What I like about your videos is that it contains no BS, it's awesome and refreshing to see a leader in a company talk about and recommend a different companys product. By recommending another companys pedal shows us that you really love music and pedals and that you don't just want to sell stuff. Big props to you Josh, one day when I get the money for it, I will definitely check out JHS pedals. Sorry for any typo etc, English is my foreign language.
I have to say, I love the comaraderie with other pedal makers. JHS is a quality brand name, you could easily only show and discuss JHS pedals, but no brand is off limits for you, and THAT is respect and class. We can tell you are in it because you love it, and know if you find a cool pedal or company, you’ll share your joy instead of sneaking off to make a competing product while pretending the original doesn’t exist. You’re a good dude, and it’s great to see you succeed doing something you have such passion about. Big fat 👍 to you!
If you have Ibanez WD7 wah, you have all wahs. What I love about it is that not only can you control the Q and the sweep range, it is the bass fill control which actually let's you take it out of the wah territory (which can sound thin at the top of the sweep with all the bass scooped) and puts it into sweep filter territory, nice and full at the top of the sweep range - and everything in between. You can also with the flick of a switch go from a spring-loaded wah to a wah you can park - it's crazy versatile. And it's not gimmicky, I pretty much use all the versatility. Come on, let's give wd7 some love! ))
Now this is one of my favorite subjects! My first wah (early 70s) was a 2 transistor DIY circuit from an electronics magazine. I took a sewing machine pedal which had no gear for a potmeter, so I used an LDR and a panel on the hinged footrest to regulate incoming daylight for control. It had a very poor effect (2 transistors, no coil), but you could hear something was happening to the sound. I took my first home built pedal to school and asked my electronics teacher if he could help figure out how it worked. We started off with a sine tone generator into the pedal and output to an oscilloscope and it seemed like nothing happened to the tone. From the circuit diagram my teacher figured this could be a low pass filter with a feedback loop, so we needed harmonics to make the filter do its work. We ended up with three sine generators to a create a 2nd and 3rd harmonic waveform, and now the effect was visible on the oscilloscope. A truly magical moment, mystery unveiled! This was my first step in discovering sound technology, progressing towards analog synthesizers. My second Wah was a Colorsound, which is now a collector's item. Back then it was cheaper than a Cry Baby, when money was tight. The Colorsound has a lot of hiss noise, and has emphasis on high tones, which means most low frequencies are lost. But it definitely has its own character. A few years ago I could actually afford a Cry Baby, and I compared it side by side with a Ibanez Weeping Demon. Although the Cry Baby has more Oompf and Aargh, I fell for the tweaking options on the WD7: a spring release, auto-off, tweakable Q and range, bass guitar switch, optical control, sturdy housing. Tough choice, I got tempted by the knobs of the WD7. Today I would probably buy the JHS Super Wah Cry Baby. My favourite early wah music track is Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses But a close 2nd is Johnny Winter - The Good Love (from the vinyl double album Second Winter, which had side 4 intentionally left blank!)
I think you missed one. Back in the 1980's, I remember hearing Carlos Santana mixing his Wah Wah (Morley?) with a Chorus pedal. If you listen closely to his solos during that era, you can hear the faint chorus effect along with the more "up-front" wah sound. I love that sound & I think it's such a cool mix of tones. Also, your "parked wah" is also referred to as "always on", made famous by the one & only Michael Schenker (early 1970's UFO albums). Mr. Schenker is the Supreme Master of the "always on" wah sound!!!
15 or so years ago - while taking out the over proofed dough at the back of the pizza shop I worked at, I happened to notice something odd laying in the dumpster - on top of heaps of trash bags. I pulled it out to inspect - it was a Crybaby wah pedal. How odd. Why was it there? Who put it there? What a strange life it must have had to wind up at the back of a pizza shop - in the dumpster. A few years later it wound up on my board - and about six months after that - in my bedroom closet where it sat in waiting for this day when I would pull it back out and run it through the effects loop of my Spring Tank reverb - it's destiny now fulfilled.
