Boss PW-3 Wah

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Description #

The wah on my pedalboard. This one I use quite a bit less than all the others, because I don't have the coordination needed to play and also operate the pedal, but that's mostly a skill issue.

Impressions #

It works really nice if you have a clean sound or a very low distorted sound. So for example, if you want to play anything that resembles Metallica's Kirk Hammett solos with wahs, you won't be able to do it, because it has a very low modulation, at least this version that I have, and it only shows up if you pass the entire chain to it.

So if it is on the end of the chain, you will get a lot of modulation. But if you are using it like I am, in the beginning of the chain, you can only get modulation with low distortion, like the Centaur or the DS-1 in a low setting. You won't ever be able to get it with a high distortion, or the Big Muff, or whatever other pedal, especially not with the Metal Zone.

There are three things about this pedal that stresses me up real bad:

1. It's remarkably difficult to turn it on and off, you have to put your entire weight on the pedal, I which they were like those DigiTech Whammer pedals which have the pedal and the switch in a separate setting
2. It's huge, very huge. Unless you find a spot in the middle or the sides of the pedalboard, I couldn't make it fit along with the Muff, one had to go, I love the other, so this was the chosen
3. Even though you have 0 things happening on the sides, the input and output are still on the top of the pedal. Reasons unknown

Final thoughts #

I hardly use it and I don't have a lot to say about it, other than that it's just a huge pedal, and I'm thinking about just putting it aside on the pedalboard because I rarely use it. But it's really fun to use when you need one. I'm thinking about whether I should actually get an auto wah on the pedalboard instead of this one.

Related #

• Boss DS-1

• Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

• Boss TU-2 Tuner