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So i have been searching high and low, looking for a wah pedal.
Im wondering if there is a way to know which wahs do what.

For example, I want a wah that Quacks. Dont necessarily need
something thats very nasal and high pitched. Something
funky. Any suggestions?

It could be vintage or new. Just needs to sound good.

I like Cry Babies and have one of them. I'm not even sure what type it is.

I used to have a Boss PW-10 v-Wah. I can't recommend it enough. It's a bit pricey, but it does a couple of different wah sounds, all of them tweakable to make them suit you a bit better, and it has loads of other stuff chucked in, a couple of fuzz/distortion/overdrive sounds (some of them are very useable too, not at all gimmickey), as well as a good univibe clone, and a crazy bass synth type thing.

Apparently they are bombproof, but I managed to get mine to not work anymore. I wonder if it can be fixed...

Just to get the idea of what kind of sounds i dig out of wahs.

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Checkout Gearmandude's channel and search for wah. He has tons of demos to help you.

http://www.youtube.com/user/gearmanndude#p/search

Go to a place that sells used stuff. If they're anything like the Music Go Round near here, they'll have like one whole shelf stacked two-deep with traded wahs.

Rock em until you find one you dig. Make sure you bring your own guitar, cause a lot of wahs act different based on the guitar.

Will wrote:a lot of wahs act different based on the guitar.

and the order you place it in pedal sequence.

Its just a regular Dunlop Crybaby Wah used by Chapterhouse, and The Stone Roses used one as well (modified by Roger Mayer to be more like Hendrix's). Chili Peppers with Frusciante use (but I dont know if they always used to use) an Ibanez WH-10. When Dave Navarro was in the band he used a Dunlop Crybaby. So I'd say you want some Crybaby variant, a 535Q will probably be more than enough wah for you.

I recently found out you can tweak morley wah's to sound how you want, so now my power wah sounds fat. I'd recommend one of those, plus you can get one with a built in volume pedal which is a bonus.

IroniaSudby wrote:Just to get the idea of what kind of sounds i dig out of wahs.

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I can't really pass any knowledge about Wahs, but that video is amazing! I'm a big Chili's fan but I'd never seen it before. Loved it!

i've only had two wahs ever. first was a crybaby, and to me, it's the most comfortable and useable sweep.
also had a buddha wah, which was very nice, didn't color the sound at all when off, and looked perty.

oh, i guess technically, i've had three. i have a rogue wah/volume, which is a peice of shit.

I have 2 Wah's, a Jet Crybaby from the 1980's and a Vox classic. Tempted by a Morley cause I am fed up with trying to keep the dust out of the pots. Fine if you are using with a bit of crunch but makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck (in a bad way ) when I'm playing clean and I get wah-crackle-wah

I recommend one of these Artec apw-3 It’ll give you the sound your after and a whole lot more for substantially less than a crybaby...

old chrome ass MORLEY POWER WAH BOOST
or cry-baby you can mod easy to suit ur taste (what i use)

Boab wrote: I can't really pass any knowledge about Wahs, but that video is amazing! I'm a big Chili's fan but I'd never seen it before. Loved it!

yeah yertle the turtle rocks...its from freky styley

id suggest a wh-10...very funky. getting one for my B'day