I Might Have A Whammy Pedal Problem! (Digitech Whammy V limited edition)

[@SonicDriveStudio]

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[@dougnulton]

Dude, SAME, this is easily my favorite pedal of all time. Not only is it really inspiring and just *fun*, but it’s also one of those pedals that I truly think still has that “secret sauce”. Meaning, clones of it, whether pedals or plugins, are just no where near its precision of intonation and pitch; basically all plugin copies have that “bad glitchiness” in some register or octave. This thing’s harmonies are so pure, it’s incredible.

[@jackkramer1553]

I honestly have felt guilty over the years trying to collect every whammy possible, it feels like a waste of money, but I can't stop. I have an addiction. I am so happy to have found this support group. I have the WH-1, XP-100 (XP-ALL modded), the IV, DT, Drop. I just bought the Thomman Satin Black 70th anniversary thanks to your video (it looks different enough to justify it when I already have the DT, plus the DT not having a classic mode). I'm on the lookout for a mint Whammy II, and a Silver anniversary IV next. I even recently purchased the Expression Factory EX-7 and the old school RP7 (not official "Whammy" devices but they whammy non-the-less), and I'm trying to not stray TOO far from the official "Whammy" devices. The XP-100 also has the input level like the II, but I would use a true bypass looper for "tone suck" pedals like that and the Whammy II. Saw one guy on KZbin did a cool mod where he put a spring under the toe of the whammy pedal so the treadle pushes back against your foot, makes it easier to actually sound like a legit whammy bar, and not a "weeooo weeooo" police siren in Paris.. Here it is, no affiliation, old 8 year old video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmjOYmNrZr6nhac

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Awesome! Welcome :)

[@Soloist1983]

One of the best effects pedals ever made, and the drop tune can basically give you a baritone that is indistinguishable from a real baritone to most listeners.

[@RiderInRed]

Honestly the whammy is one of the most versatile pedals. I’ve been playing for 15+ years and have always had a whammy and a wah pedal on my board one way or another. EDIT you seem to be a bit of a digitech fan? What other pedals are your favorite? I saw the freqout and I LOOOOOVE that pedal. It was worth every single penny

[@MrKlm34]

Hey John, great vid! I love your positiveness as always !

[@TeslaChad]

Just as I was getting my pedal collection down to a manageable size, you come along and show me to a must-have whammy! 😭

[@deepend69]

I have two wh1 pedals because I keep one as backup. The wh1 was made by IVL technologies and licensed to digitech. All the coolest whammy guitar sounds you've heard on records are mostly the wh1. It also has the best buffer when off, so put it first in your signal chain followed by true bypass pedals. The whammy 4 is pretty good too but it's bulky. The best one over all is the wh1 because it's the smallest one, it sounds the best and has an excellent buffer. If anyone reissues the wh1 it would have to be IVL technologies but I believe they don't make the same chips anymore so thaþ may never happen.

[@tippss3332]

Sold!!! Definitely ordering one!!! Great content. Cheers!

[@JasonPelzel]

"...Reload, one of my favorite Metallica records" probably the first time that phrase has been uttered by anyone.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

I don't care, I love it

[@lucarenzi8033]

Reload is objectively a good metal album. The fact that most people have bad musical taste is not metallica fault. 😂

[@Gepsjorz]

Are you also posting: “It’s not real metal, because real metal is Slayer and nothing else” Haha

[@mark7166]

I think Load and Reload get far too much hate. They both have amazing songs on them. My only knock is that I think they could've cut a bunch of filler and just made one killer album.

[@nandakishore588]

@@SonicDriveStudio same here, totally love reload and i listen to it almost everyday since 25 years !

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Of course I forgot to put one Whammy in the video... can you guess which one?

[@akrmfk]

Ricochet?

[@joshlawless1022]

Ricochet! I own one!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

@@akrmfk yup! I totally forgot 🥲

[@apoplexiamusic]

The Ricochet?

[@darekpeszt3640]

I have a Whammy V. Got a good deal on a used one a few years back and I use it like the drop tune pedal in addition to normal whammy functions. You can use the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Down settings to tune down two, four, five steps, etc. and I have my tuner after the whammy which allows me to even get the missing half steps with some fiddling. Not super practical but it does the job for some quick jamming to a song at home.

[@dezjoens4072]

Great video. I think the DT is the best of all. I mean one guitar for all tunings. 🎉 second place is the freq out. Such a cool idea.

[@apoplexiamusic]

I used to have a Whammy 4 when they came out, it was my first or second pedal and i loved it so much.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

@@apoplexiamusic fun pedals eh?

[@apoplexiamusic]

⁠hell yeah! When I started playing again in 2020 i got a Drop pedal, which i sold a bit later, but then i got a DT when there were rumblings that Digitech was going out of business

[@menschlicheswesen84]

If i only had waited a bit longer...😫 I bought my first red whammy V from thoman a few week's before this black version was released... This black one would fit to my rig much better then the red... Look's awesome...

