Wooks79 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I wanna buy a whammy this week, but which one is best with bass? Whammy users discuss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxxwj Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 I have the XP100, there's tons of latency, bad tracking, and horrible sounds, definitely more for guitar! I admit I haven't tried the Whammy 5 on the bass yet, but that one has no latency that I noticed. The best choice, of course, would be the real Bass Whammy, but those things are highly rare and sell for a lot, about 700-900$. I'd say go with the 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I have the XP-100, there is a bit of latency. I use mine for octave up and pitch bends and it's fine for this. I don't really notice tracking issues but I would never use it below a D I suppose so wouldn't have noticed. Anyway, it has the harmony modes from the Bass Whammy apparently (not that I use them) I'd like to test the WH-4 against the WH-5. The WH-4 is OK on bass but the sound is thinner than the XP-100. I'd say the tracking is similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 ive used the Wh1, the whammy II and the whammy IV, all work the same on bass but the newer ones sound a little more "dry" than the old one. if you want polyphonic pitch shifting/harmonies i'd look into the new whammy 5 [url="http://www.digitech.com/en-US/products/whammy-5th-gen"]http://www.digitech.com/en-US/products/whammy-5th-gen[/url] otherwise, i'd recommend getting a line6 M5 (or above) and setting up your own pitch shifters with an external expression pedal, you can dial in any combination of shifts/harmonies you want, and can cover the stuff from the old bass whammy too (plus you get trillions of other effects), i've had best results doing this. all the whammy pedals ive tried track the same on bass, the only difference for the bass whammy was settings if i remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushers Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I've got the whammy V and it's fantastic, only thing I would say is that some of the Ocatve features sound fairly synthy, but still, a great purchase. Oh and don't buy it from America, even if it initially looks cheaper because you have to pay all those import fees and wait about 4 weeks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I read the title and thought you were modding your bass with one of those 80's whammy bars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/tumblr_mbsmtwuXKN1r7p4g9o1_1280.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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