started playing was that the
chassis felt slightly flimsy.
This may be due to the
entire body being made of
plastic, rather than a steel
base with a plastic pedal like
most wahs. Also, this may
be a nitpick, but it felt like
the footswitch at the toe of
the pedal was slightly higher
than the norm for most
wahs. This wasn’t much of
an issue when I was standing
up playing with my boots
on, but sitting down playing
in my slippers when I got
this thing to my apartment
felt slightly awkward thanks
to the angle.
Starting with a basic
Crybaby setting, the tone
was bright with a lot of
midrange, reminding me a
lot of ‘60s Vox wahs favored
by Jimi Hendrix and Eric
Clapton. The sweep was
full and pronounced, but
a little harsh on the high
end (rolling up the BOT
compensated). The
Talk setting was a
lot of fun though,
particularly with
the low end
rolled up. It
reminded me
less of Peter
Frampton, and more of Daft
Punk if that makes sense.
But MAN, were we off to
the races when I engaged
the fuzz! I had the Tone
and Drive at about 2:00
but the Bias cranked to
get the clearest signal. The
PRE setting was a wash of
white noise, the sweep just
sounding like waves of TV
static. Where it really came
to life though was with the
Talk setting, with the voice
sounding very pronounced.
The Crybaby position
seemed to thrive the most
with the POST setting so I’d
recommend that if you get a
chance to try this out.
C O N C ER N S
Lots of harsh high-end if you
don’t play with the settings.
Also, not sure yet how well
the plastic casing can hold
up to the rigors of frequent
use or touring. All that steel
casing EHX has and they
couldn’t sculpt some of it
into a wah shape?
W H AT W E LI K E
Tons of features to help you
sculpt the kind of wah you
want for a reasonable
price.
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