not a wah fan, but there are uses for everything in the right context. For 'zample, I have to hit an old CE-3 for the GnR cover thing, quite a bit actually. (Paradise City likes to over use chorus and delay) and I actually heard an old Pat Travers live thing this weekend that he used a chorus on his leads that sounded good, but you put a Gibson into a dimed JMP you are gunna get some funtastick toans.

I cannot think of a singular application where I would want or need a wah.. It (can) be cool when other people use it but me.. nah, bro. I also have no use for this Sufjan Stevens character.

I like wah. It can be a very expressive tool for lead playing. Not that cheesy 'HAY LOOK I'M JIMI HENDRIX' wucka wucka shit, but more subtle-like. To add a vocal quality to the lines.

I think the last time I used a wah was here: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=7088291 Intro, I'm actually tapping too, even doing the unison bends... not a context those things are usually deployed in.

I do like it for traditional rock leads sometimes as I feel it can be a very expressive, vocal sort of thing thrown down properly.

But yeah, this pedal I've wanted just as a weapon. I have the Digitech Synth Wah but I use that for the synth and hideous filters, not the cheesy auto-wah.

There's one Garda song I haven't posted yet (though I want to if we ever have a good recording) where Mr. Chris is totally doing the cheesy funk-wah thing but it's intentional. It's a bizarre mix of P-Funk, Dr. Dre, goth rock and something that sounds like it came out of an Alfred Hitchcock film soundtrack.

This surprises me, as he uses a lot of stuff (banjos, vocal harmonies, etc ....) that you are into.

I have had The Age of Adz or whatever is played around me a little and it just doesn't seem to mesh well with my brain. I like the textures he uses and whatnot but maybe it's the way he arranges things that I don't like? The melodies and movement of the tracks just didn't do a lot for me. Admittedly there were some cool moments that made my ears perk up but nothing that made me want to listen to more in my spare time.

Every time i listen to Sufjan, i just am overcome with the desire to punch him in the face.

It is one of the stranger reactions i have had to a person's music.

In theory, he is doing a lot of things i should be able to get behind.

In practice, i fucking despise everything he has done.

This post made me feel like Renoir1.

I don't even know what that is, so I'm assuming it sucks. If it his newest stuff then I probably wouldn't dig it. I haven't vibed with much after (Come On Feel The) Illinoise, which was back in 2005.


I prefer the grittier stuff from A Sun Came:









This one just makes me giggle:





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I think the thread was already derailed once I started poasting about other gear.

To re-jack my own thread, the Yamaha console I found turned out to be the monitor board, not the recording board with the same model number. Give shit a cool name instead of just numbering it by channels and busses so we know WTF it is, guys.

I did find a local dude selling a Valley People Dyna-Mite on the 'bay and I asked him if he'd sell it outright locally. I've fallen madly in love with the Softube version and want a real one.

w00t! My wah pedal showed up today. It is about the size of a Morely, maybe a bit taller, and made of, like, 1/8" chrome-plated steel. You could beat someone to death with this. I'mma go test it in a bit as none of my guitar gear is at home save for my acoustic and a slide.

And then? What is the verdict?

I want to hear some Hamster-style clips up in here.

weedlyweedlyweedlyweedlyWEEDLYWEEDLYWEEDLYWEEDLYWEEDLYWEEDLYWEEDLYWEEDLY-WOOWOO!!!!!

Yes, wah clips must come.


And regarding Sufjan Stevens: I'm with Chris 100% on this one. His voice makes me want to destroy things/him.

They shall.

Now, this is a pretty extreme wah. Mr. Hamster's wah is no slouch re: its ability to mangle sounds, and this will get there dialed in- yeah, a wah you have to dial in- right. And of course I've spent some time playing really fast pentatonic licks through it as a goof set on normal-ish wide-sweep settings... 'cause that's about where it starts.

I have it after my distortion and synth pedals, because otherwise the gain staging is jacked up going into a loud slightly overdriven amp. It does what I want- pretty extreme sweeps and filtering. The top end on this is a bit nuts (this would be the "Earth" knob). Like, rip your ears off. Not a subtle pedal. I mean, the starting point is Kirk Hamster's wah texture or thereabouts, y'know? Think controllable Mu-Tron here, or worse. With an auto on-off sensor. Then kick the footswitch for extreme filter insanity.



It starts off on the aggressive side of conventional and gets nasty from there. A good wah for the sort of player you wouldn't expect to have a wah on their board. It goes from assertive to downright belligerent. The lack of an annoying toe switch is a plus. Step on pedal, cause violence. Step off pedal, go back to where you were. I wanted this thing for a reason and I think I was proven right. (Not yet having had the chance to use it with the band.) More suited to noisemaking types than classic rockers.

I suppose I should make some clips.