Which wah for hard rock/metal?

[SoCalSteve]

I've read some wah's are better for clean/funk type stuff rather than distorted tones. Can you guys point me in the right direction for a quality wah tone that excels under gain? Budda? Wylde? Vox? Used Fulltone? etc.....? For use with EL34 amp.

 

[Hellion]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Michael Schenker used Crybabies for a long time. Steve Vai has a great sound using his Bad Horsie Morley Pedal.

 

[Guitar Toad]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Do you already have a wah? If so you can change its voice to suit the style your going for. If not buy a Dunlop GBC-95 at pawn shop and have it modded and still be money ahead.

 

[CapoFirstFret]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Teese McCoy Wizard Wah...bottom line

 

[Dr.Mavashi]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Bad Hoarsie by Morley(Vai's sig) ideal for metal if you wanna a quick scream on your pick harmonick note, traditiona whahs are to "slow" with their on and off switch.

 

[disturb]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Dunlop Jimi Hendrix.

 

[Young Angus]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

The Dunlop 535q is a great wah, and it even has a solo boost option in there too...as well as true bypass and depth/q controls to adjust things like how extreme the sweep is. Great versatile wah that sounds brilliant under high gain.

 

[Dirtyking]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

I'm in love the Wylde Wah and the Morley Tremonti Power Wah for metal. The Morley is alot cleaner, but the Wylde is fat fat fat.

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Fulltone clyde deluxe on the "whacked" setting.

 

[Skarekrough]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Ibanez Weeping Demon smokes everything else I've played hands down.

 

[Loserchief]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Morley Tremonti Power Wah!!! I have one and it took my Crybaby from Hell's place on my pedalboard, i love it that much.
Of course the optical switching is great for wahing single notes and stuff, which is really good for metal. Also the Tremonti Wah has a boost knob so you'll have additional gain when wahing something(even more screaming harmonics). And imo the frequency sweep is better than on the Bad Horsie(i owned one). The tremonti has a more even sweep throuhg it's range and is quite warm and vocal sounding. The BH has a pretty sudden jump when you go to toe-down position and gets very tebly with little movement. Also it somehow looses definition when playing in the upper registers, you just don't hear a lot of wah anymore when playing high notes.

 

[pinto79]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

I have a Bad Horsie and really like it. I like the tone of the Original Crybaby, just don't like the feel or the switch...

 

[mrchodito]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

What do you guys think of a keeley vox with all the mods, the one that comes to about 300 bucks with both red and yellow fasel inductors to switch between?

 

[SoCalSteve]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Let's see. That narrows it down to about 10 or so :11: LOL
Thanks, guys. I've read good things about all of those mentioned. One still not mentioned is the Budda Bud-Wah. Anyone have experience with it?

 

[daemon barbeque]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Well i had the same question last week ,and was in a great music shop to test many of them.i went with the Weeping Demon (ibanez WD7).
Here are my test:
Morley Classic Wah:The range is too wide ,and the articulation is too loose.lower notes are mushy ,and it's not singing.
Morley Bad Horsie:The auto return pedal is somewhat annoying on that one.It's really Noisy ,without a noisegate it is useless!(i mean for hi-gain)
Morley Tremonti:The Best Morley i tested so far.Nice frequency range and nice tone.
Crybaby:I have a problem with this design.The switch and the tone.Everytime you activate it ,you begin in the highest (or lowest on wylde one) freq.It's really annoying if you are the one and only guitarist in your band
Wylde Crybabay is really smooth working ,well made and nice sounding wah.
Dime wah (crybaby from hell) is the best Crybaby out there.Realy well tweakable..
wheeping Demon:Well ,extreme tweakable ,switrch or pedal movement controlled operation.Wierd but well working design.Good build quality!

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Which wah for hard rock/metal?

Fulltone clyde deluxe on the "whacked" setting.

I love that setting for gain, and also wah riffs on lower strings. The Shaft, Jimi, and Whacked settings on the Clyde Deluxe make it really versatile....like owning 3 wahs.

I also really like the Budda, since it's also true bypass and has a nice vocal sweep. On mine, I adjusted the treadle to shave off a bit of highs, and it was voiced perfectly.