Whammy 5 : The best thing ever?

9 years ago

I use this pedal on a cello, coming from a Schertler YELLOW blender. I wanted a pedal that would allow me to sweep through octaves as well as just act as an octave pedal. This does everything I asked for and more!

I can leave the pedal in the down position and simply use the foot switch to kick on the octave or whatever other setting I have. You can also leave the pedal on and have none of the effect coming through until you push down on the expression pedal. It's absolutely fantastic.

The only, tiny tiny, thing that I can point out that would be wrong is that there is a slight change in the sound from when the pedal is off and when the pedal is on even when there is no effect going through the pedal. However, I completely recommend this pedal for anyone looking for a top-of-the-line octave. The mobility of moving between octaves as well as the versatility that this pedal offers makes me prefer it heavily over other octave pedals, such as the BOSS OC-3 or the TC Electronic "Sub n' Up" pedals.

The fact that this pedal also goes to the sub-octave is something that drew me to it.

Image Digitech Whammy 5

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Digitech
  • Released in 2012
  • Average price : $228
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