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Have Whammy, Will Dive

It may look like the original Whammy pedal that shook up the guitar world over two decades ago, but this latest unit packs a whole new bag of tricks! First off, the DigiTech Whammy delivers the same incredible effects and functions that made the original a must have for guitarists. But they've been updated and enhanced, offering you a fullness and depth that will take your sound to the next level and beyond. The Whammy now also includes chordal pitch shifting and classic single note bends for more functionality than ever. All the cool Whammy settings are instantly available at the touch of a knob. Get a DigiTech Whammy today!

DigiTech Whammy Expressive Pitch Shifting Guitar Effects Pedal at a Glance:
  • Bring the Whammy to your pedal board
  • True bypass switching preserves your tone at all times
  • MIDI compatibility for ease of use
Bring the Whammy to your pedal board

From Steve Vai to Jack White to the Edge to Tom Morello, the Whammy has been a part of modern music form over 20 years. The DigiTech Whammy brings you the same hair-raising "dive bomb" effects, gripping pitch bends and lightning harmony shifts you are looking for plus a few new twists. Bend entire chords with the new chordal pitch shifting setting, and execture classic single note bends. LEDs indicate the current Whammy setting and a heavy-duty momentary footswitch enables and disables the effect. There is only one Whammy, add it to your board today.

True bypass switching preserves your tone at all times

What are your pedals doing to your sound when they aren't in use? If you're rocking a DigiTech Whammy, then your guitar tone is safe. That's because the Whammy features true bypass circuitry. True bypass circuitry means that when you disengage your Whammy, your guitar signal passes cleanly through the pedal, unaffected by any of its background circuitry. This eliminates signal loss and noise, while simultaneously reducing the effecting length of your signal path, reducing the effect of RF and EM noise in the environment.

MIDI compatibility for ease of use

Full MIDI connectivity allows you to hook the DigiTech Whammy up to any MIDI device and send or receive pitch-bend information. This lets you control the Whammy from any MIDI controlling device. You can put the pedal in your rig and control it from your keyboard, MIDI foot controller, or almost any MIDI device.

DigiTech Whammy Expressive Pitch Shifting Guitar Effects Pedal Features:
  • The whole bag of tricks from the original Whammy, plus some
  • All new single note Whammy bends and chordal pitch shifting
  • True bypass switching to keep your tone uneffected while not in use
  • Won't force you to retune your axe between songs
Get an updated version of the classic Whammy pedal with the DigiTech Whammy!

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Tech Specs

  • Pedal Type: Pitch Shifter
  • Inputs: 1 x 1/4" TS
  • Outputs: 1 x 1/4" TS
  • MIDI I/O: 1 x 5-pin DIN (In)
  • Power Source: 9V DC power supply (included)
  • Height: 2.5"
  • Width: 6.3"
  • Depth: 8"
  • Weight: 3.5 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: Whammy-U

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Rated 5/5

Dream Machine

This thing works exactly as it's supposed to. The new Chords function is beautiful and entirely the reason I wanted it. The Classic function is beautifully what an original Whammy should be. Super easy to use and packed with Whammy and Harmonizing effects that will definitely satisfy all your pitch bending desires. I seriously love this thing. Practice a bit with your foot and you can play whole licks and melody lines while hanging on a single note on the guitar. Fantastic!
Music background: Long time local player
Rated 5/5

So far five star

I like it, I'm very happy as long as it holds up.
Rated 5/5

A lot of fun

I really enjoy this pedal. I mainly use it with my ebow, but I also have an earthquaker organizer right before it so I'll use them both at the same time for a big ol' wall of layers. The classic mode is nice with the more glitchy aspect when playing chords, I know that sounds odd but it's up my alley. Sweetwater was great as always. I highly recommend this pedal.
Rated 5/5

after 10yrs the Whammy V is still an amazing pedal!

I have had numerous Whammy's over the ages and now my 3rd V. After much searching and trial sending back pedal after pedal and researching everything. I got yet another Whammy V as just nothing does what it does. The tones are good, the V is true bypass and polyphonic tracking, what's not to love? I just had to get another one as nothing I tried out did it. Pretty amazing pedal to be 10yrs old now (the ver 5), nomination for one of the true GOAT pedals of all time.
Rated 5/5

Are we perhaps going to see a VI version?

I've had like 4 Whammy's over the years, the V is for sure the best of the lot. Proper use of this is a must and use the harmony section more. The only thing I dislike which runs true of most harmonist pedals is the digital issue with the notes and especially how bad the upper octave can sound like the POG, just can't stand that one. Whammy works excellent but it does have that digital thing to the notes. Can be very cool for a few choice things. I have never found anything that does it as well. I have been through about every harmonist/pitch shifter thing there is and have ended up getting tired of all of them. I think I am going to have to get another one of these as I just cannot find anything that does what it can do. I am fond of the T-Rex Quint, now of that could do a 5th down instead of up, it would be hard to outdo. Seems most quality level harmonist/pitch pedals are still monophonic tracking which is extremely limited. And, no the tracking glitch burble that you get from trying to play chords into something that cannot track it is just crap, not a tone. The Poly on this one does well enough. If they could just improve the tone of the pitches it would help. Apparently Digitech is returning to the market so these will not be so hard to get.
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