If you guys find a Pro Analog Supa Quack wah pedal that's available, whether new or used, BUY IT. I don't say this much, but I'll go out on a limb to say that it's more or less the be-all, end-all wah. I haven't tried any other wah that sounds as good. Maybe only an Area 51-modded wah comes fairly close to it. If you want the best wah that sounds great for any kind of music, I highly recommend this wah. If you guys wanna try it out, I can bring mine at a PhilMusic event or something.
But alas, it might be difficult to look for one now as I've read that Scott Smith, the Pro Analog pedal designer/builder, is on the lam for fraud. It might be true or it might be just a rumor, but I believe he's stopped building new pedals. Kinda like the christer/CGI Electronics case here in PhilMusic a couple of years back.
I've owned an Area 51 wah, had it for ages before I decided to unload it.
For some strange reason (and I am sure that you will think that I am a little nutty for this) I didn't end up missing it. I was missing the quack of a "fine-tuned" DOD FX-17 volume wah.
Must be my damn ears. But I was fortunate to find another for a good price, and reuniting with it felt goooood
But for sheer quack and dirt, for real jimi stuff, you can't beat the Area 51. But for a modern, smooth filtered sweep with attitude, my heart and ears gravitated back to the fx-17. the "F" could stand for alot of things, inlcuding FUNK
(The trick to that el cheapo is to fine tune it via the 2 little holes in front with a jeweller's flat head screw driver. 1 screw tweaks the frequency, the other tweaks the width of the sweep. there is a sweet spot. you know you've hit it when your mouthing the wah and bees are outside your window
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downside to it is, there's a slight signal drop when it is engaged. but i've learnt to live with it! at high volume, no one can tell!