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Old August 27th, 2008, 02:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Your Tele loves what wah pedal?



Just curious as to what you guys are using when it comes to wahs.

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Old August 27th, 2008, 02:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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My fave is a Vox Clyde McCoy- but I haven't tried the Fulltone, which I suspect would be pretty awesome.
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Old August 27th, 2008, 03:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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my fave is a Morley Classic Wah...
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Old August 27th, 2008, 03:56 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old August 27th, 2008, 05:02 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old August 27th, 2008, 05:43 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Digs the no frills, basic, no nonsense Cry Baby into the Traynor YCV50. Never knew a solid state amp that liked this.

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Old August 27th, 2008, 05:56 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Just a basic Dunlop Cry Baby.
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Old August 27th, 2008, 07:12 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Old August 27th, 2008, 07:39 PM   #9 (permalink)
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...I like the...

...Budda wah-wah...I ABC'd a Fulltone,Teese,and a Budda...I asked a store owner,who felt the Clyde was his most fave boutique wah,to tell me what was the best...I said don't look,and tell me which is which...he couldn't,so I opted for going for the least expensive model (but I'd had the Budda for a while already)...the Bud Wah works wonderfully...
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Old August 27th, 2008, 07:42 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I swear by this one...

the RMC Picture Wah (http://www.realmccoycustom.com/RMCPW.htm), although mine is an early one in a grey case. I've tried alot, but this one is a perfect fit for me, and none better out there (IMHO, of course)!
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Old August 28th, 2008, 05:22 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I've got an old Thomas Organ Wah that I converted to true bypass. I'm a happy with it.
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Old August 28th, 2008, 05:44 AM   #12 (permalink)
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My Dunlop Cry Baby modded for true bypass and LED.
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Old August 28th, 2008, 09:12 PM   #13 (permalink)
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20 year anniversary addition Cry baby modded with true bypass and I replaced the 33K resistor in parallel with the inductor with a 47K resistor instead of the recommended 68K. It sounds much more vocal sounding than stock. I think that SRV also had this mod. I got the idea from here: http://www.diyguitarist.com/
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Old August 28th, 2008, 10:45 PM   #14 (permalink)
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depends...

for cleaner stuff i would probably say a full-sounding newer style wah like a clyde deluxe or one of the modern style teese wahs or a budda...

i personally like a wah with some drive after it so i really dig my '66 "top badge" crybaby. if i were shopping for one with that type of sound i'd say search ebay for "jen wah" and buy one that's in good shape and put a true bypass switch in it. shouldn't cost any more than the modern stuff and you would have the sound most of those modern companies are trying to copy anyway

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Old August 29th, 2008, 12:03 AM   #15 (permalink)
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My tele seems to like the Digitech EX-7 wah models. I was surprised at how nice this pedal sounds with my guitar.
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Old August 29th, 2008, 12:56 PM   #16 (permalink)
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...Budda wah-wah...I ABC'd a Fulltone,Teese,and a Budda...I asked a store owner,who felt the Clyde was his most fave boutique wah,to tell me what was the best...I said don't look,and tell me which is which...he couldn't,so I opted for going for the least expensive model (but I'd had the Budda for a while already)...the Bud Wah works wonderfully...
+1 on the Bud-Wah. It reminds me of the wah Jeff Beck used on the "Truth" album.
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Old August 29th, 2008, 01:08 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Haven't tried wahs extensively, but I like my tele > Vox 847 (in a Hiwatt casing, plus true bypass)
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Old August 29th, 2008, 02:09 PM   #18 (permalink)
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HBE Medicine Bawl wah sounded good, as did Budda Bud Wah (as mentioned above).

