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rschua
Copper Member
Philippines
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 Posted - 12/02/2005 : 20:01:38
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Ei guys... I'm about to buy an autowah and I'm a little short-handed here. I need a nice autowah of course and I'm confused if I'm gonna buy an FT-2 or the newer AW-3??? Any suggestions???
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Sunburst
Silver Member
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Posted - 12/02/2005 : 20:14:33
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Well, from a collectors point of view I would choose the FT-2. Its was only made during 1986 to 88 and is much harder to come by than the AW-3 which is currently in production.
From a players point of view, I guess its up to which would sound best to your ears. Read about them if you dont have the opportunity to hear them both and make your choice based on that.
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rschua
Copper Member
Philippines
34 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2005 : 20:27:09
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| My problem is that I've never tested any of those 2 yet... But my friends buddy is selling his FT-2 and I'm kinda interested since it's rare and all. All I need is a typical pronounced Wah sound w/o the rocker pedal. Is the FT-2 much clearer, deeper and thicker sounding than the AW-3? |
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rschua
Copper Member
Philippines
34 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2005 : 20:35:20
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| The added feature in the AW-3 is kinda blinding thus making it hard for me to choose between those 2. All I need now is a good opinion regarding as to w/c of those 2 has a better quality, dynamics, response, thickness, depth when it comes to the overall tone of the effects. |
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redzone
Copper Member
United Kingdom
35 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2005 : 01:08:01
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| I found the FT-2 to be quite subtle in it's auto wah effect, the AW-3 can give a much stronger tone as well as provide a lot of different modes (voice effects etc.). I think you should also look at the AW-2, which would probably be cheaper than the other two. It gives a good strong effect, is analogue (the AW-3 is digital I think) and should be quite easy to find. |
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rschua
Copper Member
Philippines
34 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2005 : 03:24:27
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| So the AW-2 has a picking sensitive and modulation type of autowah effects. THat's kinda nice coz' it's still analog. I guess I've got to know more about this effects before pressing on w/c to buy. |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/03/2005 : 11:55:21
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| If you can get it for a good price, I would go for the FT-2. If you don't like it, put it on Ebay, recoup your money and test the AW-3. If you do it the other way around you may find that the FT-2 is gone when you've sold the AW-3. |
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maniacally_cool
Silver Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2005 : 12:22:09
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| anybody interested with a TW-1? |
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maniacally_cool
Silver Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2005 : 11:05:44
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| thanks bro anyway. the TW-1 was already sold even before i got a chance to acquire it :) |
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Erik dP
Silver Member
Sweden
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Posted - 12/07/2005 : 13:54:41
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I did buy the FT-2, AW-2 and AW-3 and decided to keep the FT-2.
The AW-2 is a good auto-wha, where you can both have a sensitive wha alongside with a periodic wha for the chicka-chicha sound. However it is quite noisy when used with distortion. It is a fun pedal and it gives a sharp wha sound. It can sound as a diggeridoo with the hold mode of DD-2 as I have witten in another thread.
The AW-3 has a similar sharpness as the AW-2 in the sound but without the noise of AW-2. It lacks the possibility to use the sensitivity-wha alongside with periodic-wha of the AW-2. However it has both up and down wha sounds. It also has the humanizer effect which basically lets you select wovels. However it sadly enough also have a built in distortion in this mode. Turning the guitar volume down to a minimum will give you a cleaner sound.
The FT-2 has a more subtle wha sound (and with no noise). The instruction refereres to it as a wow-effect. It almost is as if the filter expands to the high range keeping the lows rather than moves a pass filter. The main benefit/difference to the other wha pedals is that you can set the sharpness of the filter. I do prefer this sound over the other two pedals which I sold. It has a selection of up, down and manual wha (manual with external expression pedal). This gives you the selection of using it as a regular wha. However the add on Roland expression pedal cost close to what a regular wha pedal costs. I did buy the Roland expression pedal and it works well as a manual wha.
I would go for the FT-2. |
Edited by - Erik dP on 12/07/2005 13:56:37 |
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