Whether or not it ruins your tone is pretty subjective. The crybaby is a simple device, a few capacitors, resistors, a switch, and a pot. There is nothing there that will inherently "ruin" your tone.
If you don't like the sound of a wah, then you don't like it. But you'd be surprised how many of your favorite albums, many including legendary guitar tone, were cut with a crybaby in the mix. For example, try to find a popular Jimi Hendrix song without wah.
If you wanting Dimes Tone your Going To need Some Sort Of EQ LIke Bosses 7 Band EQ or the MXR ten band EQ and your Also going to need a very heavy distortion like the MXR DD-11 Which is the Dimebag Distortion box there is also a MXR crybaby from hell and it is dimes sig wah pedal set treb:8 bass:7 Mids:3
pedal point
In a Grand Piano the piano pedal that makes the tone softer (The 'Una Corda' pedal) works by moving all of the keys slightly sideways so that the hammer inside the piano only hits two of the three strings used to make a note. In an upright piano it works by moving the hammer's resting position closer to the strings, meaning less momentum can be achieved when playing a note and therefore you get a softer tone. The Una Corda pedal only works if you are already playing quietly otherwise the difference between playing with the pedal engaged and without is not noticed. In an electric piano the tone is artificially dampened.
I reckon you should just experiment although try this, Tone - 4, Level - 10 (full), distortion - 10 (full). This will make a good tone for dirty riffs
The Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal is an all-around good piece of equipment. Although it is on the inexpensive side, it still produces a solid tone that can be dialed-in with your amp to get everything from a lightly crunchy overdrive to a higher-gain distortion. Kurt Cobain and many others have used the orange pedal as an additional overdrive box to supplement their amplifier distortion. It will work as well with a Peavey amp as it will with anything. What it really comes down to is your own taste. As with any pedal, it will combine its own tones with the amp's sound to produce the final distortion tone. Either way, it's a good pedal (especially for the price) and it's worth experimenting with.
Unfortunately, a wah wah pedal is only used for guitars. A wah wah pedal (or just wah pedal) is used to mimick a human voice by altering the tone of the guitar.
Beladerie
it really depends on what pedal you get not really as much of the settings on your amp man. i suggest a mesa pedal bro
they are basically like the kettle drum or timpani. the tone and pitch to the drum itself can be lowered or tightened by a foot pedal, much like kick drum pedal to your average drum set.
If you wanting Dimes Tone your Going To need Some Sort Of EQ LIke Bosses 7 Band EQ or the MXR ten band EQ and your Also going to need a very heavy distortion like the MXR DD-11 Which is the Dimebag Distortion box there is also a MXR crybaby from hell and it is dimes sig wah pedal set treb:8 bass:7 Mids:3
Use the Crunch channel, it is modelled after the classic Marshall plexi tone.
pedal point
In a Grand Piano the piano pedal that makes the tone softer (The 'Una Corda' pedal) works by moving all of the keys slightly sideways so that the hammer inside the piano only hits two of the three strings used to make a note. In an upright piano it works by moving the hammer's resting position closer to the strings, meaning less momentum can be achieved when playing a note and therefore you get a softer tone. The Una Corda pedal only works if you are already playing quietly otherwise the difference between playing with the pedal engaged and without is not noticed. In an electric piano the tone is artificially dampened.
If you want to stick with Boss pedals only, you have to try the RT20 Rotary Ensemble; it has models of two different Leslie cabinets (as well as a Leslie cabinet powered by a Marshall amp) and a Univibe. Great for Texas-style blues as well as Hendrix/George Harrison/Clapton Leslie cabinet excursions. If you can go away from Boss pedals, try a wah--I like the original Dunlop Crybaby, but there's a whole slew of different makes and models out there...try a bunch and then pick the best for you. For something a little "out of the box" (as far as blues playing is concerned), try an MXR Phase 90...great classic phase shifter that adds a bunch of cool variety and color to your tone. -Screamin' Armadillo Fort Worth, Texas
I reckon you should just experiment although try this, Tone - 4, Level - 10 (full), distortion - 10 (full). This will make a good tone for dirty riffs
The best possible way to line up your pedal chain is: Compressors > Effects > Expression pedals > Distortion Pedals > Boost > Noise gate This will give you the best possible tone with your set of effects. Note: If you do not have some of those pedal types, just skip over them; the tone benefit from this stompbox ordering will still be the same, if not better.
The lowest natural note is low F sharp. You can play lower by using pedal tone notes or by moving all the slides out.