Do you DIGITECH whammy?

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:35 pm

sin off of another thread...

so i want to ditch my ps-5 for a micro pog, but i was thinking about maybe a whammy?

what are the good ones? anyone here use one? my iron lung?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:48 pm

I bought one off donko.

I loved it right up until I lost the power lead, and they cost fort quid or something to replace, and I've never got round to it.

Shame.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm

I have a late 90's XP-100 whammy/wah, and so does Hurb (built into his XP multibox) they're pretty good... It's like a Whammy II (the mid 90's little black one) with wah/autowah and volume pedal added.

The Whammy IV is fuck-off expensive, it's mojo-priced by now of course. Do not reccomend unless you can get it for less than $150 used.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:07 pm

yeah i've seen a few of the 4's go for around $100 recently.

im just kinda testing the water, not sure if i actually want one instead of the micro pog. hmmm...

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:15 pm

mewithoutus wrote:yeah i've seen a few of the 4's go for around $100 recently.

Oh dude, totally worth it. I suppose the best thing about whammy pedals is that everytime someone like Tom Morello or Jack White creates a surge of interest in it, there's a crapload of kids who buy one and realize they have no idea how to use it effectively on their own (without just playing My Iron Lung over and over in their room), so there are always plenty of used ones about. I've never seen them go for as low as that though.

No experience with the Micro Pog, sorry.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:33 pm

Completely different beasts man. I use BOTH! The Pog is far more prettier with its awesome tracking while the Whammy's glitches alot, but they sound really cool to me. I love the harmony/detune features on it.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:58 pm

see the thing is, i dont know if i can justify the whammy because im not sure if i would use it a ton, i figure i would get more use out of the micro pog, i just dont know...

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:22 pm

Behringer PS-5 copy w/ exp pedal = sex

Post by **Doog** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:28 pm

I wouldn't ditch the PS-5 for a Whammy, it can do all the Whammy can apart from the 5 octaves down DIVEBOMB thing.

louis · Post by **louis** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:55 am

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Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:09 am

Doog wrote:the 5 octaves down DIVEBOMB thing.

I remember expecting that to sound really shit and gimmicky, but it's actually useful enough for sounds that sort of come out of no where.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:24 am

louis wrote:[youtube][/youtube]

huh, that sounds crazy.

i dunno, maybe the micro pog is for me after all!

thanks for the demo vid, louis.

bamonte · Post by **bamonte** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:02 am

I have one and enjoy it very much. I like gettin teh jack white tonez.

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:22 am

I used the Digitech Whammy to make crazy chord changes on the J Mascis demo. Tis fun.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:27 am

roachello wrote:I used the Digitech Whammy to make crazy chord changes on the J Mascis demo. Tis fun.

i saw. that made me want one.

Post by **dots** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:25 pm

dinnae want.

joegagan · Post by **joegagan** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:54 pm

word of warning on the whammy II. they are very fragile inside.

the one i had would get crackly due to stage vibration, and since it was in circuit all the time ,i would get loud static through my amp every time the drummer would kick the kick drum.

turned out the problem was loose solder joints in a little circuit board inside. i would resolder and reinforce, but it would go bad in a couple of weeks of gigging.

noirengineer · Post by **noirengineer** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:32 pm

WH-1 Original is the best.. but go for the POG
they go 600 -1000$ on ebay.