Having Wah Troubles--Again...

My best guess would be (considering you've already checked the obvious things like is it plugged in right, battery) something has either come loose inside the circuit or something has gone bad which isn't always an expensive fix.  If you could open the back of the wah pedal and look for obvious damage to the circuit board such as burn marks or a capacitor that might have exploded inside there that would be the easiest thing to look for, even broken or loose wires.  If you've had it 5 years and this is the second time you've had an issue with it given todays electronics are only supposed to last a few years, I'd say your doig alright.  If your not comfy checking it out let a tech do it, I'm betting less then $50 parts and labor vs $100 to $200 for a new wah.

See, that's an interesting thing--I recently got my Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 (which I absolutely love, by the way...) and it was having issues with the plug, like it was really touchy.  At first I was using a right-angle cord and the fit wasn't snug, so if the cable wasn't in the right spot and all the way in, it wouldn't work.  After switching to a straight cable, it worked fine for a little bit, but then stopped.  I assumed it was the cable again, but when I checked, the cable was in as far as it could go and messing around with it did nothing.  That's when I thought it might be a different issue.

I'm going to put a battery in it to test if the cable input is the problem (in which case, I'll feel kind of dumb for not checking previously...  ).  But if that doesn't work, then I'll take your advice, AD3THREE, and open it up to look for obvious damage.  Thanks for the replies.