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Original message:333 days 7 hours 34 minutes ago
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heya. i was wondering how to get the massive wah sound used by kirk hammet and the bloke from godsmack. is it a certain pedal or a modification or something cos i cant get the sound. im also having trouble finding the right distortion for.i like teh smooth overdrive sound but i liek the power of distortion. i recently played a vox valvetronics and managed to get a smooth distortion sound which was perfect. is there any pedals or such to get a distortion sound liek this?
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Reply:333 days 7 hours 32 minutes ago
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Lots of gain, and wah. Pick attack like crazy, and you should be there...

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Reply:332 days 16 hours 39 minutes ago
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first, get 3 frog legs, 2 eyes of newt, and the hair of a british virgin living in belgium. mix with distilled water, and pour the mixture over your wah pedal...... or listen to what zombre said.....
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Reply:332 days 4 hours 28 minutes ago
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a british virgin. do they exist?
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Reply:332 days 4 hours 10 minutes ago
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they exist but there endangered, so watch out for PETA while hunting for em in belgium.
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omigod! we have signatures!
Reply:331 days 10 hours 50 minutes ago
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heh
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Reply:330 days 1 hours 34 minutes ago
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I think if you put the wah after distortion, it will be much more noticable.
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Reply:328 days 17 hours 38 minutes ago
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yeh i always have my wah after distortion. probly doesnt help as my distortion sucks.
PETA protect british virgins? well thats not fair! how are they gona get laid then?
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Reply:328 days 17 hours 31 minutes ago
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they dont...... thats why they are VIRGINS...... i am the devil though, so i rock hard enough so PETA cant touch me....
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Reply:328 days 9 hours 36 minutes ago
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After visiting guitargeek.com, it appears the guy from godsmack doesn't use a wah, however a rotovibe pedal is listed. I don't know how those sound. What was *conspicuously* absent were any references to metallica. That kinda does make sense. Maybe lars threatened to sue the guitargeek folks, so they took the metallica listings off the website.

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Reply:328 days 8 hours 48 minutes ago
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I have a guitar world magazine where he says he *always* uses a wah, and in fact he calls it his "freedom pedal" because of the range of sounds it allows him to achieve.


I'll try to find the exact article if I can.
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Reply:328 days 8 hours 30 minutes ago
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Personally, the last time I listened to Metallica, I think Kirk Hammett was going too wah-wah happy. Way too overboard for my tastes.
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Reply:327 days 11 hours 48 minutes ago
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I have a Snarling Dog's Whine O Wah+ and it seriously has more balls than those guys. I have an old hand wired model from before charlie stringer died... I know they came back after that and weren't hand made any more, but I dunno if they are still around - check them out if you can.
Reply:327 days 5 hours 42 minutes ago
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haha yeh thats a good point. if you get laid your no longer a virgin. how silly of me.
rotovibe sounds like a vibrato pedal from the name but ill check it out.
kirk hammet does use wah loads but its just teh sound i want. not to use it as much as him.
is snarling dog the company that makes them?
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last time I'd heard Kirk Hammet mention what he was using for his wah (Black Album era) it was a vintage Vox wah. Don't know if he modified it....I doubt it otherwise it would ruin the vintage sound of it.
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