What wah pedals are you guys using these days?

Mark Wein

Mark Wein

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I refuse to buy another Fulltone product (and those were my "go-to" wah pedals for years and this predates this years brouhaha). I did really like the sound of the Dunlop mini was that I had but I could not handle the tiny pedal. Do you guys know if there is a full sized dunlop wah with the same innards?
 
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Chad said:
Vertex?

:grin:

I’ve got nothing, I don’t wah.
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Also, I'm not a big wah fan either. I need one for cover gigs but I've put off replacing mine for about a year. It's been an easy year to put off the purchase but I wasn't super excited about it.
 
hmm. I'll probably just go Crybaby Classic. It's in my cart and I'll think on it for a while:

 
I have a Dunlop GCB-95 Crybaby, modded for true bypass and to eliminate the ice-pickiness in the toe-down position (and some other stuff).
I don't really use wah, I don't think I have multi-tasking skills or equilibrium required for that, but I like having it around just in case.
 
I had a crybaby classic. Sounded good but you might have to put it in a loop. I’m not a wah guy. Still have an old Morley for when I think I need that sound. I think you’ll like the classic though if you can isolate it when it’s off.
 
Crybaby Classic sounds good and is true bypass but it has quite a volume jump when turned on. Enough that I had to ditch it. I also wanted an LED!

Got a Colorsound Clone which was good, but I realized I wanted one that was "auto on" when you step on it and true bypass.

Mooer to the rescue. I got their volume/wah pedal, true bypass, engaged when you step on it, sounds great, no tone suck (my Crybaby 95Q had a crap buffer and sucked all the magic out of my Splawn which is why I went with the Classic)

Hopefully the volume jump isn't an issue for you, if it's just for solos that may be a good thing.

P.S. Yeah I avoid Fulltone products these days, had an OCD way back when which was great and I kinda miss it but there are loads of good pedals out there these days. Brian Wampler makes fantastic stuff!
 
Chad said:
The Vertex guy will never get a cent of my money.
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What’s the deal with the Vertex guy? Seriously, what is the deal with pedals and drama?!?

As for my wah, I own a crybaby but I lent it to a bro and it’s in gear limbo at the moment. I used it once or twice on recordings and it was fine, but I also didn’t have it in a permanent board signal path.
 
Back in the day 80-85' I had a Crybaby as my only pedal and got my dirt and reverb from the Peavey Artist 240.
It got lost over several moves and a long period of only playing acoustic.

A few yrs ago I replaced it with a Crybaby Classic but I've never been crazy about it in front of my pedalboard.
It doesn't play well in front of my Nocturne Brain Preamp. Too much gain or something, just doesn't work well, so I have to turn off the preamp when I turn on the wah. Then the whole gain structure of your OD(s) change.
And you either gotta sacrifice a power slot or run the battery down by forgetting and leaving it plugged in.
I really don't like putting wahs on the board, always feels cramped. Much prefer them off to the side from the pedalboard. To me the Crybaby is only workable with a very few pedals and you find a sound where you can leave it on so the gain structure doesn't get screwed with.

Currently I'm more prone to use an autowah/env filter on the board after the preamp and before ODs.
If I just needed a manual foot operated wah for a tune or two for a gig, Id probably pack my cheap little Hotone mini expression/vol/wah.
Sounds about the same and less bulk for the gear bag.
 
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