Three Great Ways To Wah-Wah [Or How Not To Be A Slacka-Wacka]
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- Want some wah inspiration? Let’s go beyond the wacka-wacka
Life too short for long UA-cam videos? Please see the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below.
Welcome to the show! Loved by many and perhaps hated by more, the dear old wah-wah filtered its way into our consciousness thanks largely to a certain Mr Hendrix in the late 1960s. Since then it’s been used across a great many genres of music, becoming synonymous with a handful of truly great guitar players.
Dare we still use it? Does it immediately pigeonhole us into those wonderful clichés? Let’s see if we can offer up a couple of different ways to wah…
Today’s board explanation…
We are both going through the same G3, but with separate signal paths.
My pedals - Mick here, hello - are the Jam Wahcko Wah, Fulltone Wah, Kingtone Fuzz, Box Of Rock and Echoplex, routed in to G3 Loop 1 and out to the Two-Rock from G3 loop 5.
Dan’s pedals are the Vox HW Wah, Phase 90, OCD, Juju and Halo, routed in to G3 loop 6 and out of the main output to the Marshall.
Enjoy the show!!
Pedals and stuff in today’s video
Custom pedalboard by Alder & Ash
www.alderandashpedalboards.com/
TheGigRig Three2One
www.thegigrig.com/three2one
Sonic Research ST-200 Turbo Tuner
Australia: bit.ly/2mR1s8c
JAM Pedals Wahcko Wah
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/33XQl5U
Vox V-846-HW Wah
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Fulltone Clyde Standard Wah
No longer made, try the Clyde Deluxe
King Tone Mini Fuzz GE
www.kingtoneguitar.com/produc...
ZVEX Box Of Rock
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Dunlop EP-103 Echoplex Delay
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/3zEjoL3
MXR Phase 90 (original, links for the modern versions)
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/3r4KqqE
Fulltone OCD
USA Sweetwater: imp.i114863.net/QO9zeM
PigDog Juju Fuzz
www.pigdogpedals.com/
Keeley Halo Andy Timmons Dual Echo Pedal
UK & Europe: bit.ly/3zaTX5Z
Australia: bit.ly/3OPFejP
• The Gigrig G3
www.thegigrig.com/g3
Interesting bits & go-to sections
0:00 Intro playing
2:42 Why are we wah-ing today?
5:25 Wah at the start or the end?
8:45 Wah as a master filter
10:38 Del Casher and trumpets
12:22 Thing 1 - Rhythmic Wah-ing
14:30 Rhythmic wah, funkier
16:45 Thing 2- Note Expression
23:00 Wah-Wah Watson?
25:50 Phaser & wah?
30:15 Thing 3 - Cocked Wah
36:46 How Seagulls Are Born
38:52 Beware Seagulls!
44:15 Mick wants the BOR again
Guitars in this episode:
1965 Fender Telecaster - no video yet
1961 Fender Stratocaster - video here: • Three New Strats For M...
Nik Huber Krautster II - Dan’s video here: • That Pedal Show - Our ...
Gibson Custom 1958 Les Paul Standard - Dan’s video here: • That Pedal Show - Our ...
Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 - Mick’s video here: • Gibson Memphis 1958 ES...
1970 Fender Stratocaster - video here: • Three New Strats For M...
Amps & cabs in this episode:
Marshall 1987x & 1960A cab with Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature & 212 cab with TR 1265B speakers
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After all these years, I’m still amazed by the way merely adding a second guitar suddenly makes it ten times as exciting. Always love it when you guys can play together.
Truth.
I'll join the other voices in support of you two playing together more -- so much fun to watch, and great to get a demonstration of using an effect to get two guitars to complement each other.
I miss the pedal jams/pick-n-mix for this reason, it was such a fun concept and it was always so fun so see Dan and Mick jam together!
Wah is one of those effects I don't use much but wouldn't be without. Great video, chaps. Great to see Mick Ronson get a mention. Epic player, sadly missed and vastly under rated.
