The 4 also has a nice soft switch, whereas the 5 has a clicking latching one. It still does glitch.... Just less so, and the glitching itself feels a bit "stuck on". whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct The place for all things related to guitar pedals. You would also need an expression pedal to do the pitch bending, so if you don't have one already, that might cost you at least an extra $40 (for a new Roland EV-5). Aber prinzipiell haben sich die DigiTech Designer beim Whammy4 sehr stark am WH-1 orientiert. It's just last nights rehearsal was the first time I've really been able to push it, and it's certainly cleaner. There really is no comparison. And one more thing--if you really want what the Whammy can do, forget about the Pitch Fork. term for the musical effect it produces. Oh yeah, Whammy V is much more effective. If I didn't have a 4 already and was buying now I'd probably buy a 5 but I totally agree about the loss of it's quirky, glitchy character. I own both of them and while both are equally fun, the Whammy V is just much more worth it. But I actually think it sounds a bit better than the 5. Yeah, it's why I sold the 4 and bought the 5. In standard usage, tremolo is a Whammy 5 is true bypass as well, which is nice when you want it very early in the chain. I haven't used a 4 for a few years, and I agree the 5 is less glitchy, even in classic mode, but I really *really* like the 5. Donald The Pitch Fork is cool, and it does a few things the V can't do, but the pitch shifting quality is still somewhere between a Whammy IV and a Whammy V (closer to the Whammy V--but the difference is still noticeable). Not only is it true bypass (something the IV needed mods to get), but the shifting is MUCH improved, and the new "Chords" mode really can pitch shift complex chords from a clean guitar in a way that I've never heard another pedal do before. The legendary Whammy pedal is the premier pitch-shifting pedal for any guitarist’s board, and it only gets better with time. It is quieter though, and it can be powered properly, so swings and roundabouts. Trump has spoken movingly about 7-Eleven. If you've ever heard a demo for the V where it didn't sound "clean," there's two possible good reasons for it: (1) they had "Classic" mode on (which was designed to be lower quality, to mimic the old "glitchy" Whammy sounds in the IV that a lot of people grew to like), or (2) they didn't have the pedal placed before all distortion/overdrive/fuzz/etc. And that's a good thing! Makes sense y'see. Whammy artists have won over 60 Grammys® using its unique pitch-shifting sound to enhance their music. Everytime I get close to buying one I struggle to think of uses for it. The last one is the biggest mistake I see people make with these--if you want clean pitch shifting, it HAS to go as close to the guitar as possible! I find the octave harmony modes more useful too, particularly the dry+octavedown, which sounds HUGE, especially with a hint of univibe. by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the He might be watching now. rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a I hate it when old traditions die, so it saddens that this Whammy 4 v 5 discussion is nearly 8 hours old and no-one has mentioned Adolph Hipster. My muse is not a horse and art is not a race. Over the years there have been so many lackluster Whammy versions, I don't think a lot of people realized how much of a huge improvement this one is. I've also heard that the tracking is not as fast as a Whammy's--not much different, but again, enough to be noticeable. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I've heard the V is better, and I saw it go up for $75 on Craigslist. If you fuckers try and cancel Christmas next then I'm proper sulking. term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect. what is gan on with the formatting tonight? Is it significantly better? You would also need an expression pedal to do the pitch bending, so if you don't have one already, that might cost you at least an extra $40 (for a new Roland EV-5). Should I go ahead and pull the trigger? In addition to the classic Whammy sound, we’ve added chordal Whammy pitch-shifting and true bypass. I've got a 4 and have had two originals in the past and haven't tried a 5 yet. The V is so much better, that it is almost not worth comparing the two. For years, I wanted to have the Whammy effect, but I could never get myself to pull the trigger on a IV, because of all the issues it has. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the guitarpedals community. You can now read my insane guitar ramblings daily here. & Does it play like butter? A good thing in most cases, it's just on one song of ours in particular, the effect was as much about the glitch as the pitch shift, and it's without question tamer on that front. It's veyr smooth on chords mode, probably 90% of the way to POGland.