What's your favorite wah pedal
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dystrust
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I probably shouldn't have sold mine. At the time I was frustrated because it didn't do a particularly good Clyde sound, but these days I have both a Wilson Signature and a Teese Picture Wah for those sounds. I don't think I'd use it often, but I sometimes find myself missing the more cutting tone of the 535Q into a high gain amp or pedal.
Getting back to the original question, I think my favorite wah overall is the Wilson and that's what I have on my main board. Its basic tone is very similar to the Teese, but it has four trim pots for tailoring the response of the wah as well as the overall volume.
solspirit
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I definitely like a longer sweep.
I was just looking at that pedal that's on the D'addario silent auction that Seymour posted thin morning.
beaubrummels
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I have a Fulltone Clyde. Never needed anything else after that. I am considering looking for a CryBaby mini for the pedal board these days.
treyhaislip
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Hardly ever use a Wah but my favorite is the AMT WH-1 (aka Japanese Girl Wah.) It had a cool toggle switch for 3 different voicings that could get you a vintage and modern style Wah tone. Also was very small so it fit nicely on my pedalboard.
Currently, I am using a Cry Baby Jr...not as small as the mini, and not as big as the regular one. It has several small pots to tweak the sound, and a cool LED on the heel side of the pedal to tell it is on.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
ErikH
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The Jerry Cantrell JC-95 did it for me. I had an old GCB-95 for years. Finally got it dialed in with an Area 51 conductor and other mods. Sold it when I sold everything but my amp and a few guitars. I got the JC-95 out of necessity and figured if I was getting another one, I'm getting the right one.
PFDarkside
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Teese RMC3. It can sound like ANY crybaby based wah. It has 9 dip switches and a fine tune to get any sweep cap value (unlike the two 535 settings that sound good with guitar there are all ranges to tweak), a Q control and pots for three of the resistors in the circuit that kind of equate to bass, mids and output volume. Basically all the common mods on a crybaby are built in a variable. And of course a fuzz friendly buffer to drive fuzzes or other impedance sensitive devices.
You can't tell if your wah is on? Come on man.
Not if I start the song with it.
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
My favorite of all time is my Thomas Organ Co Stereo Volume/Wah/Fuzz. Just pure awesome tones and vintage goodness.
My general favorite is the Ibanez Weeping Demon. Totally tweak able! Too hard to get these days.
My current workhorse is a Morley Liberty Wah - step and go. No clicks switching or any of that. It just works!
I really like the 535Q, even though I do not own one.
My general favorite is the Ibanez Weeping Demon. Totally tweak able! Too hard to get these days.
My current workhorse is a Morley Liberty Wah - step and go. No clicks switching or any of that. It just works!
I really like the 535Q, even though I do not own one.
solspirit
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Do the modern clones compare in performance?
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
I like that they demo the wah pre and post-distortion. I am one of those rare people that likes my wah at the end of the chain. Not too many wah demos show this option.
GuitarStv
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Hahahaha . . . I've done this. Start playing and I'm scrambling to figure out why everything sounds so weird.
Oh. It's the damned wah.
solspirit
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Yeah, this is my favorite demo so far.
Never trying them side by side, I don't know. I've only herd them on records and pedal demos.