[@chadhagene7665]

Great stuff as always John!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks!

[@MADIXOMAHA]

I recommend whammy enthusiasts look up the XP-ALL: A surplus of xp200, 300 and 400 sound chips were discovered somewhere and modders are making all 4 pedals in one in a XP-100 whammy chassis. I love mine!

[@juankplaysmusic]

that is crazy!

[@marlboro123456]

I lived this video!! I have the whammy II, and the DT. Awesome gear indeed!!!

[@obedmccalip9449]

Never heard of this pedal but that first riff, I was like I bet Korn uses that

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Yes, heavily inspired by them :)

[@DarthV506]

Never got into the Whammy, but love my Freqout to death. All kinds of youtube videos where people use it as a momentary effect. Mine? Always on. Dialed mine in to do the decay into feedback sound.

[@drum206]

Nice collection indeed!!! Any plans for making a comparison video between the whammy 5 and the bass whammy in a guitar?? The Dunlop crybaby bass wah sounds amazing with a guitar and I wonder if that happens with the whammy too 🤷‍♂️

[@SonicDriveStudio]

It works great with guitar

[@Jonw8222]

Damn dude, you are a Whammy museum.

[@axrip1]

If you really want to collect, I think you are neglecting the Digitech ex 7 expression factory - its a whammy in there. One of the best rotary/morley effects ever on that thing.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

There's a bit of nostalgia talking there. Whammies never had accurate tracking until Digitech saw competition from Electro Harmonix and Morpheus with things like the HOG, POG, DropTune and Bomber, which had better tracking than the Whammy IV and also had polyphonic pitch shifting. Then Digitech improved on the Whammy with the Whammy DT and subsequent products.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Yeah, I think the warble and "inaccuracies" add to the charm. However, they vary in the perceived delay/latency of the tracking

[@speedwayanywhere6845]

Everytime there's a discussion about this with friends I always laff because NOBODY could figure out what Diamond Darrell " Dimebag " was doing on the song Becoming. Took me a while before I learned 😀

[@OrestGarasum]

I think you forgot about "Ricochet" ? The 1 switch pedal based on momentary mode. Great video ! Didn't know there where bass version of whammy )

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Yup! I forgot

[@JRP3music]

I had the WH 4. It kept on breaking. So, when I figured out my Eventide Pitch Factor could do it all. I let it go.

[@LonelyRocker]

Great. I've never owned a Whammy and this video was so awesome that now I want one!! Thanks for that ;)

[@SonicDriveStudio]

You'd love it :)

[@LonelyRocker]

@@SonicDriveStudio I'm certain I will :)

[@kierenmoore3236]

Which is your favourite? The OG? The DT? The V? My Iron Lung was the ‘warbly song’?

[@SonicDriveStudio]

The OG is magic! In terms of functionality the V is hard to beat. And yeah, that's the song!

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@SonicDriveStudio Yeah, OG is my fav, too. ❤️ I just found 5 of them, three in boxes, with an xp-100 … and I have more somewhere, because I know I have an Analogman modded one, too. I remember selling one or two throughout the years, as well … lol.

[@JRP3music]

I want the Evenpitchy whammy controller for my Eventide pitchfactor

[@Sylkis89]

There's lots of conflicting information online. Can Whammy 5 do anything that DT cannot, besides the classic mode? Cause correct me if I'm wrong but DT is fixed to Chords mode forever and otherwise it can do everything Whammy 5 can and more, and will sound the same. Is that right? I'm not interested in classic mode (I want smooth less glitchy polyphonic anyway) but I don't want to pay extra for DT and end up missing out on anything I may want that V could do. Can you advise?

[@Snicklefritts]

I personally like the bomber pedal more. The Bomber pedal was made by the same guy who designed the whammy buy you don't have to bend over to change the settings, and its also true bypass..

[@SonicDriveStudio]

I haven't ever tried that one... it's polyphonic, right?

[@Jeff-jz5sf]

I have the wh1 and the xp100. Honestly prefer the xp even though it’s a huge footprint but I love the digital readout, foot controls, volume boost and that weird “evil ice cream truck warble” it has

[@thesaj1110]

The Drop is the biggest winner for Digitech’s

[@Limonardoxx]

Hi!, great video! i really thinking about give in a whammy V. What do you think about the Electro Harmonix Pitch fork vs Whammy V?

[@bradfordwolpert6394]

Why is it so much cheaper on Thomann?

[@FourthKindBeats]

That’s what I’d like to know. Makes me suspicious

[@thatbloodyjohnloader2826]

Just received mine and when it's engaged, there's a really loud hiss. Does anyone else have this problem?

[@suavonman9539]

I have a Whammy 4, and it’s true. The tone sucking is terrible. But it’s also a magic effect. This whammy could be modified to be a truenypass to avoid the tone sucking?

