Defo Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Got £100 for a Wah, Cry Baby or Weeping Demon early front runners. Looking for something that can do the spread Doug Wimbish comes up with rather than the Hendrix approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 A bit more, well... 50% more, but well worth it in my opinion: G-Labs wo-wee wah [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/g_lab_bass_wowee_wah.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/g_lab_bass_wowee_wah.htm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FretNoMore Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) Tried EBS Wah One (clunky mechanincs, unreliable footswitch) and G Lab Wowee Wah (really nice but mine had an unacceptable volume drop) but ended up with the Cry Baby - easy to use, sounds OK. Considered the Weeping Demon but balked at the bulk, so to speak Edited December 26, 2014 by FretNoMore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 [quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1419585958' post='2640994'] Tried EBS Wah One (clunky mechanincs, unreliable footswitch) and G Lab Wowee Wah (really nice but mine had [size=5][b]an unacceptable volume drop[/b][/size]) but ended up with the Cry Baby - easy to use, sounds OK. Considered the Weeping Demon but balked at the bulk, so to speak [/quote] really? In mine, the output is as loud as the input. I used to have the Dunlop 105Q which has a level control, and I was looking for others with level control too as I was worried about adjusting the level just right. But the G-Labs was just right. I wonder if there's an internal trim pot that could adjust that, because it makes little sense that it can have a volume drop in one pedal and be ok in the next... hmmm. The 105Q was ok (I still prefer the sounds and operation of the G-Labs) but it slightly degraded the tone, in bypass mode, and once I noticed it it was really hard to "unnotice", so it had to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FretNoMore Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Apparently they vary, I've heard from another user whose Wowee Wah had a slight volume drop in the low position and a slight boost in the hi position. I emailed G Lab but they were slow in answering, had already returned the pedal when the reaponse came, and they said nothing about ways of adjusting it. Pity, if it hadn't been for this I would have kept it, it is better than the Cry Baby in most regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 That would be me - sounds perfect in the boost position, no volume loss with mine. If you can't stretch to the G-Lab, I'd go for the 105Q, there are plenty of them about used too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I tried loads earlier this year (not the G-Lab, though) and settled on an Ibanez Weeping Demon; it's about as versatile as you can imagine, well made and doesn't suck my tone. It also activates in a number of different ways which makes it very handy. If you would like to hear it go [url="https://soundcloud.com/belowtheghost/slippery-riff"]here[/url] I can't remember the settings I used but I was very happy with the results. The only downside to the Demon is that it has a big footprint and takes up a bit more room on your board than a Crybaby style or even a Morley style but it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcblum Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Ibanez Wheeping Demon WD-7 I play fast punk and gritty rock. Only the strong (soundwise) survive. The WD-7 did. Most Wah-pedals work on bass only in a "clean" environment. If there is serious rock'n'roll guitar playing and thundering drums, most Wahs are simply harmless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Ebs stanley clarke "THE pedal" worth it any euro !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 [quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1419596838' post='2641118'] Apparently they vary, I've heard from another user whose Wowee Wah had a slight volume drop in the low position and a slight boost in the hi position. I emailed G Lab but they were slow in answering, had already returned the pedal when the reaponse came, and they said nothing about ways of adjusting it. Pity, if it hadn't been for this I would have kept it, it is better than the Cry Baby in most regards. [/quote] aaah I see! Strange that there could be so much variation from pedal to pedal unless it's due to adjusting a small trim pot after assembly... that would be great, if we could adjust the output level. I don't need to do anything on mine but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliusmonk Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Weeping demon all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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