Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: hunter on March 12, 2011, 12:03:24 PM
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After many many years I sold my RMC3. I just got tired of its Versatility and the fact that you had to open it every time you wanted to change settings. Also I thought it was never 100% right. It sold really quick on the bay.
Ordered a MXR 404 / Bradshaw Wah. It ain't cheap, but it's pretty much what I got for the RMC, so one out, one in. It's got the two different Fasels to switch (sidekick on the right) and a switchable boost (sidekick on the left) - that's it. And from what I hear it sounds great and is very versatile with the two inductors to chose from. And I love its looks too.
(http://www.alpha-music.com/productcart/pc/catalog/943135761322X.jpg)
I'll report back when I have it next week.
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interesting. I've been thinking about a wah for a while... loved your clips of the rmc3 (at least i think they were yours, stripey socks?), plus i think the newer ones have all the knobs on the outside.
Was also kinda considering the cae one, though I'd probably cough up the extra for the rmc if it's better...
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I'll report back when I have it next week
I take that your report will include some audio or video :D I want to hear it!
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Yeah the stripey socks one was me.
I think the RMC3 had a bit too many options for my taste. It wasn't like the poti ranges were in a way that there was no bad sound. It was pretty hard to dial in right. And I think on a wah, that's what it's gotta be: just right. The amount of options on the CAE one seem just right to me, too.
So I will report and give my subjective 2 cent as RMC<>CAE comparison, once it's there. Probably some vid as well 8)
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Looks cool, if it sound as good as it looks, it's a winner!
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Looks cool, if it sound as good as it looks, it's a winner!
+1
It certainly looks the business as far as I'm concerned :lol:
I'm with you on the "too many otions" and it has to be "right". Wah is one of the few "guitar effects" I've been interested in over the years. I've got an old Cry Baby knocking around somewhere that did hundreds of gigs, that was "the" sound I wanted, if a bit noisy - not sure if it still works. I've fiddled with Wah a bit over the last few years on my Line6 XTLive and my Vox Tonelab. The Wah on the Tonelab just doesn't work for me... the XT's does, but there's just so much different flavours to choose from (and I rarely actually plug into the XT anymore because I don't like the amp modelling so much).
Good luck with this one, hope it's the one! :D
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i tried the CAE wah along with 6-7 others in a shop on a quiet afternoon last month. It was by far the best in my opinion for a general wah for clean and dirty tones.
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i tried the CAE wah along with 6-7 others in a shop on a quiet afternoon last month. It was by far the best in my opinion for a general wah for clean and dirty tones.
Dude, you make my day! :D
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Yeah the stripey socks one was me.
I think the RMC3 had a bit too many options for my taste. It wasn't like the poti ranges were in a way that there was no bad sound. It was pretty hard to dial in right. And I think on a wah, that's what it's gotta be: just right. The amount of options on the CAE one seem just right to me, too.
So I will report and give my subjective 2 cent as RMC<>CAE comparison, once it's there. Probably some vid as well 8)
yeah, i know what you mean about options. On the one hand it's nice to have them and you can feel a bit short-changed if you don't get them and pay a lot, but on the other often it can make it much harder to dial in, and in some cases the options are there because it doesn't sound right out of the box :lol:
Looking forward to the clips and review :)
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Heard some YT-clips and they were impressive. Considered all the options, it's not overpriced at all, I think. I would definitely look at this one when I would need another wah, or at the Keeler Stretch Wah, which is quite impressive too.
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Bradshaw Wah arrived today, it's a total Charlie Sheen affair (Bi-Winning) LOL
My favourite is surely the red fasel with a good boost dialed in, makes leads really sing and the sustain hangs on your fingers like crazy, making drips into overtones a breeze. It's "just right" as I have hoped.
The yellow fasel is a great variation for rhythm chakka chakka à la Page on Song Remains The Same - thinner and more trebly, with a very nice pronounciation in the upper mids.
It is also very low noise compared to the RMC, not as picky with power supply and stuff. I guess it's also pricey partly because the boost in it is very high quality. Doesn't thin out on the gain but makes it thick and broad. Best wah I ever had hands down!
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Clips added:
Red Fasel Feedback and wank
http://soundcloud.com/jaeger28/wank-on-the-red-fasel-of-the
Red, then Yellow Lead
http://soundcloud.com/jaeger28/red-yellow-lead
Red, then Yellow Overdrive/Rhythm
http://soundcloud.com/jaeger28/red-yellow-rhyth
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Great clips, Hunter. The wah sounds superb. Can you make a clean clip with your Tokai strat? Maybe something mellow and something funky... I would love to hear that! :D
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Sounds awesome.
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sweet, that sounds pretty awesome so far (only halfway through the first clip).
Of course this makes my decision way harder :lol: And I have enough problems making up my mind at the best of times :oops:
EDIT: yeah those clips are frickin' great, thanks very much for posting them. For once someone actually does wah clips with the type of playing I'd use. :D
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sweet, that sounds pretty awesome so far (only halfway through the first clip).
