Digitech Whammy 5 4-stars Reviews

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absolutely amazing pedal, only issue is that it can give some audio distortion and noise. personaly I use that in my music so it doesnt bother me too much.

Clasic!

Its my third whammy, everything fine except some "quick assembly" details that i have noticed. Such as the footswitch knob being a little out of place instead of dead center. Thats chip chinese assembly.

It's the one

I don't use this thing a whole lot, but it's one of those things that every guitarist needs to have access to. Rage Against the Machine (if you're into that kind of thing), David Gilmour, and Johnny Greenwood have all put this to very good use. This does "My Iron Lung" very well...the "classic" mode is great for replicating the glitchy sounds of the original, and the "chords" mode is good for if you want something more precise or want to play multiple strings together. No lag or tracking issues. Use detune for a super thick chorus sound. I thought about buying the upgraded model, but read some less-than-stellar reviews, so I decided to stick with this. Like I said...I don't use it a whole lot, but I'm very glad to have it.

A very nice effect! Fits perfectly to my sound. Accompanied with a fuzz this makes a perfect riff machine!

+Sound

+The "vintage whammy" option

+the wide range of harmonics

+MIDI

-the transition between harmonics is still a bit "split-level*

-hard to operate with feet due to the knob, to change between effects reliably, MIDI is required

This is going to be a big factor on my pedalboard.

Love the new features!

I've been a longtime Whammy user. Have had the original WH-1, couple of the WH4 and now the WH5.

Came badly calibrated, but once I got it right (and it took time and emails to the Digitech customer support - and the support was quick and good) it is very good!

The new polyphonic ("chords") mode is really useful, tracks quite well. The "classic" mode does not sound the same as WH4, so you need to get used to it all over again. Also it seems that the "chords-mode" messes with your signal when activated. I have a Zvex Fuzz Factory before the WH5 and when I activate it heels-down in the octave up/down mode the Fuzz sounds changes a lot, like when you insert a bad buffer in your chain!

Looks like it's built like a tank but I hope the mode-selector knob has been made more sturdy than on the WH4. I managed to brake it off two of my old WH4 units... Be careful.

In short; a classic effect with new features and new harmonic intervals, but with room to improve!