Congratulations on the purchase of your new whammy dt pedal. The digitech whammy pedal first arrived on the scene in the early 1990s i remember first seeing it in an ad in the british magazine guitar way back then, and was quickly adopted by the big wigs of the shred movement, such as steve vai and joe satriani, for high pitched sonic freakout squeals and other tricks. It has a bypass switch and is not a rackable effect. A return authorization number may be obtained from digitech by telephone. There is no doubt that the digitech whammy pitchshifting guitar effects pedal is a pedal board must have. Introducing a new addition to the digitech whammy family whammy dt.
Pitch shifting effects help a guitar performance stand out, and the whammy pedal has been a core pitch shifting effect for influential artists for over 20 years. Whammy dt classic pitch shifting with drop and raised. The 3button footswitch can be setup to extend the control of the onboard looper or navigate through your banks and presets. The number of famous guitarists that have made the whammy a staple to their pedal chain alone has solidified this pedals place in guitar history. Airport syndrome ep by vinyl future available to buy from itunes and other major digital download sites, use the following links. View and download digitech whammy pedal reference manual online. Get started with these famous tones by connecting your gsp or rp unit to your mac or pc.
The pedal is set to the whammy mode with the one octave above setting in use. Whammy offers digitechs latest pitch shifting technology, classic whammy pitch. Digitech liability under this warranty is limited to repairing or replacing defective materials that show evidence of defect, provided the product is returned to digitech with return authorization, where all parts and labor will be covered up to a period of one year. The legendary whammy pedal is the premier pitch shifting pedal for any guitarists board, and it only gets better with classic single note whammy bends, chordal pitch shifting, and true bypass. True bypass switching to keep your tone uneffected while not in use.
When digitech invented the whammy pedal, it was the most revolutionary and innovative pedal to hit the guitar since the the wah wah. Nearly a decade later, in response to your demands, we have gone to painstaking lengths to bring back the original whammy. This is the 5th generation version of the pedal comes packed with features and the modernisations mean that the digitech whammy is still one of the best octave pedals you can buy, 30 years after its release. Digitech whammy modification whammy rodrigo constanzo. The legendary digitech whammy pedal is the premier pitchshifting pedal for any guitarists board, and it only gets better with time. With the digitech whammy dt, you can modify your tuning without having to change guitars or pause awkwardly to make adjustments for the next song. Oct 15, 2011 next, on the whammy side of the pedal you add the octave down from your dry signal two octaves below the upshift that s three notes all sounding at the same time for a super fat tone.
The negatives about the pedal are its big size, it needs a lot of power in comparison to most octave pedals, 0ma if i remember right. I mean sort of like to turn your guitar into a bassguitar. Whammy y1y9 whammy is an effect that uses an expression pedal to bend the pitch of the incoming signal, or add a bendable harmony with the original signal. Guitar interactive the free online guitar magazine 171,957 views.
Pitch shifting effects really help a guitar performance stand out and the whammy pedal has been the core pitch shifting effect. For onthefly pitch changes, divebombs, and even subtle harmonies, learn more about the 15 best guitar pitch shifter and octave pedals. W denotes whammy bends and h denotes harmony bends. The bass whammy pitch shift pedal gives you nine different expressive modes to shift and slide your notes at different musical intervals. The rp360 includes a new feature exclusive to digitech called sound check. The legendary whammy pedal is the premier pitchshifting pedal for any guitarists board, and it only gets better with time. Here is another little wacky demo of the digitech whammy, this time i am fooling around with the octave 2 up feature.
I play my squier tele on this clip, and the amp is my r. A legendary effect thats spanned 23 years and graced over 700 million albums. Weve taken the premier pitch shifting effects pedal added drop tuning and true bypass to bring you the ultimate whammy pedal, the whammy dt. Use the value buttons to select one of the nine whammy settings. A related feature to the whammy dt is a new footswitch option purchased separately.
Digitech whammy pitchshifting guitar effects pedal. The whammy ii can do this, but other pedals are better at tracking octaves electroharmonix pog, mutron octave divider, so they sound more natural and less effectlike when doing it. Aside from midi, the other new features that the whammy wh4 brings to the table are the divebomb and droptune presets. Digitech whammy dt pitch control pedal digitech has taken the premier pitch shifting effects pedal, and added drop tuning and true bypass to bring you the ultimate whammy pedal. This model features full midi implementation, which is a huge plus. The whammy ricochet also has latching footswitch mode so you can rise or fall to pitch and stay there, and an led ladder that shows your shift trajectory at all times. Step up or down in 7 half steps, or an entire octave with just one setting. So, i would say, if youre more interested in an octave pedal, organ sounds, etc.
