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For the past 4 or 5 days I have been having trouble with my tone. I couldn't figure out why.

I turned the treble down on my amp, started playing more on the neck pickup, turned my tone on the guitar down. My amp was feeding back at high volumes.

I was like WTF. Anyway to make a long story short, I was playing today and went to use my wah pedal and I clicked it and it didnt work.

I realized, when I pressed it I actually clicked it off. It was on the whole time I was having trouble and pressed all the way down. I cant believe I didnt figure out my tone trouble. All is right with the world now. What a dummy!

And, and I'm just guessin here, but I bet you could a had a V-8.

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one thing Ive come to learn about wah pedals is as awesome as they can be . . . they can be just as much trouble.

jackr wrote:For the past 4 or 5 days I have been having trouble with my tone. I couldn't figure out why.

I turned the treble down on my amp, started playing more on the neck pickup, turned my tone on the guitar down. My amp was feeding back at high volumes.

I was like WTF. Anyway to make a long story short, I was playing today and went to use my wah pedal and I clicked it and it didnt work.

I realized, when I pressed it I actually clicked it off. It was on the whole time I was having trouble and pressed all the way down. I cant believe I didnt figure out my tone trouble. All is right with the world now. What a dummy!

DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so glad you posted this you dont even know! A while back I bought a used wah pedal, a crybaby for $25. Not a bad price at all. It was the first wah I ever had and it came with no documentation and I didnt know anything about it. And it worked great for like a couple of days and then it just stopped working and for the life of me I couldnt understand why. I took it apart and messed with it but I just couldnt fix it . . . .

Then I read your post where you said you clicked your wah off . . . so I took it out and put it back together again and then pressed down on it really hard and heard a click . . . plugged it in and it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so grateful that you made this post man, you helped me out BIG time!!!!!!!

Thanks!!!

So glad my stupidity can be of service!!

jackr wrote:For the past 4 or 5 days I have been having trouble with my tone. I couldn't figure out why.

I turned the treble down on my amp, started playing more on the neck pickup, turned my tone on the guitar down. My amp was feeding back at high volumes.

I was like WTF. Anyway to make a long story short, I was playing today and went to use my wah pedal and I clicked it and it didnt work.

I realized, when I pressed it I actually clicked it off. It was on the whole time I was having trouble and pressed all the way down. I cant believe I didnt figure out my tone trouble. All is right with the world now. What a dummy!

Been there, done that.

And THAT, my friend, is exactly why you should send your wah to Gary @ http://www.garmopatmods.com/wahs.html#W ... %20Options!

I had him mod my Vox 847 and it's freaking incredible! Best sounding wah I've ever heard, and not saying that because I got one. I know I've said it before in other threads but it's true....check him out. He can mod your Vox 847 (not the 847A) or a crybaby if you have one.

I had him add the single/dual inductor switch, the bass sweep switch, blue LED (key for knowing whether your wah is on or off!), DC jack, and 4 trem pots added to the inside which allow me to adjust the Q (sweep), volume, mid, and bass. I fucking love this wah.