#digitech whammy

[benjamindehli]

Fender Rhodes with pitch-shifting tremolo

I'm using the 2 channel (stereo) tremolo in the Avion Studios RetroFlyer preamp as a dry/wet splitter. One channel is sent through a Whammy pedal, analog delay, spring reverb, and Dimension D, while the other channel has the dry, direct sound of the Rhodes. Both signals are summed together and sent through the CXM 1978 reverb. Instrument:

Rhodes Mark I Stage Piano with Avion Studios RetroFlyer preamp

Effects:

DigiTech Whammy (5th Gen)

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man

Hairball Audio FET/RACK Revision D

Gamechanger Audio LIGHT Pedal

Roland Dimension D SDD-320

Chase Bliss Audio & Meris CXM 1978

DIY Recording Equipment G Bus VCA Compressor

[earpeeler]

Sean Daniel – Let’s Talk Guitar Pedals! Running through the guitar effects pedalboard! Talking a little about the Digitech Whammy, Zvex Fuzz Factory, Earthquaker Devices Palisades, Electro Harmonix MicroPog, Electro Harmonix Neo Clone, MXR Carbon Copy, EHX Cathedral, and Pigtronix Infinity looper pedal.

[brettsiler]

I have a modified Digitech whammy v4 for sale. It's modified for true bypass. It's in perfect working order. Includes power supply. $125

[offsetguitarsandmind-blog]

Pigtronix Quantum Time Modulator

I love the effect of chorus on other instruments more than I do guitar. I think it’s because chorus was so overused in the 80’s and I do not have an affinity for the majority of 80’s music. I know, I’m the weird one because I never hear anyone else share this opinion. In time I grew to appreciate what a good chorus pedal could do for a guitar sound. It can give the feeling of the sound becoming wider and gives movement to guitar parts that might be simple. I happened to pick up a Digitech Whammy V on the cheap and started to experiment with the shallow and deep chorus settings. I quickly found that I love the shallow setting with the foot controller backed off just a hair. Next thing I know, I’m starting to use it more and more and at one point I played it on every song for weeks. During this same time period I fell in love with Tame Impala. This was the kind of love that changes everything. I loved his washed out guitar tone and had most of the pedals to replicate it if I wanted to but there was one sound I couldn’t get, it was the slow pitch drifting of a pedal Kevin Parker had. What was it?

I found out the pedal in question was the Diamond Vibrato Pedal. I knew that vibrato added a pulsating effect but I didn’t know that a true analog vibrato effect would also add a fluctuation in pitch. It’s the sound of warped vinyl. That’s the sound that I had been wanting to hear. I had played a Zvex lofi junky before and liked it but for some reason that pedal didn’t do it for me. I think it’s because the speed wouldn’t go as slow as I wanted it to. I had a Diamond Memory Lane Jr. for a couple years and loved it but their vibrato pedal was definitely out of my price range. So how do these incongruous stories lead me to the Pigtronix Quantum Time? Well, this beast of a pedal but with small real-estate has a toggle that allows for both chorus and vibrato settings. The reasons I believe this pedal to be superior to others besides the Diamond Vibrato is because it has a slow speed setting that to my ears is perfect. The chorus can be shimmery, warm, hardly noticeable or right in your face. The vibrato can do leslie type speeds or it can deliver that warped vinyl effect that I was after. The drawback to this pedals is it’s a power-hog needing 300mA.  I’ve only had it for a couple of weeks but so far I’m definitely keeping it. Who knows for how long because the new Boss Chorus pedal that was just released has me drooling.

[lanoircrumpets]

[heliumbunny]

picked up a digitech whammy pedal today

fuck yeah this is gonna rule

[ilikeyerstyledude]

I'm posting this because A) It makes me laugh like a madman, over and over again.  B) I actually learned how to play this song, simply so I can mimic the goat scream on electric guitar.

[vitusmachiavellian]

Question for Digitech Whammy users!

Does anyone out there have any advice for loosening the treadle for a smoother run from heel to toe on the Digitech Wammy 2? I've tried the usual WD40 but it's still really jerky to use. Not so bad for fast octaves Rage Against The Machine style, but I want to get those slow smooth octave shifts that David Gilmour uses on Marooned and The Blue. Any advice?