DigiTech Whammy

[Brian_C]

I’m looking to get the intro sound of ‘Real Thing. My research leads me to the DigiTech Whammy, which is about £120stg, it’s allot of money for a box for just one song. Or so I thought.....
Apparently, Dallas has said that the DigiTech Whammy is now Edge’s favorite pedal and he is now even using it on songs where it was not originally on. I can place the Whammy on 3 songs, The Real Thing, Hold me…. and Elevation.

What other songs is it used on???

BTW: IS the Whammy left on while Edge plays the whole of 'Real Thing????

[Edge_Orchestra]

Originally Posted by Brian_C I’m looking to get the intro sound of ‘Real Thing. My research leads me to the DigiTech Whammy, which is about £120stg, it’s allot of money for a box for just one song. Or so I thought..... Apparently, Dallas has said that the DigiTech Whammy is now Edge’s favorite pedal and he is now even using it on songs where it was not originally on. I can place the Whammy on 3 songs, The Real Thing, Hold me…. and Elevation. What other songs is it used on??? BTW: IS the Whammy left on while Edge plays the whole of 'Real Thing????

Edge used the WH-1 Whammy pedal for:

• "Even Better Than The Real Thing"
• "Hold Me, Thrill Me..."
• "Gone"
• "Beautiful Day" (middle section)
• "When I Look At The World"
• during many summer 1992 Zoo TV Europe shows (June 15 Rotterdam comes to mind) Edge began incorporating the WH-1 Whammy into "Bad", also. It sounded fantastic and I hope he does that again. It was used in a more subtle way than it's use in EBTTRT but still to (in my view) great effect.
• and he used it on many songs on Passengers

It's definitely a cool pedal and many things can be done with it.

The original WH-1, like Edge [and Tom Morello] use and prefer has a 16bit chip and the tone is a bit dirtier. The newer reissues have a 24 bit chip and the tone isn't favored by The Edge.

[The_Pac_Mule]

He also uses it on "Bullet The Blue Sky" now, on the Vertigo tour and maybe Elevation, I'm not sure..but he definetly used it on Veritgo, during the verses, and maybe the solo a bit too

[Edge_Orchestra]

Originally Posted by The_Pac_Mule He also uses it on "Bullet The Blue Sky" now, on the Vertigo tour and maybe Elevation, I'm not sure..but he definetly used it on Veritgo, during the verses, and maybe the solo a bit too

I don't remember seeing or hearing Edge use the Whammy during Bullet... where did he use it?

[the tourist]

Originally Posted by Edge_Orchestra I don't remember seeing or hearing Edge use the Whammy during Bullet... where did he use it?

He used it on ZooTV for sure. Listen to the live version of Bullet from the Stay single. At the end of the song you can hear it for sure.

[Brian_C]

I had a scope on eBay last night.... wow, there's a WH-1 on there for something like £250 ($400). A little pricey?? I'll keep an eye out for one, if they are all around this price I'll just have to go for one of the newer versions at a more sensible £100(ish).

[LarryMullenFan]

Originally Posted by Brian_C I had a scope on eBay last night.... wow, there's a WH-1 on there for something like £250 ($400). A little pricey?? I'll keep an eye out for one, if they are all around this price I'll just have to go for one of the newer versions at a more sensible £100(ish).

As with many effects that are no longer made, prices can be way too high on ebay. I think you should consider a new pedal. Or at least try it out at your favorite music store. Although purists might hear a difference in sound, I doubt whether they will pass a blind test.

On the other hand, there's not wrong with going for purisism

[Edge_Orchestra]

Originally Posted by the tourist He used it on ZooTV for sure. Listen to the live version of Bullet from the Stay single. At the end of the song you can hear it for sure.

Cool. I'll have to check that. I've not listened to that single in a bit.

[Edge_Orchestra]

Originally Posted by LarryMullenFan As with many effects that are no longer made, prices can be way too high on ebay. I think you should consider a new pedal. Or at least try it out at your favorite music store. Although purists might hear a difference in sound, I doubt whether they will pass a blind test. On the other hand, there's not wrong with going for purisism

There is a difference in the sound of the original WH-1 and the reissue. I guess the question is: Is it worth $200.00-$300.00 more for an original. If you have the money, I say yes, it's worth it.

$400.00 for an original WH-1 isn't horrible, as they were going for $500.00-$600.00 a few years ago but thanks to a tanking economy...

As for passing a test... I took my WH-1 and A/B compared to the reissue. I asked the two sales folks and three customers which they liked the sound of... all 5 people, without looking down to see which pedal was being used, picked the WH-1 (original version).