Rediscovering Wah for the last 18 months after a number of years without one have to say a big thank you to Mick and Dan because until watching this video I have always accepted the way the switch worked and never thought about how to adjust it. Simple to do when you know how!
I bought the Boss Wah pedal you guys have on the very left, and I personally love it and don't plan on switching anytime soon. Best pedal I've ever bought.
54 mins of That Pedal Show bliss! I'm gonna stop off on my way home, pick up a tasty beverage and the latest issue of Guitarist magazine, then settle into the sofa and enjoy this one!
Dudes, your all's pedals with the faces on them sounds badass. Loving that this video is almost an hour long. Seriously you all are a major part of my Friday mornings. Coffee, great pedal knowledge and playing. Cheers.
My 4 Favorite Wah's are Fulltone Clyde Deluxe ( which is the one - I own ), Also: Xotic XW-1, MXR CAE MC-404 and RMC. All Incredible. Tons of Choices. Very Informative fellas.
Hi guys. you had the drive control on the BOSS V-WAH turned up. Even when in bypass mode the sound is effected. It needs to be set to zero to get a clean unity sound, maybe that's what it was 'adding'. 😀
Thanks guys! Half way through this video, I ordered a used Buda wah for 99 bucks. Watching the rest of the video you guys both agreed it was the best. Great video.
Thanks guys just for being rad, you guys are my favourite guitar people; your genuine giddyness and passion! You guys are cool to watch, also i love that you guys just have a nice and comfortable and very happy to be eachother vibe!
Guys this is the one episode where i think the use of a white board and perhaps a pocket protector would have been acceptable :-). keep up the good work. That pedal show is how TV should be...
Another great episode! :) and almost a full hour!!! :D you spoil us...and we love you for it. I Love and look forward to Friday mornings when I sit out on my balcony with my coffee and watch the new episode....bliss.
Just in case anyone's wondering "Q" stands for "Quality" and is usually described as being higher when the frequency band is tighter, I tend to think of it like a knife, a higher quality blade has a finer, sharper point. Bugged the hell out of me through college until I went and looked it up!
I have a 1969\1970 Vox Wah and a 1976 JEN Double Sound (fuzz + wah): the Vox is nasal, vocal, cleaner and slightly "thin", perfect for Hendrix style stuff, the JEN is bassier and dirtier, but still very articulate, it has more "balls", I'm Jimmy Page when I play that wah! ;) This to tell that are the same quality, they come from the same factory...
Best wah I've ever used is the Ibanez Weepin' Demon. It's the best pedal of any kind I've ever used, infact. It's my desert island pedal. It has several knobs to tweak the sound. It has the auto-return when you take your foot of the pedal it goes off. And it sounds absolutely brilliant.
Great show! My favorite channel on RUclips! I’ve been using a wah for many years. Mostly crybabies but also a few others. When I finally bought a fulltone Clyde standard I was smiling from ear to ear. I have found the perfect wah for me. No wonder Robin Trower uses one.
I've had V Wah since it first came out, and it's incredibly much more broad than what's shown. You can customize the range of attack from shallow to super deep. The stock settings you guys are showing are very shallow. If you take 30 minutes to learn how to use it, you can create all those wahs on the board. My only issue, and it might just be mine, but it seems to cut out the sound when it's turned off and on. Might need to do a factory reset to correct that. I also forgot the built in Uni Vibe, Suppressor, Vowel simulator, and multiple Distortion pedals. It has four presets, so you have four different modulators in one pedal... and a suppressor! C'mon brobinos... Get your shit together. hahaha
Same, I have had it for 20 years or so? My only issue with it is I wish the built in boosts, fuzz, distortion, could be set up to turn on once the wah is engaged rather than always on.
I like the 535Q . The cry Baby Mini is also a great choice for a crowded pedal board. I still have my original Thomas Organ circa '1967(?) Cry Baby, purchased when I was 12 or 13...and it still works.
Hahahahahaha, so I was typing on FB, and came back to this video, that I had been listening to the whole time, and saw, Dan and Mick, with Angus Young styleish SG's! LOL aww now I gotta actually watch the whole thing, boo me getting distracted!
I have owned everything from vintage Colorsound, Jen/Vox/Thomas Organ, Cry Baby, etc, to the modern CAE MC404, Clyde, Budda, ... you name it.. The winner is the Dunlop Slash SC95.. something about the frequency ranges it hits and the smoothness of it just plays nice with every guitar, amp, and genre of music. The thing is fantastic.
just so you guys know I love this show, analogue pedals and digital modelling. I can't afford as a bedroom guitarist to buy all the pedals I would like so affordable modelling box is great for me. I really don't feel at odds with your analogue is best ethos though as this show helps me understand the models, sounds and arrangements of effects i am using in the modelling box. thank you great show yet again.
