The NEXI Wah (WWA-01) is a wah pedal from NEXI Industries. Guitar World reported the launch, describing it as "an analog Wah (WWA-01) pedal" with "a plug-and-play design that makes pedalboard compatibility easier than ever"1. Guitar Interactive Magazine's Jonathan Graham called it "the classic 'wah' that every modern-day electric guitarist needs in their collection"2.
What it is and how it is built
The WWA-01 is a conventional wah in a pedal format: a rocker pedal you work with your foot to sweep the filter across your guitar's signal. NEXI's press materials, as reported by both Guitar World and Guitar Interactive Magazine, note that it features a 100k ohm pot, the potentiometer that shapes the wah's sweep and voicing12. The company positioned it as a straightforward, no-menu analog effect rather than a digital model.
The design came from NEXI's in-house team of boutique effect pedal creators, whom the company calls the "Vintage Analog Protection Squad"12.
Power and pedalboard use
Power is flexible, and it is the pedal's main selling point for board builders21:
- Standalone use with a 9V battery12
- Plugged into the external power supply of NEXI's pedalboard, which the company markets as The Solution2
That second option is what NEXI means by plug-and-play: on a NEXI board, the wah connects to the board's own supply rather than needing its own cables. Guitar World reported the design "makes pedalboard compatibility easier than ever"1.
NEXI states that all of its pedals are true bypass and hybrid12. True bypass means the circuit is removed from the signal chain entirely when the wah is off.
Price and availability
NEXI priced the Wah at an MSRP of $99.95 at its March 2017 introduction1. Both announcements were timed to the 50th anniversary of the wah effect, which dates the pedal's launch to 201712.
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Questions
Is the NEXI Wah WWA-01 true bypass?
Yes. NEXI states that all of its pedals, the WWA-01 included, are true bypass and hybrid. That means the wah's circuit is taken completely out of the signal path when the pedal is off, so it does not load down or color the tone of everything else on your board.
Can the NEXI Wah run on a 9V battery?
Yes. NEXI says the Wah can be used standalone with a 9V battery, so it works without any external supply. It can also be plugged into the external power supply of NEXI's pedalboard, which the company calls The Solution, making it a plug-and-play part of that system.
Is the NEXI Wah analog or digital?
The NEXI Wah (WWA-01) is an analog wah pedal. NEXI's own design team, which the company calls the Vintage Analog Protection Squad, built it as an analog circuit rather than a digital model of a wah.
How much does the NEXI Wah WWA-01 cost?
NEXI priced the Wah at an MSRP of $99.95 when it was introduced in March 2017. That was the manufacturer's suggested retail price at launch, so actual street prices may have varied since then.
Who designed the NEXI Wah?
According to press coverage of the launch, the Wah was designed by NEXI's boutique effect pedal creators, a team the company calls the Vintage Analog Protection Squad. The pedal was introduced to mark the 50th anniversary of the wah effect.
Sources (2)
- NEXI Celebrates Wah Pedal's 50th Anniversary with New Analog Wah, Guitar World, 2017-03-21
- NEXI Introduces 50th Anniversary Wah Pedal, Guitar Interactive Magazine, 2017-03-24