XP-100 Whammy/Wah

Here's my setup: Gibson LP Standard/Ibanez RG-470 > XP-100 > Boss Octaver OC-2 > Boss MD-2 > Boss BD-2 (Homemade Keeley mod) > Boss CE-3 > Fender Stage 112 SE I've had this pedal for over ten years, I originally bought it in my teens because I was (and still is) a big Dimebag Darrell/Tom Morello fan and at the time it was the only way to get the Whammy (WH-4 hadn't been issued yet).  I have to say that while the Whammy is fun, I just got tired of it real quickly and have mostly used the Wah settings on this pedal for most of it's existence (that's just personal preference and has nothing to do with the pedal itself).  How does it sound, well the Wahs are pretty good to my ear (I use setting 3 mostly, nice wide cry baby that sounds good with a lot of gain).  The auto wahs are fun and varied.  The best are settings 10 and 11, which are very touch sensitive and definitely playable.  Finally the middle settings where all the Whammy presets come in.  The Whammy is good, as others have said there's a slight lag on them, but nothing you can't compensate for.  Of course, playing chords is out of the question, it just becomes digital muck for the most part.  I found the Whammy to be as advertised, the lag is a bit annoying but fine.  You can get all the wild and freaky Dimebag/Morello stuff with this pretty easily.  Above that, there's the harmony settings, which I rarely used.  Some fun stuff, but not my cup of tea.  This pedal, to my ear is pretty noisy.  It adds quite a bit of hiss to your signal (especially when I'm playing lead with the BD-2 and MD-2 are both on).  Also, my biggest problem is the volume on this pedal.  I find there's no sweet spot, it's either too high and clips everything or too low and the rest of the chain loses it's cut and presence.  Once and a while I can dial it in right, but it's been a struggle from day 1 with this thing.

Had it for over 10 years, have gigged it without a backup.  The casing is good and sturdy and the expression pedal seems solid.  The only failing in design is the two selector pedals which are plastic.  After ten years one recently broke off, the button still works fine, but I have to figure out a way to fix it

It's a fairly simple product to use, there's 29 presets which are selectable using the upper button, also a 6 banks to store your favorite effects for faster switching on the fly.  The expression pedal has a nice even feel for fast rocking on it, not as heavy as a traditional cry baby.  Also has a noise gate built onto it that is set using the expression pedal for intensity.  I did find the manual a bit spotty for the noisegate, but otherwise was fine.

Never had to go there

I play metal, rock, blues.  I was more into metal when I bought than I am now, so over time I've become less interested in this pedal.  That said it's a lot of fun and you can get some wild stuff out of it.  I can't compare to other versions of the Whammy because I've never played them.  But I would recommend to anyone if you can find it used for a good price.  I don't know if I'd replace it if it was lost/broke, but that's more of a statement of my changing taste then any problem with this pedal.

I use this with a Peavey bass with passive pups into effects (Boss CS-3, Boss OC-3, XP100, Ibanez SB7, Wasabi Ax-10) into various amps (depending on venue/studio) I know the quality of the sounds here is a controversial issue but I dont't have many complaints - yes, some are more usable than others and some of the harmony and whammy settings are a bit out of tune but with this I love it because its flawed because I mainly use it for crazy noises. Some of the wahs arent useful with a bass. Tracking is good. Did hum a bit until I changed PSU.

I would gig without back-up as it is a reliable unit and solidly built. The rubber pads on the treadle arent an issue as stated in some reviews - mine have lasted with regular use to now (2008)

Easy to use - can be annoying going between patches as there is only switch for this - 2 would be better. More complex functions such as setting noise gate aren't too difficult after a read of the manual. tuner is awful and shouldnt have been included

not really dealt with them but PDF manual was easy to find on website

I use this with my bass in my rock covers band on a few songs but also use it with my guitar at home - fits in well with my style of playing - however I only use 6 of the 29 settings (saved into user area. If it broke or were stolen I'd get a new Whammy 4 as they dont make this any more but these are worth checking the 2nd hand markets for as they are a lot of fun.

pretty good i like it fender strat,xp 100,hyper fuzz,big muff,phazer ,flanger,boss noise suppressor,marshall amp,gx700 in loop

it was fine but now it hums like crazy with distortion so much that the noise suppressor cant deal with it but if i take the xp 100 out of the pedals its fine so its the xp 100

its pretty easy to use

ill try to see what they can do