Man that was unfair to the Boss V-Wah. I own five wah pedals - MXR MC404 CAE , Dunlop 535Q, Dunlop Jerry Cantrell, Vox V846HW Hand-Wired, and the Boss V-Wah.You cannot expect the Boss to sound just like the original but when you start using the other options it has like the Bass Wah, Advanced Wah and creating your own custom wah sounds like it lets you do it is really very good - it is its own thing and to my ears currently its right up there with my other Wahs.
@@jon590 I just bought the MC404 CAE and if you like to tweak things lightly (moving the Q, adjusting the pedal sweep, etc) it’s absolutely incredible. I own the 535Q mini and that is also awesome in its own way but... it’s more of a well made “toy” than a true Wah IMO. Get the mc404 it’s truly the best
+Jeffrey Attakorah There is no best Jeffrey, only what works best for you and your rig. We'll have to try one to understand what might suit different contexts. Cheers!
+Jeffrey Attakorah There is no best Jeffrey, only what works best for you and your rig. We'll have to try one to understand what might suit different contexts. Cheers!
Wah enthusiast here. Great inspiring show. Please consider the The Real Mccoy RMC8 and RMC6 models. Also there seems to be lots of love for the Dunlop CAE Wah. And keep doing Dirt pedal episodes it is pure nutrition for rock guitarists.
On the vwha take the intensity knob all the way counter clockwise. Changes alot. It also does roto and distortion/fuzz as well. It may not sound as good but it is a lot of fun.
I own one of the OG Budda Wahs, I will NEVER get rid of it. Funny how the only reason why I bought it was because my friend i jammed with a lot bought a cry baby the week before and I didn't want an exact copy of it. It is my #1 pedal, and it still works... I use it often ( now with a helix lt). If i can figure out how to clone it, I'm going to retire it and put it on display.
Love Wah got a few over the years , but just recently Purchased a Boss PW 10 V Wah all in original box with manual , it hasn't been used at all not a scratch on it , the Shop wanted £59 I knocked them down to £50 , there is an awful lot going on with this pedal its not just a Wah it has lots of Boss Drives and Fuzz and a Booster and Uni-Vibe , fully programmable , you can mix and match effects and can save up to 3 of your own custom Patches . Its really fun pedal to use especially the Vocal Wah the "Oh Yeah " sounds great with a Bass Guitar plugged in .
Anyone else notice that most beautifully amazing yet completely unintentional vocal harmony at 15:36? Lol nicely done gents, as was the rest of the video. I agree with the comment below on perhaps doing a video on rotary speaker simulators as long as you can find and lug an actual Leslie in for a authenticity reference. I'm thinking about picking up a Strymon Lex but would first love your opinions, which I hold in the highest regard, on a plethora of rotary simulators. Cheers!
Great episode! I really enjoyed the hand wired VOX! I went from a Hotone Soulpress to a Fulltone Clyde to now using a Cry Baby Classic Wah Wah GCB95F and darn if your episode didn't have me wanting to go out and buy a new wah! I still have the Fulltone but really have no idea what to do with it....really shrill I adjusted everything I can and aside from having it modded I figure I should sell it?
when you tested the v-wah against the vox you said "it was cleaner through the vox" that was because you left the drive knob turned up on the v-wah. so not a fair test.....just saying x thank you so much for this video.
I concur with Carl. I love you guys but it concerns me when l so value your opinions, and it's obvious you're set in your likes and dislikes regarding anything digital. I, and others I'm sure find myself in the unenviable position of carefully choosing pedals that suit my needs, are lightweight, portable, fit on a reasonably sized pedalboard (mini pedals, or multi-function pedals like the BOSS V-Wah) and provide the tones I'm chasing in my head all on a limited budget. I would love to be able to try, and buy vintage pedals or pedals built by the legends in the pedal world. Unfortunately that will never happen. Huge shout out to you mates!!! Really enjoy your show!!! Sincerely, your Hoosier Yank Pal from across the pond. Ruben
First time I saw a wha on trumpet was not so long ago with Snarky Puppy... I was like "waou, such a great idea!". But I didn't know it was done before nor it was one of the origins of the wha! Thanks!
I have a VOX V847, Morley Bad Horsie, and AKAI Vari-Wah. I love them all. I use the Bad Horsie the most, because it switched on/off automatically. The Akai does some really cool stuff, it can do some unusual wah effects. You can control the speed of occilation.
Wow These guys were mentioning 'Q' four years ago !! Where Wah Go One Wah Go All !! A great episode for those wanting to know whether to replace a pot or just go with something new.
