Snarling Dogs Whine-O Wah

Settings are simple as follows, 3 wah settings, Volume knob, twinductor beef boost? and hormone control??.

My unit is ex demo so I'm missing the manual and whatever else came with it.

It is fairly easy to use, one thing that annoys me is when you take your foot off the pedal the weight of it means that you can't leave it in one position.

I use a gibson Les paul special and a Laney A3012 series 2 amp. It sounds good, has a hint of vintage to it. The settings are already talked about I'm sure but I'll give my thoughts.

The white room setting has an underwater sound to it, its the bassiest setting. I've never really liked this setting allthough I often mess about with it as it is the most unique sound of the 3. The Voodoo setting is the more coventional setting having a mid frequency cut off point. My favourite is the Shaft setting which is the most trebly of the 3.

When distorted using amp distortion this pedal buzzes like mad.

The volume adds a little bit of distortion to the wah and so does the hormone setting and the beef boost. When played clean I turn all these on/up. Though when distorted it is a bit much. Overall I like the sound of this pedal alot. When switching settings expect some noise, but stomping the wah on and off is seamless.

The wire that lights up the dogs eyes has come loose which is a shame. It's easy to fix but I haven't bothered as the pedal is running fine otherwise.

It is dependable enough it was an ex demo model from my local guitar store and has worked fine for the last year I've had it.

Never dealt with th company so no opinion.

I play an eclectic mix of styles, everything except country and shredding metal stuff. This pedal is now a regular edition to my live/studio setup.

I don't use any other effects apart from wah and amp distortion.
When totally overdriven this pedal hisses like crazy but I hardly play with that type of overdrive.

In an ideal world there would have been a setting half way between voodoo and shaft which would have been the most familiar wah sound.

I've been playing about 15 years and I have got to the stage where I buy quality guitar stuff nowadays, this pedal is decent enough to have a place in my standard playing outfit. I have been trying out amps recently as I want to buy a decent stack. I tried this pedal on a orange thunderverb with my les paul and it was beautiful.

How easy can it get?
Stomp it on an use your foot.
One volume knob if you want a boost you can
and 3 different wah setting: 'White Room' 'Voodoo' and 'Shaft'
does it need more explanation?

The wah pedal is a little loose but it's all in your mind

It s good. It has a real open sound. and you can select 3 different types.
Everyone has its favorites, yes well at least you have that. other wahs are not so nice: if you dont like the one sound its too bad there is no other.
For me its great I play a coverband and I can use all 3 of em.
Clapton, Red Hot Chili, Enter Sandman, J.Brown, ... It works it's not all identical but it's close enough for me

I dont have it for very long but for now it still works.
Without backup? sure but if it did break I would have to improvise.
How many backups do you all bring along???

Dont needed it yet

I play Rock, Blues, Funk and Hard rock, and everything in between. Some metal too but not much, (maybe for metal would buy another wah)

I would try to buy it again but its hard to find one these days

I chose this one for the versatility, 3 in one for a good price.
Maybe it doesnt have the name of a dunlop or Vox but neither am I a Professional

Would it be nice if you could toggle between the types by foor?

I like the look. either you like , either you hate I Guess
I didnt pay fot it as I (no i didnt steal it) I traded it for a boss MT2.

simple operation,it's a wah what do you expect.some practice with the sweep and it's a holy grail.

alot of the reviews I've read here don't really echo the experience I've had with this pedal,I suspect alot of the detractors of this pedal are stuck in the same rut as many people who have only thought that a wah pedal should sound like a crybaby simply because it's been around so long.LET ME TELL YOU THIS..with just a bit of use to learn the sweep of this pedal it is SICK,this pedal REEKS of soulfull tone after soulfull tone.
you can duplicate the sound of a crybaby with this pedal and then leave that sound behind as you open up the other 80% of this pedals potential.
crybaby=one trick pony
whine-o= the whole damn rodeo.

zero problems ...zero this thing is built like a tank.

never needed it

If someone stole this I would definately get another one,would easily pay twice what I payed for mine.have played it through several amp of differing quality and it sounded great with everything,my current setup contains 1980 fender american strat,texas special pickups,96 gibson sg with seth lover buckers,71 fender twin reverb,modded epi valve jr head through 4x12 avatar cab ,multiple pedals tube screamer modded,a daddy-0,whine-0,phaser,delay,rotovibe,some other misc nick nacks.

