white room wah

[johnabraham]

Anyone have any ideas of what made this particular wah work the way it did electronically for this track?  

Any pics of Clapton with this wah in early 1968?

[puretube]

probably this one:
http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US3530224&F=0&QPN=US3530224

[Paul Marossy]

puretube-

That's cool, that's the patent for the Vox wah! I printed that sucker out -  it's interesting reading.  

It's also been granted 45 years ago.  :shock:

[jmusser]

I have always considered that song to be the quintessential wah tune, and the one in which all other people who play wahs are measured against. Just over the past 6 months, I have been fooling around with an original Crybaby and a Vox 847, and to me, anyone who can get out of a wah what Clapton did is a miracle worker! For me they are hard to time and get the hang of. That tone is awsome too, and neither of mine will do that tone. I think they'd need a major overhaul. My Crybaby sounds more like what Mark Farner played which was real high pitched and grating, and doesn't have the real baby crying, White Room tone.

[Paul Marossy]

My Crybaby sounds more like what Mark Farner played which was real high pitched and grating, and doesn't have the real baby crying, White Room tone.

Maybe it's a Vox Clyde McCoy that Clapton used? Perhaps that is what puretube was eluding to...

I'll agree, my old V847 CryBaby wah (with TDK inductor) is certainly a different animal than my '74(?) Vox wah (with original red Fasel inductor). It sounds good in its own way, but it's just not as smooth or mellow as the Vox.

[puretube]

that WR tone was my main influence to wanna get into music-electronix...

but I must say: it`s terrible - similar like some early SLY&fam. Stone wah-sounds - imho sounds like solidstate (SUNN? or mixing-console??) overdriven circuit after the wah (ok - maybe a too overdriven treblebooster input) - very brassy/tinny...