wah wahs

andrenighthound · June 24th, 2008, 10:23 AM

what are the current favorite wah wah pedals out there today and why?

furrfurrfurr · June 24th, 2008, 10:26 AM

Romeo Rose used a RMC limited edition.

JimiBryant · June 24th, 2008, 10:52 AM

gotta give it up to Romeo Rose 'cuz he hates SRV and he has an SRV pick.

I likes me a Vox, myself.. I have a Vox King Wah and another Vox Wah that
used to belong to the late Jim Ellison of Chicago band Material Issue.

I've had both of 'em tweaked up at various points - new pots that aren't all
crackle-y, and one of 'em has a custom-built inductor I got off eBay from
a fellow who also installed it for me. I only wish that I remembered his name
because I would give him mad props for his excellent work.. my bad!

59TweedVibrolux · June 24th, 2008, 11:17 AM

Ah Romeo Rose....the man who is "OLD SCHOOL" , hates technology, but puts
everything he says / sings / sells, on the Web

Have 2 x Wah Faces ( Fasels / Tropical fish) Park and Colorsound Wah - All
Originals

TeleBrew · June 24th, 2008, 12:47 PM

I've got the Homebrew Electronics Medicine Bawl Wah. I like its tweakability, especially the internal gain trim pot. You can go from sweet vintage to hot and nasty. Sounds good with Tele too, which is an important factor since that's all I play these days.

I've owned an '80's Crybaby, Vox v847, Ibanez Weeping Demon, and a Budda Bud Wah.

But in reality, I rarely use a wah anymore, especially since none of my bandmates like the sound. They always give me the hairy eye-ball when I dig into it, so most of the time I just use it to annoy them. It's more for home shredding these days, although I do like the way it sounds combined with my Micro Vibe.

reverberocket2 · June 24th, 2008, 12:49 PM

I like the Dunlop Classic. Its true bypass, has a repro fasel inductor and sounds good. Best of all I picked it up used for $50

CatfishStudios · June 24th, 2008, 12:57 PM

Ive got an Original Crybaby... which is not the best wah ever...but since I use it just about never, I dont feel like going to find the best wah...it just sits with some other pedals looking all cool and ready for action...I haven't even scuffed up the rubber yet and the plastic is still on the cover plate.

dougpc · June 24th, 2008, 01:35 PM

The best two I've had were a Vox Clyde McCoy Signature and a Coloursound, both original versions. The Coloursound was the better of the two.

eryque · June 24th, 2008, 01:50 PM

I have the Dunlop 535Q and love it for its tweakability. It can be dialed in to sound very similar to most other wahs out there.

andrenighthound · June 24th, 2008, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reverberocket2

I like the Dunlop Classic. Its true bypass, has a repro fasel inductor and sounds good. Best of all I picked it up used for $50

i have a dunlop classic brand new only used a few times. i wasn't aware that it was true bypass! That's cool!

i been doing a back and forth test today with one of my picture wahs and the dunlop classic. the picture wah has a lot more upper mids and highs which keeps leading me to turning down the tone pot on the guitar a lot more than the classic wah when used.

but my rmc picture wahs have been pretty reliable on the road and also geoffrey from teese is great with customer service! Cool dude!

i might want to try the rmc wizard wah.

franchelB · June 24th, 2008, 08:48 PM

I have a Crybaby "Original". I don't think I'm good enough to use a wah yet...but sooner or later, (actually much later), I'll probably have it "Keeley'ed".

Scott V · June 24th, 2008, 09:08 PM

I had a Morley Vol/Wah that was an okay wah when it wasn't scratchy, loved having vol/wah in the same pedal. One night after a couple beers it was scratchy and I stomped it flat with my boot. I now have a Vox 847 which is a better sounding wah, but I miss having a vol/wah in one pedal.
I like having a wah for no other reason than trying to play funk and 70's porn stuff.

txjeff · June 25th, 2008, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott V

I had a Morley Vol/Wah that was an okay wah when it wasn't scratchy, loved having vol/wah in the same pedal. One night after a couple beers it was scratchy and I stomped it flat with my boot. I now have a Vox 847 which is a better sounding wah, but I miss having a vol/wah in one pedal.
I like having a wah for no other reason than trying to play funk and 70's porn stuff.

