Which wah for you?

[sosomething]

Re: Which wah for you?

I would imagine there are better sounding pedals, but for me convenience was the selling point. Tone suck was the biggest problem I had with Crybabies and the second biggest was the amount of force needed on the pedal to engage and disengage it.... I think wah's are a personal thing like guitars. I would not go as far as to say anything is better than anything... I could just post what I like and don't like about what I use.

Again I have to agree.

You really have to stomp on those things to turn them on.

I think the ideal wah would be one that sounds great, has the switchless on/off function, but does it by detecting foot pressure on the treadle instead of an optical switch.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Which wah for you?

I have a George Dennis pedal too, but it won't work with three or more other pedals in the loop. With battery or power supply. Either way, it introduces a heavy hiss to the system...wrote to support, got a reply "It must be one of your other pedals".

Nope...happens with any other pedals, whatever combination. Get to three, bring in the hiss.

Wha?? I have 3 and have run um with several different pedal combinations and haven't had any issues like you are reporting with extra noise. I actually sold my 1960's vintage Italian made Vox Clide and went to the Dennis units because I prefered the feel and tones. Something is not right with that Dennis unit!

 

[Jonny R]

Re: Which wah for you?

Yeah, I think you're probably right. I sorta just gave up on it...tried support, got the "it's not the pedal's fault" answer...it's been sitting around ever since. Oh well.

 

[Kosh Naranek]

Re: Which wah for you?

I still have and gig with my old Mu Tron wah/volume that I got when I was a sophomore in high school in 1980.

OMG! There's one on E Bay and bidding is up to $350! I paid $90 for a new one in 1980.
It's more of a funky wah, not one that just colors your high gain lead tone. It's also optically operated, which means in the middle of its travel when the photo-sensitive part sees the little light in there, there's a rather abrupt change in the tone, or in the volume when using it as a volume pedal. I'd prefer a more even change across the pedal's travel.

Mine is still in better shape than this one in the pics, and still works as well as when I got it. The one in the pics looks like the family dog chewed on the top end of the rubber on the foot treadle.

I also gig with a Dunlop Q Zone for the stationary wah thing. It sounds good on solos with a bridge humbucker. But I may put my new BBE Freq Boost in its place on my pedal board. The Freq Boost adds a nice rude attitude to the guitar tone.

 

[Kosh Naranek]

Re: Which wah for you?

I think the ideal wah would be one that sounds great, has the switchless on/off function, but does it by detecting foot pressure on the treadle instead of an optical switch.

Isn't that how the Bad Horsie works?

 

[tubeman87]

Re: Which wah for you?

RMC 3 and an Ibanez WH-10

 

[guitarded]

Re: Which wah for you?

Isn't that how the Bad Horsie works?

You have to actually press the toe of the pedal to engage it. It does not detect your foot on the treadle. There has to be some movement. Unlike classic designs the auto on Morley pedals engage and disengage with the toe end of the treadle up.

 

[krankguitarist]

Re: Which wah for you?

I've got me a fulltone clyde deluxe and I'm working on building a buffered wah from the tonepad website. We'll see how that one goes.

 

[Moonsorrow]

Re: Which wah for you?

Jim Dunlop USA Cry Baby for me. No need to look into anything else!!!

 

[ex-250]

Re: Which wah for you?

i use both a standard crybaby and a zakk wylde crybaby. different sounds for different purposes. i like the ol' standard better for doing a big shreddy solo, and the wylde is really awesome for pronouncing certain notes and making them scream out at you. so that ones better for just random fills and stuff.

 

[pinto79]

Re: Which wah for you?

I have a Bad Horsie that I really like. I leave the stock off-time delay and it works perfectly for my needs. I like the tone too. I'm thinking about getting a Bad Horsie 2 to use with one of my rigs once my XT Live had arrived.

 

[Kac]

Re: Which wah for you?

I use and abuse the Dunlop Jimi Hendrix wah. Rock On!