Bass Wah-Wahs/Auto Wah-Wahs/Filters

Bass Wah from the wah professionals over at Dunlap. Analog pedal with basic guitar cable in and outs. UTILIZATION The sound is awesome right out of the box. No need for a manual, other than it is interesting to note the q frequencies and volume controls. SOUND QUALITY I mainly use my 5 string Ibanez Soundgear Bass, but have since found that pedal excels for electric guitar too! There is a Q setting that allows a huge variety of wah tones, from the deeper (and below) tones of the Jimi wah to the higher voiced (and above) tones of the Morley Bad Horsie. There is an adjustment for volume, so one can get a wah that even with the original signal or go anywhere from a gentle boost (my preferred) to an aggressive volume boost. I believe this pedal has a high pass in the circuitry, allowing the lower eq tones to go untouched while the mid and highs receive the wah. I'm not sure if there are any other wahs out there with this feature (?) I typicall detune my guitar anywhere from E down to drop Ab, so having this hipass is probably the reason i really love this pedal on guitar. I bought it for my bass, but eventually it surpassed my original Dunlap, Jimi Dunlap, and Morley Bad Horsie. It helps that this Dunlap has the auto on/off feature that was previously only on my Morley (Dunlap now has a few pedals like this). This auto on/off is a HUGE asset for playing live- I like the Dunlap Original and jimi, but how many times did I thin "Is this pedal engaged" and they proceed to toggle on and off...this hampers creativity and performance. I love the auto, the hi pass and the tone is Dunlap-awesome. OVERALL OPINION This is a must have for any bass player, it adds a great character and provides a cool "swimming sensation". I love using wah for just a few notes at a time (rather than lengthy passages), so the auto off is an invaluable characteristic. There is nothing to note that I liked least, this pedal has been my goto for guitar and bass for many years now. I toured hard with it locally, so I grabbed a second pedal and this one has held up admirably. For bass, there is no other choice. For guitar, I may look into a the Dunlap Q wah, as it seems to have similar features but built for guitar. That being said, the hi pass on the low frequencies is something I have bonded with- I don't like a wah that just sweeps over and takes over the whole tone with a dramatic impact...that's good for an occassional effect, but too much for full usage. The hi pass allows pure bass tone to remain. This pedal is nailed to my board. Best review I've made; I love this wah!

The BR-2 is a pedal made by Guyatone that stands for Bottom Wah Rocker. It essentially is an auto wah pedal made for the bass guitar. This little monster has two knobs. From Left to Right: Threshold and Decay. I bought this on Ebay for $50 shipped. I believe brand new in the box they go for $90. I went with this pedal because I had not heard of it before and liked the idea of trying out something new. It is compact, easy to power and can offer some crazy sounds. Well the size of the pedal comes with a price; the weight of two cable and the power adapter tip the pedal forward. I wish that they would have made it weight a hair more so this would not happen. Another thing instead of a battery compartment you have to take the pedal completely apart. It doesn't unscrew, you have to flip the rubber sides off. It is do able just sort of a pain. Besides the design of the battery compartment and the lack of weight, this pedal is a well built quality unit. There is a red LED that lets you know when the pedal is on of off. An unpredictable, ticking time bomb! The Bottom Wah Rocker can get out of control. If that is what you like, this is for you. If you are looking for a subtle auto wah, I would suggest you should look elsewhere. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

