The Morley Fuss & Wah wah pedal
This is the pedal that I lost some time ago to an old boss and friend at a company called Mr Case in Toronto. He used it many years ago when he was gigging and I wasn’t. The band always practiced in their warehouse and one night it was broken into and yep you guessed it, off it went.
I loved this thing for one reason and one reason only, the sound that I got when I used it for La Villa Strangiato, from Hemispheres, 1978.
This is the part when they start playing. He uses the Morley Wah pedal to get that great Gothic church organ effect. I used to sit and try this effect for hours on end at home. With my old Boss Chorus, Boss Flanger and Morley pedal, running through the HIWATT it sounded just like a church organ.
For a pedal that I used for only one thing, it worked flawlessly! The way that the sound slowly just crept out of the amp. … It still gives me goose bumps just thinking of it.
The Fuss effect part of the pedal I never really explored, too bad ’cause it may have had some use at some point when I was playing a lot.
It was big, scary and cumbersome looking but I still miss it! RIP, Mr. Morley, wherever you’re playing.
Keep on Jammin’
