Wah-wah pedal suggestions?
Wah-wah pedal suggestions?
Lookin for a 70s rhythm guitar type of wah sound... any ideas? Not really a guitar player, sorry for the dumb question...
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For me it was always about the Vox wah and the V847 is a pretty cool pedal new. I had an original Vox wah from the late 60's for quite a while and the V847 sounds a lot like it IMO. Opinions will vary of course but to me the Vox stomps the Cry Baby stuff. And especially for rythm git.
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I had the original Vox back in 1967. I now use a standard Cry Baby from Dunlop.
It required some rework to get that sound back. I replaced the transistors with low noise Hitachi 2SC2545, that lowered the noise below the stock pedals. The inductor was replaced with a red Fasel from Italy, the original part used in the Vox.
The .01 caps are now Wima polyprop FKP-2's. The 33k tuning resistor off the inductor was replaced with a 22k resistor and a 50k pot. I tuned it to around 68k ohms for my taste.
It's more of a wow wow than a wah wah now. Rainy day, dream away...
It required some rework to get that sound back. I replaced the transistors with low noise Hitachi 2SC2545, that lowered the noise below the stock pedals. The inductor was replaced with a red Fasel from Italy, the original part used in the Vox.
The .01 caps are now Wima polyprop FKP-2's. The 33k tuning resistor off the inductor was replaced with a 22k resistor and a 50k pot. I tuned it to around 68k ohms for my taste.
It's more of a wow wow than a wah wah now. Rainy day, dream away...
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I've owned all three... VOx and cry baby are all just down to what one you like better....Waltz Mastering wrote:Vox, Cry baby or Morley
Morley though... I've had two different ones and both broke often...
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The Clyde is good. I agree with Roscoe that I would avoid the new Vox and Crybaby models. They sound poopy to me, compared to some other stuff.
"70s rhythm" can be a pretty broad thing, but if you're wanting that curtis mayfield type of vibe, I'd take a strong look at an old Colorsound.
The pedal has a really long throw, and I just really love those wah wahs for that certain kind of thing.
My personal colorsound is a re-brand called a "B&M Champions" wah. I also have a 1967 Vox/Crybaby (yes it has both names) that I use for more "general purpose" wah-ing. That thing is a motherfucker, but probably kinda hard to just go shopping for one. I found mine in a junk shop years ago.
"70s rhythm" can be a pretty broad thing, but if you're wanting that curtis mayfield type of vibe, I'd take a strong look at an old Colorsound.
The pedal has a really long throw, and I just really love those wah wahs for that certain kind of thing.
My personal colorsound is a re-brand called a "B&M Champions" wah. I also have a 1967 Vox/Crybaby (yes it has both names) that I use for more "general purpose" wah-ing. That thing is a motherfucker, but probably kinda hard to just go shopping for one. I found mine in a junk shop years ago.
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Which ever version of Vox/Cry Baby you choose, it's the Fasel red inductor that creates the old magic. The modern inductors are precision and low Q, nice and smooth for other stuff. Get the Fasel red or yellow inductor from Electro Harmonix for about $7 each. Then change the 33k tuning resistor to 47k or 56k and you are there.
My "other" wah is a state variable 12 db/octave filter with a 5 octave sweep. It's fitted into an old Cry Baby pedal. It uses a dual 100k pot and has band pass, low and high pass switches and a Q control. The Q is adjustable up to 1/30th of an octave for radical "whistle" sweep sounds that can pull out individual notes. With some overdrive feedback I can sustain individual notes or pull second, third, octave and up harmonics out and sustain them as new notes. Use the high and low pass together and you get notch functions too.
That pedal gives me the talking guitar effect very well. I built a few of these pedals for artists over the years, maybe you've heard them on recordings.
My "other" wah is a state variable 12 db/octave filter with a 5 octave sweep. It's fitted into an old Cry Baby pedal. It uses a dual 100k pot and has band pass, low and high pass switches and a Q control. The Q is adjustable up to 1/30th of an octave for radical "whistle" sweep sounds that can pull out individual notes. With some overdrive feedback I can sustain individual notes or pull second, third, octave and up harmonics out and sustain them as new notes. Use the high and low pass together and you get notch functions too.
That pedal gives me the talking guitar effect very well. I built a few of these pedals for artists over the years, maybe you've heard them on recordings.
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Do a search on http://www.thegearpage.net/board/ and you'll find a wealth of info/opinions (perhaps too much info) on every wah under the sun.
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