An attractive, board-friendly size for this pedal; thanks for putting it on my radar. The playing at the beginning was even more attractive, especially the killer slide work! -Tom
Thanks, Tom! Just in-case you confuse this with the Volwah from Sonicake, this is a full size wah (only because you said about 'board friendly size') Someone else mentioned it in the comments and that one is a mini pedal. Personally I prefer the full size wah's as I find the mini ones a little tricky to control, although I can see they're practical for small setups. Thanks again, Ben.
@@BenFletcherGuitar Thanks for the clarification. To me, it looks mid-sized. I have both a regular and Jr Ernie Ball volume pedal; both are significantly larger than, say, a Boss FV-30H (which has taken their place on my board; I'd call it mid-sized). I also have a Dunlop Volume(X)Mini, which is what I'd consider to be "mini" sized. I'm guessing from your video that the Flip Wah is closer to Boss in size than it is to EB, but that's just a guess.
@@BenFletcherGuitarhey Ben mate, I bought this, I have the small version and I love. It but like you said it's hard to control especially at gigs on stage in dark and adreaneline etc so I just bought this to solve that issue however, I dno if mine is a duff one or if it's normal for the pedal but the switch doesn't engage when I press down on the pedal between vol and wah... I have the pretty much jump all my full body weight on the one foot and push as hard as I can to click it and it doesn't always work or I have to use my hand to press it to engage it! Is it easy to engage the switch when you press with your foot? Did I get a duff one?
Tasteful playing in this video! I have been using the Hotone one for a few years now and this one seems great too. A compact volume / wah combo pedal is essential for small pedalboards.
Thank you! Yes, super handy to have both in one enclosure. I haven't tried any of the Hotone products yet, but the ampero range looks cool. Sonicake have sent me two of their modelling devices, which I believe run on the same platform as the Ampero ones (You can control both units with the same software, so that's a bit of a giveaway) A lot of people like the Ampero units though, so might be worth me trying to get hold of one. Cheers, Ben.
Haha! Thank you! I jest of course, I'd only trade a soul for talent, not pedals. I just haven't found the right crossroads yet! It was the royal 'we' I was referring to. Since the devil wanted to make the trade, I guess the devil owns the gear? Maybe I should have said 'he' has a Q knob, that he's allowing me to adjust...for a price.
A volume pedal is something I have been interested in for years. This one sounds fine in your demo and I like the battery option. Wah I'm less interested in.
I think they make a dedicated volume pedal too. I'm a bit of a wah junkie once I get one on a gig, I can't stop myself! ha! I tend not to take one though. Jeff Beck used one a lot and I always like that sound. If you have some kind of buffered pedal like a Boss tuner, you can stick that before a passive volume pedal and achieve the same result as an active volume pedal. Basically so that your pickups don't get hit with the extra load from turning down because of the buffer. Might be a cheaper way of doing it, as passive volumes are easy to come by. Pay close attention to my bypass example, there's a barely perceptible difference in having this one in-line, which is why I added that section.
I'm impressed with the sound of the wah, especially for lead stuff where you can crank up the Q control and make it really expressive. I'm not much of a volume pedal user, but I can see it's handy to have both in one unit. Cheers, Ben.
Hey! This demo looks great! I'm thinking of buying it, but can you tell me if you hear any noise when you slowly rock the wah on a clean tone? I saw another demo of this pedal that said there was a slight noise only when the wah was engaged. Is this better than a regular cry baby? Cheers!
I haven't been experiencing any particular noise issues. I would say that all wah's have a bit of noise when you kick them in on higher gain tones, but nothing the mix or the drummer wouldn't mask out. My Bad Horsie was exceptional noisy and that was optical, so not sure why. Pay close attention to the bypass sound, as I mention in the video this wah is buffered. The standard cry baby is a great pedal, I do like the adjustable Q point on this one, as it can make the wah effect more pronounced. There are lots of good options for stand-alone wah's but this one comes with the benefit of being a volume too. If you don't need the volume that might not be so useful, as you may leave it with the volume slightly backed off by accident. Cheers, Ben.
