Wah (t's) Going On? A Thread Celebrating The OG Effects Pedal.

[LemonBurst&OrangeCrush]

I've never had a wah but it's next on my list.
I'd like to get the Mick Ronson signature model but it's not available here so I suppose I'll get a second-hand Crybaby.

 

[la szum]

Wah + Tonebender =

I didn't know there was a Mick Ronson Sig Wah?

I love how both Mich and Michael Schenker used the Wah as an always on sort of Filter Effect!

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Good luck marketing a Michael Schenker signature wah. It'd basically be his favorite setting on the Dime wah (I believe that is the one he typically used) with a gear that is essentially disengaged, and the potentiometer doesn't move at all.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Don't you folks (@la szum and @James Freeman) ask a mod to just merge the two wah threads? I mean, wahs deserve a big thread! In reminiscence of la szum, call it "In the beginning there was: the WAH!" or somthing.

 

[Chocol8]

and being a very stupid man its helpful to not have the wah accidentally being on becoming a troubleshooting issue

So last night I finally wired up my newest pedalboard. I had a wah on it in place of a volume pedal, but decided to wire it in for now. Anyway, get everything done, plug it in crank it up, and everything sounds like crap. A disturbing amount of trouble shooting later, I realize the fucking wah is on. Grrrrrrrrr!

 

[la szum]

So last night I finally wired up my newest pedalboard. I had a wah on it in place of a volume pedal, but decided to wire it in for now. Anyway, get everything done, plug it in crank it up, and everything sounds like crap. A disturbing amount of trouble shooting later, I realize the fucking wah is on. Grrrrrrrrr!

Haha! I've really grown to appreciate Wah Pedals that light up, for that exact reason.

The Petrucci Signature Wah has these blinding blue lights that let you know you
are in lift-off mode!

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Haha! I've really grown to appreciate Wah Pedals that light up, for that exact reason.

The Petrucci Signature Wah has these blinding blue lights that let you know you
are in lift-off mode!

The EVH wah has them as well. It is 2025. Dunlop should put them in all of the wahs, vintage cork sniffing purists and their complaints be damned.

 

[Chocol8]

Unless you do something unusual, adding an LED shouldn’t impact pure vintage tone at all. The biggest issue is finding a convenient place to mount it where it is also easily seen while in use.

 

[la szum]

Always On Cry Baby!

 

[ChordInversion]

Before there was wah, there was fuzz. Just sayin'. But yes, wah has achieved great glory.

 

[dronerstone]

Don't you folks (@la szum and @James Freeman) ask a mod to just merge the two wah threads? I mean, wahs deserve a big thread! In reminiscence of la szum, call it "In the beginning there was: the WAH!" or somthing.

In addition, we'd reach 34 pages more quickly.