Hmmm... gotta scratch my head on that one. How does a Morley sound scratchy when it's an optical resistor, not a mechanical one?

Anyway, I've had an old 70s power wah boost by Morley, but I don't like the white noise that it makes, like the ocean sound. So I just bought a newer Morley Pro II fuzz/wah/vol with wider sweep frequencies (shoot the old one had that). Since they changed the circuit from 3 transistors in the old pedal, to an op amp variety of circuit, they cleaned up the white noise completely. That's what I was looking for. The distortion is ok, but I haven't spent allot of time with it. Volume is clean as a whistle.

I think most of the noise on the Vintage pedals was because of the built in transformer. The new ones are 9 V and can run off of battery or AC adapter. The old ones were running at 25 and 50 VDC and 60 cycle noise was pretty obvious.

AngelStrummer · June 25th, 2008, 03:35 PM

I have a 15-year old crybaby that I've recently had serviced and modded for true bypass and a LED. Started playing with the wah a lot more and it does what it says on the tin, to my ears. Never tried anything else.

Nub · June 25th, 2008, 03:59 PM

I love my Area 51 wah, it's nice & mellow... I don't feel the need to look anywhere else:

Area 51 wah

Axis29 · June 26th, 2008, 12:22 PM

I have a Morely Bad Horsie II. My only complaint is that I cannot set it at a certain level of tone disturbing levels and walk away. But for wah'ing, it's great. Very smooth action, adjustable tone sweep and volume levels. And it's veyr quiet in operation.

Lance has a Fulltone Clyde. It sounds pretty good. I belive it's true bypass.

guitarzan13 · June 26th, 2008, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nub

I love my Area 51 wah, it's nice & mellow... I don't feel the need to look anywhere else:

Area 51 wah

I love mine too! I have the drop in model.

nicnite · June 26th, 2008, 03:20 PM

Wah's break a lot. Seems to me, even the really expensive ones do. The one that seems to sound best, offer the best value, and survive a heavy gig schedule is the 535q. Seems more reliable for some reason than the other JD offerings, and even, in my experience, the Fulltone. Sounds really good too.

n

rasomaso · June 27th, 2008, 09:01 PM

Which wah (of the new ones) do you think would give me the most accurate Hendrix quack? I was thinking about RMC4, Area 51 or Budda wah... So what do you think? :)

ramseybella · June 29th, 2008, 02:41 PM

Three Wah pedals Left is a Chicago Thomas organ Co. in Vox box had a Stack of dimes but I didn’t like the way it sounded after the Tropical fish replacement or before for that matter, replaced the inductor with the Morley HQ2 inductor this sounds almost like a Chicago Iron Para Wah Mutronish very vocal but travel sensitive not much pedal travel but real funky!!
The second is another Thomas Organ Co. (Sepulveda CA.) board in a Vox box with a TDK inductor not much mod here just tropical fish caps it sounds real wet Porno 70’s funk nice pedal good full travel and very vocal as well.
Next is a Wilson Adjustable Wah in a Cry Baby box this is a nice board sweet and fat wah good full sweep!

rhinocaster · June 29th, 2008, 02:48 PM

You guys have to try a ZVex Wah Probe when you get a chance. I gigged with one for years and then foolishly sold it when I decided to downsize. I just went wah shopping again a few months ago and I don't like any wah nearly as much as the Probe.

No moving parts, very vocal wah with a hint of phasing. I just can't enjoy any other wah!

rasomaso · July 4th, 2008, 07:26 PM

Does anybody have experience with McWah A1?

GhostofJohnToad · July 5th, 2008, 12:24 PM

Just bought an Ibanez Weeping Demon yesterday. I love it so far. Extremely versatile. You can control Q settings with the twist of a knob. Sounds great clean and with heavy distortion. Seems to be well built and logically designed. The auto wah switch or whatever is kinda cool.

surfoverb · July 5th, 2008, 12:38 PM

I like the Vox Clyde McCoy...But I need a wah so I think I'm gonna get a BYOC drop in and drop it into a Dimebag Darrel Crybaby housing I've got.

ramseybella · July 11th, 2008, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by surfoverb

I like the Vox Clyde McCoy...But I need a wah so I think I'm gonna get a BYOC drop in and drop it into a Dimebag Darrel Crybaby housing I've got.

