Vintage 60's WAH WAH pedal

Early 1970's KAY 'Wah Wah 1' pedal with Germanium Transistors. Still sounds cool after 38 years of use.

Bought it new in 1973 for £7.50 from ABC Music in Addlestone in Weybridge, Surrey UK. I remember the event as clear as day, although it was a cold and dark November evening as I raced there after school...

Tracks played with '73 Fender Stratocaster hardtail and last, a Vintage Hofner E457/se Archtop. Recorded direct into a Korg Triton Extreme Workstation.


This represents a massive piece of my playing life as was my only pedal for years as gives raunchy OD/distortion too amongst other clever effects when used in combination with reverb/tremolo etc... enjoy a piece of sonic history!

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• Matchstick Men

[stupidplants]

wouldnt be interested in selling it?

i have a mid 60's Kay Starter Series.

[snotmale]

not for sale currently - sorry!

[ScreamingTubes]

One of these on ebay for £100 currently... I love that old gear - so much character and no pretence !

[snotmale]

...cheap at the price too! A piece of Rock history...

[blondegraemey]

Wow! Kay pedals may be cheap but they always sound fantastic!

[SpiroGir0]

@RodKovPy ...does it sound the same??

[frozenroby]

pictures of matchstickmen

[DamageIncM]

I has one. :)

[RodKovPy]

niceee.. i got the very same one!!

[spacemanvector32]

these are really hard to find...

[Marchini666]

Wow!!! I have 2 of those!!! great stuff!!

[stupidplants]

everything Kay made in 60s-70s was amazing.

[58TweedDeluxe]

Hey - that has that 60's psychedelic sound off to a 'T' !! I must look more closely at some of the old less obvious gear from back then. There are some hidden secrets to be unearthed...