After 15 years of playing guitar, yesterday I bought my first Wah pedal, and it was kind of hard to get used to it to be honest, and today I wake up to this masterpiece… Thank you guys!
You're going to have some fun.
Enjoy!
@@musicmnw1982 thanks!
@@benjammin4840 thanks!
I too recently got into wah and I’ve been playing a similar amount of time as well. I found it awkward at first too.
I've gotta say, I think Frank Zappa was the greatest wah artist (wahrtist?) I've ever heard - always used it in fascinating ways to sculpt his melodic lines and shade his dynamics during solos. And he was also incredible at using a wah to dial in feedback frequencies; later in his career, he actually had multiband active EQs installed in his guitars so he could find the resonant frequency of every venue, crank it up via the EQ, and have infinite sustain whenever he wanted.
Always love episodes where you guys play together. It feels like you're having more fun and it gives context for the actual subject matter. Probably a bit more work for you guys, but if it's doable, it's always a good time.
The struggle to not make "wah face" is real 😜Great video Dan & Mick.
Like you guys having two rigs and playing together. Love to see more of that!
The return of the Fulltone OCD! Used to be a regular, haven't seen it in a while. So glad to see it back on a board. Great video guys!
Loving the Dual Guitar Demos Guys! That adds so much to "context"!
#4 Adam Jones migrates the wah slowly to shape whole verses. Great to see you playing together - that last jam was killer.
I know this show was supposed to about wahs, but I couldn't get away from Dan's OCD into a Marshall sound. Man, is that good.
Came for the whacka, stayed for the rocka! Sound of ages!
The great Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine is a great example of using a wah in the later part of the chain. Absolutely one of the best innovators of guitar tone.
Tom Morello uses his Wah in the Effects Loop of his Marshall!
Rage for the machine these days.
Great work as usual! I loved the "seagull" section. I'd love to see you guys do an episode on "Weird ways to use standard pedals". I think Adrian Belew used to plug both the input and output of a pedal (or chain of pedals) into both inputs on his amp (JC120 at the time, IIRC), and then "play" the effect with the knobs on the pedal. I've done that with a Distortion+ and CE-2 at one time; it's LOUD, but weird and cool at the same time.
Less than 20 minutes in and loving it. It's so great to hear you playing together that I'd like to make a motion to keep that up on future episodes :) Thanks for the great content!
Mick Ronson was such an unassuming genius and genuine person
What a Dude Indeed!
I had the privilege of knowing him in an everyday context
Should Be in the rock n roll hall of fame indeed!
This was just what I needed guys. As always stellar playing, humor, and knowledge.
What a great fun episode, glad you got your wah wah's out !!!, loved the playing together parts, more of this please !!, loved the Mick Ronson section, still my favourte guitarist 😄
Wow....speechless, probably the best opening jam...maybe ever...had to hit like and comment after the fist 2 minutes or so. Thank you guys for that awesomeness.
Ever watched a great TV series and realized that its in its sweet spot, where the writing and performance and casting etc.. all mesh, kind like they are just hitting their stride, kind of where you guys are now, keep it up
I'll have to watch this episode later (getting ready to get underwater). But, Terry Kath's use of the Wah on the "25 or 6 to 4" solo is still one of my favorite Wah moments (the entire solo is spectacular).
Dan's playing in the intro is glorious!! I can hear the influence that hanging with Andy T has had. Amazing tone too - bravo!
One of the best segments you guys ever did actually playing with one another showing what the particular pedals can really do fantastic gentlemen
It’s a good day when 3 pedals on the board are from your own collection!! Great show Legends!
My favorite use of the WAH, was playing the solo on Rocky Mountain Way. I always felt like I was cheating, however the compliments I would get would blow me away - could never understand it. I would always say, "Thanks!! You know it's just a wah pedal, not a voice box like Joe used." Nobody seemed to care. The WAH is possibly the most instantly expressive pedal ever created.
yeah i've done this as well, i think it sounds great.
