The instrument
The PKW Pik-A-Wah Pedal was released in 1980.
Details
The Electro-Pic-Wah lets the musician get a way effect automatically and in synchronism with the music at a rate impossible to attain with a foot pedal alone. Now you can wash as fast as you can pick and you do not have to wait for the pedal. The rate at which the way sweeps from a low to a high pitch can be pre-set by the position of the pedal. In addition, the high and low limits of the way sweep, or range, can be pre-set with master controls. Again in a reversal of usual procedure, the Morley Electro-PIK break-through means regardless of type of play, strength of signal, or any other considerations typically required by triggered was, the Electro-PIK-A-Wah accurately follows the musician rather than the musician following, or being limited by, the device. A foot switch converts it to a standard wah pedal and it may also be used as a Morley Volume pedal. (Morley Catalog 1980)