Whammy - Anybody else just suck at it?

[Jaicen]

So, every now and then I plug in my Whammy all ready to rock out, forgetting that I pretty much suck at any kind of treadle action.

Mostly I use it on a fixed harmony setting, (in truth mostly just 1 octave down). I just feel like the sweep is a bit wrong, it seems to spend too much time in the middle 'out of tune' part of the sweep, if that makes sense. It's not a calibration issue or anything like that, It's the same with the XP100, I think I just don't get it.

 

So, is it just me?

[james90]

Yeah I sort of get what you mean. Do you find wah pedals to be the same then?(since you said ANY kind of treadle action)

[Phill]

throw enough delay on and you get away with anything!

[Jaicen]

throw enough delay on and you get away with anything!

 

That's pretty much my approach!

 

I'm ok with wah's I actually like a nice wide sweep then!

[matthijs]

Does it help if you 'sing' along with what you are trying to achieve? Perhaps you can create some sort of kinetic memory that way to improve your playing.

[Crowella]

So, is it just me?

 

Nope, me too.

 

Easy enough to deal with on slower "sweeps" but on faster more rapid ones it gets that out of tune sound more than anything else. I like the Whammy, but not the action of the treadle. That said, it's better than the one on my Boss ME-50 by a mile.

[cheddatom]

you suck at your whammy? Impressive

 

No, I dunno, I like it, I'm using it on bass though, usually octave up blended with dry, I like to whammy.

[LiT]

Just improvise. When I play Supermassive, the part when Matt uses kaoss pad, I use the whammy pedal and you just fuck around soloing while using whammy, still sounds good whatever you do:LOL: