wahs, brahs

For about a hundred bucks you can get a new Classic, a new 535Q, or a used Vox Clyde.

I'll be playing with a couple this week:
Dunlop Crybaby (modded with buffer, TB, and battery door)
Dunlop Crybaby Classic

I'm hopeful that the Classic will be the answer, but I'll report back with findings either way.

where are you located? heh, if you're anywhere near boston or are willing to drive, i'd do it for you just for the hell of it. cost of parts is either 0 or no more than $5. i modded my crybaby to have an adjustable range and a really high Q (sharpness of the EQ peak you get), and the sweep you get through harmonics is really cool sounding. maybe try one of the other dunlop versions?

as is i couldnt recommend a single wah to you, although I've never personally experienced a dunlop with that volume cut problem.

link here:http://www.ibanez.com/accessories/spec.asp?m=102

Other than that DOD, the wah I use most is a Bruno (sometimes they were branded Ibanez and sometimes Marlboro!) "Wau Wau Machine." It honks with the best vintage wahs, honestly sounds obscene, and it's backwards! (Heel is treble, toe bass.) I have another one with a ridiculously over the top fuzz built in that is called a "Wau Fuzz." Sometimes they go for too much money on ebay, particularly the ones branded with the Ibanez name, but sometimes you can find them dirt cheap. Stock, they have the opposite problem from the newer Crybaby... they raise the volume quite a bit when engaged!

If yer bored you can hear the Wau Wau Machine in this mp3. (Right or CTRL click and Save As, please... My server doesn't always like trying to stream.)

Also, does anyone know anything about Chicago Iron's Tycobrahe reissue? Way too expensive for my blood at the moment, but it looks kinda cool.

The Crybaby's were both capable of great sounds, but it felt like work to find them. The sweet spot on the Clyde feels much broader, and the sound is brighter and, and, and... and I was really surprised at how quickly it became no contest. At least for me. All of this is a matter of personal taste, so ymmv...

I just got a V-Wah. Seems to be some kind of digital wah simulator that models a whole range of classic wah sounds (Crybaby, Vox, even talkbox) but also has programmable wah and autowah. You can almost infinitely adjust the filter sweep, and also - this is one of the best bits for me - it also has a gain function so you don't get the volume drop-out mentioned above.

It's got a light sensor, which I hope will cut down on moving part abuse and wearout (which was another problem I had with my Crybabies and Vox, that I just killed them).

I played it a bit in the shop, and it seems like a lot of fun. Can't wait to get it home and make it sit up and do tricks.

I've tried switching it around in the chain - i.e. putting it last, except for delay and reverb and THAT sounds amazing. Rather than a room with a wah in it, it's like a WAH with a room in it. I especially like the way that the phaser and the wah interact to produce extra peaks and valleys in the tone, plus the gain on the wah makes up for the loss on the phase.

A friend of mine got one of those Rocktron Tri Wahs and I was impressed by it's sound and feel. It seemed to be built pretty well, considering it is not an expensive pedal. Some of the low end crybabies, especially like the one I had a long time ago, you could break them by just looking at them let alone letting your porno guitar epic spin out of control.

is the crybaby fasel noticeably better than the regular one? also is it true that its staticy/noisy when used on a clean channel (reading that in a lot of reviews of it; why would a company release something that does that??)

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After a pretty serious discussion with my daughter about the lack of pink pedals in my pedal line, I've decided to keep my eyes peeled for a pink Dunlop Crybaby. Apparently it was a limited edition run produced for Guitar Center back in 2006? Apparently a couple have sold somewhat recently for modest rates on ebay, so they must be out there and not in too high of a demand.

There's this Chicago Iron retrofit up on Reverb right now, which is probably very WAOW, but it's a little out of my price range:

https://reverb.com/item/133558-chicago-iron-parapedal-crybaby-parapedal-limited-edition-pink

So if any of you pedal nerds come across one of these, or if one walks in the door at jjj's store, hit me up.

http://www.esterlyelectronics.com/#!faq/cx79

Good info, jjj!

Oh I also posted an open call for one on our Facebook page, so if you want to watch the results (or lack of) roll out in real time, friend us up. EclipsemusicMN

Yes, I believe I subscribe. ;)

So I bought one of those wahs. It fit the bill. Decent vox clone. Pink as all get-out. A few months later, some of those pink crybabys showed up for like $50 on ebay, but no big deal.

And he only had a couple hundred followers on facebook, so I followed too to show my support for the proverbial "little guy". But about once a month dude will just throw down a tirade.

Did you know? Every time you buy the latest hyped effect you are paying for overhead and advertising? Think. If you desire a certain effect, why? Did you read something, see an ad in a mag/online mag or ad? If you jump in, you are a success story to big money, big advertising money. Is your latest overdrive,etc the best ever? It must be because what you read told you so. How about standing up, use your brain and your ears and see what really sounds best? I doubt I will ever match up with the big money ad folks who latch onto a product and have the money to hype it. I am the guy, like you, who works at his craft and believes in what they do, no matter what. Please "boutique" mass produced effects like Wampler, don't keep insulting the working musician with your claims of hand built effects ( is it warehouse guitar speakers still?) that are so over saturating the market it is sickening.

If you want limited run, hand built from start to finish effects, then join the movement.

Pretty intense.

Well, I'm only 2 years late, but guess what just showed up