All user reviews for the Hiwatt Custom Wah

If Hiwatt is famous for its effects, few know that the brand also offers a wah-wah.

- Fully analog
- True bypass
- Tip rack
- Mechanical switch
- Set range swept frequency
- Powered by 9V battery or adapter (reverse polarity!)

All chrome clad, with the logo appears by Hiwatt red slip on the flip-flop, this pedal is impressive. The manufacturing quality is the rendezvous.

UTILIZATION

No manual provided? Okay! This one selector on the side of the pedal to choose the width of the swept frequency range, to suit all types of music and even instruments.
The scale is precise, progressive and smooth. Its travel is quite broad.
The mechanical switch is properly calibrated.
Nothing wrong, except for AC power plug which is inverted with respect to standards (eg Boss).

SOUND QUALITY

Where we expect a fairly classic and vintage wah, Vox and Cry Baby type, this is definitely modern Hiwatt. The sound is warm and round, but the scan is spectacular, with a rather high Q factor.
If the blues, he will show himself as the delicate right foot, to funk and metal, do not worry, this wah is incisive and the effect does not disappear, even under a barrage of distortion and even placing it above wah upstream of the disto.


OVERALL OPINION

Here's a wah well built and full of character. More modern vintage typed, she is cut out for the funk and supported the jagged metal. on the other hand for discretion and tranquil blues, it becomes difficult to use. A wild wah ...