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Wah’s your opinion?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:51 pm
by dezb1
Has anyone tested one of these beasties?
I sold my crybaby a few months ago, cause I was sick of the unwanted noise. However I miss having a wah (But don’t use one enough to justify the usual £100 + asking price for most decent wahs), I think these look and more importantly sound good (at least the demos on you tube sound good). Apparently they have something called a mag-pot instead of a standard pot which allegedly does away with the usual wah crackle. There are some sound clips here:
http://www.artecsound.com/effect/apw-3.htm
what do you think, worth a punt?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:19 pm
by Mages
looks cool. where do you get these?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:51 pm
by dezb1
I just bought one on Ebay but you can get them at these two stores:
http://www.redfish-music.co.uk/cart//in ... ductId=335
http://www.thomann.de/gb/artec_apw3.htm
You can also get an apw-7 which has more bells and whistles!
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:31 pm
by MaMo
I kind of like the wah "crackle", actually. I can understand not wanting to comprimise the overall tone you're going for but I always thought of that snarling noise a crybaby makes to be part of its charm.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:21 pm
by Will
Sounds good to me - the artec stuff is really quite solid.
Nothing will replace the classic for me, though. I have a crybaby copy (actually just a re-branded crybaby) I got for $20 at Target. Modded to Clyde specs and true-bypassed, added a battery switch on the side. It really sounds great and it's durable enough to stand and jump on it 3 nights a week.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:42 pm
by Fran
Some of the Artec stuff is chaff. Like the misleadingly named 'Germanium Fuzz' for instance.
Never tried the Power lol Wah.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:47 pm
by Sloan
fuck that shit. best wah ever is
MORLEY POWER WAH BOOST
it's big bad, and chrome to the assmax.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 12:22 am
by the isaac eaton
Your All wrong this is the greatest wah pedal of all time.
FUCK YEAH AMERICA!
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 12:25 am
by suede
the isaac eaton wrote:Your All wrong this is the greatest wah pedal of all time.
AMERICA FUCK YEAH!
fix'd
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:04 pm
by dezb1
Sloan wrote:fuck that shit. best wah ever is
MORLEY POWER WAH BOOST
it's big bad, and chrome to the assmax.
looks like it costs a bit more than£35
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 7:17 pm
by dezb1
Just got the new wah out of its box and its and it’s another winner, the cheaper end of the pedal market has came along way since I bought my cheap (and shit) Rak distortion pedal in 1991. Voodo chile (slight return), Bulls on parade, Lucky, it does all the tunes I’d need a wah for, and no annoying crybaby type HISSSSSSSSSSSSS
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:56 pm
by FenderGuy53
mage wrote:looks cool. where do you get these?
Dragonfly Music (also sells on Ebay).
The Artec stuff is pretty nice, for the money. I have the Artec Delay and Phase Shifter pedals and like them very much.