Digitech Whammy ******

[Robert]

That would be me! :beer: ude:

I think I got some nice single coil Tele tones in between the freak sounds... I was using the Boss Blues Driver BD-2 for overdrive on this clip. Amp was the usual suspect, the Reverend Hellhound.

I am using the Octave 2 up.

 

[SuperSwede]

Hey that sounds awesome! I want one too! :R

 

[Justaguyin_nc]

hah..I caught this when you first put it up through subscription... I swear ya give a kid a toy..no telling what he might come up with!!

You surely looked to be having a good time with it... strange device indeed..

 

[ted s]

:AOK: Roberts gonna have a gig for the Rage against the Machine Camrose tour.

 

[marnold]

Is that a bona fide red Whammy pedal? If it is, then I guess my EX-7 has the same tracking problems as the original (as noted on the chords more so than the single notes).

 

[Robert]

Yes it is the red one. These type of pedals never work on chords, they are for single note stuff. Still lotsa fun to play with!

Does the EX-7 do 2 octave up and 1 octave up?

 

[marnold]

Does the EX-7 do 2 octave up and 1 octave up?

Yep, it does (from left to right on the dial): detune, 2nd Up > M3rd Up, 5th Up, Octave Up, 2 Octaves Up, Octave Down > Octave Up, Reverse 2nd Down.

Obviously it is not as flexible as the red whammy, but it has the settings that are probably used most often. I was disappointed that it didn't include the "Dive Bomb" setting on newer whammys even though the manual and ads mention "accurate dive bombs."

 

[Robert]

Maybe I'll get that EX-7 pedal. Sounds like I could have a lot fun with it.

ancake

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Wow go Jack go!

 

[Robert]

Jack who?

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Jack who?

Jack White of The White Stripes. He uses one of those a lot and it sounds crazy cool. Go find some and listen. Go get Icky Thump.

 

[Robert]

I should get Icky Thumb. Does Jack use the Whammy on that album?

 

[Jimi75]

I had the Digitech Whammy, too in 2001, when I recorded an album wiht a Nu Metal band.

My bandmates at that time called it "the box of mices".

After the recordings I have sold it as I had no use for it. Couldn't find a place for it in my rock nor in my blues band.

 

[pes_laul]

thats pretty cool :AOK: is it me or did that little solo at about 50 seconds in sound like killing in the name of?

 

[Adrian30]

Jack White of The White Stripes. He uses one of those a lot and it sounds crazy cool. Go find some and listen. Go get Icky Thump.

Is this what he is using at approximately 2:00?

 

[marnold]

Is this what he is using at approximately 2:00?

That'd be it. Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave uses one a ton too as do the guys in Dragonforce.

Check out the solo starting at 3:58:


You first hear it at :20 here and the solo around 1:40 but they use it throughout for video game-like effects: