Wah tone filtering

[Quencho092]

i was goofing around yesterday with the tone on my setup during a low key practice with my other guitarist and i found the holy-grail of tone ....for me at least.

I ran the bandmaster with treble on 4.5, bass on 10, volume at 5. Spina TS9 with drive on 5, tone on 5, level on 5, and before the tubescreamer i ran my vox wah tilted forward all the way. The extra bass on the bandmaster and the rolling off of treble on the TS9 along with the flow of extra treble from the wah gave my strat's neck pickup a smooth, transparent, articulate, yet semi-darkish tone to die for. In position 2 (neck and middle), a bit more bass is added, smoothing out the tone for more santana-ish leads.

Man that wah did the trick...one more note-Spina's work on my TS9 pedal was focused on generating a darker, smoother tone, so a stock pedal would likely have to run lower on the tone knob.

 

[clint_41]

Re: Wah tone filtering

sounds pretty sick man. you should get some clips up of that one. i love messing around with my wah and getting it put in a stationary spot to see what it does for me. on the right song, it gives me great lead tones that really cuts throught the mix. but i for one would definatly like a clip of that tone if possible.

 

[TheLizardKing]

Re: Wah tone filtering

Yeah dude, I think I know what you mean, I just run a wah turned on pressed on max to get that led zep tone.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Wah tone filtering

i was goofing around yesterday with the tone on my setup during a low key practice with my other guitarist and i found the holy-grail of tone ....for me at least.

I ran the bandmaster with treble on 4.5, bass on 10, volume at 5. Spina TS9 with drive on 5, tone on 5, level on 5, and before the tubescreamer i ran my vox wah tilted forward all the way. The extra bass on the bandmaster and the rolling off of treble on the TS9 along with the flow of extra treble from the wah gave my strat's neck pickup a smooth, transparent, articulate, yet semi-darkish tone to die for. In position 2 (neck and middle), a bit more bass is added, smoothing out the tone for more santana-ish leads.

Man that wah did the trick...one more note-Spina's work on my TS9 pedal was focused on generating a darker, smoother tone, so a stock pedal would likely have to run lower on the tone knob.

What vintage Vox wah are you currently using? Clyde,846,847,848?

John

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Wah tone filtering

847, and by the way, i tuned the pot for maximum treble.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Wah tone filtering

847, and by the way, i tuned the pot for maximum treble.

Does your wah have true bypass? That's a needed mod on wahs...Fulltone's website shows you how to do it.

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Wah tone filtering

cool, ill try that. I did notice that when its on bypass the volume is lower.

 

[Metalman_666]

Re: Wah tone filtering

Zakk Wylde always talks about how he uses his wah as a tone shaping thing, like Michael Schenker did, too. I'm sure a lot of other guitarists do it, including some people on this forum.