Hey guys
My Ibanez Weeping Demon came in the mail today. woo
First up, this thing is huge compared to my v-wah, and feels quite solidly built. Most of its metal which is good. The tones available with this thing is so cool. Ive been looking for an aggressive sounding wah for hard rock, and ive found it. And i can also get some funk outta this too
Any one who is worried about low end loss, should not be. I actually have to cut the lows, it has so much, especially on the "bass" mode. I have my bass cut a little bit on my amp, with lo mids boosted, hi mids cut and treble left alone, and i still had to have the loe control right down on the wah. Ive found it sounds more aggressive and better in the "normal" mode with the low boosted just a little bit. seriously, this is deeper and bassier than the dunlop and v-wah that i have played.
The switch feels very sturdy. The foot pedal itself feels quite sturdy, but i would like more tension as i am 6'6" and have massive feet, so it feels light under my size 15 shoe, but most wahs do. The tension on it can be adjusted, and i have it at max and it does just fine. One thing i like ALOT is the tone-lok controls, once youve found the perfect setting, press it in like a button, and it stays inside the pedal and cant be adjusted by a stray toe or something while your playing.
This wah can be used as a switchless wah, or a switched wah, which is a cool option. There is a delay control which you can adjust so that when in switchless mode, you can adjust the amount of time the effect takes to turn off. There is also a spring tension adjuster so that you can adjust it to spring right back, or come back slower when you take your foot off. The spring only works in switchless mode. I, personally prefer to used switched mode, as you can really hear when the effect turns on, and i like to not have the wah turn off if i go too far back with my heel. And hey, theres really no inconvenience hitting the switch, its just a pad right beside the pedal so its quick and easy.
The controls on this pedal were its main selling point for me. I was originally going to get the 105q, but they had none in so i tried the v-wah and got that. Then i was going to get a morley, and found out it only had a volume control so there was no real versatility, plus id heard mixed reviews on the PBA-2. This Pedal has sturdy lever to change from switched to switchless, delay control for the time taken to turn off in switchless, lo control, which boosts low frequencies pretty much, Q and we all know what this does, level- again we know, range fine tuning control- this controls what frequency is used at toe down position so you can have subtle fat type of wah or an edgey trebly wah, or just leave it centred and a "normal" wah sound is yours, a spring tension control and a foot pedal tension control. The delay and range fine tuning controls are a really small black pot, the fine tuning for toe position, is tucked away nicely under the toe of the pedal so it cant be knocked or anything, and the delay is the same deal, but more under the side of the foot pedal. Oh, and i forgot, theres a small switch to change between "normal" wah (for guitar) or "low" wah (for bass/7 string guitars)
Overall, i think this is a great pedal, and the price i go it for makes it greater too. brand new on ebay for $170 AU shipped, this was about $50-$100 cheaper then the other demons on ebay, and much much cheaper than new from a shop. I'm not sure how well it would go for funk, as i havent really tried to get that type of sound out of it yet, but for rock, metal, prog... i thinks its sweets and recomend it.
Peace
Blake
PS- I believe Bass_Drum will be doing a review on his in this thread when he picks it up, so you'll have 2 peoples views on this pedal
My Ibanez Weeping Demon came in the mail today. woo
First up, this thing is huge compared to my v-wah, and feels quite solidly built. Most of its metal which is good. The tones available with this thing is so cool. Ive been looking for an aggressive sounding wah for hard rock, and ive found it. And i can also get some funk outta this too
Any one who is worried about low end loss, should not be. I actually have to cut the lows, it has so much, especially on the "bass" mode. I have my bass cut a little bit on my amp, with lo mids boosted, hi mids cut and treble left alone, and i still had to have the loe control right down on the wah. Ive found it sounds more aggressive and better in the "normal" mode with the low boosted just a little bit. seriously, this is deeper and bassier than the dunlop and v-wah that i have played.
The switch feels very sturdy. The foot pedal itself feels quite sturdy, but i would like more tension as i am 6'6" and have massive feet, so it feels light under my size 15 shoe, but most wahs do. The tension on it can be adjusted, and i have it at max and it does just fine. One thing i like ALOT is the tone-lok controls, once youve found the perfect setting, press it in like a button, and it stays inside the pedal and cant be adjusted by a stray toe or something while your playing.
This wah can be used as a switchless wah, or a switched wah, which is a cool option. There is a delay control which you can adjust so that when in switchless mode, you can adjust the amount of time the effect takes to turn off. There is also a spring tension adjuster so that you can adjust it to spring right back, or come back slower when you take your foot off. The spring only works in switchless mode. I, personally prefer to used switched mode, as you can really hear when the effect turns on, and i like to not have the wah turn off if i go too far back with my heel. And hey, theres really no inconvenience hitting the switch, its just a pad right beside the pedal so its quick and easy.
The controls on this pedal were its main selling point for me. I was originally going to get the 105q, but they had none in so i tried the v-wah and got that. Then i was going to get a morley, and found out it only had a volume control so there was no real versatility, plus id heard mixed reviews on the PBA-2. This Pedal has sturdy lever to change from switched to switchless, delay control for the time taken to turn off in switchless, lo control, which boosts low frequencies pretty much, Q and we all know what this does, level- again we know, range fine tuning control- this controls what frequency is used at toe down position so you can have subtle fat type of wah or an edgey trebly wah, or just leave it centred and a "normal" wah sound is yours, a spring tension control and a foot pedal tension control. The delay and range fine tuning controls are a really small black pot, the fine tuning for toe position, is tucked away nicely under the toe of the pedal so it cant be knocked or anything, and the delay is the same deal, but more under the side of the foot pedal. Oh, and i forgot, theres a small switch to change between "normal" wah (for guitar) or "low" wah (for bass/7 string guitars)
Overall, i think this is a great pedal, and the price i go it for makes it greater too. brand new on ebay for $170 AU shipped, this was about $50-$100 cheaper then the other demons on ebay, and much much cheaper than new from a shop. I'm not sure how well it would go for funk, as i havent really tried to get that type of sound out of it yet, but for rock, metal, prog... i thinks its sweets and recomend it.
Peace
Blake
PS- I believe Bass_Drum will be doing a review on his in this thread when he picks it up, so you'll have 2 peoples views on this pedal
