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well i bought the dunlop 105Q...

#21
I don't understand why so many people, especially musicians, lack the tweaking gene. The first thing I do when I get a new device, is to explore all the possible ways it was designed to be tweaked, and then find out what new ways people have discovered. The volume and Q pots are part of the 105Q manual, and the auto off timing pot is pretty well documented on the intranets. I love it when someone buys an old tube amp and complains that it's just crap, then sells it, never even trying new tubes or different speakers. It took me weeks to figure out that my EBS Bass IQ filter was gonna be a keeper. Come on people, that's half the fun. Mess around, experiment, learn something.

BTW, the 105Q is a killer WAH! IMHO

JBY
 
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jbybj said:
I don't understand why so many people, especially musicians, lack the tweaking gene. The first thing I do when I get a new device, is to explore all the possible ways it was designed to be tweaked, and then find out what new ways people have discovered. The volume and Q pots are part of the 105Q manual, and the auto off timing pot is pretty well documented on the intranets. I love it when someone buys an old tube amp and complains that it's just crap, then sells it, never even trying new tubes or different speakers. It took me weeks to figure out that my EBS Bass IQ filter was gonna be a keeper. Come on people, that's half the fun. Mess around, experiment, learn something.

BTW, the 105Q is a killer WAH! IMHO

JBY
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I have gone in and messed with every piece of musical equipment that I own. Sometimes just taking it all apart just to see if I can put it back together, but most of the time to make it sound or play better. I even went and screwed around with my upright's bridge to lower the action. Most people wont touch that with a 40ft pole. And every single one of my necks have been sanded down at one point.

I'll never take anything to the shop.
 
#23
Really, thank you for this topic !
I play a 105Q too, and i really dig it. Funkier than morley (to me, i sold the morley), really adjustable with volume and Q. The only little defect i found was this delay to switch off. That said: i learned to play with this problem. And today, i discover that i can solve it with a trim pot inside !!
great day, thanks to all !!! :hyper:

Hope you will find your wha with morley. To me, they sound more "modern", and i much prefer "vintage" type of sound.
 
#24
my board is also red

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turning it clockwise seems to do the trick
 
#26
I bought mine around 7 or 8 years ago (i think) and mine doesn't have the internal trimpot.
SO - I emailed dunlop and asked them how to make the delay = 0.
They told me what resistor to change. BINGO.

I'll never buy a wah from another company with service like that. Double that - cause my 105Q has been on gigging duties for over 5 years with not one fault.:bassist: Considering it's been dropped down stairs twice - that's not bad at all.
 
#27
same here. i had one of the older 105q's with teh knobs on the bottom, and i loved it but wished it had more wah to it. so i went hunting around for ther wahs. several morleys, ibanez, other dunlops wahs later, i am now back to a newer revision 105q with the knobs on the side and never had any switching issues, and realize that the wah sounds great, and if youre not experienced with getting that wail out of a wah, you need to find a good overdrive to bring out the upper frequencies.

105q keeps the bottom, and has the most vocal wah in a bass context in my personal experience. the bypass quality is fine by my ears also using a true bypass looper and some other nice gear
 
#28
smo said:
I bought mine around 7 or 8 years ago (i think) and mine doesn't have the internal trimpot.
SO - I emailed dunlop and asked them how to make the delay = 0.
They told me what resistor to change. BINGO.

I'll never buy a wah from another company with service like that. Double that - cause my 105Q has been on gigging duties for over 5 years with not one fault.:bassist: Considering it's been dropped down stairs twice - that's not bad at all.
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I'm in the same position. No trimpot, you couldnt tell us the mod could you?
 
#32
paradigm_shift said:
I'm in the same position. No trimpot, you couldnt tell us the mod could you?
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Aight - here's a look.

My wah is dated '98 - so it's older than I thought.
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The resistor that has been changed is R42 - on the extreme bottom left. The colours on it - in order;
GOLD - GOLD - RED - BROWN (I think - I struggle a bit with red,green,brown)

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I'd make sure we have the same model before you go ahead - the chassis/serial/whatever is above also.

Good Luck, smo
 
#33
smo said:
I bought mine around 7 or 8 years ago (i think) and mine doesn't have the internal trimpot.
SO - I emailed dunlop and asked them how to make the delay = 0.
They told me what resistor to change. BINGO.

I'll never buy a wah from another company with service like that. Double that - cause my 105Q has been on gigging duties for over 5 years with not one fault.:bassist: Considering it's been dropped down stairs twice - that's not bad at all.
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+1 on Dunlop's service. I bought an older used one, that soon developed an odd squeal when the toe was all the way down. They said they would fix it for a flat rate of $50. I sent it to them, and after a week they gave up and sent me a new one. Nice folks.
 
#36
I've had and played a few wahs, and am overal not really impressed with the morleys. Although, I do use a PWV on one song and there's no substitute for the hi-gain buzz-saw sound from putting the Guv'nor through it.

But I also own a Weeping Demon and really like it. Lots of adjustability, good constuction, and it's more of a filter type sound, not super vocal, which is what it sounds like you want.

And they're still fairly cheap.

jjl5590 said:
and I am not impressed. This is my first ever wah wah pedal, so my standards are not exactly high. but my expectations were a lot higher than this pedal. for £100 i expected something more.
The wah-wah sound is pretty minimal, there isnt a lot of tonal range. good for rock, but not good for funk which is what I play.
I hate the fact that the pedal returns automatically, so you have to continually press down to keep it active.
I also REALLY hate its auto-bypass function. it is actually pretty rediculous when playing live or even just jamming. why did they put it like that? if you didnt want to use it, you could just knock a button with your foot like on other pedals. with the auto-off function, it takes a while for it to switch off, and you really dont have any time when playing a quick song or even a slow song. i dont know what they were thinking when they shoved that in there. the pedal also completely changes the sound, as well as adding a wah wah effect. it boosts the lows, and when you let off, the bass seems much quieter than before.

anyway i'm done rambling. I'm sending the pedal back tomorrow and ordering a Morley.

let the flaming begin!
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