Just for the record, a wah isn't a tone control, it's a moveable band pass filter. Tone controls boost or cut specific frequencies, the wah is simultaneously boosting frequencies based upon the position of the treadle and filtering out frequencies above and below.
Anthony Ubriaco A wah is a sweep filter. The pedal controls the sweep from either extremes of the frequency curve. A standard wah has a fixed Q. Q is the "steepness" and amplitude of the curve. The tighter the Q, the more quack it will have. Conversely the broader the Q, the smoother the effect to the point of being flat or unaltered. Some higher end wahs have an adjustable Q. The actual movement of the pedal opened and closed does not affect Q.
I love those funky rythms with the wah but more often than not, I use it free form to accent specific notes of a solo to make them stand out and to add aggressive emotion to my solo. It's also great for adding flair to fast, repeating legato licks ala Zakk Wylde.
I thought the same thing. Guess what he probably means is feel free to put it where ever it suits your ear, but it absolutely changes the effect. Its always the first pedal in my chain.
@@Sam-qc6sz Pre-distortion (which is traditionally how its done) results in a more gritty/rough change in tone, as the pedal's being moved. Moving the pedal when it's post-distortion (which is how I naively preferred it when I was a young teenager, first learning to play) results in a smoother change in tone.
Shane, thank you very much for this lesson. I've never gotten around to mastering the wah and it's sat in the box for the past 6 years LOL. I'm going to break it out and give it a whirl thanks to your demo and advice. Cheers Mate!!!
Thanks Shane, My Cry Baby just showed up today! I got it as a basement find and repaired it in less time than it took me to find a 9V battery to test it! Thanks for the great tips in using this unit!
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Have you used Morley the old ones Big Crome things ? I have one w/Fuzz / vol /Wha. I love the tone but an input jack came lose & I lost the nut & I can't find one to fit it…? Anyone know that size let me know. I have the Vai one but thats no where near as good as the Big Crome Morleys. I get messed up w/CryBaby/ Vox type wha's I hit the switch in the moment turn the wha on & off on a loud stage thats hard to tell where you at. Dunlop made one that didn't have a toe switch hard to find, I use a Boss wha that didn't have the toe switch but it sounded terrible.
most peeps thought the morley "light" wahs sounded like crap..very buzzy. I had a couple in the early days and ditched them...great concept...the sound was just poor.
ACTUALLY MORLEY AND THE DUNLOP CRY BABY(IN WHICH HE IS PLAYING) ARE 2 DIFFERANT BRANDS THAT MAKE AN WAH PETAL. FOR EXAMPLE : SORT OF LIKE FENDER GUITARS AND GIBSON GUITARS. BOTH COMPANIES MAKE GUITARS BUT THEY ARE TWO DIFFERANT BRANDS.
First pedal I bought was a VOX v847 wah (along with a Fuzz Face, yeah I'm a Hendrix fan). I try not to use it too much but it's a must have on my pedal board. I couldn't imagine a pedal board without one now. It does take a bit of getting used to but when you do it's amazingly versatile. Did you know Gilmour used one to get the seagull/whale noises on Echoes? You have to plug the inputs and outputs the wrong way around and then play with the guitar tone knob. I bet he was stoned in the studio the day he accidentally discovered that one, huh. Cool vid and good advice. Cheers.
that would be about right, im 85% sure the wah he had during that period was a vox, but the original types of vox wahs, like the v847 (without buffers). Thats why you cant get as close with gcb95s and the v847a
Great lesson. The mysteries of the Wah have been revealed! Now we just have to get Shane a shoe sponsorship deal. :) The man has his priorities correct!
I'm toe down almost level with the ground. I ended up with this one also the classic with the Faisal it's a really good wah . There may be better ones but this works fine I really enjoyed the video.
Hi , I'm from Canada and just thought I'd say, your channel is great. Keep the videos coming. I think these videos ate very helpful. You can always learn something from everyone. Thanks great video
It's my understanding, based on frequency visualizers, Wah pedals actually shift the mid-range of the guitar up and down while creating a sharp cut in the mid tones.
