Morley® was founded in the late 1960s in California by brothers Marv and Ray Lubow, under the name Tel-Ray Electronics.

While working on a pedal that simulated a Leslie speaker, the company’s name came from the pun “Leslie / Morley®” – Less-lee / More-lee.

Producing a wide range of effects, the brand made a name for itself with its solid and quiet opto-electric wah and volume pedals.

These pedals have the advantage of not using potentiometers, components that quickly become clogged: instead, a photoelectric cell captures the amount of light that the position of the pedal allows to pass.