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Wah? Wah's your favourite wah?

FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
edited July 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
Alright, that's a crap thread title. What's your favourite wah-wah pedal and why? I'm a Vox man myself. Nice mellow bubbly tone.
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    within a few days i'm going to order the Dunlop 535Q...i'm hoping this baby will be the one for me.
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    Just ordered the 535 from Musicians Friend and it comes with a free pedalboard...right on.

    Next up for my board: TS-9 Tubescreamer (once i get some cash)
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    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    The Geoffery Teese Real McCoy line of wah's is my favorite, but pretty much anything with a fasel inductor a big sweep and a mellow top end will work.

    Currently I use a morley bad horsie wah because it's switchless and potless therefore it never scratches. It also has a nice buffer inside so there's no problem running fuzzes next to it and I can use long cables if I wish.

    It isn't what I want tonally so I'll likely keep it in the chain for the buffer and get a RMC Wizard Wah or an RMC Picture Wah
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  • moleculardreamingmoleculardreaming Posts: 13
    DGOM, you'll be very happy with your wah. I've had the 535QC(the chrome version) for about a year now. I used to have a VOX until it fell apart(after 6 years of playing it all the time). It was a great wah, but nowhere near as versatile as the 535.
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    moleculardreaming wrote:
    DGOM, you'll be very happy with your wah. I've had the 535QC(the chrome version) for about a year now. I used to have a VOX until it fell apart(after 6 years of playing it all the time). It was a great wah, but nowhere near as versatile as the 535.
    exactly what i was hoping to hear. I've read all sorts of reviews that say the same thing as you...so i'm confident i made the correct choice. I can't wait until that baby arrives at my doorstep!
    "I'll do whatever the song dictates - if it doesn't need a real lead, then I won't do one. But if it does, then I'll fuckin' go off." - Mike

    "Japan is awesome; the fans there knew all the words to all the songs...at least phonetically." - Stone

    "I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version." - EV
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    I don't know the 535. I'll check it out. Thanks.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Vox Wah 1st, and the Snarling Dogs Erog Moan next
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    i love my vox wah.
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    I use the Boss PW-10 V-wah pedal. Best $150 (or whatever it was 3 years ago) I ever spent.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    i have a vox v847 that i've completely mutated with a bunch of 535Q type variables and i like it. i don't use wah much though.

    i also have a standard crybaby 95 whatever that i built into a parked way pedal with bass and gain boosts. it will actually self-oscillate. it's pretty weird.
  • GlaswegianGlaswegian Posts: 62
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Alright, that's a crap thread title. What's your favourite wah-wah pedal and why? I'm a Vox man myself. Nice mellow bubbly tone.

    My cheapo Dunlop Crybaby does me just fine. But then I've never really branched out with wahs. Can't really be fecked either though.
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    I've always preferred the Vox Clyde McCoy myself... but I never really liked wah-wah anyways.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    What is the best Vox wah? I would get the 535q but robert keeley says they cant make those true bypass because of the way their wired? That really sucks. 535Q doesnt already have a true bypass does it?

    One thing that concerns me with the wah is that it seems once you have one you become tempted to become a "wah" guitarist. Like it seems u can make anything sound cool with one. Has anyone that has bought one found this?
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    The Geoffery Teese Real McCoy line of wah's is my favorite, but pretty much anything with a fasel inductor a big sweep and a mellow top end will work.

    Currently I use a morley bad horsie wah because it's switchless and potless therefore it never scratches. It also has a nice buffer inside so there's no problem running fuzzes next to it and I can use long cables if I wish.

    It isn't what I want tonally so I'll likely keep it in the chain for the buffer and get a RMC Wizard Wah or an RMC Picture Wah

    Whats up Pac?
    Have you heard a wah of fire yet? It is supposed to be a combo of the pic wah and RMC. I am thiking of picking one up for XMas.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    JofZ wrote:
    Whats up Pac?
    Have you heard a wah of fire yet? It is supposed to be a combo of the pic wah and RMC. I am thiking of picking one up for XMas.


    not yet, I haven't been to Geoff's site recently. Sounds cool.
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    not yet, I haven't been to Geoff's site recently. Sounds cool.

    Check it out its pretty sweet. You can also see the FRK-C, I am sure you heard about all the BS?
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  • mojorison_75mojorison_75 Posts: 157
    I'm pretty partial to my limited editon Gcb-95. Nothing I've really wanted to do that it couldn't handle yet. I also like the fact that it has a better pot and is metal instead of die cast.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    JofZ wrote:
    Check it out its pretty sweet. You can also see the FRK-C, I am sure you heard about all the BS?



    Can't find any information on it J. Enlighten me.
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    Can't find any information on it J. Enlighten me.


    http://www.realmccoycustom.com/FK-1.htm

    The FK stands for Fuck Keely. There are tons of posts about it over at Muictoyz forum, Gear pages forum and HC.

    It got very out of hand as you can imagine.
    They are both stand up guys, so why would Tesse do something like this?

    http://musictoyz.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=6476029571&f=4066066091&m=9971024441&r=7511074441#7511074441
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    JofZ wrote:
    http://www.realmccoycustom.com/FK-1.htm

    The FK stands for Fuck Keely. There are tons of posts about it over at Muictoyz forum, Gear pages forum and HC.

    It got very out of hand as you can imagine.
    They are both stand up guys, so why would Tesse do something like this?

    http://musictoyz.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=6476029571&f=4066066091&m=9971024441&r=7511074441#7511074441


    I don't know. maybe he rubbed Geoff the wrong way or maybe Geoff was just annoyed at the outrageous mod prices for Wah's on Keeley's site.

    I've seen this what about the "Fire Wah"
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  • MissYouAllDayMissYouAllDay Posts: 939
    It's being speculated that keeley is coming out with a teese wah copy and thats the reason for the jab?

    I would like to see how that turns out.

    I just recently got a modded tubescreamer from keeley and I too was impressed with the service and quality of product.
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    I don't know. maybe he rubbed Geoff the wrong way or maybe Geoff was just annoyed at the outrageous mod prices for Wah's on Keeley's site.

    I've seen this what about the "Fire Wah"

    From Geoff's site, its on the homepage about 3/4's down.

    Late in 2003, a client had me build a custom wah which he named the WHEELS OF FIRE wah. Since that initial piece, I have had numerous requests for that same custom wah. While the WOF wah is not part of my production lineup, I have decided to keep it available on a custom-order basis. It is not yet CE certified so it cannot be retailed around the world, just available directly from me. For those of you not familiar with the WOF, it has 2 case mounted controls (Q and Volume [with a battery kill switch]) and one pcb mounted control (Low end resonance). It features the halo inductor from my PICTURE WAH as well as the EMI/RFI filtering from my standard RMC3. The WOF has the same wah sound as the old Wah-Fuzz-Straight Colorsound wahs. The price is $235, delivered to any U.S. address. International postage is only slightly higher.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Cool, thanks.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Thought I'd bump this old wah thread seeing as there's another new thread on the topic. The two can meet in the middle, er, intertextually. :)
  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Thought I'd bump this old wah thread seeing as there's another new thread on the topic. The two can meet in the middle, er, intertextually. :)

    I think they kissed and made up at NAMM last winter, there were some threads about it on gearpage and HC.

    As fas as I am concerned there is only one Wah guru and there are many guys who can make other effects ;)
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  • armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
    Hey, anybody know if the 535q is worth 40 more dollars then the original crybaby? whats the difference?
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  • katiiekatiie Posts: 2
    Dunno what the difference is because I've not used one, I have a crybaby though and love it.
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