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Original message:526 days 21 hours 59 minutes ago

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Member: Tallmexicanstud

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What is your favorite riff/solo that uses a wah pedal. i got one for my b-day, but i dont know many stuff except sime hendrix and RATM/Audioslave.

Reply:526 days 21 hours 34 minutes ago
Member: johnny cox

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I like it on Needle and the Spoon from Skynyrd and also on Voodoo Chile from Hendrix. It takes a little getting used to.

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Reply:526 days 21 hours 20 minutes ago
Member: Justin

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white room-Cream, Sweet child o mine-guns n roses, all along the watchtower solo-jimi hendrix. yeah, thats a few good ones.

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Reply:526 days 19 hours 50 minutes ago
Member: Tim McLean

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The main themes of Joe Satriani's songs "Surfing with the Alien" and the "Crush of Love" demonstrate, in my opinion, a very effective and tasteful use of the Wah pedal.

Reply:526 days 19 hours 4 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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Wah is a cool tool and tricky to play tastefully. I got a couple of them and they collect dust because I don't feel worthy enough to step on them.

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Reply:526 days 16 hours 50 minutes ago
Member: Tallmexicanstud

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gcb-95

Reply:526 days 18 hours 13 minutes ago
Member: Alex Koepp

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Yeah same, I have a integrated wah pedal in my GT-6, but I dont ever use it much, I just don't really know how. Seems stupid on my part I guess, I'll never learn how if I don't ever use it huh?

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Reply:526 days 18 hours 12 minutes ago
Member: bachmirage

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well you can use it for just about every kirk hammet solo he played.. should sound very cool....the solo at the end of ozzy's " you can't kill rock and roll"... alice in chains "man in the box"....a bunch of satriani stuff.........

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Reply:526 days 13 hours 42 minutes ago
Member: johnny cox

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You should also try clicking it on,find a good tone and leave in that position. you can get some monster pinch harmonics. I read an interview with Zakk Wilde and he said that he does that too.

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Reply:525 days 14 hours ago
Member: Josh Olsen

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A lot of cool shreds from the TV show Metalocalypse use the wah pedal. Pretty cool stuff, on the official site they have a video showing you how to play the theme song. The guy in the video (the shows creator) has a Gibson explorer running through a wah pedal, but I can't tell what kind specifically.

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Reply:525 days 47 minutes ago
Member: chris schaefs

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"Blood" by Pearl Jam has some awesome wah, I like "wherever I may Roam" by Metallica too.

i feel like it kidna goes underused these days.

most grunge bands used it a lot (soungarden, AIC, PJ, Candlebox, stuff from that time/genre)

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Reply:523 days 16 hours 33 minutes ago
Member: Grensley

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Man in the box + voodoo child are the two i use mine for

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Reply:523 days 10 hours 49 minutes ago
Member: bensokol

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i'd have to say anything that vai or satch plays with a wah really sounds good, even though vai's wah is spring loaded, i still like the sound it gets.

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Reply:523 days 1 hours 33 minutes ago
Member: TATORSALAD

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Johnny Cox had an excellent idea that I had totally forgotten (thanks J.C.)
Using the pedal just as a colorer. ie: Mick Ronson (on David Bowie's Ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars), Mott the Hoople, Stones, and alot of other british bands.
Learn to sweep, such as Isaac Hayes-Theme to Shaft, Sly and the Family Stone, Ohio express players, and other funk music. It will help you keep your beat!!

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Reply:522 days 17 hours 30 minutes ago
Member: jason allen

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I guess my favorite would be electric funeral by black sabbath

Reply:520 days 5 hours 28 minutes ago
Member: Ruge

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I'd say Cream's White Room and Surfing with the Alien.....

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Reply:520 days 3 hours 9 minutes ago
Member: Chris

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Jimi, SRV, Slash. I think Slash and Zakk have them on all the time, especially during solos. Kirk Hammett might have overdone it a few times.

I bought a Cry Baby Jimi, use it during solos. A buddy of mine loves his set in one position, as posted above.

A buddy of mine was giving me pointers on wahs in solos and he said, try to complement the phrases that you are playing with the wah. i.e. If you are starting off a measure with a slew of 16th notes, rolling down to a low power chord, start in the heel position and roll to the toe for the chord.

Have fun, Chris

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