Vox V848

[ESPm2M]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/151688/

Has anyone here tried this wah? How does it sound? More importantly, does anyone know what the mysterious "tone-critical part" is that Vox refers to?

This thing seems, in some ways,  like an over priced response to what we do here! Same goes for the EVH p90, etc, etc.  I wonder if this and other forums are having an impact on the industry by demanding more effects and versatility out of our effects.

Rock!

[al3151]

They are refering to the Fasel Inductor(the big red thing in the picture),aside from that the wah looks like a tue bypassed GCB-95 with better components.

[littlegreiger]

It also looks like it has an ICAR pot.

[tclixx]

I owned one and didn't like it. I like the V847 better even with out the true bypass. The tone was terrible to me on the V848. I sold my V848 on ebay for $120 took that money and bought a used V847 for $60 & used the rest of the the money to mod it. I was able to put in a fulltone inductor, tropical fish caps, vocal, gain, & volume mods, led light, & 9V adapter with the rest of the money and it sounds as good or better than the other top wahs out there. It has a sound really close to the wah I have heard Hendrix have now. Really vocal. The only thing I haven't done is change the transistors to the old style yet and when i do that I don't think there will be a better sounding wah. For the best sounding wah the best is to find a old Vox Clyde, $300 & up), or do all the mods to a V847,(around $120 total). It has taken me some time to learn how to do this and find the parts but my modded V847 is sounding awsome. The V848 reissue clyde doesn't sound anything like a old original clyde. They got places you can buy the modded PC board so a RI Clyde will sound like a old one for about $70 - $90.

[analog kid]

How did you think that pot LOOKED LIKE an ICAR Taper ?? I didn't know there was ANY distictive look to a pot that was made to the old ICAR brand tapers? Anyway
You are very right , It is and I was happy to see this pic posted here because I got VERY LUCKY enough To find a guy close with someone at the supplier of these pots made for the V848 McCoy reish , where I was actually able to BUY one as OEM Replacement!! I was scepticle however if it was really the pot in the McCoy and hence if it's made to ICAR taper. That is until SEEING THIS PICTURE!! That's it for sure!! I might have to buy another one before that supplier stops sneaking them out  as they ARE NOT manufactured for individual Resale!

Also , you said you didn't like the McCoy 848 and it didn't sound like the original at all
DID YOU think to try replacing the Trannies using something close to the Originals and with a lower gain??  That would be the first thing I'd look at if I had this board in my wah and wanted the Mccoy sound!  Matter of fact hard to believe they'd go to all that trouble using an inductor "like" the old , a POT tapered like the old, and the component values for the most part like the old And THEN for some reason stick what looks to be something like the terrible High Gain MPS18's in there Seems NUTZ!!
As they're a very important part of the sound/tone.
Anyway just a thought. Something like BC109B's C's BC108B , BD173L's even if you can find them.

[jmusser]

Tclixx is the wah mod information consolidated somewhere, or, are they collection of mods you've found from various sources? I have an 847 I would like to eventually work on. From what little I've read on the subject, the fasel inductor is one of the main changes to get a decent tone, the vocal, gain, and volume mods I haven't heard of until now. I know mine needs true bypass if nothing else, because not having it really tone and volume sucks everything else in the chain. Did you actually notice a tone difference with the tropical fish caps, or did you just do it for authenticities sake? I couldn't imagine them doing that much for the tone, but there's an amp builder who swears by carbon comp resistors for some sort of mojo too :roll:

[formerMember1]

i got a question folks:

What were the original transistors used in the ORIGINAL Vox CLyde McCoy's hendrix used?

Did jimmy Page use the clyde mccoy wah?

thanks

[leonhendrix]

most clydes that ive seen have BC109B

page probably used a clyde but he is known to have used a early grey vox wah the inductor was 250mH instead of the usual 500 this means its very trebley.

theres a picture of the grey vox wah and other wahs here (theres a picture of hendrix with what looks like a picture wah)

http://members.chello.nl/~t.heertjes/Wah%20wah.html

leon

[formerMember1]

thanks, that is a nice link i never been there.

[leonhendrix]

The clyde hendrix is holding doesnt seem to have any feet just some tape across across MR. Mccoys mug, so if you see any clyde mccoys with no feet and vintage looking tape holding it together on EBAY you're probably going to have to sell your granny to get it. :roll:

leon