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So as I've seen else "school me in" auto wah/envelop filters. The good, the bad and the Q ugly

The Doctor Q isn't a good autowah because it quacks too much, but with manipulation of the trimpot inside the real one (the nano version fucking sucks) you can get some GROOVY sounds. I use it with a delay right before it, and the repeats sort of slip down the Q like they're bouncing down the stairs... it sounds coo. I also use it for a half-cocked wah sound but this is pretty precarious to set on the dial, is pretty dependent on your pickups' output and amp settings and therefore a tad risky for live use.
Stock, I think it kinda sucks. Crack it open and mess with that trimpot. Way easier on the big-box version than the nano, but do-able on both. You can even use the bass filter after adjusting the trimpot... I adjust it TO the bass switch, as a guide.

The only other autowahs I used were on the XP-100 whammy/wah, which were fun.

I've heard great things about the Guyatone Wah rocker, Guthrie Govan uses one to great effect.

He talks about it first:
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mrperson wrote:I've heard great things about the Guyatone Wah rocker

Me too, to the point where I'd suggest this if I'd actually tried one. I'm SURE they kick ass by now, haha.

paul_ wrote:The Doctor Q isn't a good autowah because it quacks too much, but with manipulation of the trimpot inside the real one (the nano version fucking sucks) you can get some GROOVY sounds. I use it with a delay right before it, and the repeats sort of slip down the Q like they're bouncing down the stairs... it sounds coo. I also use it for a half-cocked wah sound but this is pretty precarious to set on the dial, is pretty dependent on your pickups' output and amp settings and therefore a tad risky for live use.
Stock, I think it kinda sucks. Crack it open and mess with that trimpot. Way easier on the big-box version than the nano, but do-able on both. You can even use the bass filter after adjusting the trimpot... I adjust it TO the bass switch, as a guide.

The only other autowahs I used were on the XP-100 whammy/wah, which were fun.

I had a DrQ for a short while but i thought it sounded absolutely cak.
Didn't know there was trimpots to adjust though.

ploppy wrote: I had a DrQ for a short while but i thought it sounded absolutely cak.
Didn't know there was trimpots to adjust though.

Exactly, before I adjusted the trimpot I was like "who the fuck would buy one of these?"
But I actually think it's amongst the best value in EHX pedals now. Things like the Small Clone or Stone cost a ton for a one-knob chorus/phaser, the Dr Q was like 40 bucks here when they had the big-box ones out.

Aye, i flipped my Doctor Q within days. The Q-Tron+ on the other hand was the business, it seemed to do everything you'd want a Filter to do and very well at that. There are various models of the Q-Tron now, this was the one i owned..

i've used this and it does the job well, you can get typical funk sounds, or cop some radiohead tonezzz



i LOVE the clips of this, you can get clones (meatwad) but they aren't cheap...

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one thing i will say, because the effect is attack based, it has a bit of a learning curve to get different sounds.

the Q-tron+ is good too, but has a lot of features and can get confusing quickly.

I've been using a few things like this recently. The Q-tron reissue in the folded metal case sounds great- it's pretty warm sounding and soft-edged. Whereas the Subdecay Proteus is proper harsh in autowah mode, and the treble can poke your brain, but it can do loads of other cool stuff as well. A more expensive option (I built a clone) is the Mad Professor Snow White autowah - a brilliant effect. I've also got the LAL Rattle Crow on my board at the moment, which sounds like a horrible broken autowah.

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Thanks for the links folks, I'll take a butchers and see if I can find some locally to try out as well