Guyatone Wah Rocker - not so happy with it

I've never been coordinated enough to put a wah pedal to good use, plus they weigh as much the rest of my pedals combined. So I did a little reading and research and thought that the Guyatone WR-3 Wah Rocker would make a good substitution.

Well I was wrong.

Playing two Teles -- one with standard pickups the other with slightly hotter OCDuffs -- I had to turn the sensitivity all the way up to get any effect. I tried both a clean OD and a compressor in front of the pedal to raise the base level, but that just caused ugly distortion.

But the thing that I liked least, was that at low signal level, it was as though a wah pedal was cocked back giving only the bass tones. I had assumed that if the signal was below the threshold, that there would be no effect and then as your pick attack increased and hit the threshold, then the effect would kick in.

No big loss as I just returned it, but I was wondering if other similar pedals might work a bit better. Reviews I had read seemed to make the WR-3 the best pedal in it's price-range ($67).

For a little more money, the Guyatone Funky Box is a much better pedal. Warren Haynes uses one of these.

And for a little more money, the Emma Discombobulator is supposed to be the hot ticket. I think Godlyke carries both of them...

www.Godlyke.com

Funny how the same thing kinda goes for the Bass Wah Rocker as well in certain repects, including the need to keep the sensitivity right up there. We use it in the studio on funkier stuff, but the overwhelming low-end that gets pounded before the filter opens up makes the sound so much louder than the original signal that it takes everyone on stage by surprise :shock: Don't get me wrong, as it sounds fabulous, especially when split and a clean signal runs with it. Good by itself in the signal chain, not so safe when your trembling foot decides to stomp in the middle of a set.