blind pilot Posted December 30, 2010 Posted December 30, 2010 Seeing as the price for these used seems to be going up and up, I though I would fire Digitech an email to ask if they had any plans to re-introduce them...........................Their reply: [i][email protected] to me show details 5:16 PM (15 hours ago) Hi, There are no current plans to reissue the Bass Whammy.[/i] Oh bugger then, Anyone want a Kidney? Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted December 30, 2010 Posted December 30, 2010 Unfortunately , the are rather pricey as you've noticed. When these first came out, the wholesaler sent me a guitar version which I swiftly returned.(Don't know if I regret this or not). These came out around the same time as the Boss -ME8B and the Boss got more favourable feedback from the reviewrs at the time. I went with the Boss . I missed out on a Bass Whammy on flea bay (Swiss seller) . Outbid by £5.00 . Bidding finished while I was in bed.Oh, well. The way things are , these cost as much as a bass itself nowadays.Maybe if you've got a bass to part exchange or something, someone may have one. But then, is it worth it... Quote
blind pilot Posted December 30, 2010 Author Posted December 30, 2010 [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='1072733' date='Dec 30 2010, 02:10 PM']Unfortunately , the are rather pricey as you've noticed. When these first came out, the wholesaler sent me a guitar version which I swiftly returned.(Don't know if I regret this or not). These came out around the same time as the Boss -ME8B and the Boss got more favourable feedback from the reviewrs at the time. I went with the Boss . I missed out on a Bass Whammy on flea bay (Swiss seller) . Outbid by £5.00 . Bidding finished while I was in bed.Oh, well. The way things are , these cost as much as a bass itself nowadays.Maybe if you've got a bass to part exchange or something, someone may have one. But then, is it worth it... [/quote] Its just a crazy amount of money, just for the one song (Schism) I may get to use it on other stuff, but its doubtful. Have been looking at this [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/45806-digitech-bp80-bass-modelling-processor.html"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/4580...-processor.html[/url]. It has the Oct up whammy function, but my only concern is its not as good as the "real" one? and £75 is too much to waste if its cack? Gas is bad mkay! I have mailed Digitech again, to ask how similar the two pedals would be, see what they say I suppose. There is A Bass Whammy on the bay in Japan right now $520 dollars BIN, so by the time you add shipping and get stung on import duty, thats a lot of beer tokens! BP Quote
blind pilot Posted December 30, 2010 Author Posted December 30, 2010 Straight from the horses mouth : "[email protected] to me show details 3:20 PM (10 minutes ago) The BP80 and the BP200 Whammy function is very good and comparable to the stand-alone Whammy." Kinda sells it to me! Quote
bobbass4k Posted December 30, 2010 Posted December 30, 2010 Just get an XP-100, less than £100, has more modes than the bass whammy, and it has the fabled 5'th up/octave up that the bass whammy seems to be prized for and it sounds great with bass. The bass whammy does sound slightly better, but not £400 better. Quote
NoirBass Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 [quote name='bobbass4k' post='1072827' date='Dec 30 2010, 03:33 PM']Just get an XP-100, less than £100, has more modes than the bass whammy, and it has the fabled 5'th up/octave up that the bass whammy seems to be prized for and it sounds great with bass. The bass whammy does sound slightly better, but not £400 better.[/quote] +1 Quote
cheddatom Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) yeh +2. I have an XP-100 and it's great. Having said that, i've now started playing most of my harmonies to get a "better" sound. Why anyone would bother using a pedal for a 5th up when you can just play it... I like the whammy for the octave up when I can't get any higher, and for the pitch bending, and when it's in a feedback loop. Edited January 5, 2011 by cheddatom Quote
blind pilot Posted January 6, 2011 Author Posted January 6, 2011 I cant find an XP-100 - boo-hoo, lol, but I will keep on searching! And I have an reason to get a whammy now, as not only are we playing schism, we are now going to play lateralus! Justifys the purchase in my mind! Quote
cheddatom Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 Everyone needs a whammy - that's your justification!!! There were a lot of XP-100s on ebay a while ago, but maybe they've been snapped up. Quote
Marlat Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 Get an Eventide Pitchfactor, far more features and far more flexible and less than the price of a used Whammy nowdays. And, IMO, it sounds a lot better than the Whammy. Quote
Toasted Posted January 6, 2011 Posted January 6, 2011 [quote name='Mark Latimour' post='1079730' date='Jan 6 2011, 12:28 PM']Get an Eventide Pitchfactor, far more features and far more flexible and less than the price of a used Whammy nowdays. And, IMO, it sounds a lot better than the Whammy.[/quote] Sensible advice. Quote
blind pilot Posted January 6, 2011 Author Posted January 6, 2011 WOW, looks a nice bit of kit, but new they are over £350.00 plus you then have to factor in the expression pedal. Have seen the red Whammy IV's for £150.00! Quote
bobbass4k Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 [quote name='blind pilot' post='1079839' date='Jan 6 2011, 01:48 PM']WOW, looks a nice bit of kit, but new they are over £350.00 plus you then have to factor in the expression pedal. Have seen the red Whammy IV's for £150.00![/quote] You can get a wh-4 for about £100 2'nd hand, xp-100's can generally be had for less than £100. I had both for a while, and If you're going to do tool covers, I think the xp-100 is the best bet. Quote
jamiesonk666 Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 ive got a gnx 3 with whammy as one of the settings but cant seem to get it to assign and cant use it ..any ideas Quote
blind pilot Posted November 16, 2011 Author Posted November 16, 2011 Just thought I would bump this one...... I stole an XP-100 off t'bay for £75 shipped.... had a run through last night on my own. It is spot on, to me it sound more 'like' the bass whammy when compared to the WH-4. plus with all the extra modes it was nice to play intension...... It really has come at a good time, as we are now moving towards a Tool tribute act, Even have a BR-2 coming as well. Thanks for all the advice up there, I am a happy Chappy! Quote
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