@@BenFletcherGuitar Thank you very much for taking time to respond Ben! I just purchase it supposedly for our gig next month! Hopefully it will work out well using both the volume and wah! I see that this is a very new release so I;m not seeing any othe reviews. Thanks again for this video review that made it easy for me to decide!
I was going to take it to pieces to find out, but I've just noticed it has geared teeth on the arm that's on the underside of the footplate. I would think the only reason you would do that is to move something that connects with it, so I'm gunna go with rotary pot. I will say that for the time the wahter worked it didn't sound as good to me as this one. This is a much more throaty and extreme wah, especially for lead work. I'd be interested to know what it's modeled on.
I've never tried the volwah, but I just googled it. This is a full size pedal, the volwah is very small. This one has an adjustable Q knob, the vowah doesn't. This one can run off 9v battery, the volwah doesn't appear to list that as a feature. This one is orange, the volwah isn't!
@@BenFletcherGuitar Already bought it! But I feel its too difficult to switch wah/volume mode. Seems that the two rubbers next to the button are so big so I have to push hard to press the button
@@pablob4310 You bought this one or the VolWah? That's interesting because I nearly mentioned in my video that mine is super easy to switch on. I had a Cry Baby years ago, that literally required stamping on to get it to turn on! Maybe the rubbers will compact over time, or you could cut a bit off them? Or...you could eat more and let gravity be the solution!
@@BenFletcherGuitar Is this same Pedal (Flip Wah). I already did the very first try right now... So lets see if the rubbers get softer along this days. I will update. Thank u! 👍
Their smaller Volwah wasn't so great. It couldn't be turned off/bypassed., and with volume full open didn't quite sound the same as my normal signal. From the sound of your demo, tone doesn't seem to be effected with the Flip Wah.
Thanks for the review. Nice to see some slide in this context.
An attractive, board-friendly size for this pedal; thanks for putting it on my radar. The playing at the beginning was even more attractive, especially the killer slide work! -Tom
Thanks, Tom! Just in-case you confuse this with the Volwah from Sonicake, this is a full size wah (only because you said about 'board friendly size') Someone else mentioned it in the comments and that one is a mini pedal. Personally I prefer the full size wah's as I find the mini ones a little tricky to control, although I can see they're practical for small setups. Thanks again, Ben.
@@BenFletcherGuitar Thanks for the clarification. To me, it looks mid-sized. I have both a regular and Jr Ernie Ball volume pedal; both are significantly larger than, say, a Boss FV-30H (which has taken their place on my board; I'd call it mid-sized). I also have a Dunlop Volume(X)Mini, which is what I'd consider to be "mini" sized. I'm guessing from your video that the Flip Wah is closer to Boss in size than it is to EB, but that's just a guess.
Intro slide work was sick wasn't it man
@@BenFletcherGuitarhey Ben mate, I bought this, I have the small version and I love. It but like you said it's hard to control especially at gigs on stage in dark and adreaneline etc so I just bought this to solve that issue however, I dno if mine is a duff one or if it's normal for the pedal but the switch doesn't engage when I press down on the pedal between vol and wah... I have the pretty much jump all my full body weight on the one foot and push as hard as I can to click it and it doesn't always work or I have to use my hand to press it to engage it! Is it easy to engage the switch when you press with your foot? Did I get a duff one?
Tasteful playing in this video!
I have been using the Hotone one for a few years now and this one seems great too. A compact volume / wah combo pedal is essential for small pedalboards.
Thank you! Yes, super handy to have both in one enclosure. I haven't tried any of the Hotone products yet, but the ampero range looks cool. Sonicake have sent me two of their modelling devices, which I believe run on the same platform as the Ampero ones (You can control both units with the same software, so that's a bit of a giveaway) A lot of people like the Ampero units though, so might be worth me trying to get hold of one. Cheers, Ben.
Great playing, glad you admitted to the selling of the soul, it's tough out there. But at 1:25 you say 'we have' when of course 'we' don't.