Nice vid. One correction; you don't think about where the snare goes b/c the snare usu. goes on 2 and 4, whereas the wah heel-toe rocking motion is on EVERY beat - every quarter note. Course, you COULD drop the toe only on 2 and 4, which would give you an interesting "half time" feel.
minutes ago edited the way I see it is that we guitar players are, without fail, utterly awesome. So the “wah face” was bestowed upon us all to give us humility🤔 You gotta embrace DA FACE!😎
My Crybaby has two different wha effects depending on the position of your distortion pedal, if you put your distortion before the wha you get more of a distortion effect, if you put it after it it gives more of a wha wha sound. It’s an awesome Crybaby I’ve had it for years!!
I put an Arlo Cocked Wah mod (similar to that half open wah pedal) on the bridge pickup of one guitar for distortion tones - 'cuts through the mix' as they say.
Im the same way with my right foot as a lefty. It just feels weird to use my left foot. Plus my guitar is resting on my left leg so the added weight makes it a little harder to smoothly use the pedal
Plug it in backward for the Floyd "Echoes" seagull sounds. There's a bit more to it than that (you need controllable feedback, Bjorn at Gilmourish has a tutorial) but that is the basic "trick" to get you started.
The regular GCB Wah comes with a red Fasel also, the classic has a different sound and true bypass but not because of the Fasel. Replace the red with a yellow and check that out.
a wah pedal is actually also a mid range filter, play around with the lower midrange of an eq pedal, you'll notice one of those frequencies sounds like a wah pedal that's cocked (heel down)
I find that most wah pedals boost the signal a little bit in the toe down position. Along with too much highs that even hurt the ear. I pay mostly clean but I use the amp at the verge of break up, so the wah makes the amp distort a tiny bit. Know of any wahs that don't do this? Also interested in wahs with more of a mid range sweep, I really don't like when they go piercing high!
Putting the wah at the end of the chain is a pretty drastic difference compared to the start... some pedals mess with the wah effect in a big way. There's definitely a difference!
Thanks Shane a fantastic to the point lesson! QUESTION ; For middle position of pedal you said turn up gain. Do you mean gain as in guitar volume knob ? As I’m hardly going to walk over to my head and turn the gain up, (on stage) or is that what you are saying to do ? Cheers and thanks Shane. 🤟 Regards Dave
Finding a fellow lefty player? Kinda rare. Finding a fellow lefty player that plays an identical style guitar, colours and all? Pretty damn rare! Good video ;)
Yes you basically can do that. Obviously you’re gonna need your guitar, amp and your wah pedal, you need 2 cables. On a wah pedal there’s two sides to plug Into (one side feeds to go into your amp and the other into your guitar) plug everything in (wah to amp, wah to guitar with the correlated plug in) it’s very simple once you actually have it trust me
Jimi Hendrix rarely played the wah rhythmically on the beat ("Papa Was a Rolling Stone" funk style). Jimi used it on more on individual notes.. like a trumpeter uses a mute. He made the notes sound like someone talking. Listen to "Rainy Day, Dream Away" or "Voodoo Child". It takes a lot of foot/hand coordination to use the wah the way he did. The closest Jimi comes to playing it straight up rhythmically would probably be "Up From the Skies" from Axis.
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Thanks for one of the most straightforward, comprehensive videos I've seen regarding wah pedals.
Thanks mate! :-)
Just for the record, a wah isn't a tone control, it's a moveable band pass filter. Tone controls boost or cut specific frequencies, the wah is simultaneously boosting frequencies based upon the position of the treadle and filtering out frequencies above and below.
I said it like that to keep it simple. Thanks mate. :-)
intheblues Sorry, it's a curse. Ha ha
Zarazel 741 I'll have to agree to disagree with you there.
Anthony Ubriaco A wah is a sweep filter. The pedal controls the sweep from either extremes of the frequency curve. A standard wah has a fixed Q. Q is the "steepness" and amplitude of the curve. The tighter the Q, the more quack it will have. Conversely the broader the Q, the smoother the effect to the point of being flat or unaltered. Some higher end wahs have an adjustable Q. The actual movement of the pedal opened and closed does not affect Q.
so it's a mysterious tone control then
I love those funky rythms with the wah but more often than not, I use it free form to accent specific notes of a solo to make them stand out and to add aggressive emotion to my solo. It's also great for adding flair to fast, repeating legato licks ala Zakk Wylde.
Jery cantrel
@@edreed5571 definitely...
Hey Shane, i just got a wah pedal and was looking for some explanation. You did a great job. Thanks a lot.
Left handed, right footed. Great vid!
