SONICAKE Active Volume & Wah Guitar Effect Pedal, Mini Size - VolWah

I've played guitar for about 11 years. I'm now on a professional contract. And in them years I've used many many wah pedals and this is easily the best I've had. I've used the classics you've all heard of... And this is better. In my opnion. The fact it doubles as volume and wah is excellent and it's super easy to switch between the two as well and even has a light so you know what setting it's on for gigging. I used this on my last four gigs, it's a professional venue with stage lighting and lots of smoke etc and I could see the light through the dark purple and smoke, green light= volume, red light=wah. Both feature work amazingly. The wah has that wah sound you're desperate to find. I've searched years for the perfect tone and setting of wah and this covers every area and it's redicolously cheap. It is small... Yes.... I'm a size UK 9, and my shoe covers the entire pedal, you do need to have a little more care when using it, more attention to the pressure and position of your foot on the pedal, but it works so well and it's super easy to adjust to it's smaller size. The benefit too is it fits nicely on a smaller board like mine, takes up less space for more pedals (because we're always wanting to add a new pedal aren't we people of Amazon? 😜) There is a large deal of hiss when the wah is engaged, this is typical of wahs, but this was aggressive, so I bought the noise gate you see (budget pedal that also blew my mind at how good it is) and it totally eliminates the buzzing and hissing from the wah and any gain/distortion I have active at the time with minimal signal impact and works from a low setting too. If you're not bothered about hiss for home practice then don't worry about the noise gate. But I had a gig and needed it badly but then found they had me plug into a DI and so eliminated all that extra noise anyways and didn't need it for that gig! But it's still a vital bit of kit especially with this wah if you don't want that extra noise. For the price. Sacrifice the size and go for it. You won't regret it. I haven't. Mini wahs are the new way forward!

I was in the market for a wah and the added benefit of using as a volume control was tempting. It is smaller which is perfect for my small pedal board (not playing shows or anything so trying to keep it light). The Wah is very sensitive and sounds great. The volume doesn't have a long ramp. It's almost effectively an on/off switch, but there is some variance in the higher position. Overall I is exactly what i wanted for a decent price. I purchased another SONICAKE pedal which was very high quality so I figured this one was worth the shot. I am not disappointed. The only thing that I have the smallest grief about is the position of the 9V AC port. It is on the top right. Since I have my volume/wah first on the board it means that the power cord needs to wrap under and to the right which isn't as huge deal, but I worry about it getting caught between the pedal and base. Would be better if it was just on top like most other pedals.

I just added the SonicCake VolWah pedal into my now six-pedal chain and I gotta say I LIKE IT! It's well-made, sturdy, reasonably priced and switches easily from volume to wah and back (red LED is wah-the bonus-and green LED is volume). I'm not a big wah fan, but I'm beginning to see (hear) possibilities. I added it at the beginning of my chain. It allowed me to turn up the volume on both amps (a 40watt amp line out also drives a 15watt acoustic-specific amp set for mostly bass tones) for Better Speaker Efficiency (I'm hearing microtones and notes that I haven't heard before) without annoying my wife. Being an active pedal, it can be placed anywhere in your chain for different amplitude effects, which I will try over time. No discernible noise (from this pedal) for my setup. My chain: Vol/wah; octave; 6-band EQ; compressor-sustainer; distortion/morpher; and an acoustic amp sim/modeler. I'm an amateur lap steel player, not a gigging pro, but this pedal is awesome. Update 11-21-2021: I rerouted the VolWah pedal, EQ and the acoustic amp modeler through my big amp's fx circuit while the other three pedals were rerouted to the big amp low input jack and then a line out to the small amp. I put a dynamic Shure-57 style mic into the big amp high input jack and aimed it at the guitar. Wow! Big sound and great tone, lower noise, and my big amp spring reverb now plays nicely with my small amp chorus. This setup (the fx circuit) DOES cut out the big amp's front panel volume control and volume is solely through the pedal now but still completely controls the total volume, including the cascaded small amp and mic. I am supremely pleased with the pedal and its abilities. I'm still learning to "wah" though.

This is a great pedal. I am always looking to save space on my pedal board, and this pedal is very compact - in between the size of a regular pedal and a mini-pedal. I have an old Cry Baby Wah that sounds good on it's own but it is too large to fit on my board, and it is noisy and sucks tone when not in use I also have a full size Volume pedal, but it isn't on my board either - no room. This SONICAKE VolWah pedal is a nice solution because I get Volume and Wah in a small space that fits my pedal board. I read some of the other reviews about a few things that could be improved, and I think two of them have been already since been improved. One was that the volume or wah pedal moved when you took your foot off. Mine stays in the same position when you take your foot off which is handy for both settings. Another comment was that there was a switch on the side of the pedal to switch from volume to wah. On mine, there is no switch. You just step on the pedal to engage either option. Red or green lights tell you which option you have. A feature I like is that these lights point away from the pedal, but they light up the board so you can see which is setting the pedal is on without the lights in your eyes on a dark stage. As for the sound, the Wah is supposed to be modeled after a Cry Baby. I think it comes close, and it has a very usable sweep - it is hard to get a bad sound from it. Same for the volume setting. It might not have as wide a sweep as some volume pedals, but it just takes a bit of practice to get used to it. I only gave it 4 stars for material quality because the case is some type of hard plastic. For me this isn't really an issue because it will stay on my board and my board has a soft case for transport. The input, output, treadle, and volume/wah selector are metal, which is a good thing. All and all, I'm very happy with what this little pedal can do.

