaby and most other wahs.

Comparing it to the Crybaby GBC-95, it's got a much wider range and works much better in the high range for solos and such. I tried the crybaby before buying this, and I found that for any individual notes on the top 3 strings above the 12th fret, you can't hear ANY wah at all. Rocking the crybaby from heel to toe, you can't hear any difference in the tone or frequency range, making it pretty much useless up there. The vox works perfectly up there, wah-ing just like it would on the low E.

My second complaint would be the inflexibility of the wah (but what can you expect? it's a classic old-school wah pedal). If you're looking for a wah you can play with and modify without having to open up and take apart, try the Crybaby GBC-535Q. Even though I WAS looking for something flexible like that, I couldn't stand the auto-off function, because it wouldn't allow me to jam the wah in one position and use it as a frequency filter. If 8.5 was offered, I'd give that score - 1 point off for the painful screech at the toe in clean mode and .5 for the inflexibility. But since it's not, I'll round up to 9.

I've read some reviews that complain about unreliability. I guess there are a few bad eggs in every basket, but so far, mine hasn't turned out to be one of them. As long as you get one that works out of the box and doesn't have any loose cords, it should last you until the pot blows. This thing is made like a brick, and feels like one too.

Of course, this is a little presumptuous, because I just bought the wah today. But i've been playing this same pedal for the last few weeks in the store (it's the only one they had) and it hasn't broken down, so I hope i'm safe.

No clue. Most big companies (as in every guitar-related manufacturer except for boutiques) don't have great service. But i'm hoping not to ever have to deal with them.

I play everything from super clean jazz to metal, but mostly blues and classic rock. This wah is the most versatile that I've seen in my 3-month search for the perfect wah. Although the adjustable crybaby offers more options, it's a pain in the ass with the auto-off function. Nothing else comes close. The range of the sweep is sweet, and the engineering of the pedal is perfect for live performance. If it were stolen or lost, I'd definitely buy another. The painful screech and lack of options does bug me, but it doesn't change the fact that this is the best wah out there that a reasonable amount of money can buy. Try it, then buy it.

Plug it up and it's ready to go right out of the box.

I can only compare this to my Original Crybaby and I like this much better. The Crybaby was very shrill, but this offers a warmer tone and there is so much more clarity to the actual vocals of this pedal. I use it thru an all tube Marshall and it gives every SRV/Hendrix vibe I could ask for.

Just change the batteries out. Otherwise it's seems very well built and comes with a protective case.

I play mostly rock and pop and this pedal grooves. You can get really warm and syrupy tones or very disco like funk out of it. I really love it and the fact that it's true bypass makes it that much better. Two thumbs up.

Good. Very different from most modern wahs. Kinda Quacky. Lots of treble.

THIS IS THE ISSUE. FIRST OFF, THESE ARE MANE IN THE DUNLOP FACTORY IN CALIFORNIA, AND HAVE SOME CRY-BABY PARTS, THOUGH IT IS A "VOX DESIGN." THE POT IS SHIT. MY DUNLOP DB-02 CANE WITH THE SAME ONE, AND IT STARTS TO SCRATCH AFTER 10 MINUTES OF USE. STRANGELY, THE V847 HAS ONE OF THOSE NICE, FULLY SEALED POTS, AND LOOKS LIKE AN ECB24B WITH CROME AROUND IT. THE CLYDE POTS ARE DEFECTIVE. I HAVE HAD DUNLOP SEND ME SEVERAL POTS FOR THIS AND MY DB-02, AND THE ALL HAD THE PROBLEM. FINALLY THEY SENT ME A ECB24B AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. ALSO, THE SWITCH ACTS UP: SOMETIMES IT SHUTS OFF THE WAH. YOU HAVE TO ADD/REMOVE WAHERS AND RAISE/LOWER IT.
YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO GO THROUGH THAT SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DUNLOP WAS NICE ENOUGH TO SEND ME ALL KINDS OF POTS, BUT THATS ABOUT IT.

THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT "ITS VOX'S DESIGN, WE DIDN'T DESIGN IT" WELL THEN WHY THE HELL IS THAT SAME SHITTY POT IN MY DUNLOP DB-02????
THE ARE PROBABLY JUST CLEARING OUT SOME CHEAP STOCK

GET YOUR STUFF IN ORDER DUNLOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BEUROCRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COOL WAH, BUT GOT TO GO THROUGH TOO MUCH BULLSHIT

It's a vintage-styled wah pedal! Duhhh...

