easily the worst wah ive ever used...

[dronemachine]

I love the old colorsound wah pedals,super crazy noise machines.However,I can't seem to keep wah pedals,I always sell them in the end...

I liked the old ibanez fuzz wah,too...those are great.

[glitch]

I'm a strange one in regard to this: in general, I *hate* the traditional Wah sound made by quickly moving the pedal back-and-forth, but I love the tones you can get by parking the Wah in one spot and using it to "shove the guitar in a box". Kinda hard to fine-tune the parked position of the pedal without stopping the flow of everything, though.

I've tried a couple of Auto-Wahs (with the sensitivity turned all the way off) with mixed results. The one toy I keep coming back to for this is the Electrix Filter Queen. Sometimes I'll use it with an expression pedal to simulate a standard Wah, and sometimes I'll just keep the knobs in a set-&-forget setup.

I guess I'm more of a "Filter" guy than a "Wah" guy.

-- glitch@#$%!

[metalmariachi]

Yeah I usually use mine as a fixed filter for that in the sewer sound.

I do like the auto feature on the Source Audio, have it set as slow as possible and reversed.

have the sensitivity on the other 3 setting so I can just flick my hand to throw the wah in briefly. Not a lot of arm waving or bass lines that sound like 'Shaft'

MM

[kevin666]

I use a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz-Wah that I modded with true bypass, a Clyde pot, and a red Fasel inductor...

[Gopherbassist]

I've got both a GCB 100 and a 105 Q, the 100 has a terrible volume drop, I guess because it cuts the un embellished frequencies too much and doesn't boost the embellished one's enough, so for that reason I like the 105 better. However, since the 105 is auto, I can't just put it somewhere and leave it, I've got to keep my foot on it the whole time. I'm thinking about taking out the spring rod, but don't know if I should. Does anyone know if there is enough friction to keep the pedal wherever I put it if the spring is out?

[McSpunckle]

I've got both a GCB 100 and a 105 Q, the 100 has a terrible volume drop, I guess because it cuts the un embellished frequencies too much and doesn't boost the embellished one's enough, so for that reason I like the 105 better. However, since the 105 is auto, I can't just put it somewhere and leave it, I've got to keep my foot on it the whole time. I'm thinking about taking out the spring rod, but don't know if I should. Does anyone know if there is enough friction to keep the pedal wherever I put it if the spring is out?

It probably wouldn't work very well.

But, looking at the pedal, (the bass version, mind you) It wouldn't be too hard to mod it into a normal wah with a stomp switch. Then you could take that rod out.

[Tell-Electro]

My friend bought a $40 Proel wah that kept crapping out on him. He kept bringing it back to the store to get it fixed so eventually they just gave up on fixing it and gave him an Original Crybaby.

Nice!

[Gunner Recall]

Tempted to try a bad horsie...I mean Steve Vai is pratically a god where I'm from. What guitarist out here doesn't own a bad horsie. I'm really digging the Budda wah though...a bit of $$$ but more vocal sounding then your average wah. Fulltone clyde also worth checking out...but again, pricey.

[ohsojayadeva]

the clyde sounds incredible, no question! but the bad horsie is no slouch, and the switchless option makes it a true winner.

[StudioShutIn]

I've never actually owned a wah but I'm bored so I figured I'd weigh in on this.
If I had a wah, it would probably be the Moody Sounds wah. It's an optical wah, but instead of the light sensing the position of the treadle, it senses the amount of
light shining on it, so your foot covering and un-covering the sensor produces the wah effect.
I think this would probably be the best one for me because I'm in a wheelchair and don't really have that much use of my ankles..so 'wah'ing a wah is kinda hard.

[Gunner Recall]

Holy necropost batman.

Recently bought a wah after being wah-less for a year.
It's made by some fellow named zvex. Sounds foreign. I bet the E is silent.

[StudioShutIn]

my bad...when i posted in here, didn't realize this thread had been dead for 2 years..

[edkoppel]

this is the best wah i have ever used:


it sounds like you're creating a black hole or something.

[Rygot]

I have a Morley Bad Horsie wah, it sounds good, true bypass when its not in use. I like the idea of just being able to jump on it and it works. But I'm selling it to my friend because I let him use it during a show and he sexed it so bad during a Purple Haze cover. I had to sell it to him.

Yep.

Bad horsie is amazing for how cheap you can get em nowadays. Love being able to just step and go, no slamming down trying to find a button.

[echobaseone]

I was looking for a wah with a really long "throw" because I prefer the frequency fading vs. the schicka schicka waaaa. The Teese Wheels of Fire and a Colorsound reissue were under heavy consideration, but I was able to trade a ring mod for that Zvex Wah Probe. It's not really useful for live stuff, as the switch is on the top, but man, it's great for recording. I like the sweep a lot and the ability to tap the corner of the plate with your finger to get some cool glitchy bits. I'm interested in this Bad Horsie though, switchless you say? Hmmm.