Bass Wah

I'm contemplating getting a wah pedal for the bass, more for mucking around than for any practical use with the band or anything. Was just wondering if anyone uses wah on the bass?

I don't really no. But I would advise stay away from the ashdown envelope filter, theres just not enough change in it when you switch it on. From what i've listened to the boss auto-wah sounds ok and there are alot of other good options to choose from which im sure you will hear about soon i've just forgotten the names of them. Q-tron or something?

My roommate plays guitar and I nicked his crybaby a while back, it's really fun to dick around with!

danthewelshy wrote:I don't really no. But I would advise stay away from the ashdown envelope filter, theres just not enough change in it when you switch it on. From what i've listened to the boss auto-wah sounds ok and there are alot of other good options to choose from which im sure you will hear about soon i've just forgotten the names of them. Q-tron or something?

I'm not going to get an auto wah, I'm looking into getting a Dunlop Crybaby Bass wah.

Pastichio wrote:

danthewelshy wrote:I don't really no. But I would advise stay away from the ashdown envelope filter, theres just not enough change in it when you switch it on. From what i've listened to the boss auto-wah sounds ok and there are alot of other good options to choose from which im sure you will hear about soon i've just forgotten the names of them. Q-tron or something?

I'm not going to get an auto wah, I'm looking into getting a Dunlop Crybaby Bass wah.

I see. I'll stay out of this as I don't have a clue then

Max I think will know more about what your after

danthewelshy wrote:Max I think will know more about what your after

Lol, effects dude am I?

Some envelope filters (aka auto wah) allow you to plug in an expression pedal so you can use them as a manual wah. The Electro Harmonix Enigma lets you do this... This might give you more versatility.

For a stand alone pedal I think the Dunlop Bass wah would be a good idea as you say, another choice is the G-labs bass Wowee-wah pedal, demoed by MarloweDK:


Sounds pretty epic Personally, I'd get the Wowee, it sounds amazing to me!

SuperMaximo93 wrote:

danthewelshy wrote:Max I think will know more about what your after

Lol, effects dude am I?

Some envelope filters (aka auto wah) allow you to plug in an expression pedal so you can use them as a manual wah. The Electro Harmonix Enigma lets you do this... This might give you more versatility.

For a stand alone pedal I think the Dunlop Bass wah would be a good idea as you say, another choice is the G-labs bass Wowee-wah pedal, demoed by MarloweDK:


Sounds pretty epic Personally, I'd get the Wowee, it sounds amazing to me!

Yea I was considering getting 3 Leaf Audios Groove Regulator, its good cause you can plug in an external source like a drum machine to modulate the filter. Which would be really interesting if your drummer was playing the same groove as the drum loop automating the filter. But I think I just want a normal wah pedal. That wowee sounds nice.