Morley Power Wah

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I picked up one of these pedals dirt cheap last week on craigslist. It is by far the coolest looking pedal of all time. It looks like it fell off of a 1950's flying saucer.

Anyway as much as I want to like this thing I just am not digging the sound. It doesn't seem give you typical sort of wah sound, it just seems to boost the **** out of the signal and distort like crazy.

In your professional opinion what can I do to make this pedal sound as awesome as it looks, or is it a lost cause?? I really really want to like this thing.

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[gnasher1993]

If you don't like it, get rid of it and find something that you get on with.

EDIT: The way you describe the sound you get out of it, there could be something wrong with the pedal.

[IPS]

when you rock the pedal up and down, does the sound change at all? If not theres a good chance the optical sensor is dirty/blocked/broken

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Originally Posted by IPS

when you rock the pedal up and down, does the sound change at all? If not theres a good chance the optical sensor is dirty/blocked/broken

yea the sound changes and I everything is in working order.

[rockstarbassist]

The big daddy chrome ones?

Yeah, not the most polite or functional sounds which is why I got the Morley PBA-1 wah instead.

Still keep my Power-Wah Boost just for grins tho.

[Toolmybass]

There is a paper/cardboard-ish type of flap that is attached to the treadle it uses the bulb (red one at one end) to block and unblock the light to the sensor that actually gives you your wah. The problem usually lies at the other end of the flap. They were taped down. As the tape gets old and starts to lift it can effect your sweep range and overall wah experience. Have this checked out and replace tape anyways now that you have it open.

If you still dont like it after that,,,,let me know by pm.

I hope this helps
TMB

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Originally Posted by Toolmybass

There is a paper/cardboard-ish type of flap that is attached to the treadle it uses the bulb (red one at one end) to block and unblock the light to the sensor that actually gives you your wah. The problem usually lies at the other end of the flap. They were taped down. As the tape gets old and starts to lift it can effect your sweep range and overall wah experience. Have this checked out and replace tape anyways now that you have it open.

If you still dont like it after that,,,,let me know by pm.

I hope this helps
TMB

thanks man I'll do that and let you know

[JanusZarate]

Can you take a photo of the inside, focusing on the LDR/flap area? Take a few angled shots so we can get a good view of how it looks.

I had one years ago that I had to repair in order to get it to work right, so I've seen a few of the common problems these tanks develop with age.

[fathom66]

Buy new brother...I bought the Mark Tremonti Morley Pwer Wah and its sick!!! I love it.

[TheWoodShed]

I've owned a PWB for years now and love it. There are a few things to consider though

First, there are about two categories of wah people. In one camp is the Dunlop style wah, which involves a more polite sound and a smaller physical motion to operate. In the other camp is the Morley, whose sound is rude and take a large physical motion to operate. You just may not find yourself in the Morley camp.

Second, these are vintage pedals. Sometimes, there is just something wrong with them.Because of the simple design and lack of using a Dunop style mechanisn, this usually isn't the case.

Check that the felt is taped and intact or not damaged. Check that the white light bulb fuctions. You can adjust the amount of light exposed to the sensor as well, which may help tame it for you as well. Lastly, make sure it isn't a Power Wah Fuzz and the fuzz isn't engaged.(no offense, but I have seen this happen before), lastly, make sure there isn't some obvious alterations made to it that may have changed the tone.

If you just don't like it, cool. We all havwe different ideal tones in our head.