Hi Guys,

I'm looking for a wah wah pedal that when your heel goes down you get a treble sweep,my Ibanez Wah Wah did exactly that but it now no longer works. I.E Toe down bass,toe up treble.

Old WattyBluesman.

Use another wah upside down?

Never heard of a wah which works like that. I am intrigued!

I'm sure most wahs could be modded quite simply to work that way.

Not so easy to mod.

In the 60's I had a De-Armond Wah / Volume pedal (Dave Berry's original " Crying Game " )

It worked Wah from side to side --- Volume up and down.( Painful after a while )

When it packed in I bought a Ibanez Wah --- Treble sweep up.( A far better sound as well )

A Wah treble sweep up the way is the natural way --- try making a Wah sound with your

mouth going down the way.



Also try playing a Wah pedal the wrong way round a lot of pain to go thru.

Hi WB: the wah section of my trusty old Boss GT-3 multi-FX can be configured to work exactly the way you describe. So I suppose the same is probably true of lots of other multi-FX units too, though I couldn't tell you which.

Something to look into.

Cheers - C

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If you get a chance try to find the Buddah Bud-Wah. I bought mine online based on customer reviews and have not been disappointed. It has a nice treble sweep without being shrill. The only other one I would maybe recommend is the Fulltone Clyde pedal which EXACTLY duplicates the original Vox "clyde" pedal circuitry (haven't tried that one...is very expensive too but, really like the other Fulltone pedals that I own....Fulltone lives up to the hype). I hate the current Dunlop crybaby and wasn't that impressed with Vox's reissue.

Many of the other Japanese wah pedals from the '70s work in reverse... I have two that I can remember: a Shin-ei "exciter" (wah/volume/surf/siren/hurricane) and a Wau-wau fuzz (issued under a range of badges including Ibanez, Mica, and DeArmond, but all named "wau-wau fuzz" and all containing the Ibanez Standard Fuzz circuit plus mediocre backwards wah). As it's mostly the fuzz-wahs from this period that people are after, you can often pick up a plain wah nice and cheap. Fuzz-wahs tended to have now sought-after fuzz circuits incorporated (Shin-ei/Univox Superfuzz, Ibanez Standard Fuzz) so prices can get a bit inflated depending on how much the seller talks it up.

Great info from Australia Thank ya mate.

Custom Audio Electronics MC404...

Ceri, the GT-8 can do it also. I'm surprised that you have a multi-effects unit. Most folks that I know with your experience, etc., dislike multi-FX units. I like mine. I still use pedals when I want, but my Boss GT-8 is fun and pretty easy to get the sounds I want.

Hi Guys.

I think I've found what I'm looking for A " Plutoneium Chi Wah Wah Pedal "

A bit expensive ? But check out the size of the unit.

I'll try'nd get the missus to buy it for my Christmas.

Take care youzz all and keep on twanging.

Hi Shaun: haha - well I'm right with you. Though the fact it's an old GT-3, bought new, kinda tells you I never felt the need to get any further into modelling territory.

Still, to give multi-FX their due I do think they can be an ideal tool in some situations. In a covers band, for example, you might need a dozen or more completely different guitar sounds in short order. That's a whole lot of knob twiddling between numbers with analog FX - or a single toe press to a pre-tweaked patch on a multi-FX unit.

And for people who want a highly processed sound they are so much more portable than a big professional rig, and for certain 99.9 percent of the audience will never know the difference.

This is Eric Clapton's FX rig from the 1990s (I took the photo at Christie's Auction House prior to the recent sale of his gear):



Do most of us want to drag that lot around our little bar room gigs, or simply show up with a Boss or Vox multi-FX under our arm?

I mostly use my analog pedals, and not many of 'em. But I practice with my GT-3 as well, and you'll never hear me talking down to multi-FX users. They have their place.

Cheers - C

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Ceri, you are one of the reasons I keep reading in this forum. More knowledge in your little pinky than I do in my whole head. As far as Clapton's setup..... just wanted to let you know I appreciate your insight. I agree that the FX units can be useful for the reasons you suggest. I also believe that they can help an amateur such as myself find their heroes' sounds for less money. They are also easier to hook up to a computer for recording.......to me anyways. I wanted to say more but I'm replying by phone and suck at it!

The only wah that I ever heard of that was capable of a reverse sweep was the Electro Harmonix Crying Tone pedal.That pedal had 4 wah modes : 1. Vox like 2. Cry Baby like 3. Baritone 4. Bass. On top of that it could be used as a volume pedal or have all the wahs reversed.You can still get them on ebay but they aren't cheap by any means,usually going for at least $400.I had one a long time ago and loved it but a guy offered me a Vox Phantom XII for it on a trade so needless to say I went for the Vox.

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Gotta apologize for earlier I kinda spaced on the fact that the treble sweep in question happened in reverse. The two I suggested actually are traditional wah pedals. Anyways, I thought that the Ibanez Weeping Demon was capable of doing that. It was one of the more tweakable wah pedals on the market and the sweep was totally adjustable to the point of complete inversion. Those are still available...I just saw one the other day in a music store.

It's been a long time since I looked under the hood of a wah-wah, so I can't remember how the pot is wired, but, if the circuit only uses two of the lugs of the wah, you should be able to rewire it (using the other lug) so that it wahs in the reverse direction.

I can't imagine using a wah like that, however.

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