@@cosmikrelic4815 this was 10 years ago so LOUDNESS was still allowed, which really helps :)
You guys broke it down very well on Wahs. I love the way it actually changes the tone. Jam on gentleman!
40:30 - so good to see you both dissolving into fits of laughter :) I built a pedal for a friend that basically puts a wah into a box with switchable ins and outs - saves fiddling with cables!
Mind totally blown!!! That was all inspiring - and wow, the seagull thing: that's hard bird to handle!! Great playing and mad wah skill, gents!
Another fantastic episode. Great tones with and without Wah-Wah. The playing from both of you was great, it really sounded inspired and was very inspiring. The sound was spectacular, as always. You've spoiled us rotten with the great audio recorded straight from the amps into a superb analog chain. LUV IT!
So good to hear you guys playing together ! Please do it more
That opening jam was *EPIC* such tone, such soul, beautiful. Thank you!
Claptons use of the Wah on the 24 Nights version of Whiteroom is superb. I have one but I struggle to use it well.
Dan. Wow! Really killing it in the opening part of this episode.
You Scoundrels ! Loved it ! I love experimental stuff ! Peace! 😎👍✌️
Mick at the end! One of those That Pedal Show moments. Like the Fuzz Face into the Klon and Dans intro on the Delay ep. Spectacular guys!
My first guitar pedal was a wah, and it’s still my favorite effect. Thanks for the great video!
Feels like forever since i heard an intro jam from the both of you at the same time. Lovely stuff :)
Nice touch putting the biscuit on the wah to get the ole dogg-o in the frame. Also of course Dan went after the Vox. Nice job.
Great episode! The Wah-wah is always on my board. I like to place my VOX Wah after the fuzz and before the overdrive. With the fuzz and wah on, it gives me a very primitive analog synth sound with a envelope filter sweep. if you also turn the bias down on the fuzz, it gives you this spity square wave sound that's great for funk. I've gotten the oscillation sound by plugging the wah the wrong way round, but never experimented with it. That was very cool! I've heard an oscilation sound with it plugged in correctly but when the battery is about to die. I wonder if it will behave like it does the wrong way around. Something to try out!😀
I must say, I enjoy when you guys play together as well as one guitar at a time. It gives a bit of context to some of the sounds and parts. Please consider doing that more when the topic warrants it.
The ability to instantly rewire the entire signal chain order is the best argument ever for a loop switcher like the G3. I can definitely see having the wah before and after the other effects during different parts of the same song, and a loop switcher is the only way to make that happen without using two or more wahs.
Great video. Entertaining and informative!!
Inspired me to use my wah a bit more at my gig last night.
My wah pedal journey ended when I got a hand built replica of an original Clyde McCoy wah using some select NOS parts from Flok here in Leeds. No fancy switching options or tweakable sweep etc, just good simple vintage tone!!
Great sounds I've never heard before. As well as great playing, great jamming and great education as always.
There was a real revelation in this for me- in that I’ve always followed conventional wisdom and put wah before everything, but the filter sounds that really resonate with me and that I’ve been chasing have much more to do with electronic music than traditional guitar sounds. Following the example of synths and DJ gear, it actually makes much more sense for me to put the filter pedal later in the chain, and to have that more exaggerated, holistic sweep.
And with the OBNE Float having recently been dropped, this could prove to be another expensive episode.
Every time I hear the box of rock, I wonder why I haven’t bought one yet. Truly one of the best sounds out of a single pedal.
Brilliant. All my guitar Bros laugh at my love of wah effects. This is next level.
some seriously amazing tones there at the intro....you guys playing is worth the viewing all by itself! 🥰
Those wah and JUJU tones are so crazy. Amazing video as always. Will likely be over doing it with my wah at the gig this weekend. :)
Echoes is perhaps my favorite song, so it's so cool to see how that iconic sound was made, another happy rock n roll accident!
Great show, as always! 30 seconds into that intro, I decided to add my wah pedal back on my board.