Feels cheap. Terrible volume sweep. Basically volume on or off.

I own many good quality, name brand pedals which I am very pleased with. However I wanted to downsize my pedal board. I keep the big one for shows and large venues. However I thought Id take a chance on this since it was so small, so lightweight and inexpensive. I figured even if it only lasted a short while it'd be worth it. well I've been using it right along for many months now. The way effects sound fine. and the volume pedal is smooth. I've found that for the price point, this little pedal gives you the bang for the buck. And it's so light and small it's easy to carry around in its own gig bag. (I bought a separate sipper case that fits it nicely). I'm happy with it and would recommend it to others. Yes there are better, more expensive pedals out (I own some) there but if you want to downsize and would like to lighten your load I think you'll be happy too. I was happy that it arrived as expected and was packaged in a way that protected the product. I did use a good quality power brick to ensure consistent clean power. Other players ask about it. We look at it and laugh because it sounds so good although it's small and inexpensive.

Bought pedal in January of 2020, never gigged just chilling on my pedal board, play with it on average maybe once per week. Unfortunately the power input is having issues and disconnecting/crackling, the volume control doesn't sound as smooth anymore and has some static / scratchiness in the signal as I move the pedal, and I've since noticed since removing the pedal out of the chain that it is causing a LOT of background noise in my signal. Not sure if this is related to the failing power connector (which is the case with any adapter I've tried and I have many). As far as the actual pedal itself before the issues, I really enjoyed it. It has a great tone for the wah, the volume is a bit difficult to control smoothly because of the pedal being so small, but for the price it's a very versatile pedal with a small footprint. I may upgrade to something more legit eventually to try to kill some of the noise in my signal going forward. We'll see.

OK, I seriously was fed up after 45 minutes of hunting through my junk to find a power supply that fits this unit. Fortunately, an old ugly power supply caught my attention and it came to life. 1) I bought this unit for my lap steel guitar. If you play lap steel you NEED a volume pedal. Volume pedals are expensive. I didn't want to shell out $150, so I bought the 2 in 1. Yes, I got the one with the Wah,.....just because. 2) The unit is small, but it is well built. It's light too which is a nice feature. Some people complained that it was near impossible to pedal to a set volume between no sound and max, only to lift your foot off of it and lose the the volume setting. I can see that being a problem, but I bought this just to create swells in my playing. My foot will most likely stay on the pedal or I'll ramp it to max before lifting my foot from it. Really, no big deal for me. 3) The ability to create swells with this unit is no problem. It has a shorter throw between no volume and max volume, but it works wonderfully. I like it and I'm glad I didn't send it back. 4) I play guitar too. I thought the Wah might be a nice addition to the rig. Seriously, the wah is INCREDIBLE. You won't go wrong just buying this thing for that feature alone. I'm giving it a 4 out of 5 mainly because of the frustration in finding a power supply in my bucket of audio stuff. This vol/wah would have been worth paying another $15 if it came with a power supply. If you decide to buy the Sonicake vol/wah pedal, get a POWER SUPPLY too. This does not run on batteries.

For such a compact unit this is a great peice of kit. It's sturdy and solid so I'd have no qualms in gigging with it. There is no noise whatsoever and no colouration or deteriation of sound when not in use so a true bypass. The wah sound is superb, a really full range and excellent tone. The volume pedal option is really smooth with no spikes or jumps. It has two different coloured lights under the pedal front so you can tell whether you are currently set to wah or volume. I've used it for recording and the sound sits really well with my track. The only improvement I'd suggest is that this is mains only and it would be better with a battery option for emergency. Other than that I'm delighted with it.

It does the job!

Muy sorprendido y para bien. Por el precio que tiene, no esperaba que fuera tan sólido y que funcionara tan bien. Si tienes poco espacio en la pedalera (como es mi caso), este VolWah es una bendición. Lo que más me ha gustado: - Versatilidad total: Es súper práctico tener un pedal de volumen y un Wah en el mismo aparato. Cambias de un modo a otro con un pisotón (el LED te indica en qué modo estás) y responde de maravilla. - Cero ruidos: Al ser un pedal activo, no chupa nada de tono ni mete ese siseo molesto que tienen otros pedales baratos. La señal sale limpia. - El sonido del Wah: Me ha sorprendido para bien. Tiene un carácter bastante clásico, rollo "Crybaby", que suena genial tanto en limpio como con distorsión. - Tamaño mini: Es pequeñísimo. Cabe en cualquier hueco y no pesa nada, ideal si te mueves mucho con la guitarra a cuestas. Debes tener en cuenta que el ser un pedal tipo mini, es realmente pequeño. Si tienes el pie muy grande o estás acostumbrado a los pedales de tamaño estándar, al principio se te hace un poco raro y tienes que pillarles el truco para controlar bien el recorrido. El barrido es más corto que en un pedal grande, así que requiere un poco más de precisión con el tobillo. De todos modos, por poco más de 30 euros es un chollo.

I used it but after 1 week of used, then no power. Do you have any contact for support?

Il VolWah è il prodotto perfetto per chi ha bisogno sia di un classico Wah che di un pedale per volume in quanto, quando non è attivato il wah, il pedale funziona automaticamente da volume. Il suono del wah ricorda diversi modelli classici e ha un ottimo range. Si attiva attraverso la pressione dello switch con la punta del piede, come molti altri modelli. La costruzione è robusta. L'involucro è di dimensioni contenute e ciò lo rende facilmente inseribile in qualsiasi pedalboard. Un ottimo acquisto.