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[brad32]

Wonder if there is any interest in this pedal?

This is a clone of a WH-10 pedal, it is made to sound just like the WH-10 but is made by a private pedal maker in Amsterdam named Dirk_Hendrix. You may be able to have him make you one but you'll have to wait a few months a pay premium price, or you can buy mine! I am a longtime member of JFtab and followed the members when they relocated http://z11.invisionf...iante/index.php? so I posted this over there too.

This pedal works like it should and sounds great, I was never able to compare it to a real WH-10 but I am able to emulate john pretty well on my 62 RI strat and a DS-2 and big muff with the wah. I paid 170.00 had to wait two months for the pedal to be built and had to pay shipping from the Netherlands to the USA. I will sell for $115.00+ shipping, I want to offer it to you guys before putting it on eBay. I am trying to sell this again because money is tight and I'd like to purchase a looper pedal and I am no longer interested in seeking John's tone. OK onto the pics. Oh, please email me at bstime@gmail.com or PM me through this website if you are interested. I check my email more then I check here. OK NOW onto the pics:



One hole is for an output, the other hole I think is the power supply (I use 9V battery instead). You can see there are some scratches in the paint. Being that its a crybaby shell, this pedal is obviously much more stury then the real WH-10 (and much cheaper )


Ok in this pic you can see the tone modulator (like on the regular WH-10 it changes the tone of the wah) and then the other knob switches between bass and treble Wah sounds, just like the real WH-10. One port is for input, I don't know what the other port is for? Maybe if you are familiar with the WH-10 you know better then me.


From the front, you can see there is an LED light.


Bottom, all four feet intact


The insides!


A closer look.



I am happy to answer any questions.

Thanks,
Brad

[bonusnoise]

Has it been true bypassed?

and has the volume boost gone?

Those are the two biggest problems with the WH10

[brad32]

yehan.jehan, on Nov 21 2008, 06:48 PM, said:

Has it been true bypassed?

and has the volume boost gone?

Those are the two biggest problems with the WH10

Yes and YES! Here is the original email with Dirk_Hendrix:

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Yes I can But here's the catch:
The WH10 exists in 2 forms which are refereed to as the dual-pot and the single pot version. They are different although I both have used em extensively live and cannot say I prefer the one over the other. Both have the same characteristic agressiveness that makes a WH10 different fom more contemporary wah's.
The difference in the 2 is, as said, the potmeter used. The dual pot is the more common of the 2 but uses a custom made potentiometer which is impossible to find.
Therefore I'm only able to make the other one which uses a contemporary pot.

Indeed I use a crybaby shell which also makes sure that you won't break the pedal. Let's face it, the plastic construction of the WH10 is it's greatest flaw. Furthermore I take out the WH10's characteristic volume boost which makes it, at least in my opinion, more usable.
Last but not least, it's true bypass.

[bonusnoise]

I'm very intrigued

I have a WH10 and i would love to have that done to it.

True Bypass with it is a problem due to the noise it brings when any dirt is on with the wah off.

[brad32]

yehan.jehan, on Nov 22 2008, 05:51 AM, said:

I'm very intrigued

I have a WH10 and i would love to have that done to it.

True Bypass with it is a problem due to the noise it brings when any dirt is on with the wah off.

I'm not sure what noise you are talking about but I will plug the wah in with my DS-2 on and try to listen.

[bonusnoise]

brad32, on Nov 23 2008, 05:47 PM, said:

yehan.jehan, on Nov 22 2008, 05:51 AM, said:

I'm very intrigued

I have a WH10 and i would love to have that done to it.

True Bypass with it is a problem due to the noise it brings when any dirt is on with the wah off.

I'm not sure what noise you are talking about but I will plug the wah in with my DS-2 on and try to listen.

Just hum

its with WH10's cause theyre not true bypass. And when you have dirt after it, there is more hum, than if you didnt have the wh10 connected.

My big muff alone, has no hum at all.

With the wh10 connected, it has quite a bit of hum.

[brad32]

yehan.jehan, on Nov 23 2008, 02:42 PM, said:

brad32, on Nov 23 2008, 05:47 PM, said:

yehan.jehan, on Nov 22 2008, 05:51 AM, said:

I'm very intrigued

I have a WH10 and i would love to have that done to it.

True Bypass with it is a problem due to the noise it brings when any dirt is on with the wah off.

I'm not sure what noise you are talking about but I will plug the wah in with my DS-2 on and try to listen.

Just hum

its with WH10's cause theyre not true bypass. And when you have dirt after it, there is more hum, than if you didnt have the wh10 connected.

My big muff alone, has no hum at all.

With the wh10 connected, it has quite a bit of hum.

Oh well you said "True Bypass with it is a problem" but what you mean is that true bypass fixes the hum that the Wh-10 has. I see. I plugged it in an I hear no hum.

[bonusnoise]

Yeah its all because of true bypass.

And awesome that the volume drop is gone too.

I might in the future send mine to dirk to have that done.

[surfsunadam]

yehan.jehan, on Nov 23 2008, 11:39 PM, said:

Yeah its all because of true bypass.

And awesome that the volume drop is gone too.

I might in the future send mine to dirk to have that done.

I think the buffer circuit in the WH-10 is very good as it gives your signal a kick to get through all the cabling and other pedals. This is why John probably doesn't have his as true bypass, because the low impendance output lets his signal pass though that massive rig without high frequency loss .... also the volume boost I think is perfect in a wah for soloing (which is what I use wah for). When JF kicks his on, the volume boost overdrives his amp more and gives it that distinctive tone.

The two copies of the WH-10 I've seen take these features away, when to me, they make the pedal more appealing in the first place.

[Marius]

I agree. I love the wh-10 because of its solo sounds which are definitely affected by the volume boost. Though I think the clone-version is more useful for rhythm sounds. But for rhythm sounds there are other great wah-pedals...like i said, the wh-10s specialty was the solo sound made by the volume boost.

[geletmote]

Hey Guys im an owner of a now broken pot wh10 , more like heartbroken, anyways we all know the deal we cant get it fixed but i just wanted to ask a question out of the ordinary, is the weeping demon anything like the wh10? Which pedals come close?

peter g

[Purplepeopleeater]

geletmote, on Nov 26 2008, 05:50 AM, said:

Hey Guys im an owner of a now broken pot wh10 , more like heartbroken, anyways we all know the deal we cant get it fixed but i just wanted to ask a question out of the ordinary, is the weeping demon anything like the wh10? Which pedals come close?

peter g

You may be able to replace the pot with a 500k dual pot and cross one side of it out with a 56k resistor to get the correct value. I also build a clone of the less common wh-10 pedal it's called a Ten spot wah. Charictaristically the wah sounds just like the Grey version of the pedal with the dual pot but the difference is the Volume boost is gone and the Ten Spot is also True Bypassed I have a clip on the site with it a/bed against my Grey Version with the dual pot. I'm currently working on cloning my grey dual pot WH-10 though and hopefully will have some good news on that real soon.