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George Dennis Parametric Wah/Volume
Price Paid: $100 (Australian)
Ease of Use: 8
1. This pedal is easy to use push down hard for volume and again for wah.The pedal is nice and smooth and lets out a good wow sort of wah. Not the best pedal to use for solos i think.
Sound Quality: 7
Like i said it lets out a good wow sort of wah.When you push forward and back the volume changes a little bit to but ya get used to it. About half way forward it gives a little fuzz. It does on mine any way.
Reliability: N/A
I have only had it for 2 days so i can't be that precise on how reliable it will be but i'm sure it won't blow up on me.
Customer Support: 9
The shop i got it from is excllent he has cheap prices and he is a real nice guy. I brought my guitar from there and if anything stuffs up on it he fixes it for free.
Overall Rating: 8
I play punk, rock whatever . I like the living end, Metallica, ACDC and lots of other crap. So it suits well. I've been playing guitar for about 4 months also have drums wich my brother plays. I would buy a different pedal if i lost it because i like using and having different things. It's a crap colour but it sounds good so i don't really give a crap. I don't like the knobs because it is hard to find the best position but i have the frequency and level on half, and quality and min volume about full.i wish it didn't use up the friggin batteries so quick but i found a adapter so it's no problem now. It makes nearly everything i play sond awsome. That about it.
Submitted by Timwotwee at 03/10/2001 23:38
Price Paid: £59 (UK) used
Ease of Use: 8
Wah & volume. When pressed is wah, press again for volume. You're always in either mode. Can get tricky because if you want to go from wah to normal volume level you have to depress the switch - heel up and them get of the pedal without rocking it back becausethis is the maximum volume level. It doesn't really feel that natural.
Sound Quality: 7
More of a wow than a wah. Nice dynamic sweep but not very classic. Depends on your taste, but there wasn't really enough edge or 'quack' for my taste. Too smooth.
Reliability: 1
Broke after 30 seconds. It was second hand but I'm not too sure about those fibre optic gizmos, bit too fragile.
Customer Support: N/A
Took it straight back too the shop, never dealt with them.
Overall Rating: 7
This is a follow-up to a very complimentary review I wrote a few weeks ago, when I tried the pedal. Having briefly owned it I'm not quite so impressed. It has a great sound for certain contexts ie. doing you're own thing, that's why I got it, it's very original. However most people want to emulate others to some extent and I can't imagine any great records this has been used on.
This rating of 7 is if it worked.
Submitted by J. Hanley at 12/21/2000 05:20
Price Paid: £59 (UK) used
Ease of Use: 9
Really Easy to use, very versatile. Nice smooth action.
Sound Quality: 9
I used an American Strat and a Bassman with this model. I also had a string of other wahs to compare it with. The Vox wah, Dunlop, and Hendrix whatever it is. I thought this wiped the floor them.
Reliability: N/A
I do not own it and cannot say, I only tried it out.
Customer Support: N/A
Overall Rating: 10
I play everything except really heavy shit - y'know Thrash. I thought this pedal really did the business all-round.
Submitted by Jim Hanley at 11/15/2000 11:06
Price Paid: Canadian 65 used
Ease of Use: 8
One Rocker pedal, a on/off switch, and three EQ knobs. As simple as any other wah pedal, but getting a good EQ takes some practice.
Sound Quality: 7
The circuit in the pedal makes a little noise at the highest setting. But since their is no pot the pedal makes no scratching sounds when adjusted. The pedal is less noisy than my Snarling Dogs Whine-O Wah, but just not as cool.
Reliability: 8
I bought this pedal used from the local paper, the wah is structurally fine but the plastic knobs are cheap, and the rubber on the rocker is comming off. I'll probably fix the pedal but it's not a huge priority. Also the pedal is a nasty pink color.
Customer Support: N/A
I have never talked with the company. I doubt that I will bother.
Overall Rating: 7
I got this pedal because I needed a voulme pedal, not a wah. This is a nice smooth voulme pedal, but I still prefer my Snarling Dogs Pedal when I want a wah. I would use this pedal solo (without my Whine-O) only if I wanted to cut down my pedal board and didn't need my wah very much.
Submitted by Loren at 09/06/1999 16:23
Price Paid: US $99
Ease of Use: 10
Simple as it gets....plug some cables in....turn your amp on. It's got 4 different knobs on it....Frequency, Level, Quality, Min. Volume. They're all self-explanitory. There might have been a manual...but I don't think so...you couldn't possibly need one except for something to read on the toilet.
Sound Quality: 10
OH MAN THIS IS GREAT! I use a cheap ESP LTD M-250 guitar with some beautiful DiMarzio Tone Zone(bridge), Dimarzio Air Norton(Neck) and a Duncan Stacked Humbucker(single coil, middle) pickups. I play it through a great Marshall Valvestate VS265R 2x12 stereo chorus combo. It's got all electronic optical switching..so it's silent, that's that. The effects are very strong...but you can make the wah suttle it you wish. I get all sorts of wah sounds with this...it gets very very low which is rare. It sounds like the Morley Bad Horsey wah...but better. The volume pedal part is excellent as well. On my amp....I usually have a slight touch of reverb on the clean, a lightly distorted rhythm channel...and a fairly heavily distorted lead channel with light chorus on all the time. I can't compare my sound to any other I can think of...but I play lots of Satriani/Van Halen-like music. This wah/volume is great.
Reliability: 10
It's very solid... Well put together. I wouldn't buy any other wah or volume.
Customer Support: N/A
never dealt with the company...nor have I heard of them before. It seems like a good group.
Overall Rating: 10
Like I said...I play Satriani/Van Halen style music...so hard rock. I've been playing for a while..and I've done a bunch of these so I don't feel like telling you my playing history....I origianlly had a bass on layaway at this store, but decided I didn't want it. I wanted a volume pedal....so I looked at their selection. They had these funny colored pedals there, a variety of different ones. The pink one caught my eye. It continues to blow my mind. Nothing better. The only wah I could possibly see as being better would be the Crybaby 535Q because it has such a drastic variety of wah sounds. Of course, this has the great volume pedal as an extra feature... I know it's a little known high end brand, and it's a funny color...but you buy effects because of sound not looks....and remember, Paul Reed Smith used to be a little known high end brand(give that some thought, even though it means little). I don't know how available these George Dennis products are all over...but I'd recommend finding one. I don't think I've ever given anything all 10's...but this wah deserves it.
Submitted by Jaco Jay at 08/01/1999 21:57
Price Paid: Canadian 133.50
Ease of Use: 9
Very easy to use. I just plugged it in, turned my system on, and it sounded great. It does not need a manual since all the knobs on it are self explanitory.
Sound Quality: 10
I have the "Quality" knob set to maximum, and the "frequency" knob set to half. Using a Peavey Rage 158 amp, a BOSS Ce-5 chorus, and a BOSS MT-2 Metalzone pedal with it, it sounds amazing. I compared it to Crybaby, Jimi Hendrix, Vox, and Morley wah pedals, and I think this one sounded best. It does not use a potentomizer (it uses optical controls), so there is no dust or crackling.
Reliability: N/A
Since I have only had this pedal for a day at the time I wrote this, I can't really say if it's reliable or not.
Customer Support: N/A
I have never dealt with the company, but the dealer I bought it from was very helpfull.
Overall Rating: 10
I play a lot of heavy metal music - the pedal is perfect for that. The only complaint I have about it is the colour - it's pink. But that can be fixed with some paint ;)
Submitted by John Twynam at 03/08/1998 12:11
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