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Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 4:20 pm
by MrNovember
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 4:22 pm
by DarkAxel
I was like "I have to win at least one of these"
because it's so many pedals for so many weeks...
i'm never winning a pedal giveaway
also - awesome choice, if i won, i would have chosen that wah as well

congrats!
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 4:42 pm
by MrNovember
Thanks. I've been thinking the same thing, I still can't believe I won.
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 4:50 pm
by sonidero
I like Joe, and he's a member here...

Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 8:21 am
by goroth
Yep. Dude is a fuzz hero.
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:26 am
by Chankgeez
Joe builds great sounding wahs. Congrats.
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:06 pm
by joegagan
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:07 pm
by joegagan
shameless plug time: ( just put up the 3rd "CADBABY" on ebaaaayy
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121139371354?ss ... 1555.l2649)

Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:10 pm
by MrNovember
joegagan wrote::thumb: wow, this is pretty cool. i didn't even know the contest had happened. thanks for picking the bet-tay.

Man, thank you for donating the pedal to the giveaway. I am so incredibly stoked to try it out! It looks seriously sexy! And yeah the drawing for it happened yesterday.
!
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:40 pm
by joegagan
ok, shipped!



thanks to bart at effects database, this was a massive undertaking.
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:12 pm
by GlitteryChunks
Congratulations!
I entered a few of those that had pedals on my GAS list but to no avail. At least another ILF member won

Enjoy the sweet taste of statistics!
And lastly........
CLIPS OR GTFO!!!

Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 5:47 pm
by MrNovember
So I got home to a package in the mail today and spared no time in tearing it open. Here's what I got:

WAFFLES
But seriously Betty arrived!!
I also got an email with an explanation from Joe:
i had it in storage for a while , when i pulled it out i wanted to improve it a wee bit. it still has a deep soulful voice but i improved the overall sweep. it is set up pretty loud so i added an output vol under the treadle. when it is set full up it will drive a tube amp in a really pleasing way. there is a treble bleed path which actually makes the bassy setting still have some pick definition ( one of my trademarks) if it gets to be too much i can tell what to snip to get rid of that.
there is one trimmer on board, it sets the bias for Q1 of the wah circ, which is the heart of the tone. i used a germ AC187 in that position. unlike most of my mods i left the dunlop buffer intact since the germ seemed to like that.
overall i would say it is a good wah for treble pickups , esp single coil. if you use it with HB pickups a treble bleed cap is helpful.
After about an hour of playing I have got to say that this is the best sounding wah I have ever heard! It's so smooth; definitely deep and soulful. And with the volume knob up it really does drive my amp nicely. It actually pushes my amp into overdrive in such a sweet way. It sounds amazing on both my Gretsch G5129 (single coil Dearmond pickups) and my Epi Les Paul. And it looks so sexy!
Thanks Joe!
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:53 pm
by joegagan

waffles? ha, i like that.
thanks. very glad it went to such an enthusiastic dude. it was a pleasure all the way 'round. here is a bit of trivia: betty was originally part of a tourbox thing that i sent to clif taylor of FUZZ MOVIE fame. he dug it!
that was nice photo of it paired with a sister wah next to it^

Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:32 am
by joegagan
I re- read the instruction i sent, i should clarify, the last sentence , i meant if you use with hb pickups, a treble bleed cap on your guitar volume pot is helpful.
Re: Unexpected New Pedal! Joe Gagan Betty!
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:46 am
by Chankgeez
MrNovember wrote:After about an hour of playing I have got to say that this is the best sounding wah I have ever heard!
Fantastic!
I've got a couple of wahs I need to send to Joe for some fine tuning.