maketin Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Hi! Any good advice on buying a wah-wah pedal? Playing a strat through a DSP Roland. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin-erator Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Originally posted by maketin: Hi! Any good advice on buying a wah-wah pedal? Playing a strat through a DSP Roland. Thanks!how much money do you want to spend? In US dollars, you can spend anywhere from $50 to $300. Vinny Cervoni vcbluzman@hotmail.com www.bluzberrypi.com www.42ndstband.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael saulnier Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Wah do you want to know? (hahaha). I love my new VOX wah. Sounds great, sturdy as heck, will probably outlast me! The "Original Cry-Baby" Dunlap wah's are also pretty nice. Some people swear by the Morley "optical" wah's like the "Bad Horsie" Steve Vai signature model. It's cool that when you step on it, it's on, when you release the pressure, it's off. The only negative to that control, is if you like to "set it", for a certain sound and then move around. That won't work. In general the "optical" wah's sound a bit "smoother". There are MANY other wah choices. Some extreme, some sublime... have fun finding and trying them till you find "the one" for you! michael I'm still "guitplayer"! Check out my music if you like... http://www.michaelsaulnier.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fret12 Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 I'd say try some out... ...but def look at the VOX wah pedal for $99. That's what I'm probably going to buy for myself ASAP. Or... the holidays ARE coming... PEACE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalhair Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Geoffrey Teese the THE name in wah wah pedals. I checked out a few of his offerings and the fulltones and a couple of othes and for me I went with the Fulltone Clyde deluxe, which I highly recommend. It was really close between that the the one of the Teese models. I've very happy with my wah. http://www.fulltone.com/CDW.asp http://www.realmccoycustom.com/ check out some comedy I've done: http://louhasspoken.tumblr.com/ My Unitarian Jihad Name: Brother Broadsword of Enlightened Compassion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Dunlop Cry-Baby 535Q Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 I also bought a Fulltone. Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tld Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 I have a Fulltone as well. Definately a bit pricey, but you won't be disappointed at all. Tom http://www.digitalaudiorock.com The Protools Plugin Preset Co-op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maketin Posted November 27, 2004 Author Share Posted November 27, 2004 Hi again! Any more specific comments of how they switch on and off and what is their range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Daddy Kinkade Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Morley makes good wah pedals, Bad Horsie. The Dunlop 535Q is also popular. Hear my use of a wah filter built into my Roland 1180 at www.sugardaddykinkade.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalhair Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Fulltone and Teese both have models where you can really tweak the range and the bump in the sweep, which isn't the same across the range of the sweep. The Clyde deluxe has an internal trim pot you can tweak altering the bottom end, a light to say it is on (duh) and three modes. It also has a big wide sweep more like the old Morley's the the cry baby-- like it not "is" it, the fulltone feels different on your foot than any other I've played. That that I know what your foot would have felt like on anything I've played, and why the hell am I talking about your foot anyway The Teese feels more like a crybaby or vox on my foot to me. I like the way the fulltone felt on my foot and that factored in a lttle bit into my choice. When I narrowed it down to two pedals it was a Teese and the clyde deluxe. Both sounded great, I felt the fulltone had a wider sweep tonally and physlically which I liked and that was before getting at the trim pot inside. The Teese had an amazing creamy/trippy sound like it was Acid Alfredo, very familiar in that it sounded like what you'd expect or want to hear. The fulltone has a more original voice to my ears. That mattered to me because I'm always playing in new musical situations being rather restless like that and thought that the fulltone would make a better contrast with 90% of the wahs out there. I picked the Fulltone Clyde Deluxe though and got home and tweaked the internal trim pot and my unspoken suspicion that I could real close to the teese "Acid Alfredo" was confirmed, but I dialed past it and got a fuller tone to my ears. There may be other wahs in the same league as the Teese and the Fulltone, but I'm not aware of them. Also, the behavoir of these pedals is very guitar/amp/chain specific. Teese makes a wah aimed at humbucker players because his (as are Fuller's) are designed primarily for strats or single coils. Fulltone stuff is similar in that Mike plays a strat and designs with his goals as a player in mind first. check out some comedy I've done: http://louhasspoken.tumblr.com/ My Unitarian Jihad Name: Brother Broadsword of Enlightened Compassion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 I bought a Budda Bud-Wah a few years ago. It sounds pretty much like my old broken King Vox Wah, and it has a true hardware bypass so that when it's not engaged it's not drawing anything awy from the signal ... I really like it. It's pricey, though... http://www.musicplayer.com/lounge/guides/wah2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Eldon Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 check out the crybaby with the fasel installed. it's incredible. http://www.purevolume.com/seaneldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave da Dude Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Originally posted by Sean Eldon: check out the crybaby with the fasel installed. it's incredible.Duhhh ... What's a fasel? Gotta' geetar... got the amp. There must be SOMEthing else I... "need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippymagoo Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Sorry to hijack the thread but I've always had trouble turning the wah's on and off with the rocker. Is there a wah that has a seperate on/off switch without stomping on the rocker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalhair Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Hey Dave, the "Fasel" is a kind of inductor. The quality and components that make the inductor have a big impact on the tone. Hey Flippy, Morely makes a wah that turns on when you place your foot on it and off when you lift it. Very cool if you don't want it to come on always in the inextreme treble position or just find that kind of switch more convenient. A draw back to that is that you can't really use the wah as a tone tweak. A lot of guys like to turn on the wah find a sweet spot and just leave it there, and reposition it for a different shade of tone. check out some comedy I've done: http://louhasspoken.tumblr.com/ My Unitarian Jihad Name: Brother Broadsword of Enlightened Compassion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin-erator Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Originally posted by musicalhair: Hey Flippy, Morely makes a wah that turns on when you place your foot on it and off when you lift it. Very cool if you don't want it to come on always in the inextreme treble position or just find that kind of switch more convenient. A draw back to that is that you can't really use the wah as a tone tweak. A lot of guys like to turn on the wah find a sweet spot and just leave it there, and reposition it for a different shade of tone.Maketin, If you are attracted to the optical wah concept, and still want one that is switched on and off like the other wahs which stay on when you take your foot off, George Dennis makes optical wahs that turn on and off when you toe down. They make several varieties. I have the Wah/Switch+Volume. When the wah is disengaged, it acts as a volume pedal. There is also a little toggle switch by the heel end of the pedal. With that, you can switch to a bass frequency wah. It's been pretty cool for me. vc Vinny Cervoni vcbluzman@hotmail.com www.bluzberrypi.com www.42ndstband.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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