do you put a wah first or fuzz??

[varunkapahi]

i always go bass ->fuzz ->wah
but a couple of guys really insisted that modulation effects normally are placed before gain/distortion effects!? whats the story, morning glory?

[barnyard]

bass-fuzz-wah gives a more natural sound, bass-wah-fuzz gives a synth sound for more out there tones.

[dannybuoy]

I would say the opposite! Bass - wah - fuzz for a less extreme wah sound suited to rock, bass - fuzz - wah for a more synthy sound suited to funk.

Modulation usually goes near the end of the chain, before delay and reverb, but I wouldn't consider wah as a modulation effect.

[JimmyM]

I put the wah before the bass and the fuzz.

[Vic Winters]

Dirt then wah.

[varunkapahi]

alright i get ya. thanks

Originally Posted by JimmyM

I put the wah before the bass and the fuzz.

lol

[Matt Dean]

You just gotta try different combos and do what sounds good to you... FYI, I do dirt into auto wah into phaser.

[Nyarlathotep]

Wah -> Dirt only really works IMO/E if you've got an instrument that has a lot of hi-mids and treble in the first place, and only really with bright overdrives and low gain distortions. The wah tends to get masked by fuzz especially.

Dirt -> Wah however, IMHO/E is the better sounding of the 2. I am a real fan of Dirt -> Wah, then blending the wah sound with the "dry" sound of the Dirt. Only really guaranteed to work on a multi or if the blend has a phase reverser on the wah channel tho, since some filters have the silly habit of outputting an inverted phase signal....

Personally tho, thru experimenting with my GT-10B, I have become more of a fan of Pitch Bend -> Dirt. I've gotten some almost-wah sounds (more of a WHOA!) out of it, but thicker.

[K2000]

Wah into fuzz for me. Otherwise, the wah on/off transition sounds clunky. Doing it that way doesn't create as dramatic a sweep (or maybe it's that the wah impact is less pronounced) but overall it sounds better to me. You really have to try it both ways to decide.

[groooooove]

both..

if the fuzz is fairly low gain, then its most usable to put it after a wah. if its really high gain, you can hardly hear the wah effect before it- and if you put a high gain synthy fuzz (red messdrive, anyone?) before a wah, you get wild synth sounds.

[Grimoire]

For classic wah you want wah -> fuzz, it gives a more pronounced sweep. fuzz -> wah sounds quite different, not what I personally want from a wah effect. But in the end it's personal preference.
Other modulation (chorus, flange etc) invariably sounds better after dirt, imo.

[dnarock]

dont turn the volume up on the Fuzz box if you run it bass-fuzz-wah . I had to replace a dioed in my cry baby and was told that i was putting too much boost to my wah

[Gozu]

bass -> fuzz -> wah -> fuzz?

[tink9975]

Im currently playing around with OD-> Wah-> Fuzz.

the OD makes the wah sweep cut through the fuzz a little better, but its still much more subtle and fuzzy than OD-> Fuzz-> Wah

[smo]

I've been playing OD -> Wah -> Fuzz for the last few years, but it's gonna depend on what fuzz I have on hand.

[gnasher1993]

fuzz before filter for me

[eti]

Never say never, but usually it's Fuzz before Wah, Wah before Overdrive.

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally Posted by tink9975

Im currently playing around with OD-> Wah-> Fuzz.

Originally Posted by smo

I've been playing OD -> Wah -> Fuzz for the last few years, but it's gonna depend on what fuzz I have on hand.

I used to run Sparkle Drive -> Dunlop CFH -> English Muff'n, ages ago. It was actually pretty thick IIRC....

[ChrisBowsman]

I had a flanger pedal where the coolest tone was obtained by running a cable from one of the stereo outs plugged halfway into the input. It created a weird synth-like tone that could be manipulated with the control knobs.

Do whatever sounds best

[kugelspot]

I use Wah then Fuzz, but I'm using a Morley PWB, which sounds really harsh used the other way around. Plus, what would I use that huge boost for other than making dirt pedals go crazy?