I posted about this pedal back in March after Premier Guitar’s Rebecca Dirks visited Electro-Harmonix HQ and got the scoop on this innovative new Wah pedal, The Crying Tone. Electro-Harmonix have just sent me an official press release with lots of information which I wanted to share with you and also a new high quality demo video which you can find at the end of this post. I imagine there are purists who will be against the idea of a Wah pedal with no moving parts and obviously you won’t be able to leave the Wah on in an open position which I know many guitarists like to do at times for a certain effect, but watch the demo and listen. Not only does it sound great but it is very affordable too. I can’t wait to try this out and I think the other pedals in this series that are coming soon sound interesting too.
Press Release
With the unveiling of the new Crying Tone wah wah, Electro-Harmonix has re-invented this classic pedal and brought it into the 21st Century. EHX founder and president, Mike Matthews, explained its conception this way: “The wah wah pedal has been around since the 1960s and guitarists love them. But they also complain to me that the moving parts wear out, break and need to be replaced. Now, almost half a century later, technology has advanced to where we’re able to create a wah wah with absolutely no moving parts. The pedal sounds incredible, is more responsive and has no moving parts to break.”
The Crying Tone wah wah pedal is part of a new series for Electro-Harmonix dubbed The Next Step. Currently, there are four other pedals designed and poised for production: An Expression Pedal, Pan Pedal, Talking Pedal (vocal formant wah with fuzz) and Volume Pedal. All feature the proprietary design that makes The Next Step Effects ground breaking.
Every aspect of the Crying Tone pedal’s design, from its unique shape to its state-of-the-art circuitry, is the result of almost three years of intensive design and development by an international team of engineers and musicians. The Crying Tone Wah Wah pedal comes equipped with a 9Volt battery and accepts an optional 9.6DC-200 power supply. The Crying Tone is shipping now and carries a U.S. List price of $116.
Check out the demo from EHX here:
