Wah-ocTo-Fuzz
The Wah-ocTo-Fuzz is what happens when two storied American effects brands decide to have fun together. DOD — the recently revitalized 70s stompbox institution — teamed up with wah royalty Morley to build a three-in-one treadle pedal that channels the fuzz-wah excess of the early 1970s, when units like the Morley Power Wah Fuzz ruled funk and acid-rock stages. Under the treadle lives a genuine Morley wah — electro-optical, in the company's tradition, meaning no scratchy potentiometers to wear out — delivering the throaty, vocal sweep that made Morley the anti-Cry Baby choice for players from Zakk Wylde to Mark Tremonti. Feeding it is a 1970s-style fuzz voiced for exactly this pairing: thick, slightly unruly, and glorious when the wah filter sweeps through its harmonics — the Hendrix-and-Funkadelic recipe. The third act is the octave, and it is a deep cut: a recreation of the DOD FX35 Octoplus, the cult 80s analog octave-down box, adding subterranean growl beneath your fuzzed leads. The masterstroke is independent footswitching — wah, fuzz and octave each engage separately, so the pedal works as three standalone effects or any stack you dare. Wah-only for funk rhythm, fuzz-octave for Big Muff-meets-bass-synth mayhem, all three for full 1971 freakout. In an era of menu-diving multi-effects, a big mechanical treadle with three analog personalities is refreshingly physical fun.
