The wah-wah pedal is known for its expressive, vocal-like wails, squawks, and crying tones—sounds that have become essential to genres like rock, funk, blues, and soul. Originally designed to mimic the muted trumpet’s crying effect, the wah pedal revolutionized guitar music. When it hit the scene, it quickly became synonymous with one name: Cry Baby. […]
The wah pedal is one of the most popular guitar effects of the past 50-plus years, and for a good reason, because it can add a ton of color to our instrument without us having to change how we play it. Many of us first heard it on the Jimi Hendrix song “Voodoo Child (Slight […]
I’ve spent the better part of my professional career as a guitarist looking for great gear that doesn’t break the bank. I’ve never let the price tag discourage me from respecting a pedal enough to try it. Growing up in India, I had very little access to grade-A gear through my formative years, so I […]
So you finally have a boatload of effects pedals to play around with and a beautiful pedalboard to mount them on… Now comes the difficult part — figuring out what order to put your pedals in. After hundreds of gigs and studio sessions over the years, not to mention many hours of arduous experimentation, I […]
One of the ultimate pleasures of being a guitarist is setting up your pedalboard. Whether you’re new to the guitar realm or a veteran shredder, curating a solid set of stompboxes can pave the way for tons of creativity.
The wah pedal is one of the best-known effects commonly found on a guitarist’s pedalboard. With its unique distortion capabilities, it is one of the few effects that is well known to even non-guitar players. It is expressive, giving the guitar an almost vocal-like quality, and guitarists such as Steve Vai have used the wah […]
Equalizers are one of the most common effects in the Filter category, and you can find an Equalizer almost everywhere that you find a Volume Control. EQs are built into your amp, your mixing board, and almost everywhere you look. They work by using different values of Capacitors to target a certain range of frequencies, […]
The Vox V846-HW Hand Wired Wah Pedal, as the name suggests, is hand wired on a turret-style board. It’s modeled after the classic design used by Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and countless others.