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07-12-2009, 08:31 PM
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What are the real differences between these wahs other than the fact that the bootsy can do fuzz also? Which one do you guys favor? |
07-12-2009, 08:33 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | The Bootzilla has a bigger sweep, but is much heavier, and more fragile.
They sound awesome, then they break.
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07-12-2009, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike  The Bootzilla has a bigger sweep, but is much heavier, and more fragile.
They sound awesome, then they break. | This.
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07-12-2009, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike The Bootzilla has a bigger sweep, but is much heavier, and more fragile.
They sound awesome, then they break. | Seems to be the consensus around here that the 'Zilla has the lifespan of li'l Johnny's first goldfish.
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07-12-2009, 08:41 PM
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But its huuuuuge.
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07-12-2009, 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Unrepresented Seems to be the consensus around here that the 'Zilla has the lifespan of li'l Johnny's first goldfish. | Yup, I managed to fix mine, but now it's developed some odd squealy feedback, there was a thread on it. 
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07-12-2009, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Jordasch If you dont mind taking up space, get the Ibanez Weepind Demon. Cheap, and effective.
But its huuuuuge. | do guitar wahs work for bass? or does ibanez make a bass demon? |
07-12-2009, 08:53 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | I'm just repeating what I've heard in terms of reliability (since the TB talk dissuaded me from buying one) but trying the Bootzilla out I can say that it really does sound good.
The 105q (the white Bass Crybaby that I assume you're talking about) is super funk and thick. But it is a bit of a tone sucker. I can vouch for the Weeping Demon being a solid choice too.
The wah I still want to try is the Wilson 12 position bass Q wah. All indications point to it being a good one. |
07-12-2009, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by aschreiber2010 do guitar wahs work for bass? or does ibanez make a bass demon? | That model is adjustable in its sweep to allow for different frequencies.
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07-12-2009, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by aschreiber2010 do guitar wahs work for bass? or does ibanez make a bass demon? | No, there's just one Weeping Demon. Some guitar wahs work okay for bass. Most don't. The Ibanez is very tweakable and can be set up to work well on bass. I dug mine while I had it. |
07-12-2009, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO I'm just repeating what I've heard in terms of reliability (since the TB talk dissuaded me from buying one) but trying the Bootzilla out I can say that it really does sound good. | Definatly a great sounding pedal, versatile as all get out, but again, so, so fragile..... its those damn' wires going up the the light up eyes thats the most trouble, they break, the wah stops working propperly, its what happened to mine, never worked propperly after I resoldered it..... Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBigO The wah I still want to try is the Wilson 12 position bass Q wah. All indications point to it being a good one. | I'd love to try that one out too.
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07-13-2009, 01:53 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Highland, CA (Inland Empire) | | | 105Q all the way. tried out the bootzilla,105Q and the weeping demon when i was looking for a wah-wah pedal and the 105Q is now at home waiting for me to get home and put some funk in my house! |
07-13-2009, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike The Bootzilla has a bigger sweep, but is much heavier, and more fragile.
They sound awesome, then they break. | Or sometimes they break before they get the chance to sound awesome. I had one Snarling Dogs pedal that, when I went to plug the cable into the input jack, the jack fell away into the pedal.
I've had a total of three of the SD wah pedals and the longest lasting one was less than a month old when it fell apart.
Great pedals, ****y quality control and build.
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07-13-2009, 06:25 AM
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Originally Posted by rustynuts Or sometimes they break before they get the chance to sound awesome. I had one Snarling Dogs pedal that, when I went to plug the cable into the input jack, the jack fell away into the pedal.
I've had a total of three of the SD wah pedals and the longest lasting one was less than a month old when it fell apart.
Great pedals, ****y quality control and build. | Geez, and I thought I had it bad.
If SD got their act together, and made some working pedals.......
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07-13-2009, 06:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Québec | | | The bootsy wah is really made to break, then wah in that order.
Quality is really really really really bad. |
07-13-2009, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike If SD got their act together, and made some working pedals....... | I'd buy one in a heartbeat. They sound great!
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07-13-2009, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by rustynuts I'd buy one in a heartbeat. They sound great! | Same here, until it screwed up, the Bootzilla was the best sounding wah I've heard.
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07-13-2009, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike Geez, and I thought I had it bad.
If SD got their act together, and made some working pedals....... | Is Snarling Dogs still owned by D'Andrea?
i had a bootzilla and a mold spore, neither of them even gave me troubl (but then again I was gentle) in a 6-12 month period.
You see broken Bootzilla everywhere, though. It's a shame because the fuzz sounds darn good, wah sounds real good too, both together: less good. |
07-13-2009, 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by RCCollins Is Snarling Dogs still owned by D'Andrea?
i had a bootzilla and a mold spore, neither of them even gave me troubl (but then again I was gentle) in a 6-12 month period.
You see broken Bootzilla everywhere, though. It's a shame because the fuzz sounds darn good, wah sounds real good too, both together: less good. | +1 on the fuzz sounding really good on the bootzilla.
I almost took it out to use it by itself, but it was to complicated.
Sold it to buy a bunch of Georges L's. |
07-13-2009, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike then they break. | My 105Q crapped out on me this weekend...return spring broke.
You'd think a company that can design such as stout casting and variable q IC board would:
1) know out to design a spring with a fatigue limit greater than 5K cycles
2) Have rubber feet that stay on longer than a month.
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