Jerry Garcia was a master of the wah. I recommend "Run for the Roses" and "Catfish John." Both have a some very elegant use of the wah, particularly at the end of the song where he goes instrumental.
JHS's first amp will be a Sovtek clone. But he'll claim it's "an original design, the result of endless hours of research and development." Kinda lile what he did with Devi Ever's Astro Mess....
Richard Barnion , just stop with the hate already... why keep trying to spread the negativity? Isn’t there enough of that in the world these days? Just enjoy the music.
I love my Signature Buddy Guy Wah by Dunlop. The on/off led is a huge help when playing live. It has a simple "kick" switch on the side to adjust the sweep and I've used that live when my tone needed a quick adjustment, especially if I was using a venue supplied amp or cab. I own 5 wahs and I keep coming back to the Buddy Guy. It sounds so good! I run it after overdrive as I prefer the vocal sculpting. My second choice would be a late 70's era Morley Power Wah. It's HUGE and clunky and it has a lot of volume cut when going heel down but it's really unique sounding and a lot of fun to play. It's more of a studio tool though. I can't imagine anyone trying to gig with it. I have videos of both wah's on my channel if anyone is curious to hear them.
The weirdest usage of a wah is in my opinion the "seagull sound" in Echoes by Pink Floyd. As I remember gilmourish made a tutorial video on this. That just blew my mind.
“This is a jhs pedal but buy it if you want and don’t buy it if you don’t want to, there are other wahs so if you want another one go buy that one,” -No one ever
To me, he's the pinnacle of what capitalists should be: Care about what you do with great passion, produce a great product at a competitive price but also respect and support others in the industry.
I have an old Morley Wah that has the separate switch and a "wah" knob on it so you could park it and switch it on mid-sweep without having to search for the tone. I haven't used it in a while, but this episode has inspired me to mess around with it some more. I really dig the loafers.
@@michaelpiercey7316 I'm quite fond of the old Morleys and I just got an original power wah boost and it's my favorite wah, massive sweep, doubles as a volume pedal, and that boost is crazy.
Loved watching you swap shoes and socks endlessly with these demos... also the fact that you posted this "subtle silly" review just before my birthday last year. It's like a personal gift to me. Thanks
One of the first tunes I thought of with a more "non-traditional" way sound is the solo on She's a Jar by Wilco. Definitely one of my favorite applications. Really informative and interesting stuff here. Thanks!
I need to say, if you're talking about cocked wahs the master was Mick Ronson. The live version of Suffragette City from Bowie at the 'Beeb will melt your face with sweet wah-ness.
Ibanez Weeping Demon is the shizzle. Plenty of adjustments at your fingertips, available auto mode, switchable range (I've used it with guitars and basses).
I would pay like 200 bucks for a JHS Ibanez WH10 wah clone. Will pay extra if it's called the Crack Wah, since the plastic originals always cracked. #unsolicitedmarketresearch
My favourite wah is the George Dennis Wah/Volume Switch. The only wah/volume that actually sweeps well for both wah and volume. As for the best footwear; the harlequin socks. Love the vlogs by the way! Keep em coming!
Loving these VLOGS, Josh! Always useful info. Standard Cry Baby. Use it live doing mostly classic rock covers. Heads always swivel to check you out when they hear that sound.
WAH can i say? Thanks for reminding how great is Wah pedal and how flexible it is, im excited to get back to WAH world. your Channel is so good and unique, thanks for inspiring us 😀
I use an Ernie Ball 6185 Wah. It's quite mellow in that it does'nt get choked and muddy or overly shrill when floored. It's made to sound good in any position it's parked in. I really like it and it has the same type of aluminium chassis as their volume pedals. Very sturdy. When it comes to footwear, I really appreciated the little beige, argyle number. They hit the spot! :) Great video, thanks.
