wah placement

[gianluigi]

why my wah sounds so good after two ts9s and so uncontrolled before the same twos ?

[nashvillesteve]

Because your wah's effect gets clouded between the EQ curve of the TS9s... When placed after the TS9s, nothing is clouding the effect of the wah pedal...

[gianluigi]

what can I do?

[nashvillesteve]

Put it after them or run them in parallel (would work really well if you've got a Fender or other multi-input amp). Different wah pedals will sound different in these situations sometimes, too. What kind of wah are you using? Amp?

[dougb415]

Interesting.... my wah is the 1st pedal in my chain, followed by volume, comp and dirt boxes.

[nashvillesteve]

A different wah might work better... My wah and phaser don't get messed with too badly from my boost/overdrive pedals (though I do like the comp before wah), but if the boost/OD pedals were making it sound bad, I would try replacing the wah, leaving it after, or possibly running in parallel. The wah buffer kits are really for using a wah with a germanium fuzz, not TS9s...

[gianluigi]

Put it after them or run them in parallel (would work really well if you've got a Fender or other multi-input amp). Different wah pedals will sound different in these situations sometimes, too. What kind of wah are you using? Amp?

I use a strat in to a fender super reverb (original blackface) rebuilt.
the strange sound I get when I use it before ts is just like the pot wouldn't be 'sweet ' (I'm sorry) anymore
THe wah is a vox with fulltone pot and inductor plus all the componenents have been upgraded

[Kaiser]

The wah buffer kits are really for using a wah with a germanium fuzz, not TS9s...

Really, I thought that this was for every fuzz pedal, I mean, germanium and silicon fuzzes.

If I only have silicon fuzzes at the time, do I have to get one of those buffer kits ?

[drolling]

Really, I thought that this was for every fuzz pedal, I mean, germanium and silicon fuzzes.

If I only have silicon fuzzes at the time, do I have to get one of those buffer kits ?I don't know about buffer kits, as I always get rid of the buffers in my wah pedals by replacing the switch w/a DP/DT.

What has really worked well for me is the booster kit I got from Dave Fox at Foxrox. It beefs up the signal so you can put your wah in front of ANY type of fuzz or octavefuzz pedal w/no problems at all. I paid $45 USD shipped to Canada & did the install myself.

I put it into a VOX 847 that's totally stock except for the true-bypass switch I added a few years ago. Wah now slices right thru' the thickest silicon and/or germanium fuzzes/octavias. It's a great solution for players who have to have wah before fuzz. My signal chain; wah>octave fuzz>fuzz>univibe>overdrive>amp. This small home-made board w/5 pedals's what I use in my psychedelic rock trio.. Perfect for old Band of Gypsies tunes like "Machine Gun" or Robin Trower's "Bridge of Sighs", etc..