I thought that its not 100% TS type pedal, maybe its because mick's epic facial expression is in there.. lol great design nonetheless and cheers to you, sir
Big Jim Sullivan guested on the Bay city rollers TV show. Shangalang. Inspired me to get my first electric. a £25 zenta. I still recall the one when Eric jammed with Jim on a white strat and a fuzz pedal. I have a white strat now!!! Arrrghhh!! Just realised the link.
If anyone wants to try a cool trick (in my opinion of course) take your wah pedal and put it after your fuzz pedal,turn on the fuzz and turn on your wah but keep the pedal in the forward position (I don't know the technical term for it but you know what I mean) crank your fuzz and it will almost have an octave fuzz quality to it.Maybe this is something everyone already knew about but I just thought I would throw it out there
For your Fuzz/Wah episode (if you haven't filmed it already) you should check out the Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz-Wah (JH-1FW) from Dunlop. The side switches allow you to choose Wah--Fuzz or Fuzz--Wah. You can use just the way or just the fuzz and there are knobs on the side and bottom to control each. I don't think they sell them anymore, but I'm sure you guys could get your hands on one....or make one. Thanks again for the show. Great episode.
DONT KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVER TRIED ONE BUT THE PEAVEY VYPYR TUBE 60 IS PRETTY GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR THE STUFF YOU GUYS LIKE WITH THE AMPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE ISNT AS HIGH GAIN WITH FENDERS, BAD CAT AND A PEAVEY CLASSIC, THAT STUFF SOUND GREAT
Favourite wah of all time is the Ibanez WD-7. Its like a 535Q but with extra options (bass/guitar voicing switch, auto-switching or morley style footswitch)
Guys, thank you so much for this vid, I learned heaps! Now I understand what the various knobs on my Ibanez Weeping Demon actually do to my signal and have managed to come up with a great sound that is perfect for me! Cheers! -Tom
Great show! Just a few examples of great Wah pedals. The Dunlop 535Q, the Morley Bad Horsie, and the RMC Real MCoy Picture Wah. I happen to have these great wah pedals and my fav has to be the RMC. Mine is signed by Geoffrey R. Teese himself! It absolutely SCREAMS! Keep up the good work guys!
This may be more of a question for the "gigrig" side of things, but could you talk about isolated vs non-isolated power and when and where to use either?
+MrBingping Hello! It's a question for everyone, and it's something we'll definitely cover. Ideally you want everything isolated, but yes, we'll do it. Cheers!
Killer as always! Looking forward to the in depth signal chain discussion about how to deal with fuzzface/wah/buffers/etc. and the heal down squeal issue. Maybe go with basic Vox or Crybaby. I appreciate what you do!
I picked one of these up earlier this year, after having used a Crybaby and a Fulltone, and it's better for all the reasons you stated, plus true bypass, and: it has an "on" light!
I have a Thomas Organ made in Italy Vox wah that I bought used in the early '70s. Compared to CryBabys of the time it had a sharper "whack" to the upper end of the range. You could also slip the rack on the pedal a tooth one way or the other to change the range the wah works in since the treadle doesn't utilize the full rotation of the pot. Unfortunately about 10 years ago the Vox started making funny noises on occasion so I put it away and got a CryBaby 535Q which also has the variable Q control and could do both the sharp Vox sound and the softer CryBaby sound. I had a Univox wah in the late '60s that was optical but it had a metal flag between the lamp and photodiode with a V cut into it. Worked but had nowhere the sound of the Vox I got later on.
Awesome...just...awesome. I learn so much listening in my car. Studying tone masters on the mountain top...very Buddhist. Now I know where to put my wah. Two. Ok maybe more but who's counting lol. Main two: Gig fx Peter Frampton wah (with les) Voodoo Labs (I think)...the Wazoo (With Tele and Strat) Tone unlocked. Happy dance. Thanks Professors Mick and Dan, Brian from Detroit
Ah-ha! Well... was about to say this weeks episode is long overdue! Then realised this vid that popped up in my YT feed is 8 years old! 🤣 Never got why TPS is so wah-shy, when if you have a decent amp and a guitar volume knob, a wah is more important than most of the pedals geenrally discussed. Everyone is always on about tube screamers and drive pedals. If you have a decent amp at proper volume, a wah is the first pedal I'd deem "necessary"...
Great video! Even tho I've been playing electric for ~24 years, I'm always learning something new. I had no idea that a fuzz pedal had such a massive frequency range. I read somewhere that fuzz pedals acted like a filter pedal and mixing a wah and a fuzz was like mixing to freq filter pedals. I never understood that. Your explanation about what a wah does before, and after, a fuzz pedal was really helpful and insightful. I think I like the sound of a wah going into the fuzz, as it keeps the guitar sound large, and doesn't shrink it - for reasons you already explained. And Daniel Steinhardt, does playing the wah bring your inner shred out? :D Good stuff!
