Dr. No reissues its fabulous Holy Wahcamoly Wah Pedal and gives the JAM Pedal Wahcko some proper competition once more

It’s great news that Dr. No is reissuing its iconic Holy Wahcamoly Wah - here in 10th Anniversary Flocked Edition, Not just the pedal enclosure is fully flocked - but the red chicken-head knob is too! A really cool version of this pedal. And whenever I see the Wahcamoly I can’t but help call to mind the JAM Pedals Wahcko also - which is equally colourful and flavourful.

Those are two the very best full-flavour Wah pedals with the same degree of attention to detail - focused on the exterior as well as interior of those devices. Both have a similar external frequency knob - where the Wahcamoly’s is a clicky / detented 3-position selector, and where the Wahcko has 6 positions.

The 100% hand-made Wahcamoly features a hand-wound ’Myth Halo’ 600mH inductor - delivering rich harmonics and superior low end response for killer classic tones.

I would say both of these are very much in the ’Art Pedal’ category - with that extraordinary attention paid to every part of the pedal. Both have incredibly striking designs. And for a period JAM Pedals has had that market all to itself - while Dr. No is back to reclaim a big slice of the action!

The JAM Pedals Wahcko is available in a number of different editions - including several Custom Shop editions. It features the well-loved 565mH Red Fasel Inductor and is similarly hand-made like the Wahcamoly - while it does not feature its own custom hand-wound inductor as far as I’m aware. The Standard Wahcko is at €369 courtesy of the JAM Pedals Webstore, but rises to €479 and more for Custom Shop Editions. Talking of Custom Shop Editions - my good friend Thorpy has just picked up a a really cool ’Achenbach’ Custom Shop edition in purple!

The reissued 10 Anniversary Flocked Holy Wahcamoly is at €372 on the Dr. No Webstore - meaning both ’Standard’ versions that appear here are priced very similarly.

There are differences to each pedal - and they will have slightly different textures and treadle angles and tapers - but both are wholly Top Tier. In fact both Wah Pedals here have several compelling reasons for you to want one or both even - while for most it will be a matter of one or the other. Obviously both look and sound superb - you have a tough decision to make here!

For me - I’ve already found my own perfect Wah - the super compact Plutoneium Chi-Wah-Wah Auto-Return, I would struggle to fit these two bigger examples on my board - where I do though really admire them for what they deliver. While many love them for exactly how they are - and several indeed favour the larger treadle wah-pedals. If you end up with either of these I’m sure you will be delighted - both are spectacular in sight and sound! A demo of each follows below :