dcburn mk.ii
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Ive got an 80's CryBaby that Dave Friedman repaired for me.
He added his three way switch to it. I think it changes the frequency sweep?
I have recently learned of the "cocked wah" tone and digging it!
He added his three way switch to it. I think it changes the frequency sweep?
I have recently learned of the "cocked wah" tone and digging it!
rsm
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wah, volume and expression pedals always take up more room on a board than I want. I usually put them on the floor near a board, so this design works great for me, and I like the sounds; thick foam padding keeps them in place for travel in a case.
No moving parts to adjust or clean is an added bonus.
IMO
EHX discontinued the whole Next Step pedal series, so I guess they weren't selling; I'm in the minority
Bash_Man
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What does the 18V do the wah? i know with clean boosts and ODs, it gives them more headroom.
LPMojoGL
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Made this clip 13 (!!!!) years ago, shooting out 4 wahs:
Today I use a Thomas Organ Cry Baby with the TDK inductor, and a Fulltone Clyde standard. The CB is thick and grindy, Clyde a bit more polite.
Today I use a Thomas Organ Cry Baby with the TDK inductor, and a Fulltone Clyde standard. The CB is thick and grindy, Clyde a bit more polite.
stephen sawall
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It's designed around 18 volts. It's not a option to run it at anything else.
They switched the 535q from 18 volts to 9 volts many years ago.
skoora
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Nothing has un-seated my Fulltone Clyde Deluxe. I did try a Dunlop Clyde I liked but it would need a volume and true bypass mod. I also have a Dimebag (green camo version) but it doesn’t play well in bypass with a fuzz I use.
nevusofota
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535q is where it’s at in my opinion.
Wah tone is so dependent on pickups, guitar, amp and gain level that I don’t see how anyone can say they have a non-adjustable favorite unless they only use one guitar and amp all the time. 595q can be easily adjusted to any application to sounds and feel great with all setups. I have the full size auto return option so it makes it even better
Wah tone is so dependent on pickups, guitar, amp and gain level that I don’t see how anyone can say they have a non-adjustable favorite unless they only use one guitar and amp all the time. 595q can be easily adjusted to any application to sounds and feel great with all setups. I have the full size auto return option so it makes it even better
stephen sawall
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I did a lot of gigs where all I used was a phase and wa. Often just a wa. I use the wa more as a tone control than to get the wa sound.
Wa is my favorite effect. It has been close to 30 years.
Wa is my favorite effect. It has been close to 30 years.
Stompboxmods
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You would think that Dunlop would put a switch inside these wahs where you can bypass the buffer, to make it true bypass!
If you can find an old 80s Dunlop GBC-95 for cheap, replace the sweep cap with a 0.12, up the vocal resistor to .68k, add in a red fasal. You now have a Cantrell wah without the buffer.
Stompboxmods
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I totally agree. I think it's the best production wah to date. You're the second person who has the auto return wah feature! When I contacted Dunlop they told me to get lost! lol
For me, the drawbacks on the 535q is on the sweep cap wheel. There's only like 2 settings on the dial that actually sound musical. Dunlop should've upped the vocal response on the Q dial a bit as well. At full tilt on the Q control you're at a standard GBC-95 Q, and it just diminishes in vocal response from there. I did a ton of study on the 535q, 95Q and Dime CBFH schematics. They are the same exact circuit boards and, I found that the CBFH wah has the exact sweep cap resistors as the 535q excluding one! I'm convinced that changed resistor is his "signature" setting.
With that being said, I made those additional appointments to the 95q wah. I took all the sweep caps that are in the signature wah pedals and put them on the rotary switch of the 95Q, I also upped the vocal resistor to make it more talky. Check out my video, as a wah lover, I think you'll dig it!
Stompboxmods
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Hell yes! If Friedman got his hands on it you're in good hands. lol
Stompboxmods
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The 18v sounds less compressed and more open sounding than the 9v versions. I guess we can call that headroom? I always keep the boost engaged with the knob around 9:00 just to wake it up a little. It throws. Punchy and responsive! I feel that there's more tone suck out of the 535q 9v versions as opposed to the 18v series. There are ways around that though with some fairly simple mods.
Stompboxmods
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The Thomas Organ with TDK is a favorite of mine as well! Those are getting harder to find these days, and when you do the prices are increasing. Don't let that one go! Nice demo by the way! It's crazy how each wah has its own personality. As an owner of 10 wah pedals, I've tried duplicating a few of the circuits and although they are the exact parts, they are all sound a little different in their own way. My friend Jeff who does all the building and modding on them always comes back to tell me, "It's all the slight differences in capacitance."
LPMojoGL
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The Thomas Organ with TDK is a favorite of mine as well! Those are getting harder to find these days, and when you do the prices are increasing. Don't let that one go! Nice demo by the way! It's crazy how each wah has its own personality. As an owner of 10 wah pedals, I've tried duplicating a few of the circuits and although they are the exact parts, they are all sound a little different in their own way. My friend Jeff who does all the building and modding on them always comes back to tell me, "It's all the slight differences in capacitance."
Dangit Jeff!
So I wonder if one Wilson WH10V3 or Wilson Wah V2 sounds like another?
Yeah, I've played some ok TOTDKs, and this one is hands down one of the best I've heard. Honestly don't know why they get a bad rep. The prices have been sneaking up on em, and it's my keeper wah, if I can only have one.
skoora
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At the end of the day though, a player with good foot/feel instincts and a great amp tone will make a run of the mill crybaby sound like the wah of the gods.
In my mind I would dig getting a bunch of wahs, but have to keep reminding myself I don’t actually use one all that often.
In my mind I would dig getting a bunch of wahs, but have to keep reminding myself I don’t actually use one all that often.
Stompboxmods
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I'm sure there's some tonal differences between the two tone wise and within the sweep. Different circuits. Kevin makes some great wahs! I had a 6 position vintage wah at one time, and I had sold It only later to find out that it had a 200k potentiometer inside. Had I changed that pot back to a 100k it would've had the magic.
Some of the old TDKs get a bad rep is because the drift in the resistors. Old carbon comp resistors drift over time and that drastically affects the tone, responsiveness and it causes tone suck. My brother scored a near mint TDK wah and that thing nails the shaft song. Hell, it goes up against the other modded wahs we have trying to nail that sound.
It's a head scratcher in many ways because here I've modded pedals trying to get it to sound like that, and yet his stock circuit magically has the sound!
Yes, damn you capacitance you're a sob!
LPMojoGL
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I meant 2 of the same, but worded it all wrongI'm sure there's some tonal differences between the two tone wise and within the sweep. Different circuits. Kevin makes some great wahs! I had a 6 position vintage wah at one time, and I had sold It only later to find out that it had a 200k potentiometer inside. Had I changed that pot back to a 100k it would've had the magic.
Some of the old TDKs get a bad rep is because the drift in the resistors. Old carbon comp resistors drift over time and that drastically affects the tone, responsiveness and it causes tone suck. My brother scored a near mint TDK wah and that thing nails the shaft song. Hell, it goes up against the other modded wahs we have trying to nail that sound.
It's a head scratcher in many ways because here I've modded pedals trying to get it to sound like that, and yet his stock circuit magically has the sound!
Yes, damn you capacitance you're a sob!
Unacceptablenorm
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I use the various wahs built into my MX5, does a damn good job.
When I had my line 6 M5 I dug the wahs it had.
When I had my line 6 M5 I dug the wahs it had.