Clyde McCoy was a big-band Trumpet Player in the '60s... not a great
musician, but one famous for getting a muted "wah wah" sound. This led
to Vox trying to approximate this muted trumpet sound in a pedal...
hence the Vox "Clyde McCoy" wah wah circa 1967.
Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton both used a Vox "Clyde McCoy" model wah
wah. Photos taken during the recording of "Electric Ladyland" document
Jimi's as being the "signature" model, featuring Clyde McCoy's name
written out script style on the bottomplate. The other type of Clyde
McCoy was the "picture" version, which had Clyde's photo on the
bottomplate. The "signature" model, with it's great sounding "halo"
inductor, is what the Fulltone CLYDE is modeled after.
The Fulltone "CLYDE" was born from taking the best of the best of my
more than 25 pc. vintage Vox wah collection, and analyzing every
aspect... going so far as sacrificing a few of the vintage inductors to
get it right.
Our Inductor is a tuned core hand-made unit using EXACTLY the same
type wire and inductance as the '60's era Vox, except VERY consistent
from one unit to the next. A tuned core inductor is much more expensive
to make, but the end result is worth it. The only change from the
original '60's Vox design is the addition of a very usable internal
"Resonance Control" which is a large durable trimmer, for bass and gain
adjustment, which is easily adjustable by hand without tools and with
room to mark your favorite settings.