Wah advicde/recommendations

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JBViking

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I have owned Vox, Crybaby, Fulltone (original standard), and Teese picture wah and wizard wah.

The Teese picture wah was my fave but it had bad radio interference. I sold it.

One of my issues is that live, at a loud stage volume and at rehearsal, when the heel is down things get too boomy and everything starts to feedback.

I need a way that won't do this.

Any suggestions?
 
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Well I use a MXR CAE 404 wah and don't have that issue with feed back. I think you might need to get rid of some frequencies that might be causing your feed back. Are you using a low capacitance cable? How much gain are you using?
 
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The boomy feedbacking heel down is one thing I was always modding wahs to avoid. It's all about their sweep range (a simple cap swap will change the range) and where it lands in relationship to your guitar and amps frequencies, so every guitar and every amp will be different with each and every wah. Due to component drift I've had two of the same wahs side by side that sounded different and one would be a bit lower in range than the other. I modded one wah that sounded great through my '79 JMP but was too dark on my 5150III 50w thanks to it's modern voicing and 6L6s. The EVH wah that sounds great with my 5150III doesn't sound all that good with my JMP since it's too honky in the mids and not dark enough.

Anyway, Dunlop 535Q or Dime wah will let you dial in the sweep range to avoid that boomy bottom and adjust the top end if it gets too harsh. A one size fits all wah might not be what you're after and one that lets you tweak things might be a good idea. I used to collect and mod wahs and had over 20 at one point so I've "been there, done that" and only have 4 left in my collection now. I was a bit obsessed to say the least haha.
 
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I have been using Morley for years with great results. I started with a classic Silver Power/Wah/Boost for board space and to preserve the vintage unit, I switched to a Mr. Crybaby Vol/Boost/Wah. I found the Dunloup didn't have the range or the vocal caricature of my old Morley. I then switched to a Mini-Morley and couldn't be happier. The Morley has a level control to adjust the wah output, it also is very quite. I have a review of it on my site you can check it out.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/27474/gu...pedals-pack-a-classic-punch-in-a-tiny-package
 
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95Q could also be a slightly more affordable option with sweep control, as well as the added bonus (well, for me anyway) of being switchless.
 
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sixstringsamurai333 said:
95Q could also be a slightly more affordable option with sweep control, as well as the added bonus (well, for me anyway) of being switchless.
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I think the 95Q only has the "Q" control, and not a range selector for the sweep. Still a nice wah though.

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GuitarStv said:
+1 it's basically a wah where everything that you would mod to change up is already controllable via switch or knob
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Pretty much. I bought mine about 5 or 6 years ago, and have never wanted to look for another wah.
 
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I basically need a wah that will not immediately start feeding back at stage volume in the toe forward position but more im[portantly the heel down position.

The Dunlop 535Q is not true bypass and cannot be made true bypass. I have used enough buffered bypass wah pedals to know that I can't stand that sound. The wah needs to be true bypass. So, the 535Q is out. I did some research into it and it seems it is not true bypass and cannot even be made true bypass.

I ran into the same issue with the EVH Phaser. I hated the bypass sound and it cannot be made true bypass.
 
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Back to my suggestion the Morleys are TrueTone Bypass and there are a ton of flavors outside of the minis. I personally love the mini.

 
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^ Morley's "True Tone Bypass" is actually not true bypass but some sort of buffered bypass and some of the reviews I am reading says it sucks a lot of tone when off. Sorry, but the wah needs to be true bypass.
 
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JBViking said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I basically need a wah that will not immediately start feeding back at stage volume in the toe forward position but more im[portantly the heel down position.

The Dunlop 535Q is not true bypass and cannot be made true bypass. I have used enough buffered bypass wah pedals to know that I can't stand that sound. The wah needs to be true bypass. So, the 535Q is out. I did some research into it and it seems it is not true bypass and cannot even be made true bypass.

I ran into the same issue with the EVH Phaser. I hated the bypass sound and it cannot be made true bypass.
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Are you talking about the two resistor hanging off the 535q circuit in bypass? They're just used to reduce the pop sound then you click the pedal on. Other than that it's true bypass (at least the one I have, don't know if there are other versions), so it would really just be a matter of removing r41 and r42 on the board if the bypass is a huge issue for you. I don't notice a huge difference to the bypassed sound with them in myself.
 
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I use the 535Q.. cant tell it has changed my tone any at all. I do dig the CBFH, the Cantrell wah and the Tremonti from Morley... but the 535q is by far my favorite.
 
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Here's a quote from Robert Keeley's site:

"We work on all Vox models and Thomas Organ Models. There are only a couple Dunlop Crybaby models we work on however. The 95GCB is one and any vintage unit. The 535Q and other Q models we cannot make true-bypass. They have a different switching system."
 
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