Ive been using a crybaby 105q bass wah for many years now. I love how it actually works as a lowpassfilter, instead of a bandpass (or notch?). Ive been using it at the very end of my pedalboard (even after my delays and reverbs) to get very nice filter sweeping effects, I really enjoy it with very long reverbs and delays
I was reminded the other day that one of the nicest "benchmark" one-note solos, using a wah in a creative way, is the guitar solo at the end of the Supertramp tune "Goodbye Stranger". The wah is used almost like a slow synth filter sweep, making what is really a simple pulsing guitar sound seem more dramatic.
The Argyle socks looked cool,as did the house loafers(cause I have the same in brown).The tennis shoes go to footwear,forget the haters when you get old it's what's comfortable that matters.First two pedals were a Vox wah,Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face in 1967,I was in heaven.Keep up with the great pedals and videos, what a great line up.🎸😎✌👍
I'm using a Teese McCoy RMC Wizard Wah. I know it was built for heavy gain users and humbuckers, but I think it sounds great as a do all, no nonsense wah pedal. No complaints.
Favorite footwear? Definitely the sock-gaze look on the parked Wah sound. Argyle is absolutely the wah-to-go. 😏 I’m just a home player, but my wah is a basic Vox V845 that I modded to add an LED on-indicator. I put whatever fuzz I’m using in front of it. Thanks for another great video Josh!
Budda wah here, the original purple one.. Like the socks footwear....I like to run fuzz first like a virtual synth tone generator into wah as a virtual synth tone filter then into OD to color and enhance the wah. Learned this from Dave Foxx in my captain coconut II operation manual. ASAT classic usa > 6' cable > captain coconut II fuzz > budda wah > MESA bottle rocket > captain coconut II provibe > supa puss analog echo > TC hall of verb > 6' cable > 73' Band Master Reverb...LOVE THIS CHANNEL Josh! I would love to try your MORNING GLORY and PANTHER CUB
Blue is like my fetish album of summer 2000. In that period of time I listened to it from start to finish at least three times a day. I was 21 and it maybe was the best summer of my life. "An ode to maybe" gives me a mixed feeling of happiness and melancholy at te same time, EVERY TIME. Nice to see 3EB mentioned here :)
Nice video. Fun and Informative. I enjoy a Full-Size Wah ( no mini wah's here ) and I play in a band where I need to go from Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Alicia Keys to Hendrix, Clapton Zeppelin & Santana so - I have been using a 2009 Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah ( no buffer ) and love the 3 Selection Versatility, (Jimi, Shaft, Wacked) Great Sweep ( no dead spots ), Smooth even-throw, Studio Quiet, Built like a Tank, Very Vocal-like. Also like the fact that it has An LED Indicator = Super Important to me.
I just discovered you. You are full of information. I love your videos keep doing them and I will keep liking them thank you very much I’m a new guitar player and I’m learning so much listening to your stuff
I play rhythm in a cover band, so I use my wah in a number of the 'classic' ways - funk especially! I also use it as a high-pass filter for songs like 'Money For Nothing' like Mark did on the record!
I use Crybaby bass wah on a guitar, it gives wild and extreme sounds with a lot of gain. But i also discovered how easy it is to create some weird and hypnotic sounds on clean with a delay. It's super versatile, when used with reverb and on like 10% wah it creates that keyboard long warm pad, that is really useful when i'm playing with a band. There's so much you can do and combine with a wah pedal that it's a must have for all genres, yet it's labeled as a funk pedal or for a "hendrix style" playing... You can do whatever with it.
What I like about your videos in general: even though you are a manufacturer yourself I never heard you badmouthing one of your competitors! That became a rare quality in our day and age!
What a WAHnderful episode!! Been through a few, big fan of the Dunlop Jerry Cantrell “Alice” signature Wah. If your in the market then I highly recommend it! Keep up the great work JoshuWAH. ✊🏻
Morley Power wah, the glow in the dark limited edition version (just looks so cool). It's honestly, the best sounding wah I've ever heard. Very vocal, no moving parts, and if you're careful, you can bend the light inside to control the sweep. And the best part, you can leave it parked whilst you switch it on and off.
loved the socks at 9:10. also love how even though you are a company who make your own pedals to sell, you'll always recommend other brands for different players. It shows you care about people more than money which is a good way to be :)
I love my Vox v847, a bit more subtle and nicer than the Dunlops IMO. You forgot to mention that if you plug it in the wrong way round and play with the guitar tone, you can get the Floyd Echos whale sounds. :)
I remember some of those "full length feature films" of the day were worth the cost of admission just for the jazz tones and tracks. A lot of it better music than the contemporary jazz played on the jazz stations during the 70's.
