Wah Pedal

Jam10
Jam10 Posts: 654
edited July 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
Which wah pedal do you guys recommend. The 535 Crybaby or just the plain Crybaby. I don't need anything too fancy just a good wah pedal! Are their any other wah pedals you guys recommend?

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  • Cantrell Is God
    Cantrell Is God Posts: 2
    Crybabies are pretty overrated, IMO.

    Try the Vox V847, or the Vox Clyde McCoy.
  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    i love my budwah
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    dunlop builds all the voxes and budwah anyway.

    the vox mccoy and the budwah have true bypass which is a bonus for wahs in general.

    i'm going to buy a 535Q soon though because i like the tweakability. i've generally had voxes in the past.

    may go with a BYOC wah kit because they're highly adjustable too.
  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    I like my Morley, cos it has a wee photo-electric cell to switch on and off. Not beign a good tap dancer, I find just being able to stand on it when I want good, then it springs back up and turns itself off. Easy !!

    Wah is much more about how YOU use it, rather than what it is in itself.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Ya, you don't just 'get' wahs, it takes time.
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    keeponrockin wrote:
    Ya, you don't just 'get' wahs, it takes time.

    And then ya gotta learn how to co-ordinate teh wah with teh frantic pace of the solo ya playing, which is probably why they invented "auto-wah".

    Wah is subtle, takes a lot of time to get the best outa them.
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  • TheIndifferent
    TheIndifferent Posts: 8
    I'm a big fan of my Morley. I have heard that Crybaby doesn't make the best, and people always want to rock on my pedal instead.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Can you leave the Morley in the 'cocked wah' or not?
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  • reaching hands
    reaching hands Posts: 370
    Yes you can leave it cocked

    the morley is my favourite too, cos they are so big you could beat someone to a pulp with it!
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  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    exhausted wrote:
    dunlop builds all the voxes and budwah anyway.

    the vox mccoy and the budwah have true bypass which is a bonus for wahs in general.

    i'm going to buy a 535Q soon though because i like the tweakability. i've generally had voxes in the past.

    may go with a BYOC wah kit because they're highly adjustable too.

    I have had a lot of wah pedals including a Dunlop rack wah, and of the standard pedals, I also like the 535Q. You can get very throaty vowel sounds out of it.

    The best custom wah pedal, in my opinion, is by Geoffrey Teese. Check out his site. He has a lot of good information on the history of wah pedals:

    http://www.realmccoycustom.com/

    All the best,

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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    To me they are all different, depends on what you want. I love the Vox my self
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  • Glorified Irish Guy
    Glorified Irish Guy Posts: 350
    I love my crybaby, its the only pedal i always use when i plug my guitar in even if i dont actually use it, i just like to have it there all the time and the sound doesnt compare to any other wah iv used, maybe its just me but i pick all the small things on the cry baby that makes it better than any others
  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    Fulltone wahs also have a great sound to them but like the Teese, they're damn expensive. I think I too might spring for a BYOC wah in the future, after a bunch of other stuff gets taken care of.
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  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    Novawind wrote:
    Fulltone wahs also have a great sound to them but like the Teese, they're damn expensive. I think I too might spring for a BYOC wah in the future, after a bunch of other stuff gets taken care of.


    Forgot about the Fulltone wahs. I'll second the recommendation.

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  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    We can all reccomend wahs but all wahs are gonna sound different. Trust me. You can alo mod them (especially cry babies). Do your best to try them. The style of the pedal and your foot are gonna make or break the usefulness of the pedal.
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