Members Raelm Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hey y'all... Just recently, I've noticed that when I click my whammy on, I lose a lot of the top end from my signal. I know that there's a little loss of signal just with it being in the loop, but I'm talking specifically about the pedal being on. It doesn't seem so obvious if I'm using the harmony section, but on the 'boo-eee' bits, it definitely rolls the top end off. I don't remember it always being that way, maybe it has been...I just wondered if anyone or everyone else who has one notices the same thing? I'm thinking of getting rid of it...I just need to find something to fill the space on my board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 move it's place on the chain. people who get rid of whammys usually end up getting getting one back so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raelm Posted February 22, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 Yeah...I know:confused: It's almost at the end of the chain...with just an Echopark and a sonic stomp after it. It seems to do the same think no matter whether I use the gain in the amp, or from the floor, earlier in the chain. D'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 need a buffer? eq pedal after it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skitzy Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 i always kept mine in te beginning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 Put it right at the front. But yes, when you put it in the heel down position, you will here a change in tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raelm Posted February 22, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 Yeah...the 'boo-eee' bits work great when it's at the front, but if you use the harmony, say 3rds for instance, it all gets a little messy with gain on too, added after the pedal. Not sure I really know what the effect of a buffer would be. Or what they do TBH...I have a Bad Horsie II at the start of the chain...isn't that a buffery type thing? I don't really want to use an eq pedal...also, that would mean having to click it in and out whenever I turn the whammy on or off. Unless you mean that I should leave the Whammy on all the time...which I really don't want to do...that just wouldn't be fair to whoever pays the electricity bill at wathever venue I'm playing at:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members royal crxsh johnson Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 true bypass looper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deluxe74 Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 true bypass looper That's what I'm doing:wave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members royal crxsh johnson Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 That's what I'm doing:wave: that's what i will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor704 Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 true bypass looper http://www.rodrigoconstanzo.com/instruments/wh4.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 Well done for reading the post, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pmtrub Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 Well done for reading the post, guys. this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted February 22, 2009 Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 i always kept mine in the beginning Same here = NO tone suck this way !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Raelm Posted February 22, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 22, 2009 Same here = NO tone suck this way !!! As I said...Yeah...the 'boo-eee' bits work great when it's at the front, but if you use the harmony, say 3rds for instance, it all gets a little messy with gain on too, added after the pedal. I think it really needs to be after any gain stage. Ah well...I guess I just have to live with it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thunderpuppy Posted February 23, 2009 Members Share Posted February 23, 2009 Same here = NO tone suck this way !!! Not to be a contrarian, but I'm pretty sure all whammys are tone destroyers, regardless of where they are in the signal chain. Mine is very distinctively "always on"-- i.e, when I engage the bypass, the pitchbending effects are defeated, but my signal is still going through the Whammy's AD/DA processor, which is kind of gritty sounding, a little noisy, and actually has a noticeable latency. I do have an older Whammy, but the problems with mine are different from the bypass problems you can fix with buffers and positions within a chain. The true bypass looper is the only way past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mind_Riot89 Posted February 23, 2009 Members Share Posted February 23, 2009 I've always had this problem but use the Whammy more than the harmony functions so stick it right at the beginning of the chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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