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« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2006, 11:16:01 PM »
Try a Budda! I just got one its wicked, its on my mule demo in the players room.
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« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2006, 11:19:47 PM »
eXXXpensive though, arent they? delicious though for sure!
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« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2006, 11:30:37 PM »
The reviews on Harmony central are pretty positive about the Tremonti wah http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Morley/Mark_Tremonti_Power_Wah-1.html
as were all the magazine reviews for it.
 Personally, the whole click on and off thing is too much coordination for me :(
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« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2006, 11:56:12 PM »
hmm i hated it wen i played it. Yeah i hate the whole click and off thing too - the concept is nice. I never liked any of the morley series pedals - they just don't sound like wah's should to me...
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« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2006, 03:02:24 AM »
I have the Vox 847.

Pros,

1. It sounds fantastic, but see point 2 under Cons.
2. It's built tough.
3. It's pretty inexpensive for quality really.

Cons,

1. No DC input, only 9v battery.
2. It's not a bypass pedal, ie it sucks tone out (badly) even when switched off.

Still, there's nothing that sounds like it, it's just, well erm, that good.

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« Reply #20 on: May 26, 2006, 06:05:53 AM »
I second both the Budda and Vox wahs.
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« Reply #21 on: May 26, 2006, 07:01:06 AM »
Why such violence towards the morley wahs?

I love mine....though it doesn't exactly "wah" as much as a different wah pedal, it does a great job of what it does. The "wah" sound is best on clean....very funk type sound.

Overdriven, through my recto, it works more like a boost than a wah, which for me, is just fine for lead parts! A little wah, but very subtle.

Finally, the auto on and off! OMG! What a feature! It lets you use the pedal in many more ways that just aren't possible with other wahs.
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« Reply #22 on: May 26, 2006, 08:55:41 AM »
Have you looked at the Zvex Wah probe?

Not tried one myself but would certainly test drive one if I were in the market....
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« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2006, 09:57:27 AM »
i've got an old morley wah and i don't much like it.  every year or so i plug it in just to check, and then put it away again!  it does suit clean guitar better, but it's a very cold, clinical sound.  of course, all these years and still no scratching pots!

my old crybaby now scratches like a small flea infested dog!  i've got one of those hot potz that i must get around to installing...  but it's a much better sounding wah than the morley, even wih the scratching.

the reason i haven't gotten around to installing the hot pot?  i got a zakk wylde wah!  i've heard a lot of people say they're too brutal or exreme or somesuch, they mustn't have actually listened to it.  i find it a great, sweet sounding wah.  definitely the best i've ever used with a distorted sound, it can give a hugely aggressive sound, but clean up and you can get beatiful, vocal like sounds.

have to say, the wah sounds in the pod xt aren't bad.  they don't have the grit or balls of the dunlop, but they have more personality than my morley.
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« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2006, 11:11:16 AM »
Whats the bypass like on the Zakk wah?

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« Reply #25 on: May 26, 2006, 12:09:12 PM »
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Whats the bypass like on the Zakk wah?

I'd guess it was the same as on any other cry baby...
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Dunlop/ZW_45_Zakk_Wylde_Signature_Wah-01.html
It didn't get such great reviews on harmony, but fantastic reviews in the press, and from anyone i've spoke to who's played it. I think I'll have to check her out for myself.
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« Reply #26 on: May 26, 2006, 12:14:13 PM »
I've been listening to a lot of wah demos recently, as I'm planning on getting one in the next few months (I used to have a cry-baby, but sold that when I got my Boss GT-5, and now I'm not using that I need a stand-alone wah again :roll:).

I'm pretty decided on a Morley Bad Horsie 2.  It sounds the closest to what I think a wah should sound like (either that or I just listen to too much Vai :lol:).

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« Reply #27 on: May 26, 2006, 12:41:39 PM »
Quote from: Crazy Gra
I have the Vox 847.

Pros,

1. It sounds fantastic, but see point 2 under Cons.
2. It's built tough.
3. It's pretty inexpensive for quality really.

Cons,

1. No DC input, only 9v battery.
2. It's not a bypass pedal, ie it sucks tone out (badly) even when switched off.

Still, there's nothing that sounds like it, it's just, well erm, that good.


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« Reply #28 on: May 26, 2006, 02:23:47 PM »
Hmm...wah's, confusing.

I have the 'Crybaby Classic' right now, the one with the Fasel inductor. It's a nice wah, but I want to get something that can give a more interesting sound. You know, John Frusciante uses the Ibanez WH10 - who else uses one? - and it has this extended sweep that sounds really sweet and unique. Of course, I don't see the point in being 'unique' by copying someone  :lol: so I'll not look for a secondhand WH10. The few ideas I had were the Teese RMC2 (with all the dials), the Automagic Silvermachine (looks very interesting but maybe a bit too different?), get a wah modified by Stuart Castledine (apparently lengthy turnaround), or a Moog LoPass filter & expression pedal (expensive and cumbersome).

Feline, I had a quick search on google for websites about modifying wahs but it's hard to know where to start! Are there any particular websites you would recommend?
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« Reply #29 on: May 26, 2006, 05:16:14 PM »
Just bought a RealMcCoy RMC3 today - foakin amazing !!!!!

Wanna buy my Vox847 w/true bypass mod?
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