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Post by James on Jan 7, 2007 15:16:25 GMT -7
I am on my 2nd high end wah. Had a teese PW and sold it because it just flat out hurt my ears...........so I bought a Fulltone clyde standard. Same thing! Even running it by itself, I have to be totally conscious when I am playing about not doing any thing that makes it hurt my ears or sound "peaky". Here is the thing though, When I run it thru my $100, 15 w crate practice amp it sounds amazing with no peaks and nothing that hurts my ears. I can get funky and totally not worry about anything hurting my ears. So.........can anyone help me figure out what I am doing wrong.? Must be something?
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Post by Lefty on Jan 7, 2007 15:51:19 GMT -7
I think the thing would be to find out what freq (low mid high) where it bothers you. Sometimes you can adjust the pot to have a little less highs in the sweep or more highs. You have to unscrew the gear arm to loosen it up a little and roll back the pot a couple notches, but not too much.
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Post by JebusCrebus on Jan 7, 2007 16:51:33 GMT -7
Hey Guys,
I seem to be having the same sort of trouble with my VOX Wha when used with the MAZ Jr (I love it with my vintage Fenders).
What I found that sort of smooths it out is to put it first in the signal and run my Keeley compressor when it is on. It's got quite a variance between lows and highs if I don't use the Keeley.
I did adjust the sweep when I first got it as it was very very focused on the treble end of the frequency range. I may have to try it again for the MAZ.
Puzzling!
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Post by skydog958 on Jan 7, 2007 17:55:49 GMT -7
Maybe the "classic" wah sound isn't for you. There are lots of wahs out there that have a lower sweep range a la Hendrix. If you listen to early clips (like the JH BBCs sessions) with wah and fuzz on the bass part of the sweep wasn't that low and it was pretty trebly. The deeper wah sound probably helped with the wah/fuzz combo. On my Picture Wah I stay mostly on the back 2/3rds of the sweep.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Jan 7, 2007 18:24:05 GMT -7
It has a lot to do with how compressed your signal gets. In the small practice amp, it's probably way more compressed than in your full size amp. But switch on a distortion box that is after the wah and you might be surprised. A distortion, compressor, or wide open amp all serve to keep the peaks and valleys just about the same level.
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Post by (8^D) on Jan 7, 2007 19:59:28 GMT -7
Wah with a volume and/or a Q control helps.
I have a Keeley Mellow Wah with controls for sweep, frequency and mid/volume...really helps dial in different guitars/amps.
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Post by taswegian on Jan 7, 2007 20:56:30 GMT -7
The thing with Wah is it was originally used in the 60's and usually in a speaker box with greenbacks which are as we know inefficient and not particularily bright. I think sometimes todays more "hi-fi" amps with brighter speakers combined with bright tele's and strats can get a little over the top on the wha sweep.
My Clyde Standard sounds awesome through the 66 and Z-best or my modded greenback 1-12 but it's much more an "old school" type rock rig like the ones used when the wha "came to prominence"
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