The die-cast pedal carries the tone of the original Wailer Wah in a lighter, tougher chassis, designed by David Cockerell.
Electro-Harmonix has introduced the Wailer Wah Pro, a new wah pedal built to withstand the road and stage while keeping the tone of the original Wailer Wah.
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Wah pedals are among the first effects guitarists used to add expression and emotion to their playing, and the Wailer Wah Pro continues Electro-Harmonix’s funky wah tradition, which is rooted in the 1970s. The big change is the housing, an aluminium alloy die-cast chassis that’s solid underfoot but light enough not to weigh down a pedalboard.
The pedal was developed by David Cockerell, the designer behind Electro-Harmonix’s POG, HOG, Bad Stone, and Crying Tone. It’s built around an inductor-free circuit, which Electro-Harmonix says eliminates unwanted feedback and stage noise at high gain settings while keeping the tone clear and smooth throughout.
Cockerell has a long history with the brand. Electro-Harmonix was founded in New York City in 1968 by Mike Matthews, who launched it with a booster called the LPB-1 and followed it with the Big Muff Pi fuzz, which became one of the most recognisable pedals in guitar history.
Cockerell’s first design for the company was the Small Stone phase shifter, released in 1974, which went on to outsell even the Big Muff. The 1970s also brought the Memory Man delay and the Electric Mistress flanger, and the company has weathered bankruptcy in the early 1980s, a period during which Matthews rebuilt his business around Russian vacuum tubes, to remain one of the best-known names in effects.
The Wailer Wah Pro features true bypass and ships with a 9V battery, with an adapter available as an option.
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