Re: Welp, gonna be playing some Stooges. Need a wah.
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:03 pm
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The easiest and most reversible mod is to loosen the Chuck that holds the Rack (the toothed strip attached to the treadle) against the gear on the Potentiometer.raindog13 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:16 pmSome pretty good ideas in here, thanks guys! I think I might look into one of those "Hendrix" wahs, or just modding my crybaby. I don't really use one enough to justify spending a small fortune on it, so I think I'll do some more digging on the modding idea first
Yep. I have performed this on every wah I have ever ownedfuzzjunkie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:16 pmThe easiest and most reversible mod is to loosen the Chuck that holds the Rack (the toothed strip attached to the treadle) against the gear on the Potentiometer.raindog13 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:16 pmSome pretty good ideas in here, thanks guys! I think I might look into one of those "Hendrix" wahs, or just modding my crybaby. I don't really use one enough to justify spending a small fortune on it, so I think I'll do some more digging on the modding idea first
Rotate the pot a tooth or two (I think I settled on 2?) back from the factory setting. Viola! You have effectively changed the Q-center and reduced the treble while adding more bass. You’ll need to replace a capacitor if you want to increase the mids.
Still not good enough? Move it back and sell it. No one will ever know.
I've done this more times than I can count, and just never came up with anything satisfactory, so I think it's time to tinker with the electronics a bit!fuzzjunkie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 5:16 pmThe easiest and most reversible mod is to loosen the Chuck that holds the Rack (the toothed strip attached to the treadle) against the gear on the Potentiometer.raindog13 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:16 pmSome pretty good ideas in here, thanks guys! I think I might look into one of those "Hendrix" wahs, or just modding my crybaby. I don't really use one enough to justify spending a small fortune on it, so I think I'll do some more digging on the modding idea first
Rotate the pot a tooth or two (I think I settled on 2?) back from the factory setting. Viola! You have effectively changed the Q-center and reduced the treble while adding more bass. You’ll need to replace a *resistor (sorry, was thinking of sweep range, that’s a capacitor) if you want to increase the mids.
Still not good enough? Move it back and sell it. No one will ever know.
ElephantDNA wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:23 pmGenerally I've preferred playing either: the "Hendrix" dunlop wah or actually I like bass wah a lot for guitar as well. Like that lower whooshiness if that's a word? Not sure. But those have been my wah go-tos for as long as I've been playing. I think that hendrix wah is supposed to be based on an old vox wah but not 100% sure.
Any chance you guys could take a good close up picture of the guts of your pedals so I can try to see the resistor bands?Zork wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:50 pmIf you still have the Vry Baby and know how to solder, this is a very good starting point: https://www.wah-wah.co.uk/diy.html
I modded the hell out of my Zakk Wylde Signature wah and it sounds great now. I even changed the transistors at one point. It's worth it.
The Ibanez Weeping Demon is huge and butt ugly, but very tweakable and sounds just very, very good. Can be used for bass and guitar and does modern and vintage tones and a lot in between.