I found the best sounding wahs to be ones with user-tweakable internal pots to adjust sweep and gain. A lot of stock wahs sound too harsh to my ears with Tele when pressed all the way down.
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Old September 2nd, 2008, 10:35 PM   #19 (permalink)
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hendrix wahwah, or dod envelope filter.....
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Old September 2nd, 2008, 10:44 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Tele -> Vox 847 -> 5E3
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Old September 2nd, 2008, 11:01 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Old September 3rd, 2008, 04:30 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Has anyone ever tried the newish Ernie Ball wah?? It looks just like the silver volume pedal, except its black and obviously a wah.
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Old September 3rd, 2008, 05:58 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Cry Baby - I've got two, an ancient Thomas Organ I bought in New Orleans at Werleins Music and a fairly new one that's about 10 years old but has less than 100 hours on it.
I only use 'em "Ronson Style".
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Old September 4th, 2008, 05:39 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Teese RMC-1. The oldest pedal on my board (well, it actually sits on the floor) so it must be doing something right.
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Had an old standard issue Dunlop Cry Baby.. hardly ever used it. Just played a new Morley Bad Horsie 2, and I just had to have it.

It does everything a wah pedal's supposed to do and nothing that it doesn't.
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Old September 8th, 2008, 10:47 AM   #26 (permalink)
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my simple purple bud-wah is beautiful with my tele
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Old September 10th, 2008, 11:01 PM   #27 (permalink)
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my fave is a Morley Classic Wah
+1 on the Morley.

For me, a vintage Morley WVO which I never use as a volume pedal. But then, I never thought I would use a wah pedal either.....
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Old October 8th, 2008, 04:57 AM   #28 (permalink)
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I got a Vox V847 3 years ago and I have been a Strat player all my life. I still love Strats, don't get me wrong, but I got my Thin Skin '62 Tele Custom a month ago and I am just discovering on how simple, yet effective it can be. I liked Vox Wah on my Strats, but with a Tele and the pickups in bridge position... this is where it really shines. and with some overdrive (BD-2) i'm loving it.
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Zvex Wah Probe. No moving parts. Just a wah effect controlled by your foot working a theramin. I had one for years and foolishly sold it during a moment of downsizing insanity. I went on a big wah search earlier this year, and played many of the top wahs available.

I ended up with another Wah Probe. I can't even relate to other wahs at this point.
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Old October 10th, 2008, 02:28 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Just got a Clyde Deluxe (Fulltone) and it's great - the three tones are all musical and the gain control is a cool add on. Very versatile and built like a tank.
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Old October 10th, 2008, 10:41 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Old October 10th, 2008, 10:50 AM   #32 (permalink)
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I've got a Cry Baby with the fasel thingie, and I like it fine. I step on it and it goes "wah."
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+1 on the BYOC. For any non believers, check the YouTube vid. I think its the most versatile wah I've owned and I've owned a good few of the mass-produced-by-evil-robots-who-will-rise-against-mankind-one-day type of wah.
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Old October 12th, 2008, 01:01 AM   #34 (permalink)
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I have an old cry baby. BTW just ordered my sparkle drive for my baja, and saw this on the voodoo labs site. If you dig into the info, they also have a sound sample using a tele..

I must get this when I get the coin - sounds fab...

http://www.voodoolab.com/wahzoo.htm
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I have three but all depends what the mood is they all voice differently.

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My fave is a Vox Clyde McCoy- but I haven't tried the Fulltone, which I suspect would be pretty awesome.
I was in NYC on Monday and pulled the trigger on the Fulltone Clyde Standard. Great Wah. $215, which at today's mid Fx rate is £125. Not cheap, although if you get a standard Cry Baby and have it modded for true by-pass (I wouldn't know where to start if I had to do it myself...), it would be roughly the same.

How do they compare? I haven't used the Fulltone enough yet, although first impressions are that it's a little smoother and the internal trim pot (for range and gain) is a nice touch.
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I had some good tones with a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix JH-1, but I saw two different touring pros in the last week or so that both used a Morley Bad Horsie II, and they sounded pretty good with their tele's.
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I tried a few different wahs, but the one I like the most is the Dunlop 535Q. You get to tweak the sweep, range, and gain, so at any given moment I can get the best wah sound for the situation. I set the range higher when I'm using humbuckers and lower when using single coils.
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Teese RMC3. You can make it sound like pretty much any wah you like and Geoffrey Teese is even better than all of good things you hear about him. That guy is one in a million, which is also reflected in his products. I can't imagine going anywhere else for a wah now. If he was British I'd lobby for him to be knighted!
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