digitech whammy

Brian011 · #1 01-17-2008, 04:43 PM

well ive been looking into getting a whammy for my bass. i know they dont make bass whammys anymore and there going for like $500 on ebay (im sorry but i dont want to pay that much) so i was just thinking about getting the standard digitech whammy. my question what is the main difference tone wise between the two? is it just a loss of low end or are there any major tone differences (because low end isnt a problem, ill just use a bass eq)

thanks,
Brian

OhThePeacock · #2 01-17-2008, 05:28 PM

5th/6th up...search!

olaff421 · #3 01-17-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by OhThePeacock

search!

+7

Zappstorius · #4 01-17-2008, 06:34 PM

Brian,

I have a Whammy IV and I love it! I've never had the opportunity to demo a bass whammy, and really I have no desire to. Other than the 5th/6th up setting, and the 5th up/Octave Up setting...that Justin Chancellor uses for Tool. I think the IV is a great pedal and unless you are getting it just to cover Tool songs, then go with the current model...that is unless you have $500-600 to burn.

Chronicle · #5 01-17-2008, 08:29 PM

The Whammy IV has 5th/6th up doesn't it?

incognito89x · #6 01-17-2008, 08:29 PM

The Whammy IV DOES have the 5th/6th.

The only thing the IV doesn't have is the 5th/Oct that the Bass Whammy has, and the Bass Whammy tracks the lower notes better.

The Whammy IV works perfectly fine on bass.

Chronicle · #7 01-17-2008, 08:31 PM

Does slow bass chord swells with distortion is sweet on my bass whammy though :]

Swimming Bird · #8 01-18-2008, 12:20 AM

Not as sweet as playing two Whammy IVs in series I bet. Oh man, the ridiculous chords you can get out of harmonizers...

Chronicle · #9 01-18-2008, 12:24 AM

That is true... but...imagine...TWO BASS WHAMMYS.

That'd be too much random hissing for me XD

darth-bass · #10 01-18-2008, 12:27 AM

The EHX pog is so much better, the tracking on the digitech whammy is quite spotty & you can forgot about playing chords . Most of the settings are worthless for bass and make it sound like a robot is dying or something. I had the digitech whammy 4 and sold it. I was not impressed

Taylor Livingston · #11 01-18-2008, 01:30 AM

Sure, but it's much easier to irritate people and dogs when you can slide between your original note and the squealing-goat tones, as with the Whammy. The POG just offers squealing-goat tones on top of your clean signal.

bigchiefbc · #12 01-18-2008, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Zappstorius

Brian,

I have a Whammy IV and I love it! I've never had the opportunity to demo a bass whammy, and really I have no desire to. Other than the 5th/6th up setting, and the 5th up/Octave Up setting...that Justin Chancellor uses for Tool. I think the IV is a great pedal and unless you are getting it just to cover Tool songs, then go with the current model...that is unless you have $500-600 to burn.

ehhh, I gotta disagree with this. I will admit that I originally
got a bass whammy to do Tool covers. But I have to say that I became so fond of 5th/Oct up harmony mode, that I was using it all over the place. It was the the most musical mode in the pedal, and I found myself bringing it into a lot of other songs. Especially when you're soloing. The fact that they left this mode off of all the other whammys (other than the XP100) is a crime. To me, all of those other modes on the whammy, like 3rd/4th and 4th/7th and 2nd/3rd are basically useless. To me, they could trim a lot of those modes out and include 5th/Oct.

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Originally Posted by darth-bass

The EHX pog is so much better, the tracking on the digitech whammy is quite spotty & you can forgot about playing chords .

The whammies I've tried tracked chords just fine. If you go find my bass whammy clip in the wiki, I throw in some chords to demonstrate that

Brian011 · #13 01-18-2008, 06:31 PM

what about the digitech xp 100? how is that compared to the current whammy?

dunce180 · #14 01-18-2008, 08:45 PM

xp 100 tracks pretty bad when I had one, although it does have the 5th/oct up setting.

Brian011 · #15 01-20-2008, 09:47 AM

so im guessing my best bet is to get the whammy IV since i dont have $500 do dish out on a bass whammy

amos · #16 03-01-2008, 04:31 AM

Can some one explain to me what the difference between root/oct up and and 5th /oct up is?

The note starts on the 5th and goes to the octave rather starting on the root and going to the octave?

Oreomeister365 · #17 03-01-2008, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by amos

Can some one explain to me what the difference between root/oct up and and 5th /oct up is?

The note starts on the 5th and goes to the octave rather starting on the root and going to the octave?

Yup.

keep in mind this is harmony, so its like a chord with root note and the 5th, then a chord with the root note and the oct up. You probably knew that but yeah.

thefruitfarmer · #18 03-01-2008, 09:03 AM

I put the Whammy next to a micro pog in the shop the other day...

I walked out with the micro pog. I felt it was more musical somehow and the tracking seemed better too...

Chris V. · #19 03-01-2008, 09:54 AM

So... The XP100 isn't that great for bass?

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #20 03-01-2008, 07:15 PM

Would anyone mind telling me the actual dimensions of the original Bass Whammy and what sort of power source it uses (i.e. can it be run off a pedalboard brick)?