Sonicake Vol/Wah - anyone tried it for bass?

[TRBboy]

Hey folks!

 

I love playing around with my bass crybaby, but it's massive and heavy on my pedalboard. I did have a mini one before but stupidly sold it, and can't justify buying another for what is just a fun, occasional effect for me.

 

So I got to looking at the Sonicake Vol/Wah pedal, which is dual function, compact, light, cheap, and seems to get rave reviews.... On guitar at least. I can't find much testimony from bass players out there, but the info states that it has a wider frequency sweep than a regular crybaby, so hopefully should be okay on bass?

 

Just wondered if anyone here had used one, and if so what your thoughts are?

 

Thanks,

 

Oli 

Edited February 9, 2024 by TRBboy

[PaulThePlug]

 

 

Edited February 8, 2024 by PaulThePlug

[SamIAm]

I use their passive Vexpress pedal, but only as an expression to drive MIDI controller.

Build quality, size, weight all good.

Sam x

[TRBboy]

1 hour ago, PaulThePlug said:

 

 

Thanks Paul, that's really interesting! Was it easy to get the board out?

[TRBboy]

4 minutes ago, SamIAm said:

I use their passive Vexpress pedal, but only as an expression to drive MIDI controller.

Build quality, size, weight all good.

Sam x

Thanks Sam! 😊

[PaulThePlug]

2 hours ago, TRBboy said:

Was it easy to get the board out?

Didn't bother... un-soldered the cap a pliered/shook it thru the hole..

Soldered the new cap on the underneath of the board... loads of room... 🙂

[nekomatic]

16 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Didn't bother... un-soldered the cap a pliered/shook it thru the hole..

Soldered the new cap on the underneath of the board... loads of room... 🙂

 

Capacitors in parallel behave like the sum of their values so I guess you wouldn't even have needed to remove the original cap, just solder an extra one across it with the capacitance value you wanted to add.