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Yes

[@juankplaysmusic]

I had one too... it introduces a low pass filter that substantially cuts frequencies above 7k or so.

[@juankplaysmusic]

Tone sucking and everything, I miss my Whammy IV the most! Want to buy the V version soon: definetely a must for for most guitar players

[@ilovegreenock]

I have got a whammy V and it is great for soloing and playing with the pitch not just stamping on the pedal to get right to the octaves.

[@sheldonwright8770]

I personally prefer my ehx pitchfork than my old whammy 5 I think it was? Has less tone suck to my ears… becoming will always be the whammy pedal somg for me

[@JustinHold]

I think I have a Whammy problem as well considering I just bought this within the first two minutes of your video. OMG.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

My kind of person!

[@tonekilltech]

Great vid, Jon! You gonna get your hands on the new uafx anti? I had to order one yesterday.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks! I hope so but I did make a video with it for 42 Gear Street

[@tonekilltech]

@@SonicDriveStudio ah cool, I'll check that one out!

[@Gepsjorz]

Yeah yeah whammy’s are awesome. I’m just stoked there is another guitarist that has Re-Load as his favorite Metallica album. I always get shit for it, which I find really funny because taste is personal. But fuel still pumps me up. The memory remains was a video clip and song that made me really get into guitar. Whammy…. Will always be Korn for me. I have the 5. Love it as well. Great vid dude

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Thanks! :)

[@juankplaysmusic]

@@SonicDriveStudio I love both Load and Reload!

[@PooNinja]

Oooh a new whammy? I should probably have a second one.

[@SonicDriveStudio]

You do

[@Genjimain27]

Is this a different pedal, or just a different design?

[@shredward666]

“WHAMMY!” - Champ Kind

[@Edwardobartolo]

As far as drop tuning goes Is the whammy DT and digitech drop the same thing? Same results?

[@SonicDriveStudio]

They should sound very similar if not the same

[@Edwardobartolo]

@@SonicDriveStudio cool man. Awesome videos, love your work!

[@Herrierecordsinc]

I do love my DT, but yeah, it ís big!

[@shugo541]

Is it worth getting this instead of the whammy DT? Or just get this and a drop tune? This looks killer

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Depends what intervals you need

[@shugo541]

@@SonicDriveStudio I just want to drop tune and use whammy. Maybe it’s best to get the standalone drop alongside this. Thanks for the video. That thing is killer

[@paulhaullussy8662]

Whammy DT!!

[@and.inhands]

Hope your vidéos makes ricochets

[@romario.007]

Hello, and what about ricochet?🤷🏻

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Yeah, I totally forgot to include it haha!

[@romario.007]

@@SonicDriveStudio I discovered one very important option of ricochet, it can do things that others cannot do. And that's why I was surprised that I didn't see this pedal in your video. Thanks for your music and your videos🤘🙃

[@MrBruchman]

No Space Station?

[@thesaj1110]

You forgot David Gilmour!

[@virtuosomaximoso1]

I have the chrome one......

[@quentonparsons41]

I just ordered one but i didnt know theres a black one. Shit.

[@horstdunoch3546]

2 pedals that I will never own : POG & WHAMMY. Because of people the tried to emulate Morello's sound and thought "yeah I'm cool by owning a whammy" and abusing the pog so the whole concert sound like church organ played on an old cassette deck :D but many of you get cool things from it, i'm sure!!

[@Amber57499]

Is this voice over? Something is off lol

[@SonicDriveStudio]

How do you mean?

[@Amber57499]

​@@SonicDriveStudio I guess I wanted to say that I like sniffing glue. I think there's a very slight lag between sound and video, and I commented before processing the information. Great video!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

@Amber57499 thanks! It's in sync here so maybe it's a KZbin thing

[@GearStuffandThings]

The ever excessive collection grows

[@corriedebeer799]

Reload one of your favourite Metallica albums. Careful now you are about to trigger a neck bearded music critic to write a loudwire article.

[@zThisPlay]

that is a weird guitar man 😅

[@SonicDriveStudio]

It's amazing! :)

[@melihkaleciklioglu]

Whammy go 0000000wreeeeeee

[@Badha78]

Quad cortex sucks...remembre?

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Uuuhhhh, it doesn't suck at all. It's awesome :)

[@paulcarter105]

Could never get into the whammy. Too much tone suck and glitches and tracking issues. Even the boss harmonist and oc5 I couldn’t get to work for me

[@SonicDriveStudio]

The glitchiness adds to the charm imho. However, the newer versions don't suck tone and are polyphonic

[@paulcarter105]

@@SonicDriveStudio same with the drop and ricochet

[@juankplaysmusic]

It's the opposite for me: instant inspiration. Even just an octaver can do the trick, but I do love rocking the whammy pedal to change pitch.

[@JSoloProjectOfficial]

1. The blue whammy pedal is the bass whammy. The red one is for guitar. 😂

[@SonicDriveStudio]

That is correct