Thank you. Great video, not only showing off the pedal but also some great tips and tricks for guitar playing. Well done ❤️😍🌹
1. buy Wah pedal.
2. play "Shaft" all afternoon.
3. apologise to wife.
Re: "You can have it at the end of your chain, or at the start...it really doesn't matter." (@0:43 - 0:50)
Umm... It matters quite a bit.
I thought the same thing. Guess what he probably means is feel free to put it where ever it suits your ear, but it absolutely changes the effect. Its always the first pedal in my chain.
Meaning - feel free where to put wherever works for you.
What would be the difference?
@@Sam-qc6sz Pre-distortion (which is traditionally how its done) results in a more gritty/rough change in tone, as the pedal's being moved. Moving the pedal when it's post-distortion (which is how I naively preferred it when I was a young teenager, first learning to play) results in a smoother change in tone.
Great demo... Went from knowing nothing to realizing i have a lot to learn. :-)
Shane, thank you very much for this lesson. I've never gotten around to mastering the wah and it's sat in the box for the past 6 years LOL. I'm going to break it out and give it a whirl thanks to your demo and advice. Cheers Mate!!!
Everything sounds better with a wah ;).
beside babies
@@Jsssddfgffghshdhdhusjsjd Dad joke.
Except Kirk Hammett.
Ok Kirk
Uh not strumming open chords
Thanks Shane,
My Cry Baby just showed up today!
I got it as a basement find and repaired it in less time than it took me to find a 9V battery to test it!
Thanks for the great tips in using this unit!
A nice, straight forward approach to how to use a Wah pedal.
Thank you.
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Have you used Morley the old ones Big Crome things ? I have one w/Fuzz / vol /Wha. I love the tone but an input jack came lose & I lost the nut & I can't find one to fit it…? Anyone know that size let me know.
I have the Vai one but thats no where near as good as the Big Crome Morleys.
I get messed up w/CryBaby/ Vox type wha's I hit the switch in the moment turn the wha on & off on a loud stage thats hard to tell where you at.
Dunlop made one that didn't have a toe switch hard to find, I use a Boss wha that didn't have the toe switch but it sounded terrible.
Did they used to call these the Morley Power Wah? I think I had one of those back in the 80s and it was great!!! Do they still make them?
most peeps thought the morley "light" wahs sounded like crap..very buzzy. I had a couple in the early days and ditched them...great concept...the sound was just poor.
ACTUALLY MORLEY AND THE DUNLOP CRY BABY(IN WHICH HE IS PLAYING) ARE 2 DIFFERANT BRANDS THAT MAKE AN WAH PETAL. FOR EXAMPLE : SORT OF LIKE FENDER GUITARS AND GIBSON GUITARS. BOTH COMPANIES MAKE GUITARS BUT THEY ARE TWO DIFFERANT BRANDS.
What guitar you using
First pedal I bought was a VOX v847 wah (along with a Fuzz Face, yeah I'm a Hendrix fan). I try not to use it too much but it's a must have on my pedal board. I couldn't imagine a pedal board without one now. It does take a bit of getting used to but when you do it's amazingly versatile. Did you know Gilmour used one to get the seagull/whale noises on Echoes? You have to plug the inputs and outputs the wrong way around and then play with the guitar tone knob. I bet he was stoned in the studio the day he accidentally discovered that one, huh.
Cool vid and good advice. Cheers.
the gilmour trick doesn't work with all wah pedals though.
yeah, it works probably best with the v847, not the buffered one
I didn't know that, but I have tried it with the v847 and it sounds just like it does on Echoes.
if you have a big muff and a tape delay, that trick should sound as close as you could get.
that would be about right, im 85% sure the wah he had during that period was a vox, but the original types of vox wahs, like the v847 (without buffers). Thats why you cant get as close with gcb95s and the v847a
I'm trying to get the solo for sweet child of mine worked out. Not so easy
Same here, it's almost like relearning it!
Same
Great lesson. The mysteries of the Wah have been revealed! Now we just have to get Shane a shoe sponsorship deal. :) The man has his priorities correct!
I'm toe down almost level with the ground. I ended up with this one also the classic with the Faisal it's a really good wah . There may be better ones but this works fine I really enjoyed the video.
Finally someone made a video on this.. thanks Shane
You're welcome mate. :-)
Great tips on how to use the wah pedal Shane!