I just picked up the Dunlop Jerry Cantrell wah .and it has changed my way of playing.some riffs that I write feel that they aremissing something and adding wah really helps define the notes.its a great sounding wah.
Love my reverb tank btw. Works well with my Hendrix/70's type pedals My friends instantly smiled when I kick it on and heard it. Deffs gonna have to try my wah now...very cool
I listened and played Frank Zappa chops back in the '70s; yep, park your wah pedal in that zone between 900 Hz to 2 kHz for the old-school "tank tone.". Great stuff, Josh.
Listen to any Screaming Trees album to hear Gary Lee Conner tear it up with awesome grungy wah. A brilliant and hugely influential but very modest guitarist. And a shout out to Joe Gagan for making my lovely hand-wired-each-one-unique-recreations of classic wahs. Check out his version of the Maestro Boomerang.
The argyle was a win. Can't beat that mojo. The Cry Babys I gigged with always sounded harsh to me. The Vox was always my fave. Much smoother and carried better frequencies to my ears. I love your videos! I have become a fan and have learned a ton! Thanks!
I love the Voodoo Labs Wahzoo wah. I love it as a wah and as a step wah and an auto wah. I don't think it is a jack of all but master of none, I think it's mastered them pretty well. It's let me fall in love with the way all over. I also love the Moogerfooger Low Pass filter which isn't a wah but when you plug in an expression pedal to the control the cut-off you're wahing just with a low pass instead of a band bass filter. I used the low pass for many years on guitar and bass, but the Voodoo Labs wah which is never too far from my guitar amp.
I use the CAE wah, I love it. What I mostly use a wah for is kind of a Lo fi to hi fi sound where I play the riff on my heal side and then gradually press on my toes as I repeat the riff, disengaging the pedal just as the next part or the band comes in which gives a huge lift to any part of a song. Usually works best from intro to verse or pre chorus to chorus
I have the Crybaby From Hell I love it, but sometimes it boosts the treble and it pierces your ears :( I recommend a song from an Argentinian rock Band The song is called "En la Ciudad de la Furia" by Soda Stereo, but don't listen to the studio version because it has no wah. Instead, listen to the MTV unplugged version and enjoy it. I love how Cerati mixed Wah and Delay to create such an atmosphere!!
Great video. I’ve had wah pedals with my bass for 20 years and I just learned a couple cool things that will change my sound for the better forever! Thx bro. Keep up the info. It’s good to hear from a fellow gear head..
Wah: Cry Baby GCB95, the plain ordinary one. Use it for parked tones and slow sweeps to add a vocal feel to solos, influenced by Mick Ronson. My footwear of choice - and one you should choose - Doc Marten's boots.
Ibanez WH10 V2 - Has an amazing sweep range which is also adjustable and sounds incredible, only drawback is the buffer. The pedal does take away a fair bit of high end but the way I run my rig makes it a perfect fit when you take that into account!
My Cry Baby was the very first pedal I ever got when I was 10 years old, and I still use it to this day for gigs and recordings. I love using it for such creative and expressive sounds.
I use a Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Signature wah, I absolutely love it. Although, I am currently borrowing my friends Morley Mark Tremonti Power Wah which is awesome too! Decisions!
I'm still using my Jim Dunlop cry baby from the late 80s early 90s That I bought when I was a teenager. I still love it. Great channel Josh. I love your passion for all things guitar/ music.
@@michaeln173 wow, you have this dude just trying to make people laugh, just trying to let people have a good day and here you are acting like a complete shitbag. What a great person you are, hope you're happy with yourself.