Very simple to use, press down on the pedal to turn it on, this is a little firm to begin with but loosens up as the rubber stoppers get compressed. You get a level boost on one side so you can drive your amp a bit harder with it on and a selection of three filter settings on the other side.

The three sounds are all quite different. White Room is quite dark, Voodoo should be self explanatory and Shaft is a very trebly filter setting.

The real problem with all of the settings is that most of the tone sweeping hapens over a very small range of pedal movement. With the pedal pulled up it's very muddy but theres no real treble boost until the pedal is nearly all the way down which makes it a bit fiddly to use.

My biggest gripe is with the feel, there's not enough feedback from the pedal and it's too easy to move. Plus you can't leave it half-cocked as it's too loose. This is even with the tensioning svrews fully tightened.

The on/off switch broke after 1 month and so I replaced it with a decent one and no trouble since.

Didn't bother, just assumed any replacement switch would be as rubbish as the first.

Overall there are much better pedals out there, some for considerably less money. I bought it because of the promise of versatility but poor ergonomics and some minor design flaws make it stay almost entirely unused in my pedal chain. Slightly disappointing.

I did find it easy to use. Just plug it in and turn the dials!

The sound was pretty good. I liked the White Room the best. The volume knob was a nice touch. I ran it through my Peavey Bandit 75 using both my Ibanez RG570 and Fender Standard Strat.

The 5th time I went to use it the on/off stomp switch broke. I don't call that very reliable! I also found the pedal very awkward to use. Also, the rubber bushings under the footpedal were already starting to come apart when I got it.

I called the company phone number listed on this site and spoke to a nice man who said he would send me out a replacement swith right away- no charge! I thought, great! Well, I waited and waited, no switch! Then I emailed the company directly (after their website finally started to work again) and guess what? I got NO response from them at all! I'm still waiting for my switch. About 2 months now!

I've been playing rock and blues for 40 years. My idol is Jeff Beck so that's why I bought it. It sounded liked him all right but broke so fast that I'm back to my Cry Baby. If it were lost or stolen I'd thank the person that took it! I'd NEVER buy another one. The last thing you need in the middle of a gig is your gear going out.

I tried the pedal for some days and I found it very uncomfortable.
Heel completely down, the volume fades away: you have to work a lot with the toe to get some decent sound.
Moreover after 3 days one of the 2 screws that should keep the pedal fixed in one position was out!
As someone already said, it's also difficult to switch the wah on/off.

I tried it with my Telecaster American and the sound itself isn't so bad. But it does not have a real "clean" channel, and if you add its distortion to another effect (Boss Digital Metallizer, e.g.) the result is terrible.

I returned the pedal to the music shop and bought the classic CryBaby, which is much more versatile and complete. And what about that horrible "bigfoot" shape?

Very easy to use. Didn't take long at all before I had a couple of wah sounds that I really liked. I really enjoy the long sweep. I had a Jimmy Hendrix was before this one, and I din't much care for the action on it. Mine is number 400. Bought it used at a pawn shop. It's ugly as hell, in a good way.

I play a Gibson SG into a Mesa Dual Rectifier and 1 or 2 4x12 cabs (rehersal or shows). This pedal sounds FANTASTIC. I didn't even really like wah pedals till I go this one. Now I'm addicted.

Right now I like the volume of the wah to be similar to my signal. But it is nice to have the option to raise it with the volume dial. For bluesy stuff, I like the hormone switch on Testosterone (instead of Estrogen). The testosterone drive is almost as dynamic as a tubescreamer. The rest of the time, I leave the hormone switch to Estrogen for a cleaner wah sound.
None of the three modes sound bad, but my favorite is Vodoo. I swear I played Vodoo Chile for a hour straight when I brought this pedal home. The Shaft setting is great for sutting through, and the White Room setting is good for using the wah as a filter.

This thing just sounds GREAT!

