Pedal Pawn’s first wah is built for fuzz, drive and two million sweeps

Pedal Pawn has released the Say Wah, its first treadle wah and a £327 attempt to make the circuit behave as comfortably with saturated rigs as it does into a clean amplifier. The UK-built pedal uses a hand-wound custom inductor, a bespoke PCB and the company’s CTS-made 100K McCon-O-Pot II. Pedal Pawn rates that pot for two million cycles, a practical claim aimed at the component that sees the most mechanical wear in a wah.

The circuit is true bypass and can run from a 9V DC supply or battery. Each unit is assembled in the UK inside a rebuilt donor shell, so the familiar treadle format is retained while the electronics and sweep are Pedal Pawn’s own. The company says the voicing was developed to remain vocal and usable with fuzz and overdrive rather than thinning out or becoming piercing as gain rises.

Guitar World reports that the concept dates back to 2020, making this a long-gestating addition rather than a fast extension of the catalog. The first production units are shipping, with the remaining launch stock expected to follow within a week. For players who stack vintage-style fuzz with a wah, the product’s central promise is not a new control layout but a carefully chosen sweep and component set that stays musical under gain.