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(@jg8804)
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What is so special about this certain kind of pedal? I hear so much about them and in my local the cheapest is like 60 pounds but it seems to not have much about it. What does it do?


   
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(@ignar-hillstrom)
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It makes a wah wah sound. :lol: Seriously, just try one in a store, it's pretty obvious then how it sounds. I currently use the new Behringer pedal, it's about 30 pounds or so.


   
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(@anonymous)
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Follow these steps to know what is wah wah -

1.Load any file into audacity (better if contained guitar solo like sweet child of mine )
2.Make the selection where the riff lies and from the effect tab select wah wah.
3.After you get the effect embedded , listen

That is wah wah , the backbone of jimi hendrix :lol: :wink: 8)


   
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The opening riff from the sound track "Shaft" used a cry baby. The most famous one I can remember right now.


   
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What about Hendrix' Voodoo Child?

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(@anonymous)
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What about Hendrix' Voodoo Child?

more than voodoo chile in purple haze :wink:


   
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(@dogbite)
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wah pedals weighing over 30lbs.
huh? mine wieghs maybe 160z.

I have a Vox wah reissue. awesome sounds.
Hendrix used a wah. definately on VooDoo Chile.

Curtis Mayfield is most famous for the wah effect. Superfly, a great example.
his technique is incredibly difficult. Ive tried. I suck.
Clapton and the Cream. a defining sound for him.

FranK Zappa. a wizard on the wah. he would set the footpedal angle for a certain sound and then leave it there.
Ive done that. pretty nice effect. the wah adds alot of sustain and major tone altering.

it's one of the most difficult pedlas to use. it's strong.

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wah pedals weighing over 30lbs.
huh? mine wieghs maybe 160z.

Costs 30 pounds aka quid more formally the form of currency used in an island nation on the other side of the pond (otherwise known as the Atlantic Ocean) :-)

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(@ignar-hillstrom)
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Voodoo chile is indeed pretty much the 'introduction to wah sounds' song if you ask me...


   
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(@dogbite)
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vink....thirty Quid. hahah on me.

I thought something was awry. looks like the USA is the other island on the same ocean. kinda third world here lately.

good price for a wah though.
cheers.

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(@jg8804)
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Cheers for the help fella's, good shout on the audacity john287in.

Think im gonna look into buying one, thanks again.


   
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(@ignar-hillstrom)
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Yeah, it's dirt cheap. Might post a review of it but I believe greybeard was planning the same.


   
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(@xeran)
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you can also leave a wah wah pedal on in an idle position and get a different, crisp, screaming harmonic sound right? i read somewhere that dimebag does that.

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 TimL
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The coolest wah on the planet.


   
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(@blackzerogsh)
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woah, you can play that with your ahnds and fingers, that's really cool. Unless your a guitarist, then you hire someone to "finger wah" for a song :lol:


   
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