Morley
CLIFF BURTON POWER FUZZ WAH
Some of the most sought after vintage
fuzz-wahs were made by the original Tel-
Ray Morley company. Its Power Wah Fuzz
is a beastly chrome classic, and its most
lauded and legendary user is without
a doubt the late Metallica bassist Cliff
Burton. Burton made use of the PWF’s
gnarliest sonic attributes on the band’s
early records for his distinctive “lead
bass” stylings, and metal bassists have
been seeking the effect out ever since.
Morley has recently released
a new pedal based on the
vintage model as a tribute to
Cliff Burton, in collaboration
with both Metallica and the
Burton family. This big-
bottomed fuzz-wah has
been officially dubbed
the Cliff Burton Power
Fuzz Wah, and though
it was designed with
a bassist in mind, it is
equally useful for guitar,
keys, electrified trumpet, or
whatever else you might want
to plug into its quarter-inch jack.
It has a vintage-modern fuzz voicing
switch, a permanently vintage-voiced
wah circuit, and each effect can be used
independently as well as in tandem. The
fuzz side features controls for intensity
and level, while the wah side has a
dedicated level control of its own. The
Morley Cliff Burton Power Fuzz Wah is a
rugged, great sou