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[ihatley]

I like to play a lot of heavy Sabbath type of stuff and looking for a trust worthy wah pedal to add to the arsenal. Maybe something that's not going to kill my pocket. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

[warwick.hoy]

I recommend getting a ping pong table.

Ping Pong is ace.

 

[ihatley]

That's actually not a bad idea. I heart ping pong.

 

[warwick.hoy]

Since you love Ping Pong,...I actually recommend adding a fuzz to your arsenal. Anything of the UberMuff variety will do (Supercollider, Fuzzrocious Grey Stache,....Blackout Effectors Musket).

If the UberMuffs are too cost prohibitive,...look into an old Sovtek Green Big Muff Pi

 

[warwick.hoy]

Now don't let those Muffs interfere with your Ping Pong budget,....but if you have no Ping Pong budget,...perhaps you can play Ping Pong at your local Rec Center/YMCA.

 

[Joe Gress]

Well, Geezer Butler used an old Tycobrahe wah (god help me I can't remember the name), and Chicago Iron makes a reproduction of it, but its hella expensive. Wilson Effects makes a wah that will get close to that phaser like wah sound that sound balls awesome (I mean like brand new shiny white balls of the pinging and ponging variety) for Black Sabbath type tones.

 

[warwick.hoy]

Well, Geezer Butler used an old Tycobrahe wah (god help me I can't remember the name), and Chicago Iron makes a reproduction of it, but its hella expensive. Wilson Effects makes a wah that will get close to that phaser like wah sound that sound balls awesome (I mean like brand new shiny white balls of the pinging and ponging variety) for Black Sabbath type tones.

Nope the Answer is always More Fuzz.


And Ping Pong

 

[ihatley]

I've got a couple of fuzz pedals I use , my fav right now is the zvex fuzz factory. I can get some wicked fuzz out of it, I was lookin at a old vox wah pedal...just wondering if anybody has played bass through one?

 

[Joe Gress]

The only one I can speak of that I have played through is the dunlop crybaby (it lost at ping pong), and its waaaaay to funky to be used for sabbathy stuff. An old vox wah may cut it (definitely not a good ping pong paddle though), but you may loose a lot of low end too. Can you try it out at all? Maybe play some ping pong too?

 

[ihatley]

Thanks Joe for the info, I'm going to look into that.

 

[ihatley]

Found a vox wah for 30 bones..figure you can't lose at pong at that price

 

[Joe Gress]

Yeah unfortunately a lot of wahs sound really whimpy when it comes to bass, specifically rock/metal bass. You want something that shoots out of the ground and grabs everything and throttles everything. A morley wha would prolly work as well.

 

[Joe Gress]

Found a vox wah for 30 bones..figure you can't lose at pong at that price

If it doesn't work you can sell or trade it for the same price too! Hell 30 bones will get you a lot of ping pong balls and beer if wahs don't cut it.

 

[Lowest End]

EBS's Wah One is the only wah I've ever used that I haven't hated.

In fact, I think it sounds terrific.

And for some reason, it sounds completely different battery powered vs. plugged in.

 

[Joe Gress]

EBS's Wah One is the only wah I've ever used that I haven't hated.

In fact, I think it sounds terrific.

And for some reason, it sounds completely different battery powered vs. plugged in.

Grounding problem?

 

[ihatley]

Thanks for the recommendations guys. I've got some wah hunting to do. I'll keep you all posted on my ping pong status also.

 

[Bassmike62]

Once in a while we come across threads like this. Ya gotta to love bassplayers for their humor, if nothing else.

 

[Lowest End]

Grounding problem?

Nope. I've tried two pedals (my gf also owns one), different basses and amps and power supplies. S'weird.

 

[warwick.hoy]

The problem is obvious,....no ping pong.

 

[ihatley]

I'm going to just reopen this thread for the last time because I've been kicking so much ass at ping pong I just had to let you guys know!! My whole idea was finding a wah pedal that I can get some low end too and honestly I wanted to use it when I jam some NIB on my axe. Well I scored a dunlop bass wah for 60 on Craigslist and the guy just happened to have it set up for me with a little fuzz added and down tuned to get that perfect heavy doom sound. Well ill just say that it was the best 60 bones I've ever spent. Thanks for all the help fellow bass players.