Guest Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 What wah wah do you use and why? How do you get your best sound from your wah? I've played for 27 years and have never done much with a wah. I have a DOD FX17. My RP2000 has a number of wahs in it. I just ordered a Morley Volume Wah (mostly for the volume, and it was on sale so I figured to try the wah). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinopop Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 Santa brought me a Crybaby for Christmas and I love it. I hadn't been playing with a wah before either but I really like the new dimension it's added. I'm more into to the subtle application of wah -- but I find that occasionally the lure of the porn funk is just too great. Doing doing chicka waaow http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif - Layne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rulinbluesaol.com Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 Howdy, I'm new here, this is my first post and I am a confessed wah junkie! I purchased a Geofrey Teese RMC-3 and am really happy with it. Really versatile and built with great parts (great inductor). Peace, Rulinblues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Denike Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 Yeah, if you play electric guitar, you probably want to wah... I know I do. Now that I've come out of the Wah closet (the wah-in closet?) - I have to admit that I have a Jim Dunlop CryBaby 535Q, as well as an Electrix FilterQueen. The CryBaby is darn sturdy - I repainted it brown, so no-one will ever steal it . . . and the FilterQueen can do absolutely anything. Instead of just a bandpass wah, you can use the expression pedal to control highpass, lowpass, or NOTCH! as well . . . complete control over the filter with numerous knobs, too... gotta love Canadian ingenuity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrbreez Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 I use the Vox reissues. Buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBENNVAhotmail.com Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 We use a Cry Baby/BB-535. Quantum! C/O DBENNVA@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 I have a Cry-Baby for when I really want "that" sound, because they really do sound different from other wah's. The one I use most of the time though, is a Morley volume/wah pedal. It has a more raucous sound than the Cry-Baby and I often use it as just a tone control rather than a wah. That is one of the coolest uses of a wah - you can get a really radically trebly or bassy or mid-rangy tone at a certain setting and just leave it there. It's cool to get so subtle with your wah that the listener can't tell you're using one. --Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 I have a Dunlop Cry Baby which I got in 1986 and used for years. About 3 years ago i picked up an ols '70 era Vox and have not used the Cry Baby since. To me the Vox has more depth and intensity and range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBENNVAhotmail.com Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 Peeps, I agree with you about the Vox. I had a V-747 a couple of years ago but I sold it. Quantum! C/O DBENNVA@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camn Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 Ive tried a lot of pedals.. and the best I've found is the Ibanez WH-10. It has a double gang pot that sends two similar, but different signals thru different things giving me a crazy sound. I love it. It comes in a crummy plastic case, tho, so I retrofitted mine into a crybaby housing. xoxo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bob Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 To answer your question, Jeff, the proper way to use a wah wah is to play your guitar through your neck pickup. That way the sweep from bass to treble will have the most dramatic change. My biggest beef with the Cry Baby is that it sucks tone when not in use. It does not have a true by-pass. I have the Real McCoy (the one without the option settings) and it is okay but I find that the sweep is so quick that I can't hear the wah change. Is there anything I can do? I really like Stevie Ray Vaugh's use of the wah and of course Hendrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uh Clem Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 The Morley Bad Horsie is pretty cool - no battery and no switch - just step on and go, step off and stop. Not cool for a tone control tho like the VOX which I like a lot as well. Steve Powell - Bull Moon Digital www.bullmoondigital.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farrantaaol.com Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 Sir Bob, I have a Morley Bad Horsie which is WAAAAYYYY cool. When you don't have your foot on it I believe that it is totally bypassed thus not sucking tone like the others seem to. The only one drawback (and it is the ONLY one) I have found with this pedal is that because it only turns on when you push the pedal forward and turns off when you take your foot off doing live solos where the wah is half back for a "honky" tone is a pain. It is okay in the studio because you can "jam" the pedal open with something like a matchbox or whatever but live it means you have to stay put with your foot on the pedal. Other than that I'd give it 10/10 Just my view !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Bishop Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 To give my 2 cents worth. I 'm in love with the Wah on my line 6 floorboard. It's modeled after the Vox and it is soooo cool. Silent switching, and a very wide sweep. I also own a crybaby and a vox re-issue and this outperforms them both. none of the inherent mechanical noise of traditional wah's . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrbreez Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 The Line6 is superb!! Buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rulinbluesaol.com Posted January 13, 2001 Share Posted January 13, 2001 My biggest beef with the Cry Baby is that it sucks tone when not in use. It does not have a true by-pass. I have the Real McCoy (the one without the option settings) and it is okay but I find that the sweep is so quick that I can't hear the wah change. Is there anything I can do? [/b] Hey Sir Bob, here's a url to a forum analogman created where you can ask questions direct to some of the pedal manufacturers that he deals with (Geofrey Teese is one of them) http://www.delphi.com/n/main.asp?webtag=guitareffects&nav=start Take Care, Rulinblues This message has been edited by rulinblues@aol.com on 01-12-2001 at 06:55 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uh Clem Posted January 13, 2001 Share Posted January 13, 2001 speaking of wah - I've been into a Robin Trower on MP3.COM jam all day long. Damn - it's been too long since I checked out that dude. "Precious Gift" - I'll say it is! This message has been edited by stevepow on 01-12-2001 at 07:52 PM Steve Powell - Bull Moon Digital www.bullmoondigital.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow-Deep-and-Hard Posted January 20, 2001 Share Posted January 20, 2001 I got a Boss ME-30 a few years ago... I REALLY like the wah on it! One major problem though: I have found it encreadibly hard to turn off, much less turn on. You can just turn it on manually (with your fingers in the edit window) and play with it the whole time. Other wise it's a pain in the ass. For recording it works fine sence I can just record what I want and not have to worry about change ups. At pratice and shows and such though I use a Morely Bad Horsie wah. I like it because it doesn't transfer from bass to high as quickly as a cry baby does. You can make it sit in the "transformation" stage. The Boss does that too which creates a beutiful feedback from my amp. The morely is harder to do that with of course though because you can't take your foot off and know that the pedal will stay in the position you left it in. If some one from Morely is happining to be reading this: If you made your Bad Horsies not suspend back and had the off position (when it's down) stay there by a dimple (like on an EQ knob when it's flat-gain in the center) just so it doesn't get knocked into wah mode in the middle of playing... Well... there's my two cents. Later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Granger Posted January 20, 2001 Share Posted January 20, 2001 I've got a Snarling Dogs Whine-O wah on my board that screams. The guys at Stringer actually tweaked it for me, so I think it's now (technically) a Super Bawl Whine-O wah -- it's got two extra gain stages built in to the pedal. All three setting are killer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Fuzz Posted January 21, 2001 Share Posted January 21, 2001 I use a couple of Musonic wha pedals, made in the 70's. Real big rectangular pedals, they look like those add-on gas pedal things you used to see advertised. Pretty indestructible. Sound is a lot like a good Vox, a real vocal quality. "I'm just here to regulate the funkiness" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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