New Petrucci Wah Day

[some_dude]

I haven't seen too many of these yet so I figured I'd write a short review.

That said, it's difficult to review this pedal as it doesn't have a specific sound. Petrucci's stock settings are super clear and cut through high gain with a lot of definition. I copied Hammet's settings off a picture of his rack wah and the pedal became relatively classic Vox with a good bite, then I copied Slash's settings and the pedal became super fat and growly, yet understated in a way that'll let you go a bit heavier on the wah without it being irritating.

Long story short... the pedal is more or less whatever you want it to be. It's worth the price for that feature.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned anywhere is that the treadle on the Petrucci has extended range. They've raised the treadle itself slightly higher than a standard Cry Baby, so the heel can rock back around 10 degrees further than normal.

Lastly, the LEDs are bright blue and are easy to see while your foot is still on the wah as they light up everything around it.

[B2D]

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Nice!! as far as adjustability, how's it compare to a 535Q ?

[some_dude]

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Nice!! as far as adjustability, how's it compare to a 535Q ?

Significantly more versatile.

The JP doesn't give you the ability to switch filter ranges like on a 535Q, but the 6 band EQ gives a much bigger variance in terms of sound.

[TwilightOdyssey]

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Wow, just read up on that unit. Very cool! Congrats!

[Falloffthebonetone]

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Holy **** it just COMES with an internal 6 band eq to shape the wah voicing.

[Lampy H]

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I'm not much of a wah guy, as I hardly play lead, but this looks very tempting.

[PFDarkside]

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In all of the Peteucci wah reviews, I never read anything about Geoffrey Teese and his EqWahlyzer. This is basically Dunlop knocking him off. Actually, I think Teese gave Dunlop a massive kick in the pants to start making all these cool wahs.

EQ in a way is much more intuitive than the typical adjustments. (Especially since they are usually just pots in place of a resistor and some one says "this kind of adjusts the bass, lets mark it bass", but really they're all interactive controls)

[BloodRose]

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Must love my JC Wah.. Must not be tempted by another... Must not be swayed by trimpots and cool blue lights.....

[Dahla]

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Must love my JC Wah.. Must not be tempted by another... Must not be swayed by trimpots and cool blue lights.....

+1

But then again ... It has a blue light!

Why aren't there any settings from the rack wah on the web? What would be the basic settings for a stock cry baby? It seems that would be a great starting point for messing around...


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[some_dude]

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Why aren't there any settings from the rack wah on the web? What would be the basic settings for a stock cry baby? It seems that would be a great starting point for messing around...

It would be nice. For now I've gone back to the stock Petrucci settings. It's not so much that I think they sound better, more that I want to figure out what I can learn from them. His settings aren't very classic sounding at all but they make it really obvious you're using a wah, and they do it with a lot of clarity and no piercing top end.

[Southbound Suarez]

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[B2D]

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Significantly more versatile.

The JP doesn't give you the ability to switch filter ranges like on a 535Q, but the 6 band EQ gives a much bigger variance in terms of sound.

Interesting. I like setting the filter range on my 535Q to the low side to get that Satriani-esque low end gulp, but I like the idea of being able to adjust EQ to make the wah pop or be more or less bright and such.