Always got asked what what I used after gigs as people likes it and their surprise when I told them it's a digitech synthwha pedal from the x series. Auto what and envelope filters I used. Love it. Still got it and use it today. Cheers
I use the BOSS PW-3 Wah Pedal. It is rather space-saving, so it fits onto my Pedaltrain Metro 24 well. The rich mode retains the low end. I find myself using this mode more than not. It allows only for a pretty short movement of the foot, but you'll easily find that EQ soft spot. Build quality is superb. Looks like plastic on the web, but it is cased in solid metal. Volume-wise it stays neutral - doesn't add anything, at least to my ears. - Great video by the way, thanks a lot.
I'm a hipster snob so I "wah" unconventionally; I use my mini exp pedal to control filter sweeps using my Envelope Phaser EP2 and/or my C.Bliss Condor. Sometimes I even use the filter on my Ottobit Jr. In my vain way of thinking, the idea of a big, clunky Cry Baby on my board makes me think I should be wearing pointy leather Zapatos with boot cut jeans, long hair with bangs and call people "Daddy-O" while showing off my "hot licks" and flame painted Chevy.
I have a Farfisa wah/volume that I have been using since 1987. I don't use it for the volume. I moved the pinion gear one tooth on the rack gear to tame the treble slightly, and man this thing really moves! As for the footwear, yecch! ;) Love these vlogs you've been putting together, very informative!
What I like about your videos is that it contains no BS, it's awesome and refreshing to see a leader in a company talk about and recommend a different companys product. By recommending another companys pedal shows us that you really love music and pedals and that you don't just want to sell stuff. Big props to you Josh, one day when I get the money for it, I will definitely check out JHS pedals.
Sorry for any typo etc, English is my foreign language.
I can't speak any other language but English. But somehow English is still my second language. Ha!
I see this comment on a lot of videos.
Don't worry man your English was good
Favorite wah song of all time....Maggot Brain .....while simplistic....you feel it....it just reverberates your soul
Agreed
realest statement ever
Oh hell yea man, I’ve listened to that song maybe 100 times and it’s still fresh to listen to
the varied selection of horrendous footwear must have been a joke
You gotta love the velcro double-strap joints.
Nothing says rock n roll more than argyle socks
@@gunshow86de the grandpa 4s
Gotta be comfortable when you use your wah.
Amazing
His Shoe game is on fire
Kirk Hammet watching this video: *Heavy breathing intensifies*
🤣🤣🤣
And Mrs. Smith
🤣
🤣🤣🤣
original joke
I have to say, I love the comaraderie with other pedal makers. JHS is a quality brand name, you could easily only show and discuss JHS pedals, but no brand is off limits for you, and THAT is respect and class. We can tell you are in it because you love it, and know if you find a cool pedal or company, you’ll share your joy instead of sneaking off to make a competing product while pretending the original doesn’t exist. You’re a good dude, and it’s great to see you succeed doing something you have such passion about. Big fat 👍 to you!
Oqsy Known as clever marketing!
Oqsy LoL in the eighties in Australia for a while, 👍 meant "Up your bum"!
..."A big fat 👍 to you"! 🤣
@@lueysixty-six7300 LMAO I will never see thumbs up the same way...
😉👍
😂😂😂 incredible
It’s because all pedal makers are part of a cabal of lizard people
yeah we see this comment everywhere we get it
"I can't remember where I parked the wah!"
"Don't Crybaby!"
Socks FTW
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Wah is my favorite pedal. It's really the only pedal that to me is truly a must have even if you have a DAW and interface (with plugins).
David DiMuzio k
guitarists most expressive pedal ... 🎵
If you have Ibanez WD7 wah, you have all wahs. What I love about it is that not only can you control the Q and the sweep range, it is the bass fill control which actually let's you take it out of the wah territory (which can sound thin at the top of the sweep with all the bass scooped) and puts it into sweep filter territory, nice and full at the top of the sweep range - and everything in between. You can also with the flick of a switch go from a spring-loaded wah to a wah you can park - it's crazy versatile. And it's not gimmicky, I pretty much use all the versatility. Come on, let's give wd7 some love! ))
Yup!!!