I have that Boss wah, and it was really difficult to turn it off and on, it required so much force... I skimmed the rubber studs and now it's perfect. Along with the wah I use it for the univibe which I find quite good. I have it set up so that I can change between wah and univibe with the heel switch.
Now that I've watched the whole video, I can say that you can calibrate the pedal travel to your liking, and it looks like you are keeping the distortion modelling on, so no wonder it "adds something". Just twist the drive know all the way down.
Greetings, gentlemen. This is a great episode, but I was wondering if you could do an episode (or series?) dedicated to comparisons and some of the pros/cons of less expensive pedals. I"m asking because as a player on a budget, if I buy something new I do a ton of research. Videos like the ones you make are the next best thing to ordering the pedals I'm considering, trying them, and returning them if they don't work out. If you did some videos focused on less expensive pedals (like the Hellbabe for a wah solution), I think it could be very helpful. You always go into a lot of detail and put these pedals through their paces. Thanks for you time, Chris
Is that Kirk Hammett's board ?
Nah for the Hammett Signature you have to stack a wah on top of another wah so that you can control both with one foot.
I love that you have no thumbs downs!
zaphod888 SRV taped two together for “Say What!”, I like your idea better! Trying it!
zaphod888 Noel that I think of it, that song should’ve been called “Say Waht!”
@@zaphod888 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°1°°°°°°°°°°°°°°!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaAAaaaAAAAAAAAQAaaAaaaaaaaaA1aaAaaAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1aaa!!!!!
Rediscovering Wah for the last 18 months after a number of years without one have to say a big thank you to Mick and Dan because until watching this video I have always accepted the way the switch worked and never thought about how to adjust it. Simple to do when you know how!
Finally a Wah episode!! My first ever pedal was a Vox 847 that I bought in 2006 and I still have it today, 10 years after.
I bought the Boss Wah pedal you guys have on the very left, and I personally love it and don't plan on switching anytime soon. Best pedal I've ever bought.
Is it because of the Uni vibe?
54 mins of That Pedal Show bliss! I'm gonna stop off on my way home, pick up a tasty beverage and the latest issue of Guitarist magazine, then settle into the sofa and enjoy this one!
+Jonny Patterson Nice one Jonny - enjoy! Thanks for watching.
such a blessing that this show exists
+Eman Kcin Thank you!
Dudes, your all's pedals with the faces on them sounds badass. Loving that this video is almost an hour long. Seriously you all are a major part of my Friday mornings. Coffee, great pedal knowledge and playing. Cheers.
"You're either fuzzing the wah, or wahing the fuzz."
NEW TSHIRT idea!!
+Ben Cotten And yours is free Ben. Thank you. We think that'll work. :0)
Wah before fuzz for maximum scuzz, as my granny always used to say.
How about an "It's a Sound" T-Shirt?
That Pedal Show hey, this is like, my second acount, so uh, can you send me free stuff for that tshirt idea i totally made, by myself....
Always wah the fuzz imo - thats how jimi did it :)
My 4 Favorite Wah's are Fulltone Clyde Deluxe ( which is the one - I own ), Also: Xotic XW-1, MXR CAE MC-404 and RMC. All Incredible. Tons of Choices. Very Informative fellas.
Hi guys. you had the drive control on the BOSS V-WAH turned up. Even when in bypass mode the sound is effected. It needs to be set to zero to get a clean unity sound, maybe that's what it was 'adding'. 😀
yep def changed their sound, i noticed they liked it though.
That SG Jnr sounds AMAZING! Definitely needs to be in more episodes...
Thanks guys! Half way through this video, I ordered a used Buda wah for 99 bucks. Watching the rest of the video you guys both agreed it was the best. Great video.
Here's an idea: Do a deal with guy who made your That Muff Pedal & That Scream Pedal and put them up as merch. Offer Patreons a 10% discount.
Thanks guys just for being rad, you guys are my favourite guitar people; your genuine giddyness and passion! You guys are cool to watch, also i love that you guys just have a nice and comfortable and very happy to be eachother vibe!
I've also been really enjoying doug and pat and their show ^^
I hope you have an Ibanez WH-10 in the next episode. :)
Oops
I most enjoyed the Vox Handwired Wah
Guys this is the one episode where i think the use of a white board and perhaps a pocket protector would have been acceptable :-). keep up the good work. That pedal show is how TV should be...
Thank you for this wonderfully enlightening explanation of the world's greatest pedal.
can you do an episode where you check out all those ''beginner'' pedals that almost everybody has or had? Like the DS-1 and stuff like that
that THING DS-1 is no beginner pedal lol its hardcore crazy old school stuff😂
That Boss probably would have sounded cleaner if you had the knob for the built in overdrive turned all the way off instead of at the 10:00 position.
Exactly!
Was thinking they needed to explore that pedal more as it’s pretty wild and lots of other functions
The cry baby gcb 95 should be there, i know its the cheapest but it's probably the most used and sold and modded wah!!
