NPD: Morley Maverick Mini

[isher1992]

I haven't owned a wah pedal in years. On a whim, I bought a Morley Maverick Mini for the size alone. Listened to a few guitar demos, reminds me of something between a Vox and a CryBaby.

It seems like it comes from the Bad Horsie lineage, I like it better than the Dual Bass Wah and the old Pro Series II Bass Wah I once had.

...But I can't leave it alone. I asked Morley if it was possible to mod the frequency range, and looks C9 is the place to do it. I'll change it to a higher value and see how it works!

 

[isher1992]

Changed C1 from 0.01 to a 0.1 uF to let more bass through. C9 affects the sweep, but unlike a CryBaby GCB-100, a 0.068uF cap is way too dark. I settled with a 0.022uF. If the stock 0.01uF is too bright for most people, but this is too dark, a 0.015uF might serve well.

 

[Lammchop93]

Very nice! I've been looking at these as well. I had contacted morely about a mini dual bass wah, and they said one is in the works, but this sounds great!

 

[isher1992]

Very nice! I've been looking at these as well. I had contacted morely about a mini dual bass wah, and they said one is in the works, but this sounds great!

I was torn between a GCB-95 and modifying it (I've had 7 at this point) and thought I'd give the Morley a try because the few demo videos I watched really gave off a CryBaby vibe.

 

[isher1992]

Did some extra tweaking. Big thanks to Scott Flesher at Morley for pointing me in the right direction.

Looks like the best thing to do is treat C9 like a coarse frequency adjustment, and the LDT as a fine adjustment. Use the C9 cap to get in the ballpark, and adjust the LDT and LED to get it perfect.

Also, changing C5 to a bigger value seems to make the wah a bit bassier. I used a 0.1uF. Once I did that, the volume seemed to drop a touch when engaged. Change R12 to a 47K and it's better.