Switching can be a problem if you don't adjust the switch's washer to the right height. I had to adjust mine so that the switch doesn't accidentally turn off when I'm rockin' the pedal.

My setup: '61 SG RI or Fender Jimmie Vaughan Strat -->Vox Clyde McCoy-->J&H OD-->Rivera R55-112-->Ibanez DE7 Delay

I want to compare the V848 to my old V847 and a friend's Original CB-95:

The GCB-95 had a very bad sweep. The vocal qualities are so sterile. Sounds much like WUHKAH-WUHKAH. Not to mention it's not true bypass.

The Vox V847 in contrast, had a better sweep, and a better vocal sound. You can get near that Jimi wah sound, but what it does lack is that WHEAAW from a Clyde McCoy. The V847 is also not true bypass. Sounds more like a WHEYAAW-WHEAYAAW.

The V848 Clyde McCoy Reissue is probably the closest you can get to a vintage Clyde McCoy wah. Although it has a Fasel Inductor (as opposed to the Halo Inductors in the originals), it does mimic that singing MWHEEAW-MWEEAW in the old wah recordings. You also have the benefits of modern wah pedals such as a DC Input and True Bypass. Best thing is you don't need to spend $400 for an original Clyde McCoy.

So far it does have to undergo gig tests.

Still works!

If you yearn for a vintage Vox Clyde McCoy wah sound, and don't have the $400+/- for an original, this is your best bet. It is several notches above the quality of the V847. Compared to the boutique wahs such as the Fulltone Clyde and the Teese RMC-3, the V848 Clyde Reissue nails that more organic vibe of the originals, WITHOUT the tone-sucking. Purists might be angered by the DC Input and the True Bypass Switch,but trained ears can tell your 98% close to the originals.

The V848 is best enjoyed playing Voodoo Chile, just fyi.

yes, easy.

sound quality is great...when it works. this thing arrived and it didn't work. opened it, didn't do anything but touch the wires inside and it started working. really good sound, warm, alive!!!!!
but than, suddenly, it became noise, going up and down became shhh shhh on clean channel and brrr brrr on dirty one!!!
and then the switch problem arrived. you touch the switch and there is no signal, you re-touch it and you're playing again.

7 days ago, it stopped working. what a piece of shit.

it has beautiful sound when it works. mine is not.
seriously thinking of getting 535q by dunlop.

mine is not realiable at all.

i don't know.

i'm so sorry that this thing never worked properly because it has really amazing voice!!! warm, alive, creamy, smooth, fluid, it loves single coils!!! i just wish it worked!!
it's being repaired now, i bought it in states and brought it to europe so couldn't replace it in any way.

just hope it'll do its job after (if) it's being repaired. i miss that sound.

bye

no brainer, but if you are a new player, and have never used one, basically you step on it like a gas pedal in your car to engage the switch located underneath of it to activate it, and step down hard to turn it off. When activated, you simply "rock" the pedal back and forth slightly to get the "wah" sound while playing. As you get used to it, the knack to to use it in such a way as to accent certain notes you play or rock it back and forth real fast to get a sort of tremolo/leslie effect.

I use Fender American Strats into a Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb re-issue amp, with a bunch of effects pedals in between guitar and amp. I always place the WAH first in my signal path, then into my other effects. The sound of this McCoy wah is warm, and very vintage. Not thin or harsh like some other wah pedals. It does sound realy good.

No. This Wah has a switch problem. It cuts off completely if you just lightly press down on the wah, and it totally goes dead and you lose your whole signal. You have to step on it again to get it engaged. You cannot depend on this unit to work properly.

Never dealt with them, not worth the trouble. I just replaced mine with another brand of Wah pedal.

Can't really use this pedal to gig, due to the faulty switching. Makes me wonder about their quality control and dependability. I know Vox has made some great classic amps and wahs over the years, but this new Clyde MyCoy seems undependable, since others have on this site have described similar problems. I can't believe they would put something out on the market for over a year now at least and not provide dealers with a fix or a recall for the problem to make the product right. I won't be buying any Vox products anytime soon.