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Old 09-04-2008, 07:56 PM
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Which would get that crazy setting justin chancellor from tool uses all the time?
It has something to do with one octave fifth harmony or somthn

And besides that which one you think is better for you?

Ive heard the PS 3 has some kind of horrible delay...

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Which would get that crazy setting justin chancellor from tool uses all the time?
It has something to do with one octave fifth harmony or somthn

And besides that which one you think is better for you?

Ive heard the PS 3 has some kind of horrible delay...

THANKS!
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You cannot substitute the bass whammy. End of story. PS-5/3 sucks. WH4 is your closest bet to an actual whammy.
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You cannot substitute the bass whammy. End of story. PS-5/3 sucks. WH4 is your closest bet to an actual whammy.
I like my PS-3 better than the old bass whammy. Then again, I'm not trying to play Tool songs. For that application, I'd agree - the Boss pedals are a poor imitation and the Whammy IV lacks the 5th/octave setting.
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I just don't like the Whammy function on the PS-3. It sounds way too digital and the warble and tracking sucks.
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You cannot substitute the bass whammy. End of story. PS-5/3 sucks. WH4 is your closest bet to an actual whammy.
XP-100 would be the closest since it has 5th up/Oct up.
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XP-100 would be the closest since it has 5th up/Oct up.
Well i'm not even talking about 5thup/1up. I'm talking about tracking.
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Justin Chancellor doesn't even use the 5th up / 1 octave up harmony all the time. He uses other modes, too (particularly the standard 1-octave-up whammy mode).

But to the OP: there are a lot of good threads that have covered this recently. Clearly, you've already taken a stab at searching if you know as much as you do already... it wouldn't be that hard to do just a bit more research, given that this comes up ALL the time.

IMO, the closest you'll get to the quality of results from the Bass Whammy would be with a Whammy IV. You won't have 5th Up / Oct Up, but it'll cover most other stuff, and it sounds cool regardless.

The PS-3 and XP-100 let you get the "modes" unique to the Bass Whammy, but they don't track or sound the same way. The PS-3 is in a class of its own when it comes to tone...
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