for those who have tried a few different wahs, which ones do u like best? The old Dunlop Cry Babies? The Hendrix wah, The Danowah, something else? which kind do u think has has best bang for the buck?

i've got an old dunlop crybaby... but my boss GT-6 pretty much takes care of all my wah needs now

Definately a Cry Baby fan had one for years...

Dunlop CryBaby. I used Vox, Ibanez (I was young ok?) and the Jimi Hendrix wah and like this one best by far.

Oh edit: I used Morley too. Still like ythis one best.
[This message was edited Wed Feb 5 7:56:38 PST 2003 by hectim]

Th one I made, custom job

I'm playing a 95Q crybaby 15db gain without out stomping down on it to activate it thats where im at right now i will be trying out morleys new 25db gain very soon the main thing is be yourself on your guitar so when prince ask you to the stage you have your own licks your own scale's he wont be impress if you do his songs proven on the ona tour when fan's played his guitar and he told them to play thier own stuff.

Morley wah-wah...enough said!

daf1999 said:

I've played cry babies for years. Why do you prefer the Morley, and why are you mistaken in thinking that it's the obvious choice? When, OBVIOUSLY, the Cry Baby is the greatest wah on the planet, hands down.

Or, uhh, does Prince use a Morley? Sounds like a cry baby to me. What do I know...

Okay let me tell ya'll bout some tears runin' cryn' ass wahz'
1st off The Jimi Hendrix wah is bull...He actually used a Vox wah but dunlop has the rights 2 his name
2nd Pranz uses an old optic style color sound wah the red one !!!
I've never liked the dunlop wahs there not very dependable & they aint got enough sweep 2 em'
the morley wahs are similar to the color sound wah in the fact that they're optic I think sly & suger foot used them older chrome versions
there is a great wah pedal called "clyde" made by a co. called full tone which sounds like the vintage vox wahs
this pedal is like the rolls royce of wahs so be prepared 2 shell out some serious coins for this 1
personaly I also use the red color sound wah it's got a huge sweeping range to it if ya dig
okay bye

prince use's 535Q dunlop wah and the red color wah is called rotovibe from dunlop its used for a leslie sound think spinning speakers.

has anyone tried the Danelectro Dan O Wah? i know, danelectro, but still, it sounded pretty good on the Musician's Friend website. There's 6 wah types to choose from and it sounded as good as a dunlop to me. then again, without trying them out side by side, hard to say.

Well there you have it. The type of wah you use really depends on the rest of your set up. If I use one with a large sweep on my tele's bridge p/u, I get a LOT of very ugly feedback.

hectim said:

Yeah, but, come on -- if you just USE your tele's bridge pickup, you're likely to get some ugly feedback... I've never heard a more tinny/nasal pickup. Love the mid position, love the neck pickup, but JUST the bridge pickup? - eesh.

Bear in mind that i need a pretty shrill tone in my band to cut through two saxophones and a hammond!

hectim said:

oh MAN! I bet it sounds GREAT though. Any stuff online I can go hear?

I think I prefer the volume pedal.

Like in this song:

Blues For Tres

Not yet, but we're working on it!



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concordance said:

Morley. Forget those scratchy old Dunlops with their potentiometers.

Kuz said:

well,U sure know your shit!
[This message was edited Thu Feb 6 13:51:10 PST 2003 by manki]

I have the Hendrix wah and the lo frequency is just SICK

and it seems to add some wild gain too, which I love

but indeed, the Dunlops get unbearably squeaky as the pots go to hell - pain in the ass

save your 100.00 and put it on a line 6 flextone II or above models in most outlets you can put money down and they hold it for upto 3months trust me its well worth it