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GMC Forum _ GEAR & PRODUCTION _ Wah Sounding Weird With Distortion Pedal

Posted by: megadeth1117 Jan 9 2009, 10:46 PM

Hello, for some reason, My wah (crybaby from hell) is sounding very weird when playing with my distortion pedal (metal zone, I have tried switching the order around but it sounds weird when their both turned on at the same time

any advice to fix this?

thanks in advance

Posted by: ZakkWylde Jan 9 2009, 10:47 PM

Wah first and then the distortion should work...

Do they sound ok when it's just wah or just Distortion?

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jan 9 2009, 10:50 PM

Hmm what do you mean by wierd?? Put wah first and than distortion...Try to tweak both pedals around to make a tone you like ?

Posted by: megadeth1117 Jan 9 2009, 11:43 PM

weird as in the pedal is not really sounding like a wah, it just sounds like its raising and lowering the volume, but its works when its by itself and its just the amp

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Jan 10 2009, 03:07 AM

Mmmm check the tone in your MT pedal. The wah pedal works with a filter. If the tone in your MT is not "correct" is possible you hear like a increase and decrease in the volume and not the effect.

Posted by: enforcer Jan 10 2009, 04:38 AM

Yeah, Ramiro is right about that subject, you see wah pedal is a filter that moves the Q parameter of mid frequencies up and down, so if you dont have any mids in your tone, it wont work as its supposed to.

Posted by: megadeth1117 Jan 10 2009, 04:55 AM

ahh, so I raise my mids till the wah starts working properly?

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Jan 10 2009, 04:57 AM

Yeap, check and test the tone until it sounds like you're used to hear.

Posted by: megadeth1117 Jan 10 2009, 05:43 AM

ahh, I will mess with the metal zone tomorrow, thanks for the help

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Jan 10 2009, 05:45 AM

You're welcome mate!
I hope you'll be rockin that wah soon

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jan 10 2009, 07:50 PM

I'm with Ramiro on this one, definitely check out the EQ on the Metal Zone pedal. Also a good thing to check is pickup position. Often wah works better on bridge then on neck pickup.

Posted by: megadeth1117 Jan 15 2009, 11:26 PM

well i finally got the chance to mess with my metal zone with the wah but the same problem is happening and the notes are still blurring together when using the wah, i have no clue what to do as it works fine with just the amp

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jan 16 2009, 12:36 AM

Can you post an audio sample perhaps mate. It would mean a lot in determining the problem. Also try to tweak the EQ more on the metal zone, if you haven't tweaked it a lot.