bolero Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 I think my wah pedals are breeding.....anyone else have too many wah pedals? I think when the pots start getting noisy I end up buying another....and then those pots get noisy....and they told two friends.....and they told two friends....and pretty soon there's wah pedals everywhere! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum13 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Back in the 60's and 70's when I was most active they would last a couple of months. If I had some basic electronic skills and quality replacement pots were able to be sourced, there would be fewer cry babies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 Wow, so it's nothing new! I should sit down & spray faderlube into them, see if it clears any of them up? Or try to find some sealed pots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Yes. I have one main pedal board and actually have a full second board. Plus I have more pedals that don’t have a home on a board. I’ve been considering converting to a digital processor to free up the boards. Haven’t got there yet. Can’t find exactly what I’m looking for yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Bad Horsie for Life. Never want to deal with a non-optical actuated wah again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwinking Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 For the most part, I still use all tube amps. My Quad Cortex is starting to appear in smaller gigs though. I will say that all of my FX are now digital with the QC andLine 6 Helix Rack accounting for all of my FX. That being said, I have not had to deal with buying a wah pedal in years as both Line 6 and QC have rather incredible wah models, my favorite being the QC's version of the Bad Horsie. I use the Mission Engineering FX pedals to trigger the wah. I think all in all there are about 12 different wah models between Line 6 and the QC, I do not miss the complicated pedalboards at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockabilly69 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I own one wah pedal and haven't used it in over 10 years. So obviously not a problem I share, but I'm sure a little DeOxit in the pot and then some fader lube and you should be good to go! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitfiddler Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I have 2 wah wah pedals. My favorite is a Crybaby Wah/Volume pedal. Very effective, especially for live playing. My second wah is an original late 60's Crybaby. It's in great shape, but more of a legacy piece that reminds me of what I used waaay back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 I think I have: Crybaby Vox Budda Fulltone clyde deluxe Crybaby #2 Jimi Hendrix I have a Morely optical volume pedal, never seen their wah. I did recently discover the name "Morely" was a pun on the name "Leslie" when they changed over from being "Tel-Ray", which is pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoslate Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 New Cry Baby I bought for the studio got the job done. Also have an ancient Italian made Clyde McCoy Vox wah, patent pending. They tell me it's worth some cabbage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRich Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 I had an original Vox wah back in the early 70s which somehow disappeared after a gig. I bought a CryBaby, which was essentially the same at the time. It's also disappeared over the years. About 20 years ago, I got a Vox 847 and it's still on my pedalboard. I've had more chorus type pedals than wahs. I wish I could find a really good Leslie simulator. I've the a Lester, MiniDeja Vibe2, H2O chorus, and played with a few others. The Lester was a disappointment. I've listened to a few others, and they just don't sound like the real thing to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoslate Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 15 hours ago, TalismanRich said: I've listened to a few others, and they just don't sound like the real thing to me. I'll never forget (I have phone video) the first time I played the Real Thing in a studio, while working on my benefit project three years ago! My god it was loud (with a gobo between me and the Leslie, it was still bowel liquifying)!! And the sound was glorious !! I felt what it must be like to play in the viola section of a symphony orchestra. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 (edited) I spelled Morley wrong up there, haha I was thinking of the pun instead of the word. Wah Wah Wah-sputine, lover of the Wah-ssian Queen... Edited September 25 by bolero waah not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmeyrick Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 On 9/11/2024 at 3:10 AM, TalismanRich said: I wish I could find a really good Leslie simulator. I have a Strymon Lex which sounds pretty good to me. This video gives a good run through of its capabilities. Actually these days I tend to use a TC Electronics Plethora X5 which has an 127 possible "boards". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 H&K made a good tube leslie sim, stereo outs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 I worked through a few wahs and have ended up with a Vox. I like it, just a sweeter traditional sounding wah, to my ears. I havnt used it since 2012. Worked through a few leslie type pedals and ended up with the H&K. Its big. I never really used it despite it being such an important quest I was working through. It was kinda like engaging in a long arduous hunt, digging up the treasure I was looking for, inspecting it for a few minutes and then walking off to make a sandwich and forgetting about the whole thing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted September 26 Author Share Posted September 26 Lol! Truth. That can be the aftermath of finding a holy grail...now if I could only find a shrubbery! I have an H&K too & have used it a lot. Not for gtr though, funny enough. I have 2x leslie cabinets I use for gtr: one needs a speaker though. They're not the big 122's with spinning horns, just a single speaker with a baffle. They do sound great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 (edited) I blew one of the speakers running it as a 2nd cab with my silverface Fender Twin. The stock speakers are only rated for 40w or so. Maybe 60w with a tailwind. Edited October 2 by bolero windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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