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Post subject: First Wah Wah pedal....
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:39 am
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I have been playing for about 1 year now, i have a fender stratocaster (in a most gorgeous red color :D) an today i decided to buy my first pedal... so i went to the store and bought a dunlop crybaby gcb-95 wah wah pedal, and i am really enjoying jusdt fooling around with it... but is there anything you guys would recommend me to learn or do or anything? thx :D

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congrats, and good luck! i've tried to use a wah wah a couple times, but in the end my friend did the wah wah for me while I played, meanwhile, he was playing his bass! haha that took concentration...on his part! :P

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Work with a metronome to get your playing and your wah-ing together. It took me a long time to get my leg(s) independent from my arms. It's kind of like being a drummer.

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:32 am
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minik wrote:
I have been playing for about 1 year now, i have a fender stratocaster (in a most gorgeous red color :D) an today i decided to buy my first pedal... so i went to the store and bought a dunlop crybaby gcb-95 wah wah pedal, and i am really enjoying jusdt fooling around with it... but is there anything you guys would recommend me to learn or do or anything? thx :D

just get creative with the wah and do your own
thing with it.

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the most important thing aobut using a wah, is make ur wah foot move indepently from your hands. You may be playing slow, and want a fast wha effect, or vice versa.


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flamekaster wrote:
the most important thing aobut using a wah, is make ur wah foot move indepently from your hands. You may be playing slow, and want a fast wha effect, or vice versa.

this is a important factor

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thx for all the replys... il be sure to practice keep my hand and foot movements independant... i dont find it difficult to do, like slow, rocking wah while playing a fast bluesy run, but trying to go all low down and with a fast wah... thats a hell of a greater challenge :lol: oh yea, does any of you know anything to get me started on, like, funky rythm playing? :)

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Lets face it, you gotta master the intro to Voodoo Child, and once you do that, you have all it takes to use the wah effectively...

And with a nice clean sound, a wah, and a shot of whiskey, you can get your funk on...

Have fun...


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SkeleFish wrote:
Lets face it, you gotta master the intro to Voodoo Child, and once you do that, you have all it takes to use the wah effectively...

And with a nice clean sound, a wah, and a shot of whiskey, you can get your funk on...

Have fun...


its funny, that what iam trying to ALL the time right now... well, not the funky whiskey, but voodoo child xD

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I used a Cry Baby Wah Wah pedal... way back when. It was tough to get used to but once you found a style of playing with it, it was great.

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There are a variety of ways to use a wah. Sometimes in a subtle way, for example, the "live" recording intro of "Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad" from one of Clapton's (Derek & The Dominoes).

Of course there are many not so subtle ways to use it as well. My first pedal was a cry baby made by Thomas Organ. I recall the fasel inductor was what gave it an edge over other pedals.

There is a nice and easy mod to add a fasel inductor for that pedal which costs about $18. If you feel adventurous, here is how it's done -

http://www.diyguitarist.com/DIYStompboxes/WahMod2.htm

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Post subject: Re: First Wah Wah pedal....
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:05 pm
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minik wrote:
I have been playing for about 1 year now, i have a fender stratocaster (in a most gorgeous red color :D) an today i decided to buy my first pedal... so i went to the store and bought a dunlop crybaby gcb-95 wah wah pedal, and i am really enjoying jusdt fooling around with it... but is there anything you guys would recommend me to learn or do or anything? thx :D

i also recomend the VOX wah

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I would say anything Jimi Hendrix


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ethridge95 wrote:
I would say anything Jimi Hendrix

the jimi hendrix wah is cool i have one i like
the cry baby better

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