GEAR SPOTLIGHT
ISSUE 203
O C T O B E R 27
ELECTRO -
HAR M O N IX
COCK FIGHT
PLUS
REVIEW BY S.P. BURKE
STREET PRICE $123.50
Considering how long it’s
been in the business and
all of the eclectic pedals
it’s made, it’s surprising
to realize that it’s been
decades since Electro-
Harmonix made a proper
wah pedal. The company is
finally rectifying that though
with the Cock Fight Plus.
And considering all the
features under the hood, it’s
making up for lost time.
The Cock Fight Plus (living
up to its name, coming in
a bright yellow box with
an angry rooster on it) is
an offshoot of Electro-
Harmonix’s standalone
Cock Fight unit, which was
designed to mimic the
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sound of a cocked wah. All
of the features from the
original Cock Fight have
been ported over, just in a
traditional wah enclosure.
This means the Cock Fight
Plus has perhaps the most
knobs and switches I’ve
seen in a wah pedal—
Electro-Harmonix spared
nothing.
On the left side of the
chassis is a master volume
knob, followed by a
“Crybaby/Talk” switch
that switches between
a traditional wah sound
or a more vowel-heavy
sound similar to a talk box.
After that is a three-way
switch that controls the
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onboard fuzz effect; middle
disengages the fuzz, top
puts the fuzz before the
filter, and bottom puts the
filter before the fuzz. Finally
there’s a BOT (or “Bottom”)
knob that controls the low
frequency boost. The Tone,
Bias, and Drive knobs on
the right side of the chassis
control the fuzz effect.
The Bias knob in particular
is important because
turning to the right gets
the “Normal” sound, but
turning to the left decreases
the voltage to get the
“dying battery” sound
Electro-Harmonix overdrives
seem to be obsessed with.
A concern I had before I