Check out the Wilson drop in stuff.

Always patrolling the waters, keeping us safe!

TeleBrew · July 11th, 2008, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GhostofJohnToad

Just bought an Ibanez Weeping Demon yesterday. I love it so far. Extremely versatile. You can control Q settings with the twist of a knob. Sounds great clean and with heavy distortion. Seems to be well built and logically designed. The auto wah switch or whatever is kinda cool.

I used to have one of those and regret selling it when I was cleaning house a couple of years ago.

I was going to sell my HBE wah, but have finally found a use for it in the band, w/my bandmates' encouragement. Seems we're going to cover a couple of Jesus & Mary Chain songs, so it'll come in handy. Yay!

June 24th, 2008, 10:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
andrenighthound Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bronx NY Age: 33 Posts: 236	wah wahs what are the current favorite wah wah pedals out there today and why? __________________ "Blues in a doggy bag, is what I got to eat!" www.andreandthenighthounds.com

June 24th, 2008, 10:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
furrfurrfurr Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South of Heaven Posts: 2,487	Romeo Rose used a RMC limited edition. __________________ Hope I'm not too Messianic or a trifle too Satanic. Meow.

June 24th, 2008, 10:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
JimiBryant Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Chicago that toddlin' town Age: 46 Posts: 1,842	gotta give it up to Romeo Rose 'cuz he hates SRV and he has an SRV pick. I likes me a Vox, myself.. I have a Vox King Wah and another Vox Wah that used to belong to the late Jim Ellison of Chicago band Material Issue. I've had both of 'em tweaked up at various points - new pots that aren't all crackle-y, and one of 'em has a custom-built inductor I got off eBay from a fellow who also installed it for me. I only wish that I remembered his name because I would give him mad props for his excellent work.. my bad! __________________ *we all shine on, like the moon and the stars and the sun.*

June 24th, 2008, 12:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
TeleBrew Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kittredge, Colorado Age: 36 Posts: 879	I've got the Homebrew Electronics Medicine Bawl Wah. I like its tweakability, especially the internal gain trim pot. You can go from sweet vintage to hot and nasty. Sounds good with Tele too, which is an important factor since that's all I play these days. I've owned an '80's Crybaby, Vox v847, Ibanez Weeping Demon, and a Budda Bud Wah. But in reality, I rarely use a wah anymore, especially since none of my bandmates like the sound. They always give me the hairy eye-ball when I dig into it, so most of the time I just use it to annoy them. It's more for home shredding these days, although I do like the way it sounds combined with my Micro Vibe. __________________ "Where do you fit in pthtttpt magazine?" - Pete Townshend

June 24th, 2008, 01:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
dougpc TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 49	Best Wah The best two I've had were a Vox Clyde McCoy Signature and a Coloursound, both original versions. The Coloursound was the better of the two.

June 24th, 2008, 12:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
reverberocket2 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 355	I like the Dunlop Classic. Its true bypass, has a repro fasel inductor and sounds good. Best of all I picked it up used for $50

June 24th, 2008, 12:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
CatfishStudios Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon , United States Age: 33 Posts: 727	Ive got an Original Crybaby... which is not the best wah ever...but since I use it just about never, I dont feel like going to find the best wah...it just sits with some other pedals looking all cool and ready for action...I haven't even scuffed up the rubber yet and the plastic is still on the cover plate.

June 24th, 2008, 01:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
eryque Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: albany, ny [not chicago] Posts: 7,117 44 Photos	I have the Dunlop 535Q and love it for its tweakability. It can be dialed in to sound very similar to most other wahs out there. __________________ my blog: eryque.blogspot.com Updated 9.17.08! Subscribe_____________________

June 24th, 2008, 08:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
franchelB Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Irving, United States of Texas! Age: 43 Posts: 1,862	I have a Crybaby "Original". I don't think I'm good enough to use a wah yet...but sooner or later, (actually much later), I'll probably have it "Keeley'ed". __________________ Feel free to visit my homepage! http://www.myspace.com/francisbalagtas

