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Reviews
Trusted musician and artist reviews for Vox V847A Wah-Wah Pedal
Based on 48 Reviews
Classic
It's the classic Vox Wah without an AC jack to muddle up the circuit. Battery life is great if you unplug the input when you're not using it. (I've had the same battery for over a year) It sounds like it should and has the softer switch on the toe. It comes with a cool bag too!
The ultimate wah
To me this is the warmest wah. It is not a "tone-compromise" one.
It's the classic wah
Nice chrome finish. Unbeatable for rock, funk, and porn grooves. And it is a little less "common" than Cry Baby. Need I say more?
Sounds great but pot is of poor quality and its a feat to switch on
Sounds great but pot is of poor quality and its a feat to switch on
I like it
A very good wah at a very good price. these retail for either £65 or £70 I got mine used in extremely good condition for £35 I think it was on Ebay, may have been abit less or more. Has a very nice sweep and is silent. I have heard some people claim it sucks tone but I haven't noticed this myself. I wish there was more movement on the pedal as the sweep is very effective and does change the sound drastically but you can get used to it by being a bit more gentle and careful. its just one of those things where you need to get a feel for it I think. I was going to get the Crybaby Original but saw this on ebay and thought why not
Who knows? I have the bright switch on and the treble at 6 and tone at 7 so theres a hell of a lot of high end anyway so I probably don't notice or just don't mind it too much
This is what the Thomas Organs sound like.
I love the V847A which has a vocal sounding inductor and there is a smooth grit to this wah. I will use this as a semi cocked wah to emphasize specific frequencies.
Massive sweep, brilliant tone, this is a classic for a reason!
Although I'm not a massive user of a wah pedal, I like to have the option there if I fancy using it. I chose the Vox V847 because of the wide sweep range, and was not disappointed! The range is really massive, so you can get a crazy variety of sounds out of it.
The only problem I find is that the pedal itself doesn't actually move that far, so in a very small movement you sweep a wide tonal range. I like having that range, but I find it very hard to control with such small movements! This is probably just my clumsiness, but I find it a little restrictive.
Soundwise, brilliant! Practically, I struggle a bit but hey practice makes perfect!
Good
I've been using the cry baby GCB-95, but I prefered this pedal for the songs that I play nowadays.
I've owned or borrowed a number of crybabies but my first wah was a v847 and it sounded great until the inductor developed a nasty crackle mid-sweep... the crybabies are better made, but the vox has a certain something I prefer. I always feel like I'm composing a porno soundtrack when I engage the wah though, so I pretty much gave up on the whole thing.
A nice classic wah
A very well made pedal. A little less sharp than the v846hw, but a little more punch. And it has a power supply connection finally.
the 847 is Vox's best "split the difference wah".... I swore by mine for years before I got fed up with wah. Needs a unity gain buffer in wah mode and true bypass though.... mine was a tone eater.
I had a v846hw which was wonderfully refined, it got stolen and i decided to try another model. I feel a bit of tone suck, but it really roars. Used to have a standard cry baby but it feels much colder than Vox to me.
great tone, shitty QC
This was the first wah pedal I ever owned in the 90s. Previously I had a morely on loan from the abssist in my highschool jazzband. I loved the sound of my vox but it had a scratchy pot from the factory. The treadle was really tight when I got it but I couldn't manage to loosen it to where I wanted it. It was always either to stiff or too loose. I never really became much of a wah payer because this pedal really bummed me out action-wise. The tone, when I ignored the scratchiness, was superb. Less porno, more pyro. Bypass was awful... I eventually had it true bypassed and had the pot replaced but I was so not into wah at that point and I traded it to my best friend for a 2nd gen small stone that I enjoyed a lot more and kept for a good 20 years. Love the modern vox wah sound. Hate the quality control. This pedal turned me off to wah as an every day effect and I don't even keep a wah on my board to this day.