what's a good wah pedal

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:34 pm

i need it for funky rythm guitar, any of you has hints about good brands out there?

or, is there a convincing way to simulate it using modular or else?

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katano · Post by **katano** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:20 pm

there's only one wah-wah for me, cry baby (dunlop)... it's available in different version.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:26 pm

hey katano, i heard they were noisy? did you have a chance to compare them with morley's?

AudioIrony · Post by **AudioIrony** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:31 pm

I can't talk from personal experience because it's been a looooooooong time since I used a CryBaby Wah . .
I did google and find some reviews which may be helpful - even Behringer make them now

HERE
Interestingly . . there's a pedal called "Budda BudWah Guitar Wah Pedal" which is apparently based in the VOX pedal and gets 9.8/10.... who knew there would be so many(?)

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Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:42 pm

zuper! thanks blgrace

AudioIrony · Post by **AudioIrony** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:58 pm

You're very welcome.
Hope it helps in your search for that perfect "whah"

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:58 pm

This would be my choice for guitar.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... c=3SOSWXXA

I've got one on my shopping list. Yeah... they are a bass wah, but they sound better than a guitar wah in my opinion. They move the bass and mids really well and seem to leave the highs to cut through semi clean. This one is built like a tank, and really easy to use. You just put your foot on the pedal to turn it on or off.

Add to that, they sound great, they're quite cheap, and readily available through your local ebay..... go try one.

Nestor · Post by **Nestor** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:51 pm

I've used the Cry Baby for some time, but about 20 years ago! Well, it was absolutely fantastic, but today there are so many good ones that it is very difficult to tell you about any. I think you must go out there, and try them by yourself, don't trust our words, they may be very personal. Cry Baby was a preffered sound for me and it still is, but you may want something cleaner and softer, a more perfected sound. The old G3, multieffects pedal can give you a tremendous wah and an array of other high quality effects too. You realy need to get out there and try, this is my best word. Good luck!

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 1:44 am

cry baby it is then. Thanks all for your input

ReD_MuZe · Post by **ReD_MuZe** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:02 am

wah pedals are an artform.

the cry-baby is a classic indeed, but it does not suit every playing style.

there is the mu-tron wah that i love for its extra funkiness, and also a boss pedal that has a very narrow band..

my suggestion is to go to the music shops and just listen to as many wahs as you can since each one will give you a diferent charecter....

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:12 am

ah! the man behind flexor himself is here

Hi Red, would there be a way to use your product to simulate the effect to a satisfactory level?

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 2:26 am

a highly questionable request from the moral point of view...
others also want their chance to sell a pedal now and then - a Flexor driven 'authentic box' would kill them within the first stomp

cheers, Tom
if there wasn't the time it takes to patch things up (my fault, not theirs), Flexor rules for guitar
it has the same class as high quality gear, but it's individual sound character

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Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:42 am

if there wasn't the time it takes to patch things up (my fault, not theirs)

same here i'm such a lazy bastard

would this be worth mentionning in the device category?

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 5:19 am

Try this one from a few years back Legros >>> <a href="http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... um=16&4</a>

Also, I think maybe Spacef has a wah wah!?.

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 6:23 am

There is absolutely NOTHING to equal the Cry Baby. Today's wah pedal have too much resonance and too wide a frequency depth. I can never quite tweak the wah on my Pod2 the right to make it approximate the warth of a Cry Baby.

Fuck that it's noisy, it's part of it's "charm".

ReD_MuZe · Post by **ReD_MuZe** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:26 am

actualy yes,
flexor 2 will have 3 wah modules

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:20 am

I anxiously await the Flexor 2.0 wah-wah's. I use to use an Apollo wah wah when I was woodshedding Jimi Hendrix back in the '60's, and liked it more the the VOX pedal. I was only 10 years old, but Suzie Q., and All Along The Watchtower were the songs Du Jour back then. Josef Zawinul, and Chick Corea, and Herbie have done wonders with external pedals. It is so nice to have them in the virtual world. Just make sure they are dirty and noisy, along with the clean digital versions.

Strength Through Superior DSP's,

petal · Post by **petal** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:25 am

Could someone please pinch me?

If I'm not mistaken, Red just gave us a small sign of evidence that Flexor 2 will actually get released some day

I thought that the development of Flexor 2 had stopped completely due to other timeconsuming projects of the developers life, so this is really good news for us Creamware users if you ask me

Cheers to Red_Muze!
Thomas

ReD_MuZe · Post by **ReD_MuZe** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:34 am

flexor2 will happen

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:42 am

Man Or Myth,...................ReD_MuZe. I wish you sucsess my friend!!