Your favourite Wah

Hootsmon · February 13

What the best wah wah YOU have tried?

Throw in some pros and cons if you can

Much Ta

Kurtis · February 13

A modded crybaby.

Pros - works well
Cons - need to mod it

ICBM · February 13

Dunlop Cry Baby 535 - *not* 535Q, they're different.

The plain 535 has only 4 range settings, no Q control, a 0-11dB boost control and (unusually for a wah) is fully buffered. It's one of the few that doesn't seem to suffer from volume drop going into a heavily overdriven amp, and sounds even and full.

That said, the one on the Boss ME-50 is fine too.

blobb · February 13

Wahoo - it does everything.

UnclePsychosis · February 13

For guitar? BMF wah.
For bass? Dunlop 105Q

Fingers657 · February 13

VOX and Ibanez are favourites but bought a Behringer Hell Babe for my son during lockdown and it’s pretty amazing for the money. No moving parts to wear out.

Hootsmon · February 13

ICBM said:

Dunlop Cry Baby 535 - *not* 535Q, they're different.

The plain 535 has only 4 range settings, no Q control, a 0-11dB boost control and (unusually for a wah) is fully buffered. It's one of the few that doesn't seem to suffer from volume drop going into a heavily overdriven amp, and sounds even and full.

That said, the one on the Boss ME-50 is fine too.

Yikes.......it's more than a week since John Boy mentioned his beloved ME-50

maharg101 · February 13

Budda Bud Wha v1. Standard cry-baby form factor, but in purple, and with better inductor.

bbill335 · February 13

castledine
a coloursound clone i have - very chewy and synthy, not a traditional wahwah sound at all

octatonic · February 13

I've got a modded Dunlop Crybaby, Vox Clyde McCoy, Dunlop CAE and a Fultone Clyde.

I mostly alternate between the Vox and the modded Dunlop for live.
In the studio I use the CAE the most.

I've never heard a digital simulation that I like the feel of.

theatreanchor · February 13

The Jam Wahcko is lovely.

DoctorX · February 13

I bought a Castledine drop in kit about 10 yrs ago that I put in a Vox case. Does the job for me.

CarpeDiem · February 13

Morley Mark Tremonti Wah. Switchless, wide sweep range, and adjustable boost.

Kebabkid · February 13

Mmm..difficult as I can't find one that sounds equally good, or what I want, on both clean and overdriven sounds
The Bud wah came close and I liked the Coloursound. I like a wide sweep and vocal sounding one, like Brian Robertson's sound with Thin Lizzy and I don't like phaser-ish sounding wahs. Oh, and the Moolon was good

MagicPigDetective · February 13

I’ve only owned a crybaby and a BMF.

The BMF sounds superb and is built like a tank. You can also buy different circuit board for different wah flavours. Just been playing with the wah into a Keeley Halo, sounds so good.

the_jaffa · February 13

BMF

I’ve tried Vox, Dunlop, Ibanez, CAE and even a couple of really cheap plastic ones and the BMF is the one that’s staying and giving me the sound I want

Neilybob · February 13

Big red!

Charlie Stringer's Snarling Dogs Whine-O plus. It's got that switch that goes from Shaft, voodoo and white room plus a built-in boost. Weighs a bloody ton though.