Morley 20/20 Wah-Lock vs Vox V846HW Wah

The Morley 20/20 Wah-Lock and the Vox V846HW Wah are both pedals sharing mid-forward. The Vox V846HW Wah leans fuzzy and transparent.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

47% somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Rock
  • Funk
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • mid-forward

Vox V846HW Wah

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Price

$187.61via Reverb

Description

The Morley 20/20 Wah Lock is a compact, switchless wah that combines Morley's modern optical wah with a lock function for fixed cocked-wah tones. Engaging the treadle gives a smooth, full-frequency Morley wah sweep, while the lock feature freezes the filter at a chosen position for the throaty, mid-honking cocked-wah voice often used for fixed filter rhythm and lead tones. It uses Morley's electro-optical circuitry with no scratchy pots, switchless activation, and the 20/20 buffer circuit to prevent tone loss. Built like a tank with glow-in-the-dark details, it suits rock, metal, and funk players who want both a sweeping wah and an instantly available locked cocked-wah tone in one rugged, pedalboard-friendly unit.

The Vox V846HW is a hand-wired, turret-board-built version of the classic Vox wah, using a vintage-spec Halo-type inductor and hand-selected components for unmatched clarity, warmth, and fidelity across the sweep. Clean, it has a hot, buttered, clipped-sounding sweep that suits funky, rhythmic chord chops, staying smooth, full, and precise through the whole range, though it can underdeliver a bit with more aggressive, high-gain tones. A true bypass switch preserves the dry tone when off. It suits players who want the classic Vox wah voice built to a higher hand-wired standard, especially for clean and lightly driven funk and rock rhythm work.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Metal
  • Classic Rock
  • Blues
Tonal lean
  • fuzzy
  • transparent
  • dynamic
  • warm

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