This pedal is metallic green. Very similar in size and build to a Boss pedal. This pedal is built like a tank. It's an envelope filter, it's an octave pedal, it's an auto wah pedal, it's a bird, it's a plane, ay yi yi you get the idea! I bought this when I was in a messing around with effects phase. I paid $80 for it at my local music shop. I wanted a few simple, good sounding pedals to add to my rig. <a href="http://guitarvideochannel.com/blogs/columns/billys-world">http://guitarvideochannel.com/blogs/columns/billys-world</a> I like that the unit is simple to use and there is a variety of sounds you can get in one pedal. Anything from Octave effects to Auto Wah to Synth and Sub Low effects. The knobs are very very subtle. It takes some time to get used to it. You must really dial things in. Built rock solid. It%27s been on my pedal board for a few years and shows no signs of stopping. Bottom Line: If you are new to bass pedals this is a great one to start with. Take some time and learn all of what it does and how it does it. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I got this pedal as a christmas gift, but I think it was around seventy dollars. I dont know where its from. This wah pedal is very good if you like playing clean toned guitar. The wah sounds good and clear, and the pedal is easy to press, and is fairly comfortable. It has level control, to change the amount of wah that you get. I found this very useful and practical, and there is also a led light, so you know when it's on, which is good. Something that really disapointed me with this pedal, is that if you use it with heavy distortion, it has virtualy no effect anymore, and you don't even notice if your using it or not. Since I like to play rock and heavey metal, It's really not that useful to me. I didn't like that the on/off switch was very close to the pedal, so it was a bit hard to hit sometimes This is a very sturdy and heavy pedal. It should last a long time. I already mentioned my problem with the switch, and I also thought the battery cover was a bit strange to put back on. If you like playing clean toned music, this pedal is perfect for you! But if you're a metal jockey as myself, stay far away! It's a good price, so all in all, it's a pretty good pedal. I give it a 4. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

A friend bought it for me as a Christmas gift. He purchased it from an internet vendor for about $90. Extremely rugged construction. 9 Volt electronics are not much good for bass units. I get the feeling this is a guitar wah with a single capacitor changed to shift frequencies. 18 Volt electronics are better for basses, especially those with active pickups. Some of my basses run 18 volts so why would run the signal through a 9v chain? It added a lot of noise to my signal and removed most of my bass's great tone. As I said before, very very rugged. I played with it for 5 minutes and could not see a reason to ever use it. I will return the unit. This may be a fine wah but I would never use one. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

?? not to much, less than 100$ This thing is a great pedal. It is not really much of a wah, but its got its own unique sound thats kind of funky. It goes great with funk and i like the way it sounds in latin too. If you are looking for a wah, don't get it. If you are looking for just a cool sound get it. I love the way it sounds with the distortion on. It is so simple to use it did not even have a manual. The only thing I don't like is that this pedal sounds really bad when you try and use a manual wah over it when you put the distortion on. If you keep the distortion off and wah over it, it sounds neat. No comment. This is as sturdy as they come. This is a cool pedal but not much of a wah no majaor problems or dislikes here. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

This is a really cool synthesizer effect pedal. It only works well with bass I think for the most part, this is kind of like an old-school analog synth pad, at least in terms of sound. There is a quarter inch input, and two outputs (use one for mono, and use the other as a dry out). This would appear to be an analog pedal but because it is Boss I'm tempted to say that it is digital. Either way it sounds analog, so just pretend it is. This cannot be edited in any way, be it computer or MIDI, and can't be racked either. UTILIZATION This isn't a difficult pedal to use. Don't expect to change to different synth sounds on the fly. There are four knobs. One is a resonant filter, one is a decay control, and one (Mode) controls the type of effect. There's also a knob on the left that controls the amount of affected signal mix with the dry signal. The manual will explain what everything does, but the best way to get used to using this pedal is simply to plug it in and start experimenting, looking for the sounds you want. SOUND QUALITY I use this with my P-Bass more often than not. The pre-amp of this pedal drastically alters the tone, emulating that of an analog synth. It is monophonic, but that's to be expected with the bass. I don't even know the names of most of the tones I like, if they even have names, but I'm a fan of them all for the most part. There is just enough control over the sound to make it diverse, but not enough to become overwhelming. I think that most people who need diversity in their bass tones from song to song would do well to check out this thing, it's got a ton of useful functions. I think that if you play in a hip-hop band (they exist!) you should grab this, it'll make things super funky! OVERALL OPINION I can't say there's anything I don't like about this pedal, other than the fact that I don't use it all that much (I usually don't need a synth bass). This is great for emulating Bootsy on his wilder P-Funk cuts, and stuff like that. Really cool effect, I highly recommend it. Not too expensive either, don't pay more than 170 for it.