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Topic: Little Known Sacred Steel Facts... Morley Wah Pedal |
Del Ray Grace
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Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2017 8:50 pm |
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Little Known Sacred Steel Facts...
In the early to mid 1970's, Lorenzo L. Harrison first introduced the Morley Rotating Wah Volume pedal (RWV) into the Jewell dominion church of the living God.
Sonny Treadway, actually discovered the pedal while visiting a music store and thought it would work well with this style of music. He bought two pedals and gave one to Lorenzo to try out and the rest is history. The Morley wah pedal has become an iconic part of the Jewell Dominion steel guitar music legacy for over forty years.
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 6:16 am
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| Why is the Morley favored over the more common Vox or Cry Baby wahs? Is it used in conjunction with or in lieu of a standard volume pedal? |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 8 Apr 2017 6:59 am
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RWV. R = Rotating, W = Wah, V = Volume. It's the "rotating speaker effect" combined with the wah that gives "that sound". Anything else is just a wah pedal. The exception is the old Korg "Mr Multi FK-2" which had a three position switch for wah, phase, and phase and wah combined.
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Del Ray Grace
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Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2017 9:26 am
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| Hello Jack, not really sure. They tried it and were satisfied with the power Wah and the Leslie organ sound and never looked back. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 10 Apr 2017 4:20 pm
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 10 Apr 2017 5:00 pm Re: Little Known Sacred Steel Facts... Morley Wah Pedal
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| Del Ray Grace wrote: |
| ...The Morley wah pedal has become an iconic part of the Jewell Dominion steel guitar music legacy for over forty years. |
Is it also used as widely in the Keith Dominion churches, or is this a musical differentiation between the two denominations?
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2017 10:10 am
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| I think Chuck Campbell uses something else now , but the Boss T-Wah was/is a favorite in his arsenal. |
It looks like the T-Wah is newer than the MXR Envelope Filter that Buddy Emmons used. Has anyone compared the two and have any pros or cons between the two? |
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 19 Dec 2018 9:11 am
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| There you go. When I searched I found the Morley Rotating Speaker Synthisizer on Reverb. I knew it looked right but didn’t associate it with the wah . Looks like maybe they haven’t been made since the 70’s. Looks like they want $500 or so for a good one. |
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Len Ryder
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Penticton B.C.
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Posted 19 Dec 2018 10:38 am
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| Many years ago I used an "apparatus" that gave an organ sound. It was a barrel type, rotating "thing" that the steel was plugged into and came out with a organ sound. It was quite large and just too much to haul around so needless to say I didn't use it for too long. After all those years I have no idea what it was called. |
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