Wah and tuner questions (NHC)

[Scottcrud]

Well last thursday morning between 11 pm Wednesday nite and 3am Thurs morn, someone broke into my garage and stole my two amps, Engl Blackmore, and Boogie .50 cal, plus my pedal board with my old assed crybaby wah, and all my other pedals, plus my cable bag which had tools, cables, extra pre-amp tubes, strings and band cd's and stickers. As luck would have it, I told my singer at 6:30 am ( sorry Steve) and he put out the info on the web, myspace, craigslist, e-mails etc. Thursday around 4pm I get a call that a friend has put money down on a Engl Blackmore that just arrived at Guitar Center...I call down there, and sure enough it's mine. I call the Detective who's handeling my case and he told me he would call them etc. So Monday morning I get a call from the Detective asking me if I could meet him down at GTR Center, to identify my gear. I was told this could take up to two months...So I go down and sure enough it's my head and Z-5 pedalboard, I didn't know the serial number on the Engl, but I knew exactly which pre-amp tubes were in each position and they were all NOS. So they start brining out pedals, a old crappy DOD chorus that halfway works, a brand new in the box Carl Martin Hydra Boost that I've tried to sell here, and a brand new Boss NS-2 cause they sold my used one. But my 15 year old Dunlop Cry Baby wasn't there, my Boogie wasn't there, they wouldn't by it cause it has wires hanging out the back of the power tranny from Kendrick amps...my Engl custom made head slip by Studio slips wasn't there and both my Boogie pedals and a old broken DOD EQ pedal were not there. GTR Center told them to take the Boogie, and other pedals to a pawn shop. So I got 3 of my pedals and my Engl back. The Detective/Travis co police and Guitar Center have been especially helpfull to me, Gtr Center even called me Saturday morning to offer me a "loaner amp". The 3 kids that did it all live within a mile of me, they're going after the one who sold the Engl and are going to put the "squeeze" on him to nail the other two.

So, I'm wanting a new wah, I'm thinking about the new Zak Wylde wah or the new CryBaby with the fasel inductor, any other cool wahs for under $150 out there?

Also, I'm wanting a pedal tuner and am wondering between the Boss, the Planet waves and the Korg, which one is best.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Scott

[KH Guitar Freak]

I recommend the Crybaby Classic, Vox wah, or even the Teese RMC-3 wah... the Zakk is built very well... but sounds kinda to Zakkish IMHO...

Anyway... don't forget to mod the wah for true bypass... the RMC-3 comes with that as standard...

[Punkavenger]

something like that happened to me when I lived in Santa Cruz, My neighbor broke into my house, stole a bunch of stuff (Cd's, black leather jacket and acoustic guitar)

it's amazing how violated you feel ... being ripped off like that is traumatic, especially by someone you know

The police were of no help (lots of robberies, nothing we can do, blah, blah, blah) so I went around to all the pawn shops and record stores with a list of my Cd's etc.

My neighbor had shown his ID and signed some paperwork at the record store where he sold the Cd's (bright guy)

The record store contacted the cops, now they were interested and arrested the guy

I got my Cd's back but not the jacket or guitar (He traded them for crack!)

I told the bastard I wouldn't press charges if I got my stuff back or $1000 (I was being nice, I felt sorry for the guy)

He refused to co operate and got 4 years in jail (he had a few priors)

I bet he wishes he came up with the grand ... serves the bastard right!

Sorry that shit happened to ya man, it SUCKS!

(if the kids are underage, maybe you can get their parents to buy you new equipment?)

[edgar_allan_poe]

I use the Boss tuner and it works just fine. It isn't as precise as a Peterson, but you can pick them up for about $60 on the used market. They are well built and work perfectly for live use.

The wah for under $150 is a no brainer to me. In this range I haven't heard anything that sounds like my Teese Wizard wah. The thing kills, is built like a tank, and Teese has some of the best customer service I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with.

[Hamer95USA]

Hey Scottcrud,

I feel for your pain, dude. I had my white early '90s Charvel stolen out of the back of my truck on 09/10/2001 in San Francisco when I went to see a Billy Idol concert. I didn't write down the serial numbers or took any pictures so I wasn't able to track my guitar down. I'll never leave any gear in my truck unattended ever again and I always take pictures & write down serial numbers of my guitars. What a terrible lesson to learn.

Suggestions for your effects pedals:

Wah pedal: Area 51 wah or the Teese Picture wah.

Tuner pedal: Korg DT-10.

You can find these used for low prices on Craig's List, Gear Page website or E-bay. I hope that you're able to recover the rest of your stolen gear.

Guitar George

[jerseydrew]

I vote for the Teese Picture Wah.

[Scottcrud]

what about the Dime wah? I'm pretty sure if I bought a Zak wah or a Dime wah, I would have no problem NOT sounding like either one of those guys...

[KH Guitar Freak]

I prefer the Dime wah hands down to the Zakk one...