I want you to talk True Bypass Wah Pedals to me please guys.

ThePrettyDamned

ICBM said:

MattBanshee said:

I didn't recommend the Weeping Demon purely because I didn't know whether it was true bypass or not. It's one of the few pedals I sold and later purchased again; the only wah that I've managed to get decent use out of.

For what it's worth I would also - as usual! - recommend the old Dunlop 535 (not 535Q) which is not true bypass, but is better than that - it's fully buffered, does not suck tone, and is also a fantastic-sounding wah. In my opinion the best ever.

I had one of those but preferred the weeping demon. I got rid as I didn't use it, then got a Steve vai wah... Which I still don't use, but sounds cool. Nothing like a normal wah pedal, mind. 

clarkefan

Marktigere1 said:
I also don't subscribe to 'True Bypass' being best but the mod for me was a good one.

I don't know, wahs need it I think.  Without TB they can kill the life in a signal.  I won't pretend I understand it but I can sure hear it clear enough. 

ICBM

clarkefan said:

Marktigere1 said:
I also don't subscribe to 'True Bypass' being best but the mod for me was a good one.

I don't know, wahs need it I think.  Without TB they can kill the life in a signal.  I won't pretend I understand it but I can sure hear it clear enough. 

Buffered is also fine though. The problem normally is the relatively low input impedance of the typical Cry Baby/Vox circuit, even the three-transistor Cry Baby which is better than the earlier two-transistor one - if they're only fitted with half-bypass (as they are, stock) then the impedance loads the guitar signal.