Ashdown Stuart Zender Funk Face vs Ibanez WH10V3
The Ashdown Stuart Zender Funk Face and the Ibanez WH10V3 are both pedals sharing dynamic, low gain, glassy. The Ashdown Stuart Zender Funk Face leans warm. The Ibanez WH10V3 leans fuzzy and mid-forward.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.47% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Funk
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- dynamic
- low gain
- glassy
Ibanez WH10V3
Ibanez · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$172.30via Reverb
The Ashdown Stuart Zender Funk Face is a dual-function bass effects pedal designed in collaboration with Jamiroquai bassist Stuart Zender. It combines a tube-driven overdrive section powered by a 12AX7 valve with an autowah dynamic filter, covering warmth and dirt through to synth-like filtered funk textures. The drive section delivers warm, harmonically rich tube overdrive while the wah section responds dynamically to playing intensity via a single sensitivity knob. Built for professional stage use in a durable chassis at 0.9kg. Particularly associated with the funky bass tones of Virtual Insanity-era Jamiroquai. Suited for funk, soul, R&B, and jazz fusion bass players.
The Ibanez WH10 V3 is the modern reissue of the cult 1980s WH10 wah, the pedal John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers has called his standard wah since BloodSugarSexMagik. Its multiple-feedback op-amp circuit produces a creamy, vocal, wooly filter sweep that is darker and more musical than a typical inductor wah, and it interacts especially well with overdrive, distortion and fuzz. The V3 resurrects that original op-amp for smooth, even gain across the sweep while adding switchable true bypass and a rugged die-cast housing in place of the original fragile plastic shell. It works on guitar and bass and excels at expressive funk, alt-rock and lead phrasing.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Soul
- Alternative Rock
- Jazz
- Rock
- warm
- fuzzy
- mid-forward
- smooth
- transparent