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Here Comes the Fuzz

IF YOU WERE seeking power in your fuzz-wah tones in the mid-to-late 1970s, nothing delivered in a more high-voltage fashion than the Morley PWF. The name was short for Power Wah Fuzz, and the pedal was long on aggressive, hard-charging tone.

Shining through a crowded field of stompboxes, Morley pedals were big and built to last. Swathed in shiny chrome, they were presented as the best of the best in the effects revolution’s boomingest decade. Morley products were often referred to as “the Cadillac of effects pedals,” although the company frequently advertised them with a Rolls-Royce grille subtly

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