June 24th, 2008, 09:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
Scott V Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle Age: 43 Posts: 468	I had a Morley Vol/Wah that was an okay wah when it wasn't scratchy, loved having vol/wah in the same pedal. One night after a couple beers it was scratchy and I stomped it flat with my boot. I now have a Vox 847 which is a better sounding wah, but I miss having a vol/wah in one pedal. I like having a wah for no other reason than trying to play funk and 70's porn stuff. __________________ "The beast in me is caged by frail & fragile bar" Johnny Cash

June 25th, 2008, 03:35 PM	#14 (permalink)
AngelStrummer Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London/Amsterdam Age: 41 Posts: 611	I have a 15-year old crybaby that I've recently had serviced and modded for true bypass and a LED. Started playing with the wah a lot more and it does what it says on the tin, to my ears. Never tried anything else. __________________ "Goodnight, enjoy the life you've chosen" - Bill Hicks

June 25th, 2008, 03:59 PM	#15 (permalink)
Nub Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2003 Location: SoCal Posts: 902	I love my Area 51 wah, it's nice & mellow... I don't feel the need to look anywhere else: Area 51 wah

June 26th, 2008, 12:22 PM	#16 (permalink)
Axis29 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia, USA Age: 40 Posts: 1,065 1 Photos	I have a Morely Bad Horsie II. My only complaint is that I cannot set it at a certain level of tone disturbing levels and walk away. But for wah'ing, it's great. Very smooth action, adjustable tone sweep and volume levels. And it's veyr quiet in operation. Lance has a Fulltone Clyde. It sounds pretty good. I belive it's true bypass. __________________ John F. TDPRI # 1764

June 26th, 2008, 03:20 PM	#18 (permalink)
nicnite TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 13	Wah's break a lot. Seems to me, even the really expensive ones do. The one that seems to sound best, offer the best value, and survive a heavy gig schedule is the 535q. Seems more reliable for some reason than the other JD offerings, and even, in my experience, the Fulltone. Sounds really good too. n

June 27th, 2008, 09:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
rasomaso TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Czech Republic Age: 19 Posts: 27	Which wah (of the new ones) do you think would give me the most accurate Hendrix quack? I was thinking about RMC4, Area 51 or Budda wah... So what do you think? :)

June 29th, 2008, 02:41 PM	#20 (permalink)
ramseybella Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Santa Fe New Mexico Posts: 1,044 48 Photos	Three Wah pedals Left is a Chicago Thomas organ Co. in Vox box had a Stack of dimes but I didn’t like the way it sounded after the Tropical fish replacement or before for that matter, replaced the inductor with the Morley HQ2 inductor this sounds almost like a Chicago Iron Para Wah Mutronish very vocal but travel sensitive not much pedal travel but real funky!! The second is another Thomas Organ Co. (Sepulveda CA.) board in a Vox box with a TDK inductor not much mod here just tropical fish caps it sounds real wet Porno 70’s funk nice pedal good full travel and very vocal as well. Next is a Wilson Adjustable Wah in a Cry Baby box this is a nice board sweet and fat wah good full sweep!

June 29th, 2008, 02:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
rhinocaster Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oregon Age: 44 Posts: 1,367	You guys have to try a ZVex Wah Probe when you get a chance. I gigged with one for years and then foolishly sold it when I decided to downsize. I just went wah shopping again a few months ago and I don't like any wah nearly as much as the Probe. No moving parts, very vocal wah with a hint of phasing. I just can't enjoy any other wah! __________________ Just because I "Don't" get it doesn't mean I "Won't" get it!

July 4th, 2008, 07:26 PM	#22 (permalink)
rasomaso TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Czech Republic Age: 19 Posts: 27	Does anybody have experience with McWah A1?

July 5th, 2008, 12:24 PM	#23 (permalink)
GhostofJohnToad Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Age: 35 Posts: 735 7 Photos	Just bought an Ibanez Weeping Demon yesterday. I love it so far. Extremely versatile. You can control Q settings with the twist of a knob. Sounds great clean and with heavy distortion. Seems to be well built and logically designed. The auto wah switch or whatever is kinda cool.

July 5th, 2008, 12:38 PM	#24 (permalink)
surfoverb Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,889	I like the Vox Clyde McCoy...But I need a wah so I think I'm gonna get a BYOC drop in and drop it into a Dimebag Darrel Crybaby housing I've got. __________________ "You released the ****** fury!"*