Another great episode! :) and almost a full hour!!! :D you spoil us...and we love you for it. I Love and look forward to Friday mornings when I sit out on my balcony with my coffee and watch the new episode....bliss.
+Hulk Slayer ah, that's awesome H, great to have you onboard :)
Just got the Boss wah. Loving it!
Just in case anyone's wondering "Q" stands for "Quality" and is usually described as being higher when the frequency band is tighter, I tend to think of it like a knife, a higher quality blade has a finer, sharper point. Bugged the hell out of me through college until I went and looked it up!
I own a 1969 vox Wah and a 72 fender phase shifter i run it into a 76 Fender Concert , that is just a wonderful sound to my ears
A less wonderful sound to your wallet
+Martijn Kemperman lol
Psss, I tell you a secret: JEN wahs from the late 60's and 70's are wonderful, and they cost much less than a Vox branded one!
I have a 1969\1970 Vox Wah and a 1976 JEN Double Sound (fuzz + wah): the Vox is nasal, vocal, cleaner and slightly "thin", perfect for Hendrix style stuff, the JEN is bassier and dirtier, but still very articulate, it has more "balls", I'm Jimmy Page when I play that wah! ;)
This to tell that are the same quality, they come from the same factory...
That is a good rig
Fridays are the best! Thanks for another great, informative, fun video!
That 61 SG Junior sounds like an enraged mammoth. Love it.
Eddie Hazel took this pedal to another level !!!
Sanjay V the way his pulls it back to the low end on Maggot Brain sounds so cool.
Best wah I've ever used is the Ibanez Weepin' Demon. It's the best pedal of any kind I've ever used, infact. It's my desert island pedal. It has several knobs to tweak the sound. It has the auto-return when you take your foot of the pedal it goes off. And it sounds absolutely brilliant.
Great show! My favorite channel on RUclips! I’ve been using a wah for many years. Mostly crybabies but also a few others. When I finally bought a fulltone Clyde standard I was smiling from ear to ear. I have found the perfect wah for me. No wonder Robin Trower uses one.
Me too. Mick here. It’s awesome!
I've had V Wah since it first came out, and it's incredibly much more broad than what's shown. You can customize the range of attack from shallow to super deep. The stock settings you guys are showing are very shallow. If you take 30 minutes to learn how to use it, you can create all those wahs on the board.
My only issue, and it might just be mine, but it seems to cut out the sound when it's turned off and on. Might need to do a factory reset to correct that.
I also forgot the built in Uni Vibe, Suppressor, Vowel simulator, and multiple Distortion pedals. It has four presets, so you have four different modulators in one pedal... and a suppressor! C'mon brobinos... Get your shit together. hahaha
Same, I have had it for 20 years or so? My only issue with it is I wish the built in boosts, fuzz, distortion, could be set up to turn on once the wah is engaged rather than always on.
I like the 535Q . The cry Baby Mini is also a great choice for a crowded pedal board. I still have my original Thomas Organ circa '1967(?) Cry Baby, purchased when I was 12 or 13...and it still works.
Almost an hour!? This week's episode is a jackpot!
You have the best channel on youtube hands down!!! Great info, great playing and great tones! Congrats! Waiting for pt2! Thank you guys
+Ricardo Roquer Thanks so much Ricardo - we're listening to the comments from this video to hone things down for part two. Thanks for watching!
Hahahahahaha, so I was typing on FB, and came back to this video, that I had been listening to the whole time, and saw, Dan and Mick, with Angus Young styleish SG's! LOL aww now I gotta actually watch the whole thing, boo me getting distracted!
I have owned everything from vintage Colorsound, Jen/Vox/Thomas Organ, Cry Baby, etc, to the modern CAE MC404, Clyde, Budda, ... you name it.. The winner is the Dunlop Slash SC95.. something about the frequency ranges it hits and the smoothness of it just plays nice with every guitar, amp, and genre of music. The thing is fantastic.
just so you guys know I love this show, analogue pedals and digital modelling. I can't afford as a bedroom guitarist to buy all the pedals I would like so affordable modelling box is great for me. I really don't feel at odds with your analogue is best ethos though as this show helps me understand the models, sounds and arrangements of effects i am using in the modelling box. thank you great show yet again.
I love the way Dan explains frequencies and what happens in the chain. It has really helped me when I think about how my board is put together
Man that was unfair to the Boss V-Wah. I own five wah pedals - MXR MC404 CAE , Dunlop 535Q, Dunlop Jerry Cantrell, Vox V846HW Hand-Wired, and the Boss V-Wah.You cannot expect the Boss to sound just like the original but when you start using the other options it has like the Bass Wah, Advanced Wah and creating your own custom wah sounds like it lets you do it is really very good - it is its own thing and to my ears currently its right up there with my other Wahs.