This is great! I just got the same cry baby and needed some tips much appreciated 💪🏼
Not new to this channel but fairly new to guitar. Great advice, road tests and tips. Thanks mate it helps me along my journey. Cheers...
"Think of the toe down as the emphasis note". I think it is very instinctive haha. And what a relief, would have been so hard otherwise.
Great explanation i love that sounds. A cuban old man from Miami.
Shane thank you so much for helping me with new perspective on what was previously a one trick pony for this beginner /intermediate player.
I played my wah a few hours the other day but I didn’t have socks or shoes on so now I have lines up and down my feet😂
A sign of bad blood circulation see your doctor
I love my Morely Bad Horsey Wah. Wah-Wah is like the cow bell of guitar.
Hi , I'm from Canada and just thought I'd say, your channel is great. Keep the videos coming. I think these videos ate very helpful. You can always learn something from everyone. Thanks great video
It's my understanding, based on frequency visualizers, Wah pedals actually shift the mid-range of the guitar up and down while creating a sharp cut in the mid tones.
Wah is my favorite pedal effect!
Nice vid. One correction; you don't think about where the snare goes b/c the snare usu. goes on 2 and 4, whereas the wah heel-toe rocking motion is on EVERY beat - every quarter note. Course, you COULD drop the toe only on 2 and 4, which would give you an interesting "half time" feel.
PRECISELY HELPFUL! thanksmuch.
Excellent to the point video, thank you Sir.🎉
Have never used a wah pedal, must look into it. Thanks.
Great demo thanks. Love the Tokai, just bought one yesterday. Cheers.
Love it. Exactly what I've been looking for
Next lesson “How NOT to make the wah face when using your wah”🙈
ikr...i feel stupid as fuckall when i catch myself making a silly, very silly face.
minutes ago edited the way I see it is that we guitar players are, without fail, utterly awesome. So the “wah face” was bestowed upon us all to give us humility🤔 You gotta embrace DA FACE!😎
@@badalicemusic yeah, I reckon so. I'm just bein a crybaby..hahahhaa!
It can't be done. It's in human DNA.
The thing about this is you really can’t
i have that exact same guitar, gold, they are beauties!
what guitar is it exactly, is it a Les Paul copy or a Gibson licensed product? I've been trying to read what the headstock says lol
@@jorgelopez00 it is made by a brand called Tokai. I'm pretty sure it's a copy.
My Crybaby has two different wha effects depending on the position of your distortion pedal, if you put your distortion before the wha you get more of a distortion effect, if you put it after it it gives more of a wha wha sound.
It’s an awesome Crybaby I’ve had it for years!!
great vid Shane. really enjoying this series of tuits
Great video. Thank you. I learned a little today! Now I can't get groove out of my head :)
Great lesson, a Shane... just what I needed! Well done, brother!
My wah pedal made my guitar sound muffled when down and I thought it just sounded bad. I didn’t know it’s supposed to sound like that!!!
I put an Arlo Cocked Wah mod (similar to that half open wah pedal) on the bridge pickup of one guitar for distortion tones - 'cuts through the mix' as they say.
I have a basic GCB95 and I love it. I want to upgrade to the JC 95. But I think I'll wait till after I can afford G&L Rampage
Fellow alice in chains fan I see
Good advice Shane!
Great video Shane, thanks for the help brother.
Im the same way with my right foot as a lefty. It just feels weird to use my left foot. Plus my guitar is resting on my left leg so the added weight makes it a little harder to smoothly use the pedal
Excellent tutorial, Thanks for that.
Would like advice on Amp / Guitar and Effects settings too please if possible.
Great video, the VOX 848 Cylde McCoy is the Best wah out there IMHO
Thanks buddy - great short sweet tut.
Gr8 vid, Shane - cheers!
Thanks Shane!
Nice rice, Shane- appreciated👍🏼
No problem 👍
Plug it in backward for the Floyd "Echoes" seagull sounds. There's a bit more to it than that (you need controllable feedback, Bjorn at Gilmourish has a tutorial) but that is the basic "trick" to get you started.
Sounds so good !
Awesome!! Thank you for this detailed guitar tutorial. Please make more. Peace
This helps a lot, thanks!
Great stuff Shane, really enjoyed the tutorial -
Great video Shane, simple yet very effective. I need to get my Crybaby 535Q out and give it a go.
