MXR MC404 CAE Crybaby Dual Inductor Wah Guitar Effects Pedal  

I've owned a couple of boutique wahs over the years.  I'm a fan of the Budda Budwah, and Area 51 Wah, both of which I've owned.  Basically, I wore out the budwah, bought the area 51, wore that out, and after some careful consideration, I decided to try out this MC-404.  It's right up there with the boutique stuff.  The features put it a notch above other pedals at this price point, IMO.  Both inductor settings sound very soulful and classic.  The red setting works best for humbucker stuff, like satriani, etc. and the yellow setting is best for classic stuff like clapton, hendrix, etc... strat pickups.  The boost works great.  I find it to be most useful at lower settings but I have fairly hot pickups as it were.  The indicator lights are a very welcomed feature... hope they last.  The build quality ranks high upon initial examination and use.  MXR may have hit a homerun with this pedal.  They've had some other homeruns over the years and I wouldn't be surprised if this pedal gains a cult following in time.  At this price point, I feel it's very much a fair consideration.  My favorite things about it are that: It sounds very vintage and soulful but has dual settings that are equally useful and in a way like having 2 wahs in 1.  The boost is useful even though I could live without it, it works well.  It feels GREAT right out of the box and is the first wah that I didn't need to tweak the sweep on after 5 minutes of playing.  It turns on and off like a finely tuned machine.  I highly recommend this wah if you're debating "vintage", "boutique" pedals.  It has alot to offer and is of high quality manufacturing.

great pedal, but most of the range i found is in that 60%-100% range so if you plug it in and jam it back n forth expecting all this crazy variation, you're gonna blow over the sweet spots n be disappointed. in a way it's nice because it takes little effort to use.  i need to mess around a bit with the mid range (red) setting, it backs off a lot n i can barely hear it on my neck p/u but i'm sure it'll come in handy somewhere and i'm an instant fan of the boost!

I've been looking for years for a pedal to replace my Vox Wah and this is it!  I'm impressed with the smooth switching between functions and how quiet it sounds when played.  Should you be playing Hendrix or Clapton this is what you want.  Even Motown and R&R  music venues will greatly be enhanced by this quality durable pedal.  Put it on your Christmas wish list!