How many wah wah pedals is too many?

stonevibe

I think I currently own 8 wah pedals, though if you count the Helix as well then a few more!

guitarfishbay

1 is too many for me. 

stonevibe

Yeah, but I need them to go with my stripey bell bottoms

Kebabkid

8 wahs? WOW! What's your favourite and why?

Out of interest, is there one wah that you have that works both really well on cleans for a quacky, funky tone and lead for Thin Lizzy, Slash vocal tone where it sounds wah-ish with the latter rather than phaser-ish?

I've been through a Budda, CAE, Xotic, Fulltone and I can't find that handles both really well. The Xotic was close and the Boss PW-3, which is the only wah I currently have, but that's up for sale, but it's decent and quite versatile.

stickyfiddle

I have 2 and literally haven't plugged either in in multiple years. 

merlin

I have a Clyde and a Wahoo. Use neither. The Clyde has been up for sale here for a while but not the Wahoo... I'll do a thread at some point but in the meantime, anyone want? Boxed, ungigged, £105 delivered. 

**EDIT**

I'll hang onto it for the moment....

gearaddict

How many feet do you have? Count that number and subtract one = correct number of Wahs.

english_bob

stickyfiddle said:

I have 2 and literally haven't plugged either in in multiple years. 

Likewise. Although to be fair, one is a Morley that I bought to use as a volume pedal. It does neither very well.

I've got a couple of wah patches programmed in to my M5s, but I don't even use those...

merlin

gearaddict said:

How many feet do you have? Count that number and subtract two = correct number of Wahs.

There, corrected that for you! 

poopot

29!....


28 is fine tho’

stonevibe

My two favourites are an old purple Budda and a Roger Mayer 9090A, but the Gig FX Mega Wah is also pretty sweet.

Then there is a Morely Power Wah, AMT Japanese Girl, Carlsbro AC1160, George Dennis and a Snarling Dogs...

Lebarque

Two. I've settled on the Xotic and am happy (for now....!)

ewal

I don't actually have a wah, but could do with one for that slow mangled sweep while playing a power chord effect beloved of Dinosaur Jr and similar bands.

stonevibe

ewal said:

I don't actually have a wah, but could do with one for that slow mangled sweep while playing a power chord effect beloved of Dinosaur Jr and similar bands.

Budda is good for that

bbill335

ewal said:

I don't actually have a wah, but could do with one for that slow mangled sweep while playing a power chord effect beloved of Dinosaur Jr and similar bands.

i have a coloursound wah clone and there's a knob on the side that adjusts... something? I'm not sure. But at the right settings, you can get a fat, synthy wub with a wide sweep that's great for those slow, swelling wah sounds.

I have four different wahs but my best wah for the classic sound is a v847 with some of the castledine mods and a castledine pots. Took a bit of experimentation to tune it *just right* but run into something gainy it sounds pretty incredible.

lukedlb

I'm down to five...

Roland

How many is too many? Well, if you’re using them as reference sounds then you can have as many as you like. Live I’d struggle with more than two, one for clean and one overdriven.

ICBM

I have two - a Dunlop 535 (not Q) which is the best wah ever made in my opinion, and a Boss V-Wah.

The 535 is the only wah I’ve found which works equally well on clean and dirty sounds. It has four tone settings and a boost, which are easy to use on the fly - although the boost level control is an annoying fiddly and fragile trimpot on the underneath... I modded mine to a proper knob on the side, although normally it’s a set-and-forget thing anyway.

I actually like the sound and the versatility of the Boss, but it’s such a pain to adjust any of the secondary functions that it’s actually self-defeating. It has probably the least user-friendly editing procedure of any piece of equipment - musical or otherwise - I can think of. The built-in distortion is a bit shit too - but I like the concept of a fuzz-wah, and it’s quite good for that... and the Univibe setting is excellent, which is what I use it for mostly.

ChuckManual

I have an old 70's Colorsound Wah that's fried somehow and is permanently out of phase.

It sounds awesome!   

stonevibe

The Dunlop 535 is a good wah.

 I'm just really into trying out different wah pedals at the moment,  though often just use my Budda, as it is simple no faff and just works.

57Deluxe

I have a Wah and another Wah