What Does The Bad Horsie Sound Like?

[Nitefly SA]

im not looking for sound clips here, im wondering if it sounds good and if it sounds like a cry baby, because vai used a cry baby before this and he is very specific about his sound so wouldnt he want to keep the sound of it?

[GuitarMaestro]

Three things make the Horsie Wah the best wah in my opinion:

1. It is switched on by only placing the foot on it, which makes it way easier to use for short prhases, bends, etc. in solos....way easier then hitting a switch first

2. It has no pot, but works optically which makes it invulnerable....should last forever....

3. It sounds aboslutely GREAT for playing solos with high gain

It never owned a Cry Baby so I cannot comment on the differences, but I suspect the Cry Baby might sound better for clean funk rythm work....but for soloing the Bad Horsie sounds killer....

[Gemleggat]

I have a bad horsie 2 and i love it. You cant get that whack-a-whacka sound like u can with a crybaby, but how often do u play the shaft tune? Its much smoother sounding and has a more useful range, espec with the 2 version.

[Mr Alex]

Or you could get an Ibanez Weeping Demon,

Its got everything guitarmaestro described, plus its got a Volume boost/cut control, a footswitch if you want to use that instead, an effect intensity control, a low end control, a frequency range shifter for basses or a heavy guitar sound, a range fine tuner, and a delay controller for the auto switching. And if I'm not mistaken it retails cheaper than a bad horsie. They take a bit to get set up how you like, but the tone is totally adjustable.

[Nitefly SA]

i heard the weeping demon doesnt have much of a range, and i heard the same about the bad horsie 2, this its more of a treble boost than a wah.

[Gemleggat]

Just listen to recent Vai. Thats what it sounds like.

[Mr Alex]

i heard the weeping demon doesnt have much of a range, and i heard the same about the bad horsie 2, this its more of a treble boost than a wah.

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OMG!! You pick its range pretty much!

And if a treble boost is what you're after(if I undestand that correctly) thats the main thing I use mine for, get it set up right and you can have screaming leads with sustain beating you in the face.

The Weeping demon has only 2 draw backs I can find,

Dosen't sound how you want it STRAIGHT out of the box,

And it has a tendency to clip on the upper frets when playing "ultra" clean.

I can't see why people dont ever give them a shot, I hope it aint anymore of this "but it's imported" rubbish.

[borge]

i heard the weeping demon doesnt have much of a range, and i heard the same about the bad horsie 2, this its more of a treble boost than a wah.

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check out the ibanez website.

after seeing what adjustments can be made im sold.

alex youre in nz right, what did you pay for your one? and where from?

[Marzocchi705]

I have a weeping deamon wah too, takes a while to set it up, but when you do its sweet. Go and try one out.

I may go and try a bad horsie wah just to see ya know.

[Drak]

I have 2 wahs I use, a Bad Horsie for heavy blues/rock/metal, and a Teese RMC 1 for the classic old days stuff.

I like the Horsie for what it does in the right application.

[Mr Alex]

alex youre in nz right, what did you pay for your one? and where from?

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I got mine from musiciansfriend for $138nz cos i know some armeys who have family over there. But they're $300nz at musicworks stores I believe, Would be cheaper for me cos I'm in their good books at my local one(jus give 'em a 6er and your set for discounts ).