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Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
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WMD Super Fatman
3 Leaf Audio Wonderlove (almost a Lovetone Meatball but without the complete inability to duplicate how it was sounding 5 seconds ago)
TWA Little Dipper
All great.
But expensive. The old DOD FX25 is still brilliant
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/
I currently use a boss ft-2. Really great sounding pedal and a bit different to the dod, a bit cleaner and clearer but with plenty of control available. I prefer it, but only by a bit.
I used to have an old mains powered ehx Qtron and that was fun, but fussy to dial in. Didn't do as well on bass either, clipped and sounded weird.
I've tried the Boss AW-2, mainly because I sometimes use a software version in Cubase, but the real thing wasn't quite as good. I've also got a TW-1 which seems to operate similarly to the old Zipper but not as dramatic.
The EH Micro Synthesizer is pretty good , as are the HOG and POG pedals, but bulky and pricey.
However, I've come to the conclusion that I prefer the combination of pedal wah and deep phase. I just can't get along with autowah live.
It's very different to the 25.
The B is just shite
https://soundcertified.com/speaker-ohms-calculator/
I just love the sound of one on the solo from Edie Brickell's "What I am"
The other great auto-wah solo is 'Going back to my roots'.
I even think Walter Becker now uses an auto-wah/envelope filter live on 'Haitian Divorce' rather than the voice box used on the record. Shots of his pedalboard show a Pigtronix but I'm not sure.
Many of the current auto-wahs/Envelope Filters that I've tried sound thin or too phaser-ish
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I've found auto wah really hard to use live - I think because you set Sensitivity and then hit everything twice as hard on a gig. I do a lot of stuff off my volume knob as well so you can effectively turn the effect off if you want to go quieter. Auto wah off a cheap multi fx that's impervious to your actual playing and just makes everything go Quack is about right for me Having said that the DOD 440 reissue is worth a look if you prefer something with a less pronounced effect.
By the way - where does everyone have it in the chain? Anywhere other than must see the undoctored signal?