Haha they're all shit, sorry get a decent wah.
@@jamesnoake1 what would you recommend?
@@jon590 I just bought the MC404 CAE and if you like to tweak things lightly (moving the Q, adjusting the pedal sweep, etc) it’s absolutely incredible. I own the 535Q mini and that is also awesome in its own way but... it’s more of a well made “toy” than a true Wah IMO.
Get the mc404 it’s truly the best
Well. that's me wah'd out for the next six months!!
+Tarotecana Us too. And we need to make part 2. Wacka!
+Jeffrey Attakorah There is no best Jeffrey, only what works best for you and your rig. We'll have to try one to understand what might suit different contexts. Cheers!
+Jeffrey Attakorah There is no best Jeffrey, only what works best for you and your rig. We'll have to try one to understand what might suit different contexts. Cheers!
I'm crying baby ...lol.
*dad joke*
It's funny because it's true- Homer.
Fulltone Clyde wah would be good one to showcase.
Had tried it TWICE- never sounded as good as my vintage Thomas Organ wah, it just lacked character.
Gotta love the budwah. I got mine for $80 used in pristine condition.
Vox hand wired was my fav.
Area 51 make a good wah too.
*insert obligatory Kirk Hammet joke here* xD
Awesome video guys getting better and better.
Prefer the Xotic -- most versatile, and I like being able to adjust the Q, the wide Q was a very interesting sound.
Love Xotic boost and preamp pedals, but Crybaby 535Q FTW!
Wah enthusiast here. Great inspiring show. Please consider the The Real Mccoy RMC8 and RMC6 models. Also there seems to be lots of love for the Dunlop CAE Wah. And keep doing Dirt pedal episodes it is pure nutrition for rock guitarists.
On the vwha take the intensity knob all the way counter clockwise. Changes alot. It also does roto and distortion/fuzz as well. It may not sound as good but it is a lot of fun.
I own one of the OG Budda Wahs, I will NEVER get rid of it.
Funny how the only reason why I bought it was because my friend i jammed with a lot bought a cry baby the week before and I didn't want an exact copy of it.
It is my #1 pedal, and it still works... I use it often ( now with a helix lt). If i can figure out how to clone it, I'm going to retire it and put it on display.
Whoa. Is that Kirk Hammet's board?
Direct Assault jjajajaajajjaajjajajaa
Very original joke you fucking dork.
Love the All Blues melody in there!
Love Wah got a few over the years , but just recently Purchased a Boss PW 10 V Wah all in original box with manual , it hasn't been used at all not a scratch on it , the Shop wanted £59 I knocked them down to £50 , there is an awful lot going on with this pedal its not just a Wah it has lots of Boss Drives and Fuzz and a Booster and Uni-Vibe , fully programmable , you can mix and match effects and can save up to 3 of your own custom Patches . Its really fun pedal to use especially the Vocal Wah the "Oh Yeah " sounds great with a Bass Guitar plugged in .
Anyone else notice that most beautifully amazing yet completely unintentional vocal harmony at 15:36? Lol nicely done gents, as was the rest of the video. I agree with the comment below on perhaps doing a video on rotary speaker simulators as long as you can find and lug an actual Leslie in for a authenticity reference. I'm thinking about picking up a Strymon Lex but would first love your opinions, which I hold in the highest regard, on a plethora of rotary simulators. Cheers!
Great episode! I really enjoyed the hand wired VOX! I went from a Hotone Soulpress to a Fulltone Clyde to now using a Cry Baby Classic Wah Wah GCB95F and darn if your episode didn't have me wanting to go out and buy a new wah! I still have the Fulltone but really have no idea what to do with it....really shrill I adjusted everything I can and aside from having it modded I figure I should sell it?
when you tested the v-wah against the vox you said "it was cleaner through the vox" that was because you left the drive knob turned up on the v-wah. so not a fair test.....just saying x thank you so much for this video.
+Clarinet Carl Kirby Oops. Perhaps we should revisit. Thanks for watching!
I concur with Carl. I love you guys but it concerns me when l so value your opinions, and it's obvious you're set in your likes and dislikes regarding anything digital. I, and others I'm sure find myself in the unenviable position of carefully choosing pedals that suit my needs, are lightweight, portable, fit on a reasonably sized pedalboard (mini pedals, or multi-function pedals like the BOSS V-Wah) and provide the tones I'm chasing in my head all on a limited budget. I would love to be able to try, and buy vintage pedals or pedals built by the legends in the pedal world. Unfortunately that will never happen. Huge shout out to you mates!!! Really enjoy your show!!!
Sincerely, your Hoosier Yank Pal from across the pond.
Ruben
So much for getting any work done this afternoon.........
