Woolly M and or Clone THAT Temperamental

Are they in a daisy chain? Just wondering if adding the tuner to the line put you over mA. Otherwise, I have no clue.

 

WM's, clones or otherwise do not like to be fed a buffered or low impedance signal, which is what most Boss pedals have as they use an output buffer. WMs only work well with a high impedance signal as from a passive bass. My WM clone has a small transformer on the input to mimic a pickup so that I can run buffered pedals before it.

 

Absolutely the Boss tuner WILL affect the WM, placed between the bass and the WM. Any active device, including a buffered bypass, will make your bass "not passive anymore" as far as the WM is concerned.

 

Ha. The WM is like the lovable but racist grandma of the pedal family.

 

...So go bass --> WM --> tuner, problem solved.

 

Lulz

 

It's actually an easy thing to fix, if you want to do some DIYing. I used this article from Jack Orman on mine: Guitar Pickups Simulation. I didn't go as complicated as Jack's, I just used a small transformer similar to the one used in the article. I used the primary side, and one lead went to the input jack, and the outermost lead (not the middle) went to the input of the circuit. Seems to work great on my WM clone.

 

Thanks a lot for sharing this information. It's really helpful to know that adding the transformer does fix these problems.

 

Wow, did not know any of this. Probably why I absolutley HATED my WM clone.
Is there a significant difference in sound? I've loaned mine out at the moment, but when I get it back, will give it another go.

 

The WM is not the only pedal like that. The Fuzz Face and all of its millions clones hate buffers and active basses, too.

 

My bass is passive, but I use 3 Boss pedals

 

bigchiefbc is correct, the WM shares the same technology as the Fuzz Face, in where the first transistor is sensitive to input loading and impedance.

 

I've never even considered putting my tuner at the end of my chain......
might this be an idea?? I always assumed the cleanest signal would get the most accurate tuning. A little off-topic...but sorta not....

 

true that!

 

The mastotron, while it doesn't fully meet the mammoth sound, gets close without any impedance troubles.

Or, get a true bypass tuner. It can be in front without bothering the WM.