My job stress has become overwhelming lately, and as I went through my bag of coping mechanisms (workout, spend time in nature, playing guitar, alcohol, etc.) watching your show is the one that is helping the most. I sincerely thank you both.
Hey Daren. Sorry to hear the stress is building. Dan and I have both suffered with that in the past and we get how debilitating it can be. Sounds like you have some great ways to hit it however. If you’ve never read The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F**k by Mark Manson, now is the time! It’s basically the same message as The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle, if you want something a little more sedate (but way way deeper). Be well!
@@ThatPedalShow Thank you very much! I really appreciate it.
What a Wah-nderful episode guys! Can’t forget Vai’s famous “Tobacco” sound on the DLR album or his “Venusian” vocal with wah AND whammy at the same time on, wah can definitely go places! The moment you said Seagull I was just waiting for Mick to pull out the strat and do his version before the Gilmour way. Cheers!
Love it when you jam together, lads. The connection saines through. Btw got my Halo yesterday...plays angelicly with the harmonious monk. MONK +'HALO = SAINT
Loved this Wah edition particularly the Seagul/Gilmour bit where you guys are in stiches!!😂😂😂
Two words: Blues Saraceno! His first 3 albums are masterclasses in phrasing, and insanely musical way-wah usage! It totally fixes that "rocking back and forth in time" thing. 🙌🏻
Yeah, Blues Saraceno is awesome....loved his first few albums! Killer stuff!
I love how Dan says he’s not very good at the funk stuff right after putting on a master show!
Great episode, you guys both sounded fabulous.
I love me some wah sound, even though I never managed to play with one convincingly.
Guess it’s time to try again!
Funny aside: a while back, and following a TPS recommendation, I ordered a Wahcko directly from JAM (first wah I would own as I never really got on with them) It took a while to arrive (thanks to the courier service excelling at being slow), and when it finally did I was in such an excited hurry to plug it in that I plugged it in backwards while standing over it from the other side. Cue crazy seagull sounds and my heart dropping to my pants thinking I had gotten a defective unit.
Took me a good few minutes to calm down and find my error…
I love the wah just because you actually get to play the pedal vs just turning it on/off.
Great to hear you guys playing together!
That intro was seriously inspiring man
I'm so glad I have a wah, fuzz, delay, and more. Lol. You guys definitely helped me with tones on that.
as a bass player, having a wah or filter effect after fuzz/gain is a great tool. you can produce synth-like filter sweeps. that plus a sub octave early in the chain is an incredible sound.
This episode was sooo awesome!! You guys need to play together in many more episodes because it's literally music to my ears! Looking forward to many more like this! p.s. I'm anxiously awaiting for my D&M Drive to arrive 🤗
All throughout that, I kept hearing tones that I've heard in countless songs over the years...fantastic work gents!
Awesome! Nice one James!
U guys are awesome! Your love for guitars, and tone is second to none! Love your show!
Thank you Scott!
Great video guys.we needed a wah info.i love my rmc 01 wah amazing wah tone.also my late 60s vox wah is superb ..
Fun episode. Thanks guys.
Played through a bunch of wahs over two decades. CAE and Fulltone seem to preserve the most hi-fi transients (least tone suck) while providing the desired sweep and quack.
Intro gave me goosebumps! Loved it
Wha-w. Love. This. Episode. Pure joy.
Thumbs up before the intro was over. The playing is next-level on TPS.
This into is some of Dans best playing! Loved that
The last test with the inverted wah is so funny, ahahahahahahahha 😂 I laughed a lot, thanks for the tips, now I know how to reproduce the seagull's sound!
Awesome, guys! I could tell you two were exited about what was being created and having serious fun, and that made me really sad I sold off my Crybaby years ago to a keyboard player (to mod as a volume pedal). Aw well.... Great video, especially the end where "we can turn it off now, nothing to learn". Yeah, right!
Epic! Thanks for the oscillation. I'm ready for Halloween!
