If one owns a single coil equipped guitar, the lure of the wah is a haunting one. The best wah sound comes from a clean single coil tone; that's how I hear it. The wah & distortion aren't ready compliments. Anyway, I currently own 2 wah pedals:
- Artec Standard Power Wah: Optic based wah unit
- Vox V847: The traditional wah unit & the standard to beat
Artec's APW-3 isn't a costly pedal, I bought it because it sounds good with dirt, not only clean tones. There's added dynamics here due to the presence of a tone pot. The VOX V847 is equally affordable, it's the wah tone to return to should you be sick of other offerings out there so it's a good pedal to keep. There's an ongoing debate as to which wah manifestation is the more desirable option since the optic based unit does not have the upper hand in tone generation because it's pot-free. I believe it's whichever pedal that works because there's no established superiority when it comes to tone. If you can't live with a certain presentation, simply put, there are other options out there.
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