Digitech bass whammy question

[jinithith2]

After a 3 week hunt I finally managed to get a NEW digitech bass whammy (the last one the warehouse had and that warehouse was the only one in korea that had any in stock) and I came to a startling discovery.

on any of the effects envolving octave ups the note gets fuzzed over for a split second and then the note comes out. this is when i have the pedal rocked forward for the octave up effect and then play the note, not playing the note and then rocking pedal forward.

Is this the problem with the pedal or my amp? mind you my amp is only a practice amp because i am on vacation. its a 20 watt.
would upgrading to a bigger amp solve the problem? Digitech made hundreds of thousands of these and i've never heard anyone complaing about this (maybe thats cos its been out of production for years).

thanks in advance

 

[jinithith2]

I just did some search and i saw ppl saying the tracking of the bass whammy is not perfect.
could this problem be the tracking problem?
I don't know what trackign means because I am a newb but it sounds like the problem I have.
thanks

 

[KarateKid25]

What colour is your whammy??

 

[jinithith2]

blue its the Bass whammy
yeah i know the part that I bought it new sounds unbelievable but Link Removed had one in stock

 

[Kevin Hide Bass]

itl be the pedal, that stupid input gain knob probably

why on earth did you buy one?

 

[jinithith2]

wait so is it fixable? Im thinking of returning it to the webstore cos ive been poking around and found that the WH 4 was an alternative. (or I might sell it for an inflated price on ebay) I'm going sometime this week to the music store to try out the WH 4.

 

[Kevin Hide Bass]

no its not fixable, its just a problem with the pedal, hence why it was discontinued

 

[jinithith2]

does the WH4 have this problem? its getting annoying and I might just get a WH4 and save 80 bucks

 

[TaySte_2000]

I think you'll find if you ebay it or sell it on here you'll get more than what you paid maybe a lot more.

 

[jinithith2]

even with this problem? I see bass whammys going regularly for 400 dollars and up so the only concern I have is that the problem with lower its value.

 

[KarateKid25]

I think you'll find if you ebay it or sell it on here you'll get more than what you paid maybe a lot more.

Yeah, cut your losses and go with the Ebay option. You see rare pedals that don't work at all still going for heaps on there. Eg: Deep Impacts

 

[TaySte_2000]

Well how much did you pay?

 

[KarateKid25]

even with this problem? I see bass whammys going regularly for 400 dollars and up so the only concern I have is that the problem with lower its value.

If your worried about losing out, Just set your price at what you paid for it...it'll only go up from there. Or not sell and you can decide then what your next option is. Nothing to lose

 

[jinithith2]

Well how much did you pay?

280,000 korean WON so about $290 give or take 10 bucks (the exchange rate fluctuates)

 

[jinithith2]

If your worried about losing out, Just set your price at what you paid for it...it'll only go up from there. Or not sell and you can decide then what your next option is. Nothing to lose

thanks for the suggestion I'm not worried about losing out but cheating someone else. assuming that this problem is inherent in all the bass whammies, I feel slightly comforted

 

[TaySte_2000]

Ebay it make sure you mention the problem and I'm sure you'll bag like 400usd or more.

Cheers

 

[KarateKid25]

thanks for the suggestion I'm not worried about losing out but cheating someone else. assuming that this problem is inherent in all the bass whammies, I feel slightly comforted

Just be honest and even mention that its possibly why the pedal was discontinued etc... Honesty is the key. Someone will take the risk or may even be familiar with the problem and decide its ok.

 

[jinithith2]

is this problem present in all the bass whammies?
is this problem present in the WH4's?

 

[KarateKid25]

Ebay it make sure you mention the problem and I'm sure you'll bag like 400usd or more.

Cheers

Its like an echo in here or something... You just keep beating me to it.. Everytime I post, you have posted the same thing a moment before

 

[Kevin Hide Bass]

is this problem present in all the bass whammies?
is this problem present in the WH4's?

as far as i know, i think the problem is with most basss whammys and wh-2's iv heard of

iv never heard of wh-1, xp100 and wh-4 having that problem