Of course this makes my decision way harder :lol: And I have enough problems making up my mind at the best of times :oops:
EDIT: yeah those clips are frickin' great, thanks very much for posting them. For once someone actually does wah clips with the type of playing I'd use. :D
I haven't tried the new RMC with the outside controls, but I am not considering any other wah anymore. This is IT.
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Sounds great there Hunter :D
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Pretty impressive- nice one.
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I haven't tried the new RMC with the outside controls, but I am not considering any other wah anymore. This is IT.
yeah :D
I mean I could get it from the states for a fair bit less than it goes for here too- pro guitar shop ships internationally for free for all orders over $400, and I have a couple of other things to get too.
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I can't get the clips :(... Not working....
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I haven't tried the new RMC with the outside controls, but I am not considering any other wah anymore. This is IT.
yeah :D
I mean I could get it from the states for a fair bit less than it goes for here too- pro guitar shop ships internationally for free for all orders over $400, and I have a couple of other things to get too.
Wow that is great to know about pro guitar shop. Shipping free worldwide is a word man!
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I can't get the clips :(... Not working....
Sorry to hear that. Hm, maybe you have an old browser or something? Old flash or java script? Soundcloud is a bit modern in terms of code ...
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Wow that is great to know about pro guitar shop. Shipping free worldwide is a word man!
yeah, definitely. I mean I've been aware of them for ages because of their youtube videos, but only recently someone on one of the other guitar forums I'm on mentioned that they had free worldwide shipping over $400 :D
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Wow that is great to know about pro guitar shop. Shipping free worldwide is a word man!
yeah, definitely. I mean I've been aware of them for ages because of their youtube videos, but only recently someone on one of the other guitar forums I'm on mentioned that they had free worldwide shipping over $400 :D
That's really great. What's not so great is that you have to pay import taxes. That's gonna nock up the price, sadly :(
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Great sounds Hunter.
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That's really great. What's not so great is that you have to pay import taxes. That's gonna nock up the price, sadly :(
yeah, but i mean i'd still be saving a right bit :)
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I can't get the clips :(... Not working....
Sorry to hear that. Hm, maybe you have an old browser or something? Old flash or java script? Soundcloud is a bit modern in terms of code ...
Thanks.It's working fine today :?,my weird connection is probably the cause ...Anyway,nice clips!It looks like the boost is indeed very good !The wah reminds me of an old Electro-Harmonix i had in the seventies !It was very useful in those days, since my amps were mostly clean (esp. with a Strat)..Would like to get it back ... :(
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The wah reminds me of an old Electro-Harmonix i had in the seventies !It was very useful in those days, since my amps were mostly clean (esp. with a Strat)..Would like to get it back ... :(
Seems those are really in high demand (or at least in low supply) - judging by the prices they ask: http://cgi.ebay.de/Electro-Harmonix-Queen-Triggered-Wah-scarce-VINTAGE-EH-/360235263500
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That's really great. What's not so great is that you have to pay import taxes. That's gonna nock up the price, sadly :(
yeah, but i mean i'd still be saving a right bit :)
Hopefully you will :D It's really a downer that importing stuff from outside EU bumps up the price quite a bit. But looking at the bright side of the subject I think I would be quite poor if there were no import taxes...
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That's really great. What's not so great is that you have to pay import taxes. That's gonna nock up the price, sadly :(
yeah, but i mean i'd still be saving a right bit :)
Hopefully you will :D It's really a downer that importing stuff from outside EU bumps up the price quite a bit. But looking at the bright side of the subject I think I would be quite poor if there were no import taxes...
Customs are to protect certain industries, but are never beneficial for consumers. On the other hand we are also on the good side of things, seeing how cheap Marshalls, Diezels, Cornfords, Felines and stuff are over here compared to the US.
Still I am looking at the prices of Soldanos, Friedmans etc over there and have a tear in my eye :?
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Still I am looking at the prices of Soldanos, Friedmans etc over there and have a tear in my eye
Anytime I look at a Diezel price tag, no matter Europe or the US, I get a tear in my eye :wink:
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The wah reminds me of an old Electro-Harmonix i had in the seventies !It was very useful in those days, since my amps were mostly clean (esp. with a Strat)..Would like to get it back ... :(
Seems those are really in high demand (or at least in low supply) - judging by the prices they ask: http://cgi.ebay.de/Electro-Harmonix-Queen-Triggered-Wah-scarce-VINTAGE-EH-/360235263500
Wow :o! I had no idea...I'm not sure if mine was exactly the same though..I did like most of the early EH from the 70's.At the time,they were very cheap but not always very sturdy & you couldn't repair them because they were painting the components inside.Still,they sounded amazing and EH was very innovative & creative.I purchased some of the same pedals i used to have back then (reissues)but was very disappointed...not the same sound at all.