Looking for a new wah...suggestions

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plutonium chi-wah-wah, I love the little bastard , worth a look for sure...
 
Morley Tremonti for me. The wah tone is fairly generic, but I just like the fact that it has a spring return, like an accelerator pedal on a car and there is no stomping, switching and fiddling around. I don't use much wah but countless times playing live, I intended to click the wah off, only to find it still engaged. I wish Dunlop would take a Cry Baby and redesign the sweep and characteristics the way Morley did.

Steve
 
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I've been looking for a new wah as well. ATM I have an Ibanez Weeping Demon, works ok for the stuff I need but kinda lacks something. Can't get a sweep I like out of it. But I do love the switchless operation of the Ibanez.

Before that I had a Dunlop ZW and I really got tired of the numb on-off switch. Couldn't tell when the wah was on and when it was off. A led for that would be super cool. Everything else about the ZW wah was top notch, I liked the sweep and the somewhat throaty sound.

What would you guys suggest me do?! :rock:
 
I've had all sorts of wahs silvermachine, morleys, ibanez,couple boutique models. But I always go back to Dunlop. It's like they have "the wah sound" I have the rack mount 2. Love it. Have a 95q switchless n a dimewah.

Dunlop will mod any of there pedals to switchless. I hate a switch in a wah !!!

I want to try Cantrell n Hammett wahs ! Any good????
 
I'm going to have to put a vote in for my very non-booteeky unclassy generic standard Morley Bad Horsie. It sounds great in high gain situations. I've used it for so long I can't get used to anything other than a switchless unit. The sweep is now part of me :lol: :LOL: Believe me, I've tried growing up and getting one of the aformentioned big boy wahs but for me the Morley is where its at. If you haven't tried one go for it. There's no risk because they're basically given away on the used market.
 
Everything else about the ZW wah was top notch, I liked the sweep and the somewhat throaty sound.
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Cantrell Wah rocked. wish I still had it.
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keep in mind that many of the signature Cry Babys, like the Zakk wah and the Cantrell wah, are almost identical to the base model Cry Baby. so you can get the same or similar tone without a fancy-colored pedal shell for way less money.

[the only difference between the Cry Baby and the Zakk wah is the red Fasel inductor (there is now a base Cry Baby model that comes with that) and the .22 range cap like is in the Hendrix wah. the only difference in the Cantrell wah is the knob, which dials out some of the treble in the toe-down position.]

for gigging and coping lots of different wah sounds, i love the 535Q with the red Fasel inductor. newer ones come with it stock; i hacked it into my older one. the different range settings include the stock Cry Baby one and the lower-freq Hendrix/Zakk one.

the CAE wah also looks really cool, but the only main difference between it and the 535Q is that it has the yellow Fasel inductor in addition to the red. the yellow inductor sounds spikier and trebley-er to me, so i don't miss not having it. both the CAE and the 535Q have adjustable Q and adjustable boost.

for more vintage-y sorta sounds, i love my Area 51. if you like DIYing pedals, you can get it as a kit and mount it in your own shell.
 
Rack wah does it all n dunlop modded my pedals switchless for it.
 
_actual time_":28swchrp said:
Everything else about the ZW wah was top notch, I liked the sweep and the somewhat throaty sound.
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Cantrell Wah rocked. wish I still had it.
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keep in mind that many of the signature Cry Babys, like the Zakk wah and the Cantrell wah, are almost identical to the base model Cry Baby. so you can get the same or similar tone without a fancy-colored pedal shell for way less money.

[the only difference between the Cry Baby and the Zakk wah is the red Fasel inductor (there is now a base Cry Baby model that comes with that) and the .22 range cap like is in the Hendrix wah. the only difference in the Cantrell wah is the knob, which dials out some of the treble in the toe-down position.]

for gigging and coping lots of different wah sounds, i love the 535Q with the red Fasel inductor. newer ones come with it stock; i hacked it into my older one. the different range settings include the stock Cry Baby one and the lower-freq Hendrix/Zakk one.

the CAE wah also looks really cool, but the only main difference between it and the 535Q is that it has the yellow Fasel inductor in addition to the red. the yellow inductor sounds spikier and trebley-er to me, so i don't miss not having it. both the CAE and the 535Q have adjustable Q and adjustable boost.

for more vintage-y sorta sounds, i love my Area 51. if you like DIYing pedals, you can get it as a kit and mount it in your own shell.
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Aye thanx for the insight!

For me the main "problem" is/was the really numb swithcing with the Dunlop, I couldn't tell if it was on or off. The venues we play the sound on the stage tends to be really bad which means that the wah is lost from my ears. A led for the on-off would really make my day.

The German wah a few posts back sounds awesome but is really out of my budget at the moment anyway.

I think I'll go for a Bad Horsie next, or a Tremonti :lol: :LOL:
 
Gjeven":3j40ne3q said:
It's a little pricey but the Fulltone Clyde Deluxe wah is pretty good. Very tweakable to what type of wah sound you prefer.
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Yep, this is it - stopped looking after I bought my Clyde Deluxe. It's my baby.
 
Michi":2qxkmpac said:
For me the main "problem" is/was the really numb swithcing with the Dunlop, I couldn't tell if it was on or off. The venues we play the sound on the stage tends to be really bad which means that the wah is lost from my ears. A led for the on-off would really make my day.
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yep--i do mostly home studio playing, but i've had that happen live as well. :doh:

a few of the Dunlops have LEDs, but not many. it can be hacked in pretty easily if you like doing that sort of thing (there are punch-out holes in the wah pedal casing where LEDs can be put).

but if you're not into that, yeah, definitely get a different wah.
 
I loved the DSR 2SR Rack Wah but I just cant deal with Racks anymore..

SO..

I went through dozens of wahs and these are my faves;

Vox Big Bad Wah-AWESOME!!!! bigger footprint but great features

Teese RMC8 WahEqualizer- It starts of as a Picture Wah( Vox Voicing) and the Eq REALLY helps you dial in a perfect tone.

Teese RMC 3- very versatile Wah and Geoff relocated all the pots to the outside. Lots of sounds to be found here.

I do like the Area 51 stuff but I like the Teese and Voc Satriani better.

The Chi Wah looks cool as hell and Id like to try it...
 
I went through several; rack wah 2 (very nice), RMC 2 (not my thing, can't remember why), CAE (mediocre, one setting is pretty much useless because it's way too dark and the other sounds thin) and right now I have a Bad Horsie II which I like although I only use the non-modded part. I
guess I could get by with a series I.

The switchless design is great, it has a good buffer and sounds nice and full

Giga
 
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