Comparing various WAH pots
I tested the curve of various wah pots. Italian V846 ICAR, JEN CryBaby, Fullton wah pot and Jim Dunlop Hot Potz -1.
| Opening width of the pedal | V846 | V847 Hot Potz-1 | JEN | JD GB95 w/Fulltone | JD 535 Hot Potz-1 |
| mm | % | % | % | % | % |
| 0 | 99.12911776 | 99.70993733 | 99.41754386 | 100 | 100 |
| -1 | 97.50094661 | 99.0957923 | 98.75087719 | 99.96783187 | 99.37888199 |
| -2 | 96.44074214 | 98.69292748 | 97.87368421 | 97.91979412 | 98.24016563 |
| -3 | 94.28246876 | 97.80662489 | 96.91929825 | 95.52862964 | 96.79089027 |
| -4 | 92.99507762 | 96.77708147 | 95.41754386 | 93.6843234 | 96.58385093 |
| -5 | 91.89700871 | 95.79230081 | 94.69473684 | 91.92579884 | 95.44513458 |
| -6 | 90.19310867 | 94.2256043 | 93.95087719 | 89.95282007 | 92.96066253 |
| -7 | 89.28436198 | 92.14861235 | 92.11929825 | 88.41947244 | 91.20082816 |
| -8 | 88.3756153 | 89.7045658 | 91.0245614 | 85.95324898 | 89.54451346 |
| -9 | 87.27754638 | 86.30259624 | 89.05263158 | 83.94810208 | 87.78467909 |
| -10 | 86.29307081 | 83.52730528 | 87.48070175 | 80.29165773 | 84.98964803 |
| -11 | 84.81635744 | 79.23008057 | 85.72631579 | 72.48552434 | 77.01863354 |
| -12 | 81.5221507 | 67.59176365 | 72.02105263 | 63.03881621 | 64.07867495 |
| -13 | 64.67247255 | 57.83348254 | 61.68421053 | 53.18464508 | 50.51759834 |
| -14 | 41.12078758 | 45.65801253 | 48.63157895 | 41.57194939 | 38.71635611 |
| -15 | 13.36614919 | 32.49776186 | 28.42105263 | 31.11730646 | 25.67287785 |
| -16 | 0.302915562 | 21.217547 | 16.84210526 | 18.01415398 | 14.69979296 |
| -17 | 0 | 10.2954342 | 8.09122807 | 9.007076989 | 4.50310559 |
| -18 | 0 | 5.729632945 | 1.235087719 | 0.214454214 | 1.542443064 |
| -19 | 0 | 1.521933751 | 0.512280702 | -0.021445421 | 0.476190476 |
| -20 | 0 | 0 | 0.435087719 | -0.053613554 | 0.113871636 |
| -21 | 0.189473684 | -0.042890843 | |||
| -22 | 0.189473684 | 0 | |||
| -23 | 0.189473684 | 0 | |||
| -24 | 0.189473684 | 0 | |||
| -25 | 0.189473684 | 0 | |||
| -26 | 0.189473684 | 0 | |||
| -27 | 0 |
Resistance %
Opening width of the pedal: mili meter
Resistance %
Opening width of the pedal: mili miter
Result
Italian V846 ICAR has the steepest curve. It has no sensing zone at first
and then goes up radically.From 80 % of the resistance, it goes gradually
to 100 %. Hot Potz-1 does not have "No sensing zone", it goes
gradually up from the first So, it's difficult for us to control the most
usable lower zone. It goes over the most usable point at the first. Fulltone
pot is closest to ICAR pot. It has some "No sensing zone" and
steeper than other replica pots.