Tell Me About Great Wahs

[bugzaney]

I dont have a wah and i dont know why. What do yall look for in wahs?

Plz?

[sonidero]

I like this cause of the boost and different wah ranges... Also an old Vox wins all day too...

[Chankgeez]

What I look for in wahs and what you look for in wahs may be two different things.

What are you looking for in a wah?

What do you want it to be able to do?

[Casavettes]

I've been really enjoying my amt electronics wh1 japanese lady wah

[bigchiefbc]

What I look for in wahs and what you look for in wahs may be two different things.

What are you looking for in a wah?

What do you want it to be able to do?

+1 - what I was looking for in a wah was an insanely wide range of frequency sweep. I ended up with a Wilson Freaker wah, which is a clone-with-upgrades of the old Tycobrahe Parapedal. I lovelovelove it, and I'm done with ever wanting any other wahs.

[bugzaney]

Well i have very little wah experience but versatility is always a plus. Also, something that does suck tone. I dont really know what different wahs are bringing to the table.

[devnulljp]

Well i have very little wah experience but versatility is always a plus. Also, something that does suck tone. I dont really know what different wahs are bringing to the table.

Stay away from Dunlop and recent Vox.
Basically, look through the Teese RMC line -- he does every kind of wah you could ever want.
If you're in the UK, hit up Stuart Castledine (http://wah-wah.co.uk/)

I really like the old Maestro Boomerang.

[dubkitty]

I don't have tons of experience with wahs, because i find the pedal difficult to operate when standing without falling over into the drum kit. i've used a few and toured the PodXT wah models. the hard-copy wah i liked most is the old Foxx Cookie Monster blue fuzz/wah/volume. i've never gotten along with Cry Babys, and deeply dislike the Morley wah though it might be more compatible to my ambient/noise/loop aesthetic than it was for Hendrix and Garcia shit. out of the XT models the clear champ is the Maestro, so i figure i'll look for something in a Boomerang clone. what i'd really like is a wah with adjustable frequency range and adjustable bandpass width...i've become somewhat obsessed with sweepable filters lately.

[kosta]

Those old Fender Fuzz Wah's are pretty bangin'. Instant Sabbath "Hand Of Doom" / "Electric Funeral" tones.

[univalve]

Budda Wah: To my ears (and playing) the best "wuah" sound on single notes for clean and crunch. Deep, vocal-like, intense. To me it is the Vox-Wah sound i like - or maybe how i think the old vox should sound in a modern context.
Jerry Cantrell Wah: my favorite "dirty" wah before and after fuzzz with an already dirty basic sound. Can do a bit of "da funk" - but i'm not really the funk mouse.
Bonamassa Wah: kind of a bit modern take on the Budda. Not that deep/intense though.

[Chankgeez]

As dev suggested, if it's versatility you're after, definitely look into the Teese wahs.

I used to have an RMC3 and was always opening it up to fiddle with it. Luckily, since then, he's moved all those controls to the outside of the enclosure.

[metalmariachi]

I have gobs of wahs.
My favorite is the Source Audio hot hand very versatile and more control with the ring than I can get using my foot, it has reverse wah, auto wah and volume swell settings
Followed very closely by the Foxx Wah/volume and the MSD Earthquake.
The Earthquake is freaking expensive and heavy but well worth it.

MM

[bigchiefbc]

I have gobs of wahs.
My favorite is the Source Audio hot hand very versatile and more control with the ring than I can get using my foot, it has reverse wah, auto wah and volume swell settings
Followed very closely by the Foxx Wah/volume and the MSD Earthquake.
The Earthquake is freaking expensive and heavy but well worth it.

MM

I still don't really get how the hell I could use the hot hand. How do you control it if its strapped to your picking hand? That's what I don't get about using it, it seems like a pretty big limitation if you can only play by fret-hand tapping while using it.

[Chankgeez]

Should be called Hot Nuts.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFtOirbfCQ[/youtube]

[sonidero]

Great wahs can do the crying baby trumpet AND the chucka chucka chicki chcicki funk for PORNOS!!!