Behringer Real McCoy WahWah:Affordable ’60s-Style Wah!
Sixties-voiced wah pedal for under $100
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The Real McCoy WahWah is Behringer’s latest recreation/clone of a classic pedal, this time a 1960s-style wah pedal. Will this budget wah make much of a dent in the boutique wah pedal market?
Vintage Wah Pedals
My name is Jef, and I am a wah pedal addict. I have somewhere in the region of 20 of the things, vintage, boutique and otherwise. Many collectors love old ’60s wah pedals (and ’70s), but they are cranky, tend to fail if not properly maintained, and they are expensive!
I tend to favour my RMC or my Budda for most of my wah pedal duties when it comes to modern recreations, but they weren’t cheap.
Real McCoy WahWah
Now Behringer is entering the vintage-voiced wah pedal market with their new Real McCoy WahWah, which is priced at $99/£69.99, so very affordable for a wah with a 1960s voicing.
This new affordable wah has a halo-style inductor and all-analog circuitry, but also has true bypass and will run from a battery or an external power supply. My vintage JEN wah will not do true bypass, and neither does it like power supplies, so this is a win for this Behringer model.
Pedalboard-Friendly
There is not much you can say about a wah pedal; however, this one is smaller than vintage units, and it has a status LED on the side. This means it should be a lot more usable for modern pedalboard setups.
Hendrix never used a pedalboard; he just had his pedals on the floor, and the rows of Marshall stacks would let him know his wah was engaged, as the huge pop and hiss that it provided at stage volume was hard to miss!
This Behringer unit has a rubberised treadle plate to stop you slipping off when in full wah mode, and they state it is rugged and road-ready, whatever that means.
If you need an affordable wah, it could be an option, as it is pretty cheap for a vintage-voiced unit.
Price & Availability
The new Behringer Real McCoy WahWah is available at Thomann for $94/£82/€98.
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