Wah placement question

[TheRockinRoadie]

Hi all,

Today i gained an Ibanez Weeping Demon wah to use on my bass pedalboard. I know a wah has to be very near the front of the chain, but i'm not sure wether it goes before or after octave effects?

My chain currently is:

Bass > Pitchblack > OC2 > Digitech bass Driver > Boss GEB-7 > EHX Clone > Amp

I assume the wah should go been the DBD and the Oc2?

What do you all think?
Cheers

-Lorry

[ahpook]

that's where i'd stick my wah.

[xgsjx]

I think you should play about & see what position you like it in.
Putting it somewhere that you wouldn't expect might surprise you.

[Mr. Foxen]

Putting it before an OC2 might be interesting as the frequency sweep will mess with the tracking, which may or may not be musically useful.

[thisnameistaken]

I'd put it last. I don't have a "wah" as such but I've always had a treadle-operated filter of some sort on my board and it's always been last.

[bobbass4k]

People generally put it immediately befor or after dirt, it's personal preference which, wah>dirt is much subtler, but i love dirt>wah, gives a very synthy vocal sound.

The eq adds an interesting twist though, i assume the eq's there to add low end back to the dirt? If so i'd put it after the eq, but if you put it before the eq you could tweak the eq to get some interesting tones out of the wah

[foal30]

I don't have a octave pedal on my board but I have the wah first.
I seldom use wah with dirt but if I do I prefer it wah first
not entirely sure why this is so however.

[TheRockinRoadie]

Thanks for all the tips and suggestions

Firstly, the EQ is used to make the bass cut through the FOH mix, and doesnt have anything to do with my dirt box - but now you have said that i might play around!

With guitar setups, i've always had the wah first, then the dirt, so i will probably end up putting the wah between the OC2 and the dirt!

Cheers