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Get a buffered wah like a Clyde Deluxe.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
The reason so many wahs make everything sound crap is that they have half-arsed bypass, where only the output is disconnected leaving the input impedance in parallel with the next stage.
True bypass is a massive, massive improvement on this.
As no-one else has said it, and it's traditional, I will suggest the Weeping Demon.
Effortless, intuitive and if set right it will scream like it's namesake.
Zero tone loss on or off and the auto switching is adjustable for the 'Off' time when the pedal is released, from instant to around 1 second i think (Mine is set to just past instant).
With the option of manual switching and a manual, non-springy-return treadle, it's got everything and it's around £120 from Thomann.
The actual "Wah" sound itself can be shaped and altered quite a lot using the main controls and in auto it's always there waiting so even single note bends can be accentuated by a single sweep of the Wah as the note is bent up and then it's instantly out of the signal chain again as i release it.
It's big but worth it and it's really easy to find with your foot because of it.
The vox was horrible, hated it. Crybaby was very good but not as versatile as the CAE.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
From what I've read and seen Jeff changed pedals quite a lot although tended to use mostly Boss. He was a DOD endorser for a while and had an FX17 wah which apparently has quite a funky quack. Although I think he probably used a Vox more, Philip Sayce ( who played with Jeff) uses a vintage Vox McCoy wah which was what was reissued as the V848 - that seems to be true bypass and apparently also quite quacky/ funky.
Neither made any more but that 70s porn sound seems to be the starting point...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I love the sound and have a TU3 after the Wah which seems to work best.
I also don't subscribe to 'True Bypass' being best but the mod for me was a good one.