Haha! Thank you! I jest of course, I'd only trade a soul for talent, not pedals. I just haven't found the right crossroads yet! It was the royal 'we' I was referring to. Since the devil wanted to make the trade, I guess the devil owns the gear? Maybe I should have said 'he' has a Q knob, that he's allowing me to adjust...for a price.
@@BenFletcherGuitar great reply, very relieved to see humour not dead yet on TH-cam. Keep 'em coming!
A volume pedal is something I have been interested in for years. This one sounds fine in your demo and I like the battery option. Wah I'm less interested in.
I think they make a dedicated volume pedal too. I'm a bit of a wah junkie once I get one on a gig, I can't stop myself! ha! I tend not to take one though. Jeff Beck used one a lot and I always like that sound. If you have some kind of buffered pedal like a Boss tuner, you can stick that before a passive volume pedal and achieve the same result as an active volume pedal. Basically so that your pickups don't get hit with the extra load from turning down because of the buffer. Might be a cheaper way of doing it, as passive volumes are easy to come by. Pay close attention to my bypass example, there's a barely perceptible difference in having this one in-line, which is why I added that section.
sounds amazing. but, it's a great idea to have both in one pedal.
I'm impressed with the sound of the wah, especially for lead stuff where you can crank up the Q control and make it really expressive. I'm not much of a volume pedal user, but I can see it's handy to have both in one unit. Cheers, Ben.
Crazy ❤
Hey! This demo looks great! I'm thinking of buying it, but can you tell me if you hear any noise when you slowly rock the wah on a clean tone? I saw another demo of this pedal that said there was a slight noise only when the wah was engaged.
Is this better than a regular cry baby?
Cheers!
I haven't been experiencing any particular noise issues. I would say that all wah's have a bit of noise when you kick them in on higher gain tones, but nothing the mix or the drummer wouldn't mask out. My Bad Horsie was exceptional noisy and that was optical, so not sure why. Pay close attention to the bypass sound, as I mention in the video this wah is buffered. The standard cry baby is a great pedal, I do like the adjustable Q point on this one, as it can make the wah effect more pronounced. There are lots of good options for stand-alone wah's but this one comes with the benefit of being a volume too. If you don't need the volume that might not be so useful, as you may leave it with the volume slightly backed off by accident. Cheers, Ben.
And thank you!
@@BenFletcherGuitar Thank you very much for taking time to respond Ben! I just purchase it supposedly for our gig next month! Hopefully it will work out well using both the volume and wah! I see that this is a very new release so I;m not seeing any othe reviews.
Thanks again for this video review that made it easy for me to decide!
Is it a rotary pot design, or magnetic, as per the Wahter?
I was going to take it to pieces to find out, but I've just noticed it has geared teeth on the arm that's on the underside of the footplate. I would think the only reason you would do that is to move something that connects with it, so I'm gunna go with rotary pot. I will say that for the time the wahter worked it didn't sound as good to me as this one. This is a much more throaty and extreme wah, especially for lead work. I'd be interested to know what it's modeled on.
Which is the difference with the volwah pedal from Sonicake?
I've never tried the volwah, but I just googled it. This is a full size pedal, the volwah is very small. This one has an adjustable Q knob, the vowah doesn't. This one can run off 9v battery, the volwah doesn't appear to list that as a feature. This one is orange, the volwah isn't!
@@BenFletcherGuitar Already bought it! But I feel its too difficult to switch wah/volume mode. Seems that the two rubbers next to the button are so big so I have to push hard to press the button
@@pablob4310 You bought this one or the VolWah? That's interesting because I nearly mentioned in my video that mine is super easy to switch on. I had a Cry Baby years ago, that literally required stamping on to get it to turn on! Maybe the rubbers will compact over time, or you could cut a bit off them? Or...you could eat more and let gravity be the solution!
@@BenFletcherGuitar Is this same Pedal (Flip Wah). I already did the very first try right now... So lets see if the rubbers get softer along this days. I will update. Thank u! 👍
Their smaller Volwah wasn't so great. It couldn't be turned off/bypassed., and with volume full open didn't quite sound the same as my normal signal. From the sound of your demo, tone doesn't seem to be effected with the Flip Wah.
Does the volume goes off i mean 0%