Pedal Pawn announces Say Wah, its first wah pedal

November 1, 2026 · 2 sources

Pedal Pawn announced the Say Wah on November 1, 2026, its first wah pedal¹. The British company, founded in 2019 by guitarist Chris King Robinson, built the circuit from scratch¹.

The Say Wah is true bypass and uses a hand-wound inductor, a custom-designed PCB and circuitry, and a CTS 100K custom-taper McCon-O-Pot II¹. Robinson said the pot was developed with Mike McConachie, the man behind the McCon-O-Wah, and is rated for two million cycles¹. Every unit is hand-assembled in the UK, and Robinson said he sets up and tests each one at the end of production¹. A Japanese report also states that each wah housing is stripped and repainted by hand².

Robinson said the first Say Wah concept dates to 2020, and that a wah had been the most requested Pedal Pawn product¹. He cited late 1960s and early 1970s Italian-style wah sounds, particularly a vintage V846 with an old TDK-style inductor, as the main inspiration¹. The pedal is named after the opening track of SRV's third studio album, released in 1985¹.

The Say Wah will retail for $435¹.