There is some signal change when it is in bypass. And there is some noise introduced when you turn it on. Neither of the two are significant to cause an issue.

It's very rugged. Thick metal chassis and pedal.

Since I bought it used, I took it apart to blow out the dust, hair, etc. I noticed that the volume knob is zip-tied in. The volume pot was a bit loose, and needed to be tightened. Now I figured out why someone zip tied it. The previous owner stripped the bottom thread by tightening it too hard. It holds firmly, but I'll bet if I kick it, it will come loose (why would I do that?). The dial itself is between the Wah and my Volume pedal, so it's not really an issue.

Never had to deal with them. I liked the sound samples on their website, and the comment "If you can't get a good sound out of this wah, you don't want a wah". LOL, classic and true.

I play lots of styles of music. I play some covers for fun, but am in an original rock band. I have a very Metallica tone with some bluesy influence. I have been playing for about 12 years.

I am very impressed with this pedal, and would buy a new one if it got stolen or damaged. A+++

It's pretty easy to use, and it's easy to get a good dynamic sound out of it. It's got three different settings for varying degrees of "nasil" sound, and the action on the rocker is just right.

It's a relatively quiet pedal with a really nice sound on the white room and voodoo settings. The shaft setting was a little too treble-heavy for my tastes, but it still sounded good. It does a really good mock-up for both a crybaby and a vox.

I've abused that bad boy for 3 years, and nary a once did I have a problem with it. I bought it used, so no luxury of a warranty, but it doesn't appear to need one.

Never dealt with snarling dogs.

A really good pedal. I'd reccomend it to anyone looking for a good vintage wah sound.

when i first got it it was stiff too turn on and off, i think i broke it in a little though, so thats no problem any more. Name is right though, its easier to get a snarling sound out than a claasic wah tone

Only 1 of 3 settings i find decent. I have a fender u.s. strat, epiphone sg and a used guitar with some EMGs in it. i can get some pretty good Jimi licks and SRV all the way to Rage against the Machine, but this pedal doesnt cut it when i need a wah.

Thing would never turn on and off at the right time. Then a few months after getting the pedal it starts to screw around in terms of volume. The volume would fade in and out when i used it. I brought it into the shop, they told me it was on warranty. Took weeks to repair and then they tell me this Charlie Stringer dude is dead, so i gotta pay 30$ for the fix. I bring it home and it works a bit but just craps out after a few days, and now itll do the volume thing even when it's OFF.

The guy is dead, my warranty was voided. VERY BAD

I play rock. Distortion like Nirvana to classic riffs with a little gain. like i said only1 setting i find being remotly decent only because its a wah and better than nothing. I bought this pedal cause it was the cheapest in the store and i thought i could get a deal seeing as i bought my whole rig there, so they dumped the taxes for me. WHOOPPEE 10$. little did i know i could've gone on ebay and had a vox for a third of the price, which seem a lot more reliable.

Hi folks. I am Bill Anderson, owner of Naked Hoof? and I've just finished redesigning the Snarling Dogs website. I've read a whole lot of comments from some Snarling Dogs users, and some are great and others are less than complimentary.

First, I've noticed that the negative comments are (mostly) pretty old and likely reflect early production models. I have known Ed and Marc over at Matthews & Ryan ever since they started up their business (Marc used to be the drummer in my band :). I can tell you this: these guys work hard and are extremely interested in customer satisfaction. They have made a number of improvements in the Snarling Dogs product line, and they stand behind them 100%.

If you've tried Snarling Dogs products in the past and were dissatisfied, I suggest you give them another try. I know the customer support works, because I occasionally even jump in with a customer response whenever I can personally help someone. I don't get paid for that, and I am not getting paid for this. I do it because I believe in these guys and I know that if you have a problem that they will bend over backwards to make sure that the problem is fixed. So if you've had a bad experience with a Snarling Dogs product, and/or customer service issues, I personally invite you to give them another try. I think you'll be very pleased.

On another note: now that the Snarling Dogs website has been redesigned (and man did it NEED that ;), I have posted sound clips, pedal information from the designer Kenny Segall and manuals on the site to make it easy for you to listen to the pedals and find out more about them before you buy. I hope you enjoy the new site.