The Vox V846HW Wah is a wah pedal. Close alternatives include the Vox Vintage Wah and the MXR M109 Six Band EQ. It pairs well with the Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W 1x12 Combo and the Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W Head.
Vox V846HW Wah
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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.
- rhythm
- wah
- fuzz
- clean
- expressive
- clarity
- responsive
- funk
Genres the Vox V846HW Wah is commonly used in
- Classic Rock
- Funk
- Rock
- Blues
- Alternative
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Amps that pair well with the Vox V846HW Wah
Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W 1x12 Combo
Magnatone
24% matchRun fuzzy into Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W 1x12 Combo for more modulated on top
Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W Head
Magnatone
tonal matchPut Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W Head in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward modulated
Magnatone 510
Magnatone
tonal matchPut Magnatone 510 in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward modulated
Pedals that stack with the Vox V846HW Wah
Beetronics Swarm
Beetronics
26% matchBeetronics Swarm's fuzzy voice suits Vox V846HW Wah's own fuzzy character
JHS Colour Box V2
JHS Pedals
26% matchPut JHS Colour Box V2 in front and the fuzzy tone leans further toward clean boost
Hungry Robot The Borderland
Hungry Robot
19% matchRun Hungry Robot The Borderland after Vox V846HW Wah in the signal chain, clear of Vox V846HW Wah's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2
Hungry Robot
18% matchKeep Hungry Robot Moby Dick V2 after Vox V846HW Wah in the signal chain, clear of Vox V846HW Wah's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Laney TI-Boost
Laney
tonal matchInto Vox V846HW Wah, Laney TI-Boost is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end
Mooer Flex Boost
Mooer
tonal matchMooer Flex Boost is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Vox V846HW Wah gives it exactly that
Suhr Eclipse
Suhr
tonal matchVox V846HW Wah leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform Suhr Eclipse wants
MXR Double Down
MXR
tonal matchVox V846HW Wah leans into a clean amp's front end, precisely the platform MXR Double Down wants
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Vox Vintage Wah
Vox
71% similarityShared character: classic_rock, wah, warm
MXR M109 Six Band EQ
MXR
71% similarityShared character: true_bypass, subtle, middle
Vox WAH-V845
Vox
71% similarityShared character: sweep, wah, smooth
Electro-Harmonix Cock Fight Plus
Electro-Harmonix
70% similarityShared character: sweep, wah, smooth
Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Dunlop
70% similarityShared character: sweep, wah, true_bypass
Real McCoy Custom RMC4 Wah
Real Mccoy
70% similarityShared character: wah, smooth, fuzz
Dunlop Cry Baby
Dunlop
70% similarity“leans heavily on highs, less pronounced low-end growl than a Cry Baby”
Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone
Electro-Harmonix
70% similarityShared character: sweep, wah, middle
Friedman Gold-72 No More Tears Wah
Friedman
70% similarityShared character: warm, wah, true_bypass
Morley MO PFW 2
Morley
69% similarityShared character: wah, true_bypass, fuzz
Electro-Harmonix Wailer Wah
Electro-Harmonix
69% similarityShared character: wah, true_bypass, middle
Morley 20/20 Classic Wah
Morley
69% similarityShared character: sweep, wah, clarity
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Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Vox V846HW Wah?+
The closest matches in character are the Vox Vintage Wah, the MXR M109 Six Band EQ, the Vox WAH-V845.
What pairs well with the Vox V846HW Wah?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W 1x12 Combo, Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W Head, Magnatone 510 — Run fuzzy into Magnatone Super Fifteen 15W 1x12 Combo for more modulated on top.