Digitech bass whammy pitch shift bass pedal sweetwater. Vintage boss octave oc2 vs digitech whammy wh1 youtube. Digitech whammy pedal reference manual pdf download. I had both a whammy v and a micropog for a while, but i ended up selling the mpog. I am using a gigrig pro 14 switching system to control my amps.
Add wow to your performances and energize your audience with advanced pitchshifting and droptuning effects. Digitech brings back their most famous effect to bass players. Digitech is now on their fourth revision of the original whammy pedal. The whole bag of tricks from the original whammy, plus some. Visit our software page if you dont have the sound librarian installed yet. However, knowing that many players were using the whammy for its idiosyncratic sound, the engineers at digitech included a toggle to revert it to the glitchier tones of the whammy iv, which would glitch on a chord input. With the whammy dt, you can modify your tuning without having to change guitars or pause awkwardly to make adjustments for the next. The digitech whammy pedal had first been released way back in the late 80s and very quickly became a household name in the pedal community. With the whammy dt, you can modify your tuning without having to change guitars or pause awkwardly to make adjustments for the next song.
Whammy artists have won over 60 grammy awards using its unique pitchshifting sound to enhance their music. The whammy 1 just sounds glitchier and more well defined as it shifts its pitch. As the pedal is moved, the note bends either up or down. In addition to the near identical specs of the first whammy, the whammy ii featured a black chassis and the ability to store one preset setting for toggling between two set. The whammy does octave down, octave up, and two octaves up. The modern whammy v improved the tracking of the pedal, and added the ability to play polyphonic sounds, allowing for chords. Instantly shift up two octaves to play a lead line, or drop your bass another octave for ultralow bass lines. Nov 27, 2011 the digitech whammy ii is a unique pedal that is a pitch shifter and has a detune option which is like a chorus and numerous harmony options. Using an expression pedal youll engage real time control of an effect in your preset including the iconic whammy pedal. The pog tracks better than the whammy, and you can have more than one octave on, but the whammy does more intervals, and also whammy stuff. Digitech whammy dt drop tune guitar effects pedal musician. Digitech whammy expressive pitch shifting guitar effects pedal features. Nearly a decade later, in response to your demands, we have gone to painstaking engths to bring back the original whammy.
When digitech invented the whammy pedal, it was the most revolutionary and innovative pedal to hit the guitar since the he wah wah. None of these are really an issue for me because i only have a few pedals on my board. Housed in the same chassis as the digitech whammy v, but again in blue, it also features the new classicchords switch and truebypass switching. Page 5 congratulations on the purchase of your new whammy pedal. Buy digitech whammy 5th gen 2mode pitchshift effect with true bypass. Guitar multieffect floor processor with usb streaming digitech. The digitech whammy brings you the same hairraising dive bomb effects, gripping pitch bends and lightning harmony shifts you are looking for plus a few new. Click here to see how the wh4 stacks up against a wh1 it appears digitech is finally making a new whammy pedal thats truebypass, as well as having mono ie.
You can always tell when a whammy 1 is being used in a recording over a whammy 4. I guess people dont think the whammy s have character but it tracks miles better than any other monophonic octaver ive ever played. All new single note whammy bends and chordal pitch shifting. I have an xp100 whammy wah, and i use it for the times i need octave down as well. The whammy will distort and create occasional digital errorsartifacts when tracking octaves, which makes it sound almost like an analog synth. Guitar interactive the free online guitar magazine 163,564 views 15. Like the original, it is equipped with a unique set of shift and harmony options more appropriate for bass. This is a demonstration of the digitech whammy pedal.
Digitech whammy dt pitch controller pedal with drop tuning, new. In addition to the classic whammy sound, weve added chordal whammy pitchshifting and true bypass. Digitech originally was a line of products with the larger dod company in utah, but broke off to become its own entity. Nearly a decade later, in response to your demands. Digitech whammy 5 octave harmony guitar pedal youtube. It sounds great, with flawless glitchfree tracking. Digitech whammy pitchshifting guitar effects pedal guitar. Digitech rereleased the bass whammy at the 2014 winter namm show. It is an analog effect and has a 14 input and both 14 wet and dry outputs. Digitech whammy 5 pedal with classic and chord bends long.
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