First time I saw a wha on trumpet was not so long ago with Snarky Puppy... I was like "waou, such a great idea!". But I didn't know it was done before nor it was one of the origins of the wha! Thanks!
Miles Davis did it very early
Dude, me too! I saw that guy and was like, damn that's inventive.
Still, respect guys who steal little techniques like that and make it their own.
trombonists in the trad-jazz era (1920's?)
Id kinda like to revisit this guys
I have a VOX V847, Morley Bad Horsie, and AKAI Vari-Wah. I love them all. I use the Bad Horsie the most, because it switched on/off automatically. The Akai does some really cool stuff, it can do some unusual wah effects. You can control the speed of occilation.
THat vox on the left was just awesome! so much bite and a good tight gradient in that tonal sweep.
Wow These guys were mentioning 'Q' four years ago !! Where Wah Go One Wah Go All !!
A great episode for those wanting to know whether to replace a pot or just go with something new.
Hahaha!!!
Kirk Hammett is waiting like "just say the word guys"
OMG my designs are there.
Awesome job on the pedals! Lol
great designs! would love to know what the green pedal is based on!
I thought is was a TS808, but maybe there are circuit variations?
I thought that its not 100% TS type pedal, maybe its because mick's epic facial expression is in there.. lol great design nonetheless and cheers to you, sir
David, you're a national treasure for this HAHAHA
Big Jim Sullivan guested on the Bay city rollers TV show. Shangalang. Inspired me to get my first electric. a £25 zenta. I still recall the one when Eric jammed with Jim on a white strat and a fuzz pedal. I have a white strat now!!! Arrrghhh!! Just realised the link.
If anyone wants to try a cool trick (in my opinion of course) take your wah pedal and put it after your fuzz pedal,turn on the fuzz and turn on your wah but keep the pedal in the forward position (I don't know the technical term for it but you know what I mean) crank your fuzz and it will almost have an octave fuzz quality to it.Maybe this is something everyone already knew about but I just thought I would throw it out there
THAT DERICK TRUCKS SG IS BADASS, BEST SG IMO, PACKED TO THE GILLS WITH FEATURES
For your Fuzz/Wah episode (if you haven't filmed it already) you should check out the Dunlop Jimi Hendrix Fuzz-Wah (JH-1FW) from Dunlop. The side switches allow you to choose Wah--Fuzz or Fuzz--Wah. You can use just the way or just the fuzz and there are knobs on the side and bottom to control each. I don't think they sell them anymore, but I'm sure you guys could get your hands on one....or make one. Thanks again for the show. Great episode.
Got a jam wahcko and love it
Should've played some Trower! TROWER POWER!!!
DONT KNOW IF YOU GUYS EVER TRIED ONE BUT THE PEAVEY VYPYR TUBE 60 IS PRETTY GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR THE STUFF YOU GUYS LIKE WITH THE AMPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE ISNT AS HIGH GAIN WITH FENDERS, BAD CAT AND A PEAVEY CLASSIC, THAT STUFF SOUND GREAT
Favourite wah of all time is the Ibanez WD-7. Its like a 535Q but with extra options (bass/guitar voicing switch, auto-switching or morley style footswitch)
Yeah big shout out for Mick Ronson awesome
Yeh, Mick Ronson’s album Slaughter on 10th Avenue, is a damn good album, way ahead of its time
If there’s such a thing.
A particularly excellent episode of a consistently great show, guys. 👍
Guys, thank you so much for this vid, I learned heaps! Now I understand what the various knobs on my Ibanez Weeping Demon actually do to my signal and have managed to come up with a great sound that is perfect for me! Cheers!
-Tom
+Fritters87 you're most welcome :)
God! The sound is absolutely amazing. I love that Telecaster.
Great show! Just a few examples of great Wah pedals. The Dunlop 535Q, the Morley Bad Horsie, and the RMC Real MCoy Picture Wah. I happen to have these great wah pedals and my fav has to be the RMC. Mine is signed by Geoffrey R. Teese himself! It absolutely SCREAMS! Keep up the good work guys!
+ed phaze love Geoffrey Teese ways, I had a picture wah too, sold it a few years ago, and now I'm sad all the time
This may be more of a question for the "gigrig" side of things, but could you talk about isolated vs non-isolated power and when and where to use either?
+MrBingping Hello! It's a question for everyone, and it's something we'll definitely cover. Ideally you want everything isolated, but yes, we'll do it. Cheers!
Did we ever figure out what Micks pedal was cloned after? It sounds phenomenal!!
Killer as always! Looking forward to the in depth signal chain discussion about how to deal with fuzzface/wah/buffers/etc. and the heal down squeal issue. Maybe go with basic Vox or Crybaby. I appreciate what you do!
