My band used to play a lot of parties. One of the songs we used to do was a cover of the Theme from Shaft by Isaac Hayes. We did a fun little punk rock rendition of it, it was quite a crowd pleaser and really fun to play.

Anyway, my old wah wah pedal had expired. So in a pinch I ended up picking up a Vox Wah Wah model V847. It seemed a little pricey, $99 for a wah wah that I'll use on one song.  But I was in a pinch, and I had to get something. Shaft without wah wah is like cake without frosting.

But, it worked, it got me thru the next few gigs I had. But soon after, about 3 or 4 months later, it started crackling. I don't know squat about electronics, I'm sure it's just the pots needing to be cleaned or something. But a pedal should last more than six months.

I have since shelved this unit, luckily it came with the vinyl carying bag. I would definately stay away from the Vox V847. I was a little annoyed with the quality of the hardware and to be honest very dissapointed in the Vox V847.

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