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Vintage Wah Pedals - Which sound the best?


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Ok so I was cruising craigslist and came across an ad for some old wahs.

 

WahGroup1-800x545.jpgAnd a quick quote from his description.

I've collected Wah pedals since they first became available in the 60's. Here's a collection of eight Wah's that I personally bought in the 60s and 70s. The Union Jack model is from the 80s, it has sold and is no longer available. The others are still available. I used each one of them during my career as a studio muso in Hollywood. Yes, I even played some porno movie sound tracks with a couple of them. That's actually a pretty good paying gig.

Well... He wants $75 each.

 

Which of them will sound like money?

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The inductors are a "key". I like the 70's TDK style but most put the "money" on the 60's fasel type. Cry Baby was the name of the USA models and VOX on the other side of the pond.

 

 

Also, The Babies should have a Thomas Organ bottom plate out of California or Chicago if they are the vintage / pre-Dunlop types.

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The inductors are a "key". I like the 70's TDK style but most put the "money" on the 60's fasel type.

 

 

I've had a 70's Vox Thomas Organ with the TDK for the last 23 years.

the pivot is kind of squeeky when playing at low volumes,but other than that,no complaints.

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I'm gonna stop by the guys place in about an hour. I'll try 'em all but I'm thinking I might go for a Vox. Now... King Vox? V847? Hmm...

 

Sorry, I'm not too savy on inductors and all that. But here's what he told me about them through e-mail.

Yup, they're all in good shape. Various inductors,

halos, fasel, square TDK. Some have carbon 1/4w

resistors. Some have metal or carbon film resistors.

One of them is a little wishu-wishu in mid-travel.

I replaced one of the 1/4" jacks on one of them as the

original was losing it's "spring" on the tip connector.


Each one is a little different in sound, filter range etc.

As you'd expect for any filter device. Even with the exact

same components, the variance in tolerance for the resistors

and caps will, of course, mean the effect will be different

between essentially every pedal.

 

 

The Union Jack model is already sold unfortunately.

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The Voxes are all reissues or Thomas Organ V846's, you can tell because they have metal badges on the front. If they were Italian made they'd be far more valuable. The Cry-Baby's all look like like older Dunlop or Thomas Organ models from the 70's or early 80's, not terribly valuable. The King Vox is probably the most valuable of the bunch, but maybe only worth $150 still, and on the inside it's just a Thomas Organ crybaby.

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Vox V846, Cry Baby and King Vox wah probably all of them have the same guts with TDK inductor.

 

Had a bunch of them, they all sound different but mostly because of pot actually it's taper. Fulltone pot works great with them..

True bypass mod, eventually a buffer (if you want to use it with fuzz) and you have a great sounding wah

 

Curtis Mayfield used King Vox wah so.. ;)

 

I'll pick any of them for $75, Vox first if you care about resale value.

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