Wah-Wah

[James Freeman]

Conclusion: Everyone loves to hate wah but have like 9 in their collection and 1 on the pedalboard.

 

[Chocol8]

I like old Vox wahs best but they need a true bypass mod.

And ideally a power jack. My old King Vox still has a battery clip adapter wire running out the top, which is a bit ghetto.

 

[Chocol8]

Conclusion: Everyone loves to hate Kirk Hammett but have like 9 wahs in their collection and 1 on the pedalboard.

Fixed

 

[saarangnarayan]

You don’t see much love on here for these two excellent Ibanez Wahs .
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I’ve wanted one of those twin peaks wahs. Pretty rad concept on paper but I’m too chicken shit to buy it and then play it once and then leave it in a box for a future thing that I’ll never get around to actually writing with it.

 

[Dave Lewis]

I’ve wanted one of those twin peaks wahs. Pretty rad concept on paper but I’m too chicken shit to buy it and then play it once and then leave it in a box for a future thing that I’ll never get around to actually writing with it.

I’ve got a mate who is a massive John Frusciante fan .
I like the Red Hots and played Chads kit years ago.
He’s on another level fan.
He’s got a nice collection of Ibanez Wah pedals and I was round his place just after the Twin Peaks was released and it was so much fun I ordered one while I was there .
Believe me if you have one you will use it lots
I call mine the Log Lady .

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[FuzzyAce]

My GAS for wahs kinda subsided when I got a Voodoo Lab Wahzoo. It just covers all the right territory and is super flexible having a step wah (with 4 diff. sequences), auto wah (forward and reverse) and of course manual mode. It didn't stop me from buying another Vox wah and Bad Horsie 20/20 years later... but the Wahzoo is still king for my needs.

 

[KingsXJJ]

Currently the only wah I have is the CAE MC404, sounds good and it's versatile.
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I wanted something more traditional so I ordered a Vox V846-HW yesterday, I expect the vox to sound different with different guitars due to not having input/output buffers and having low input impedance it loads passive guitar pickups differently, all the 'problems' pre-90s wahs had plus the psychedelic seagull sounds that buffered wahs can't do.

It's part of my journey towards a 60s-70s gear before opamps chips were used in guitar effects, so a Rangemaster, Fuzz, Wah and some Delay/Echo.
edit: Univibe and Phaser of course, all discrete transistor based.

I’m interested in getting the CAE to add to my 535Q. How do you like it?

 

[James Freeman]

I’m interested in getting the CAE to add to my 535Q. How do you like it?

Sounds good to me and more versatile than I need, I don't use the boost function.
It has internal trim pots to adjust Q.

 

[la szum]

Conclusion: Everyone loves to hate wah but have like 9 in their collection and 1 on the pedalboard.

I think some hate on Wah because they are Steve Martin from The Jerk and ain't
got no rhythm in their feet.

 

[Chocol8]

Thanks to this thread, I dusted off my Area 51 wah and annoyed the family for about 45 minutes. No Metallica or 70's porn yet, saving the best stuff for later! The Area 51 does sound good and is fun to play. I might bust out the old Vox next and see what radio stations I can pick up.

 

[Dave Lewis]

He got rhythm and even found his special purpose

 

[Baba]

Currently the only wah I have is the CAE MC404, sounds good and it's versatile.
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I wanted something more traditional so I ordered a Vox V846-HW yesterday, I expect the vox to sound different with different guitars due to not having input/output buffers and having low input impedance it loads passive guitar pickups differently, all the 'problems' pre-90s wahs had plus the psychedelic seagull sounds that buffered wahs can't do.

It's part of my journey towards a 60s-70s gear before opamps chips were used in guitar effects, so a Rangemaster, Fuzz, Wah and some Delay/Echo.
edit: Univibe and Phaser of course, all discrete transistor based.

The CAE was probably my favorite wah I’ve ever bought.

I’ve had an Area 51, Dunlops, Morleys, and I still have a Mooer Wahter, which is pretty good, but that CAE was awesome, (I use a Helix or Stomp XL these days).

 

[Zodiac]

I like the Red Hots and played Chads kit years ago.

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Nothing like a bit of name dropping, is there Davey boy?

 

[ragingplatypi]

When I was playing bar gigs all the time in a band with 2 guitars I gave up on all other modulation and just used wah and delay for anything that was recorded with a flanger or phaser. In that mess all nuance of the other modulations was lost. I could also keep my oscillating synched with the ever changing tempos.

 

[James Freeman]

Dodged a bullet, I bought and canceled a Friedman Gold 72.
Apparently this things has so much quality issues that no real person kept it long enough to even post a video on youtube, all the videos on youtube are by advertisers from exactly 6 years ago.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

You don’t see much love on here for these two excellent Ibanez Wahs .
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All for a Twin Peaks named pedal

I’d probably use it as much as you use your pedals though

 

[HotRats]

Wahs are a must!
I used a cry baby for years then moved to a small swtichless morley (maverick maybe?) to save space.

In the helix always use the chrome custom, a model of a vox v847 with a mission eng expression pedal.

At the moment I don't have a wah in my board because I want to keep things simple, but I really miss it.
I might change my mind sooner or later and add a small one.

Speaking about tasteful use of wah, steve vai's for the love of god is a great example

 

[Sascha Franck]

What's not to like with wahs?

 

[gearJunkie]

I haven't used a Wah in my live rig since my Rocktron Rack Interface went tits up about 20 years ago. It included a remote Wah circuit that allowed me to keep my wireless in my rack and minimize the length of signal cable runs.

The Rack Interface™ Makes logical sense of your rack. Swiss army knife for integrating all of the elusive extra boxes and gadgets that end up strapped all over the inside of your rack. Evolved from years of technical support and backup for the professionals.

• Single rackspace unit
• Active or passive two-input/six-output splitters with thru's on front and back
• Wireless bypass
• Four stereo thru 1/4" stereo jacks
• Seven-pin MIDI thru
• Eight Channel unity-gain stereo mixer (which can work as dual four channel stereo mixers each with their own mix level)
• Direct XLR outputs with remote switchable speaker simulation [on or off]
• Ground lift and hot pin selection for XLR outs
• Footswitchable remote Wah effect
• VCA which eliminates running extended cables from frontstage to rack
• Stereo headphone amp that taps off the direct outs (and monitor input making it possible to run a separate studio monitor mix)
• CD input or tape deck input.

 

[James Freeman]

What's not to like with wahs?

That's great. Very tasteful and not overdoing it.