Impulse buy. I've always wanted to try this pedal even I hated all the demos over the net.
For years I've been using a heavily modded USA Vox v847. Trying to copy the bad horsie's sweep and its capability to cut through distortion. But with no comparison, I am loving how my vox sounds like. Added, gain, sweep, Q & those typical mods.
Now a bad horsie 2 in hand, I am so surprise how this thing sounds like.
It's almost the same as my vox! With the contour control (Q control) , you can actually adjust the quacking sound of the wah. Well, I assume you already know this, but my point is, those people who are saying that the bad horsie is bad for cleans? That aint true. The Q control in ONE reason to make it possible. What is number two? The sweep. The bad horsie has a 0.022uf capacitor for the sweep. Crybaby & vox v847 has .01uf. That is why the crybaby & the vox are better for cleans. Because of the sweep. That being said, the bad horsie is not impossible to be good for cleans.
I put a switch to choose between 0.01uf (stock) & 0.022uf for my vox years ago for versatility. But I use the 0.022uf all the time. So years after trying to emulate the bad horsie using my vox, today, It's finally confirmed that
I ACTUALLY DID IT!! The only difference between the two is the switchless feature. So why will I now settle for the vox? I am now a convert. Too bad the vox is rare. I'm not going to sell it unless I'm starving to death