LOVE my Box of Rock! Super underrated pedal that has great "ampy" feel.
Love wah pedals. For guitar players who don't use tremolo bars, the wah is the method to get that kind of controlled expression. Also, when I think of that oscillating seagull sound, I think of Adrian Belew. He was a master at making those sounds and using them in a musical way.
can’t go wrong with a wah episode 👌
*everyones got a wah face !
The Pink Floyd album is the often overlooked Meddle. One if my favorites. I could listen to that song Echoes on repeat for hours.
Wah was the first pedal I ever bought it’s always been on my board. Second favorite after fuzz for me.
Mega sounds, fellas. Thanks
Most underrated wah player is Jerry Garcia! Famous for his MuTron but those early 70s moments when things get weird he always goes to the wah! Masterful and unique sounds coming from him
That’s not a wah. It’s an envelope filter.
Drewbecker.. is correct. Jerry used a Wah pedal in the early 70’s before the Mutron envelope filter. I agree is tone with the wah was masterful.
Well, I'm going to have to dust off my wah. I love listening to you two really enjoy jamming out!
I was just watching the episode on auto wahs and envelope filters from a few years ago, what timing!
I love placing my wah at the very end of my signal chain as a sort of “master filter” effect, gives some really interesting sounds when i use the wah after my delay for a kind of shoegaze-y wash or a Vox Repeat Percussion-style tremolo for a crazy high pitch saw sound.
(and if anyone’s interested, if you like using wah for filtering, use a Tycobrahe Parapedal-style wah. Subterranean low end to insane high end. Several people have said it’s like using a Moog filter.)
Badass crunch tone Dan 👍
Great episode! Probably has been mentioned already, but from hard rock world: Zakk Wylde is one great user of wah. He doesn't really do the wacka-wacka thing, but his albums with Ozzy are filled with great moments with the wah pedal.
I currently use 2 Wahs, first is a regular Vox V845 then a Fulltone Wahfull for the fixed(cocked) Wah sounds, both right after my Treble Booster or Fuzz. Cheers, Guys, great show, especially the treat of getting to hear you play together!
Dan O Dan - you got the funk man ! Great playing
Awesome show guys! Old school TPS😃 Yes the Echoplex Delay is great, I use it on my big board with an external tap tempo👍👍👍 I also use the rhythmic funk delay on one of my favorite songs of the night to play🎸 And also thanks for showing the Gilmour seagull sound, I know I had accidentally got that to happen before but forgot how(not that I’m planning to use it 😂 but was a bit curious)
I love seeing the 'little black dog that keeps away the big black dog'! Hi pooch!
Wooof!
Oh my God, I love Dan’s telecaster !! What a beauty.
Worth the price of admission just for the Gilmour/Echoes trick. Fabulous.
One of the coolest uses of wah by a band that I think is little known in the USA is in the song "Underground" by an Australian rock band The Angels. I heard it on the radio maybe a couple of times in 1979 or 1980 and I have never forgotten it. Maybe it seems so cool in my memory because it was so long ago. Possibly that band had difficulty getting traction in the USA because there was already at least one utterly different group in the USA with the name "The Angels" ("My Boyfriend's Back" etc).
Great tone from dan in the intro!!!
great demonstration on the cocked wah utility using it after a fuzz. I've been using a fuzz face mini in front of a cry baby for ages and never even pictured this way of using it
Great episode yall
Fantastic!
Need to see your feet! Great show guys. Truly. A cam on the wahs would be great esp for any newer players. Thanks for always inspiring.
Time to dust off the Wah again! Inspirational as usual!! Next time can you have an inset video of Mick in his wellies and Dan in his flip-flops (presumably) when your Leg Ends are Wah-ing!
Rosie is beautiful. I hope she makes more cameos.
Great video. Inspired me to break out my long forgotten wah pedals.
Brown chicken brown cow for days haha! Great vid, I don't pull the wah out much these days but this reminded me to do so more often, a fun tool in the tool box. Cheers!
You 2 are having too much fun!