The Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker is a Guyatone wah pedal. Close alternatives include the Emma DiscomBOBulator and the Vox V863CA Auto Wah. It pairs well with the Dumble Overdrive Special Amp Head and the Fender Deluxe Reverb.
Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker
Guyatone · pedal
The Guyatone WR-M5 Wah Rocker is a compact, long-discontinued Japanese envelope filter pedal that has become a cult favorite through Guthrie Govan's endorsement, who has described its sound simply as it goes quack, small, sounds like a duck, what's not to like. Rather than a traditional treadle-operated wah, it's a fixed auto-wah design using envelope-following circuitry that reacts to picking dynamics, producing a hands-free, quacky filter effect, with a blend control allowing players to mix the filtered signal with the dry tone for more nuanced textures. Its small footprint and rarity, combined with Govan's high-profile use, have made surviving units genuinely sought after among players chasing his distinctive funk and fusion tones.
- auto wah
- wah
- quack
- funk
- fusion
- dynamic
- envelope
- response
Genres the Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker is commonly used in
Amps that pair well with the Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker
Pedals that stack with the Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker
MXR Distortion+
MXR
10% matchMXR Distortion+ leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with
Beetronics Swarm
Beetronics
10% matchBeetronics Swarm's own fuzzy character is the real reason this is worth trying
Roland SDE-3000D
Roland
6% matchRun Roland SDE-3000D after Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker in the signal chain, clear of Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Walrus Audio Mako D1 High-Fidelity Stereo Delay V1
Walrus Audio
6% matchKeep Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker's glassy voice out front: Walrus Audio Mako D1 High-Fidelity Stereo Delay V1 goes after Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker in the signal chain so its pristine voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Emma DiscomBOBulator
pedal
71% similarityShared character: wah, pick_attack, filter
Vox V863CA Auto Wah
Vox
70% similarityShared character: fusion, wah, pick_attack
Musitronics Mu-Tron III
Musitronics
70% similarityShared character: fusion, pick_attack, filter
Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Plus
Electro-Harmonix
69% similarityShared character: effect, wah, filter
Maestro Agena
Maestro
69% similarityShared character: effect, fusion, pick_attack
Keeley Neutrino V2
Keeley
68% similarityShared character: fusion, wah, pick_attack
Xotic Robotalk 1 New Old Stock
Xotic
68% similarityShared character: fusion, filter, pedal
Guyatone Wah Rocker WR3
pedal
68% similarityShared character: fusion, wah, compact
Donner Dynamic wah
Donner
68% similarityShared character: wah, pick_attack, filter
Electro-Harmonix Nano BassBalls
Electro-Harmonix
67% similarityShared character: fusion, raw, wah
Jam Pedals Wahcko
Jam Pedals
67% similarityShared character: fusion, wah, response
Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95
Dunlop
67% similarityShared character: wah, pedal
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker?+
The closest matches in character are the Emma DiscomBOBulator, the Vox V863CA Auto Wah, the Musitronics Mu-Tron III.
What pairs well with the Guyatone WRm5 Wah Rocker?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Dumble Overdrive Special Amp Head, Fender Deluxe Reverb, MXR Distortion+ — Dumble Overdrive Special Amp Head leans toward dynamic, and that's a real, usable character to pair with.