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  • MGR/*Mr. S *MGR/*Mr. S *

    Boss PW-10 V-WaH

    Boss PW-10 V-WahPublished on 12/13/04 at 15:00
    I bought mine a while back, when this pedal first came out, I think somewhere in the range of $145. I thought the wahs were going to be really good and the distortions, too, knowing that Boss's compact pedals are the best distortion and overdrive pedals made.

    The pedal is well thought up, and built by definitly someone with a great idea, but the pedal isn't that great, it could have, and should be better. The wahs are decent and it is built very well, that's all I can really say about it.

    Ok, onto a review by a REAL musician... I have plenty of pedals, mainly wahs, distortions, and overdrives, then a few other pedals, but that doesn't really matter to anyone other than me. I own many wah…
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    I bought mine a while back, when this pedal first came out, I think somewhere in the range of $145. I thought the wahs were going to be really good and the distortions, too, knowing that Boss's compact pedals are the best distortion and overdrive pedals made.

    The pedal is well thought up, and built by definitly someone with a great idea, but the pedal isn't that great, it could have, and should be better. The wahs are decent and it is built very well, that's all I can really say about it.

    Ok, onto a review by a REAL musician... I have plenty of pedals, mainly wahs, distortions, and overdrives, then a few other pedals, but that doesn't really matter to anyone other than me. I own many wahs and distortions, because I have a certain tone I like to maintain, and the Boss V-Wah is nowhere up there to satisfy my needs. 1st off, there are way to many things on this pedal, it's supposed to be a wah, not a multi effects pedal! They should have concentrated on making this pedal soley a wah! The voice mode, the Uni-V, and the distortions/overdrives/booster, all sound like crap! They are a waste, they don't sound good at all! I was so shocked to see Boss make a pedal with THEIR own distortion and overdrive tones, and they sound horrible on the wah! They are that bad, they sound like you bought a cheap, crappy $10 distortion pedal or overdrive. DO NOT BUY THIS PEDAL AND USE THE DISTORTIONS, you will be very disappointed. Yes, you can put an EQ pedal after the wah to make them sound better, but why waste time and possibly $ if you don't have an EQ pedal, they still sound pretty bad. I won't even talk about how annoying it is to switch between distortions! This pedal is literally a MESS! The voice mode is unusable, is WON'T work with your amps distortion or your distortion pedal, it's a stupid effect anyway, so don't cry over it. The Uni-V is decent, but Boss did ruin a classic! The wahs are ok, they don't sound exactly like them, only the DUnlop wah simulation, it sound the closest out of the three, and is the better of the three. The bass wah sucks, I tried it out before, nothing like the Dunlop bass wah, nothing close. The dunlop wah is the closest to actually sounding like the real thing, but isn't better than any Dunlop wah. The Vox is terrible, they just added in more mids, they took their Dunlop wah recreation, added mids to it, and called it their Vox wah, sounds very weak. The Morley wah is probably not very useful, it's a deeper wah, doesn't really work too well, unless you want to make some wierd noise that sounds like a messed up wah. It's just very deep most of the time. The advanced wah is like their Dunlop wah simulation, but just is enhanced, (find out for yourself what that means, I am taking up too much space already) The custom wah, I never wasted my time trying it out, so I don't know if it's any good or just flat out bad. If you are going to get this pedal for some stupid reason, just use it as a regular wah, and maybe the uni-v if you want, just set what wah you want, no overdrives or distortions, and just use the toe switch to turn it on and off like a regular wah pedal. And no, I heard some idiots say it takes a second or two for the pedal to turn on and off, I don't know what they are doing, but they are probably "special"?... There are 3 memory locations, another dumb idea that is totally unecessary.

    Built very nicely, I don't like the dumb idea of a heel swicth. I thought it was dumb and useless, so I never even tried it out. If you buy it used or loose your manual, the manual is condensed on the bottom of the pedal. Even if you get it new, just look at the bottom if you are lost, it's easier than the stupid story they write up for you.

    This pedal is WAY OVERPRICED! IT isn't worth the $$$. There are too many stupid features on this pedal that sound like crap and shouldn't even be on it, it should only have the wahs, but they are not great either. If you are willing to spend $150 on this pedal, DON'T!!! Buy the Dunlop 535Q wah, you will literally get more for your $! That is what a wah pedal should be, not some piece of digital, multi-effects wanna-be CRAP! Trust me, I've tried the Boss wah through many different types of guitars with different pickups, many diff. amps, and with many diff. distortion and overdrive pedals, it really doesn't sound that great with any kind of equipment. Trust me, GO with the Dunlop 535Q wah, or any of Dunlop's wahs, the Boss wah is a rip off, you will be disappointed. Don't believe me, go try this piece of JUNK out yourself, and compare it to REAL wah pedals like a REAL Vox wah, Morley, Dunlop, Budda, Tech 21.....

    This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
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