Any advice for a new wah owner?
I've been playing guitar for two years or so. Until recently, I've been playing a lot of blues and the like. Then I played some metal (ozzy,iron maiden,etc). Now I'm trying some hendrix and I figured I should get a wah. I've figured out how to do the basics, but a lot of sounds I assume are comin from the wah in many different songs I just can't get. Any advice? (tricks, places to learn, etc). thanks.
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my humble advice is to not rock the wah back and forth with the tempo of the song. Everybody does just that and it's a little tiring to hear any more. If you watch and listen to Jimi he uses it as a filter quite a bit...finds a 'sweet' spot and then slowly manipulates the pedal around that spot. you can use it to control feedback that way for really cool feedback solos...that's how I use it most often. Just my $0.02 ;-)
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There is 2 ways to connect the wah.
One is were u have your wah first and then in to your dis. pedal. Like this:
guitar -- wah -- dis. -- amp.
and the other (jimi used, I think)
guitar -- dis. -- wah -- amp.
One is were u have your wah first and then in to your dis. pedal. Like this:
guitar -- wah -- dis. -- amp.
and the other (jimi used, I think)
guitar -- dis. -- wah -- amp.
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