Wilson Effects Brushed Aluminum Freaker Wah V.3 w/LED

The Brushed Aluminum Freaker Wah V.3 w/LED is a wah pedal from Wilson Effects, built in a brushed aluminum enclosure and fitted with an LED. It is the current version of the Freaker Wah, a dual filter wah that Delicious Audio's Paolo De Gregorio described as producing "synth tones and crazy filter sweeps"¹.

What it does

The Freaker Wah is a dual filter wah rather than a conventional single-voiced wah. Writing about the earlier V.2, Delicious Audio described a pedal that "produces synth tones and crazy filter sweeps"¹, and the same publication's buying guide of fuzz-friendly wah pedals called "the Freaker is a dual filter wah"³. The brushed aluminum V.3 w/LED carries that circuit in Wilson Effects' brushed aluminum housing, with an LED indicator².

Controls and customization

The V.3's defining feature is its six-position rotary switch, which selects among six filter settings. Unlike the V.2, those values are not fixed: interior DIP switches let you customize the wah's filter sweep. As Wilson Effects puts it, "By utilizing the interior DIP switches you can customize the wahs filter sweep to deeper depths or brighter highs"⁵⁴.

How it relates to the other Freaker and Wilson wahs

Wilson Effects describes the V.3 as "An expansion of the Freaker Wah V.2 circuit," offering "the ability to further customize the 6 position rota"⁵. The V.2 has been phased out of production: the maker states that "Freaker Wah V.2's have been phased out of production and replaced by the Freaker Wah V.3," with the same circuit and tones but more options⁶. The earlier Freaker Wah V2 remains covered on its own page.

Within the wider Wilson Effects wah range, the Freaker sits apart from the company's more traditional wahs such as the Wilson Wah V2 and the Ten Spot II V.3, which is offered in Black and Brushed Aluminum versions⁷⁸.

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