Talk:Digitech Whammy

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Does anyone know if the Bass Whammy 2 even existed? I can't find any pictures of it online, and the only evidence of it ever existing is here.. [1]

--Daisy-berkowitz 01:09, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I think Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday uses a whammy on the song "MakeDamnSure" (on the album "Louder Now"). However, I have no idea which whammy he uses (I guess it's a IV, though), just wanted to share :-)

134.95.90.137 01:01, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Correct years?

How could The Edge use the WH-1 Whammy in 1991 when it wasn't manufactured until 1992? --Steerpike 16:23, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not actually sure when the Whammy was first manufactured... Mightve been the late 80s... Daisy-berkowitz 12:55, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

The Whammy pedal was first advertised in the spring of 1991.

[edit] what does it do?

hasn't anyone realized that this article has no focus whatsoever on what the pedal actually does, or how it works? this list is alright... interesting, and it could grow (someday) into a separate article of "musicians who (have) use(d) the whammy pedal" something like it. BUT someone should think of a text that explains that the pedal has pitch-shift that is controlled by a rocker pedal, only with a proper encyclopedic text...

cheers, 201.56.111.40 13:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

-I realised you're right, so I've tried to explain how the pedal works by comparing it to a wah pedal, which hopefully should give people who know nothing about the pedal a picture in their mind of how the rocking of the pedal directly affects the sound, in real time. I also removed the song info for Omar Rodriguez; those specific examples are not whammy. The intro to Roulette Dares is a ring modulator with an LFO and the harmony part on viscera eyes is an overdubbed guitar. I think most of the harmonies on amputechture will be overdubs, the whammy has a tendency to sound more "robotic". I can't prove it for sure, but neither can it be proved the other way. I couldn't think of a specific example when he uses it on an album, but he is a noted user of one live. If you have comments about my edit, please leave them here to discuss, thank you! Olliemilne 18:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Notable Musicians"

The lists of notable musicians for each pedal need some sort of control. A while ago it was just full of red links, which means that the artist or band in question are clearly not famous enough to have a wiki article made about them. In this case I think "notable" should mean that the artist or band in question has a wikipedia article on them. I always get the feeling that these red links and bands noone has ever heard of were added by the band in question or some fan, or something. So if you have someone a bit more obscure to add, make sure either the user of the pedal or the band they're from has a wikipedia article. Otherwise we may as well just put that I use one, or that local band from down the street. Thanks, if you have any comments on this let me know here. Olliemilne 12:21, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

I think that it could well be a good idea to have a good clean up of the 'notable musicians', and make it 'musicians notable for using the Whammy', rather than 'notable musicians that use the Whammy'? Many of the artists listed use the pedal so subtly that it could or would not be of any help to anyone looking for information on the subject. Do you agree? Andyroo g 18:56, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I think if we keep the list to just those musicians for which decent citations can be provided we'll have a reasonably useful list. I just removed a bunch of uncited musicians from the list; in some cases their WP articles make the claim of Digitech Whammy use, but there are no citations for that use on those pages. So, citations are badly needed all over. Doctormatt 16:58, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

This section got a bit out of control again. I think what should be done is the just have a general list of notable users of ANY whammy model, not for each specific model that was made. People have multiple entries because its too big to check if someone is already on the list and well meaning people keep adding them because they can't find them amongst the mess. Also as said above, we should probably stick the people we can cite, which will mean the most famous of users will probably be the only people on this list. But that's good, this pedal isn't as rare or exciting as people seem to think it is. Problem is finding the time to cite all these people, and the inevitable flood of people who want it layed out how it is now instead. Any comments anybody? Olliemilne (talk) 07:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)