Wilson Bass Freaker Vids

[katri]

Have you ever been in the British school system?? What are the aspects you mention?

 

[emjazz]

I wish I hadn't heard of Wilson effects....damn you......

Do your effects play nice with active basses? I'm primarily interested in the overdrive and quack factory.

 

[andvari7]

Have you ever been in the British school system?? What are the aspects you mention?

No, I'm American. And, from what I have read, and, granted, this is probably all outdated by decades, isn't there a greater level of discipline utilized? That is certainly the most common complaint of the American school system.

But, since we're technically not supposed to talk about things of such an inflammatory nature, I'll stop it there.

Anyway, the wah: how well does it cooperate with other, non-distortion/fuzz/overdrive effects? As I have shown in the past, I have quite a number of envelope filters, and my Clyde Deluxe and 105Q don't really play well with them, especially the Q-Tron. Is the Freaker wah a continuation of that same trend, or does it set my Q-Tron up for sheer insane brilliance, like the Ol' Dirty Bastard?

 

[Kevin Wilson]

Thanks for the video clips Kevin! I wish more pedal manufacturers would do clips with bass. Hey, did you put a buffer at the end of the Freaker wah to help it play well with fuzzes? Or does it even need one in your experience? That's one thing I like about the Bass Q Wah, it works great with my fuzzes where other wahs have glitched them out, made non musical feedback, or had a limited sweep. But as much as I like the Bass Q Wah, I'd like to try the Freaker wah when I can scrape together the cash.

Mark, No buffer at this time. Seemed to run the fuzz quite well. I'll see if I can get some clips with guitar and fuzz and bass and fuzz. I'll also see if the buffer would make a difference while I'm in the process but I doubt it. Thanks for the props on the Qwah. Glad you like it.

 

[Mark Olson]

Ok. I just have this one fuzz pedal that glitches out with any wah I've tried with it except for the Bass Q Wah, and I'm pretty sure that's because of the buffer. I don't have the usual problems with limited sweep or non musical feedback with that one, for some reason it just can't "track" a wah or envelope filter sound for whatever reason. But that's not a really big deal, I've got a lot of fuzz pedals and I change what I'm using fairly regularly anyway.

But I do expect the Freaker wah is just plain different enough not to have the usual problems with fuzz that a lot of wah pedals have anyway. Who knows? If you get a chance to do some clips I'd love to hear more clips with fuzz for sure! I do also intend to try it out myself when I can afford it too though.

 

[nad]

Sounds awesome. Posting for a wee black dot I can find later when I have some cash.

 

[PunkRocker33133]

I really want one of these! One of the first wah's I've actually liked the sound of.

 

[Kevin Wilson]

I wish I hadn't heard of Wilson effects....damn you......

Do your effects play nice with active basses? I'm primarily interested in the overdrive and quack factory.

Yes the overdrive works well and some people like the Quack Factory but it differs as this filter is voltage controled and reacts to the input signal and playing strength. There are clips with bass on the site.

 

[TimmyDX]

thats a really nice wah

digging that sound, im just not a fan of wahs with the footswitch under the treadle like that....pet hate

 

[squarewave]

Oh man. Does it have a resonance control? The filter resonance is quite high in the first clip (I haven't got to the second one yet).