The Digitech Whammy, a complete history!

AlbertA said:
Connect them all in series!
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I’m going to use this to power and switch between them for simplicity 👍
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DrewJD82 said:
My only gripe with the Fractal Whammy is that it’s too clean, I’d love to see Cliff really nail the warble of the WH-1/II. I just use the Golden Whammy trick, it’s active in pretty much every preset for my live rig.
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The pitch shifting is still pretty mediocre in Firmware 10.0, so I think I’m still getting an external. Probably the XS-100.
 
paisleywookiee said:
The pitch shifting is still pretty mediocre in Firmware 10.0, so I think I’m still getting an external. Probably the XS-100.
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Ah, I thought you were just talking about the Whammy block itself. I still have to update my FM9, it’s been sitting in the road case since I quit my band and I can’t even remember what FW it’s on. Did the III’s pitch block updates trickle to it yet?
 
DrewJD82 said:
Ah, I thought you were just talking about the Whammy block itself. I still have to update my FM9, it’s been sitting in the road case since I quit my band and I can’t even remember what FW it’s on. Did the III’s pitch block updates trickle to it yet?
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Yeah they just updated to 10. It’s alright. I’ll have to compare it to the Whammy and the XS-100 when we get one.
 
Jon,
You should have got one of these to fit under your board .
Much better than that white thing with the rounded back that won’t fit flush to anything .😳
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Thomann do a few options from companies that give you stuff 👍🍺
 
Chocol8 said:
A 24 karat solid gold Whammy would be some serious pedal board bling!
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Have you seen the price of gold and silver today ?
Its gone through the roof and still rising Never a better time to sell 👍🍺
Selling price has never been this high in history. 😳
 
Can anyone elaborate about the buffer in the Whammy 4?

I've noticed Josh Homme using one first in chain, so anything further down sees the buffer. There's a (picky) Ge Range Master and a Superfuzz right after the Whammy, but no debuffer box or anything like that, at all.

Seems crazy, but I love his tone.

Any opinions about this choice of placement?

EDIT: fwiw, he's not using wireless, always connects to the Whammy via cable.
 
Wow, a lot of things I did not know. I bought a WH-1 in ‘93 because I was gigging and was looking for a game changer. I first heard about Whammy pedal when reading an interview with Vernon Reid and Doug Wimbish. I went to the music store and traded my (very modified) ‘71 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Deluxe which went on consignment to cover the cost of the Whammy. I think the Whammy was $330 and my LP sold for $380! I do not miss the guitar and got a lot of mileage out of the Whammy.

Here are some pics I just took.
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