What is the difference between the wah and the whammy pedal?

Well the wah pedal, i know that you press the pedal and sounds wah wah but the whammy? I'm just wondering.

A Whammy pedal has a fair few settings, but all manipulate the note - for example:

Pushing it up through one or two octaves as you rock the pedal.
Dropping it down an octave as you rock the pedal
Dive Bomb
Harmonising with a 3rd / 5th of what you're playing

Check out the digitech website for a run down here

Originally Posted by: zreynoldspA Whammy pedal has a fair few settings, but all manipulate the note - for example:

Pushing it up through one or two octaves as you rock the pedal.
Dropping it down an octave as you rock the pedal
Dive Bomb
Harmonising with a 3rd / 5th of what you're playing

Check out the digitech website for a run down here

Thanks for the info zreynoldsp

a wah pedal effects tone (bass and treble) and the whammy effects pitch

Originally Posted by: Dr_simona wah pedal effects tone (bass and treble) and the whammy effects pitch

Thank you Dr. Simon

If it's on "Dive Bomb" there's no way you could make it go up without stopping to press a button?

I despise Floyd Roses and am wary of dropping a brick of cash on a Kahler (both the thing itself and installation). At the same time, at least you can go up and down and up and down just by jerking it one way or the other.

I would buy a Whammy Pedal so that I could do dive bombs without the disadvantages of a locking trem. Would a good set up be a Fender-style trem, like on a Strat (up only) together with a dive bomb whammy pedal? Or would I just be better off bending the notes with my left hand to go "up" so as to retain the advantages of a hardtail or stringthrough bridge? Sustain and tone are very important to me... and Floyd Rose trems bleed both to death.