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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: Jopn on March 25, 2015, 12:30:30 AM

Title: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: Jopn on March 25, 2015, 12:30:30 AM
I keep getting entry level vox and dunlop wahs in trades.  I don't really ever use a wah.  Any suggestions of some other effect to build in there?  I've got a decent volume pedal already.  I'm just fresh out of ideas and needing inspiration.

Cheers,

John
Title: Re: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: Luke51411 on March 25, 2015, 12:38:15 AM
Phaser or vibe would be the obvious one. I've often thought about putting a delay in a wah shell and using the treadle for the time pot as a sort of warp/detune, not sure how that would work.
Title: Re: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: Shrtyska9 on March 25, 2015, 01:01:11 AM
Quote from: Luke51411 on March 25, 2015, 12:38:15 AM
Phaser or vibe would be the obvious one. I've often thought about putting a delay in a wah shell and using the treadle for the time pot as a sort of warp/detune, not sure how that would work.

I think I would wire the feedback pot so you could go from a repeat or two to dub style oscillation with the pedal.

Richard

Title: Re: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: selfdestroyer on March 25, 2015, 01:02:13 AM
Tremolo with speed mapped to the treadle.

A fuzz with the gain mapped to the treadle.

Reverb with the depth/feedback mapped to the treadle.... Pretty much anything would be cool in there that you would want a control foot controlled.

Cody
Title: Re: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: davent on March 25, 2015, 01:26:20 AM
Univibe in a Wah Shell?

http://www.geofex.com/FX_images/UVICS-3%20Project%20File-3.pdf
Title: Re: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: Luke51411 on March 25, 2015, 01:27:32 AM
Quote from: Shrtyska9 on March 25, 2015, 01:01:11 AM
Quote from: Luke51411 on March 25, 2015, 12:38:15 AM
Phaser or vibe would be the obvious one. I've often thought about putting a delay in a wah shell and using the treadle for the time pot as a sort of warp/detune, not sure how that would work.

I think I would wire the feedback pot so you could go from a repeat or two to dub style oscillation with the pedal.

Richard
That would be pretty cool too.
Title: Re: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: Lubdar on March 25, 2015, 01:46:17 AM
Quote from: selfdestroyer on March 25, 2015, 01:02:13 AM
Tremolo with speed mapped to the treadle.
Cody

I've got to say that the tremolo in a wah has always sounded interesting.
Title: Re: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: Muadzin on March 25, 2015, 09:41:57 AM
I built me a Rabb Fuzz in a wah shell. Which is a modified Kay Fuzztone (also in a wah shell) that one of U2's techs modified for the Edge. Think the intro to Elevation.
Title: Re: What to build into wah shells other than wahs?
Post by: Jopn on March 26, 2015, 10:49:28 PM
One of the things I'm trying to get my head around is the on/off.  Like for a fuzz, I wouldn't want to go full blast gain, then back it off (like you would with a wah).  I could reverse the pot connections, but there's also the issue of volume drop/bump that's going to happen with gain.  You'd almost want to dual gang it with (reversed) volume or something.

The more I type, the more I'm thinking trem.  Ohhhh, I think I picked up the parts for the Moosapotamus Skippy Trem.  I may have even populated a vero layout for it, now that I think of it.  I'd probably still reverse the speed pot since it's pretty ring-mod like at full speed, although I'll have to see how that actually works out since I'll only be working with a portion of the pot's rotation.

Ok, now the wheels are turning, thanks guys!