Really nice explanation.
Great lesson!
These videos are awesome Shane, I hope there's more in the works!
Cheers Ben. :-) Wait till you see my new series of videos I am putting together right now too :-D #GAS
Good lesson, Shane!
Really helpful and useful thanks.
The secret of a good GCB-95 Crybaby is the true bypass mod. I'm not a TB purist by these things are super tone suckers when bypassed.
Awesome 🤟🏻 love your videos
The regular GCB Wah comes with a red Fasel also, the classic has a different sound and true bypass but not because of the Fasel. Replace the red with a yellow and check that out.
Dude, Great Video! you hold the pick the way I do. Wow, that's crazy! How did you come up with this way of holding the plectrum like this?
excellent video, man.. cheers
Excellent cheers for this 👍
Excellent instruction!!
a wah pedal is actually also a mid range filter, play around with the lower midrange of an eq pedal, you'll notice one of those frequencies sounds like a wah pedal that's cocked (heel down)
Im a southpaw and can only use my right for exp/vol pedals as well. Left foot is a lil special lol.
I like the cockwah sound for some tasty Michael Schenker type lead solo tones!
Kirk Hammett: Did someone say *_W A H ?_*
Do a video on how famous solos utilize wahs and how the guitarists move the pedal
You do love your reverb XD
Very analytical. Thanks
Great Demo. Thx...
thanks Shane , that was helpful.
Good tips
Great job!
Great video!!
Was interested about what you said about the overdrive. Any suggestions as to where in the chain a compressor would come?
Great job! Thanks!
Interesting your left handed but right footed, I'm left handed but play guitar Right handed but use the wah with my left foot lol
Eddie Wilson Same here
I'm left handed, play right handed, and wah right footed.
Eddie Wilson WoW
Haha Haha awesomr
@@patrickparmer1648 same
Love the video + JJ grey
I find that most wah pedals boost the signal a little bit in the toe down position. Along with too much highs that even hurt the ear. I pay mostly clean but I use the amp at the verge of break up, so the wah makes the amp distort a tiny bit. Know of any wahs that don't do this? Also interested in wahs with more of a mid range sweep, I really don't like when they go piercing high!
Oh cool I have the exact same guitar as you, haven't seen anyone playing Tokai guitars on here
thank you! loved the video!
Putting the wah at the end of the chain is a pretty drastic difference compared to the start... some pedals mess with the wah effect in a big way. There's definitely a difference!
My noise suppressor has to go before the wah otherwise it seems to loose a bit of sweep.
The great invention ..those wha pedals with lateral distortion knobs. In the future wha with distortion delay chorus..xD.
Great video, just subbed
Thanks Shane a fantastic to the point lesson!
QUESTION ;
For middle position of pedal you said turn up gain. Do you mean gain as in guitar volume knob ? As I’m hardly going to walk over to my head and turn the gain up, (on stage) or is that what you are saying to do ?
Cheers and thanks Shane. 🤟
Regards Dave
Finding a fellow lefty player? Kinda rare. Finding a fellow lefty player that plays an identical style guitar, colours and all? Pretty damn rare! Good video ;)
for anyone using acoustic soundhole pickups with no tone or volume control, get a cheap or used wah and use that
Much respect on the groove
I'm new to guitar,
Do I just buy the wah pedal, install it and I'm good to go?
or do I gotta get other things with it?🤷♂️🤔
Yes you basically can do that. Obviously you’re gonna need your guitar, amp and your wah pedal, you need 2 cables. On a wah pedal there’s two sides to plug Into (one side feeds to go into your amp and the other into your guitar) plug everything in (wah to amp, wah to guitar with the correlated plug in) it’s very simple once you actually have it trust me
@@sickomobambamode2484 that does sound simple! Thank you!
@@mikkey246 How's it going with the wah?
Jimi Hendrix rarely played the wah rhythmically on the beat ("Papa Was a Rolling Stone" funk style). Jimi used it on more on individual notes.. like a trumpeter uses a mute. He made the notes sound like someone talking. Listen to "Rainy Day, Dream Away" or "Voodoo Child". It takes a lot of foot/hand coordination to use the wah the way he did. The closest Jimi comes to playing it straight up rhythmically would probably be "Up From the Skies" from Axis.
He used it very rhythmically on Voodoo Chile.