Its all very indulgent but it would be nice to know which model was being used, what is the so called blue one, its not clear
Dan, that 61' LPJ is the nuts! Fabulous sound through that set up plus she looks mint. Mick, that DT SG roars! \m/ \m/
IF YOU GUYS EVER DO A PART 2 GET A EMB AUDIO WAH IN THE MIX, THEY ARE AMAZING
Perfect timing! Just bought the Xotic, have an old 535Q that might be getting replaced.
"The way it wahs." Yes! That should be the title of these wah videos!
Best wah on this planet = Jerry Cantrell's Signature Wah, that thing sounds incredible, and it looks pretty too!
I own two snarling dogs wahs, they are the fender twin of pedals
They have a built in gravity increaser
Great video, as always!!! Could you guys possibly do a segment on using a wah wah before and after a compressor?
And my vote is for the Exotic wah. To me, its the most versatile, sounds the best because it can "do" all the others, so well.
I picked one of these up earlier this year, after having used a Crybaby and a Fulltone, and it's better for all the reasons you stated, plus true bypass, and: it has an "on" light!
Mick Ronson's tone with the "Spiders from Mars" was a cocked wah sound.
+William Olsen his sound was so great
There is a video out there of him doing FBI by Hank Marvin on RUclips. Ronno is one of the most underrated guitar players in rock.
I have a Thomas Organ made in Italy Vox wah that I bought used in the early '70s. Compared to CryBabys of the time it had a sharper "whack" to the upper end of the range. You could also slip the rack on the pedal a tooth one way or the other to change the range the wah works in since the treadle doesn't utilize the full rotation of the pot.
Unfortunately about 10 years ago the Vox started making funny noises on occasion so I put it away and got a CryBaby 535Q which also has the variable Q control and could do both the sharp Vox sound and the softer CryBaby sound.
I had a Univox wah in the late '60s that was optical but it had a metal flag between the lamp and photodiode with a V cut into it. Worked but had nowhere the sound of the Vox I got later on.
I never really cared about a fuzz until it went into a cranked Sheriff 44. That was a tone!!!!!!!
Awesome...just...awesome.
I learn so much listening in my car.
Studying tone masters on the mountain top...very Buddhist.
Now I know where to put my wah.
Two.
Ok maybe more but who's counting lol.
Main two:
Gig fx Peter Frampton wah (with les)
Voodoo Labs (I think)...the Wazoo
(With Tele and Strat)
Tone unlocked. Happy dance.
Thanks Professors Mick and Dan,
Brian from Detroit
Ah-ha! Well... was about to say this weeks episode is long overdue! Then realised this vid that popped up in my YT feed is 8 years old! 🤣 Never got why TPS is so wah-shy, when if you have a decent amp and a guitar volume knob, a wah is more important than most of the pedals geenrally discussed. Everyone is always on about tube screamers and drive pedals. If you have a decent amp at proper volume, a wah is the first pedal I'd deem "necessary"...
Great video! Even tho I've been playing electric for ~24 years, I'm always learning something new. I had no idea that a fuzz pedal had such a massive frequency range. I read somewhere that fuzz pedals acted like a filter pedal and mixing a wah and a fuzz was like mixing to freq filter pedals. I never understood that. Your explanation about what a wah does before, and after, a fuzz pedal was really helpful and insightful. I think I like the sound of a wah going into the fuzz, as it keeps the guitar sound large, and doesn't shrink it - for reasons you already explained. And Daniel Steinhardt, does playing the wah bring your inner shred out? :D Good stuff!
I have that Boss wah, and it was really difficult to turn it off and on, it required so much force... I skimmed the rubber studs and now it's perfect. Along with the wah I use it for the univibe which I find quite good. I have it set up so that I can change between wah and univibe with the heel switch.
Now that I've watched the whole video, I can say that you can calibrate the pedal travel to your liking, and it looks like you are keeping the distortion modelling on, so no wonder it "adds something". Just twist the drive know all the way down.
+luppa79 ah! Got it. Cheers Luppa
wah? because we can, that's wah
Kirk Hammett would approve.
The Mad Ginger especially the double foot!
AHAAAA Mick's face when Dan says "you don't have to be Kirk Hammett the whole time" at around @39.15
“Only a few thousand ppl have seen that face” had me laughing for ages
Greetings, gentlemen.
This is a great episode, but I was wondering if you could do an episode (or series?) dedicated to comparisons and some of the pros/cons of less expensive pedals. I"m asking because as a player on a budget, if I buy something new I do a ton of research. Videos like the ones you make are the next best thing to ordering the pedals I'm considering, trying them, and returning them if they don't work out. If you did some videos focused on less expensive pedals (like the Hellbabe for a wah solution), I think it could be very helpful. You always go into a lot of detail and put these pedals through their paces.
Thanks for you time,
Chris
When is episode 2 coming out?