Now this is one of my favorite subjects!
My first wah (early 70s) was a 2 transistor DIY circuit from an electronics magazine. I took a sewing machine pedal which had no gear for a potmeter, so I used an LDR and a panel on the hinged footrest to regulate incoming daylight for control. It had a very poor effect (2 transistors, no coil), but you could hear something was happening to the sound. I took my first home built pedal to school and asked my electronics teacher if he could help figure out how it worked. We started off with a sine tone generator into the pedal and output to an oscilloscope and it seemed like nothing happened to the tone. From the circuit diagram my teacher figured this could be a low pass filter with a feedback loop, so we needed harmonics to make the filter do its work. We ended up with three sine generators to a create a 2nd and 3rd harmonic waveform, and now the effect was visible on the oscilloscope. A truly magical moment, mystery unveiled!
This was my first step in discovering sound technology, progressing towards analog synthesizers.
My second Wah was a Colorsound, which is now a collector's item. Back then it was cheaper than a Cry Baby, when money was tight.
The Colorsound has a lot of hiss noise, and has emphasis on high tones, which means most low frequencies are lost. But it definitely has its own character.
A few years ago I could actually afford a Cry Baby, and I compared it side by side with a Ibanez Weeping Demon. Although the Cry Baby has more Oompf and Aargh, I fell for the tweaking options on the WD7: a spring release, auto-off, tweakable Q and range, bass guitar switch, optical control, sturdy housing. Tough choice, I got tempted by the knobs of the WD7. Today I would probably buy the JHS Super Wah Cry Baby.
My favourite early wah music track is Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses
But a close 2nd is Johnny Winter - The Good Love
(from the vinyl double album Second Winter, which had side 4 intentionally left blank!)
I think you missed one. Back in the 1980's, I remember hearing Carlos Santana mixing his Wah Wah (Morley?) with a Chorus pedal. If you listen closely to his solos during that era, you can hear the faint chorus effect along with the more "up-front" wah sound. I love that sound & I think it's such a cool mix of tones. Also, your "parked wah" is also referred to as "always on", made famous by the one & only Michael Schenker (early 1970's UFO albums). Mr. Schenker is the Supreme Master of the "always on" wah sound!!!
Never heard of "always on" & tbh, it sounds kinda lame, but Morley on the other hand; why weren't optical Wah's like Morleys mentioned?
@@JeighNeither Explain that to Mark Knopfler.
15 or so years ago - while taking out the over proofed dough at the back of the pizza shop I worked at, I happened to notice something odd laying in the dumpster - on top of heaps of trash bags. I pulled it out to inspect - it was a Crybaby wah pedal. How odd. Why was it there? Who put it there? What a strange life it must have had to wind up at the back of a pizza shop - in the dumpster. A few years later it wound up on my board - and about six months after that - in my bedroom closet where it sat in waiting for this day when I would pull it back out and run it through the effects loop of my Spring Tank reverb - it's destiny now fulfilled.
Best pizza story ever.
Jerry Garcia was a master of the wah. I recommend "Run for the Roses" and "Catfish John." Both have a some very elegant use of the wah, particularly at the end of the song where he goes instrumental.
Playing in the Band has my favorite use of the wah by jerry. the expressions he is able to achieve is just mind blowing
Enough already, time for a Sovtek video!
Oh hell yeah. I know nothing about Sovtek. Pretty sure Josh owns the most of them, maybe he can school us.
JHS is just a front for a Sovtek warehouse
JHS's first amp will be a Sovtek clone. But he'll claim it's "an original design, the result of endless hours of research and development."
Kinda lile what he did with Devi Ever's Astro Mess....
Richard Barnion , just stop with the hate already... why keep trying to spread the negativity? Isn’t there enough of that in the world these days? Just enjoy the music.
@@almightytreegod True story: "JHS" stands for "Just Houses Sovteks"
I love my Signature Buddy Guy Wah by Dunlop. The on/off led is a huge help when playing live. It has a simple "kick" switch on the side to adjust the sweep and I've used that live when my tone needed a quick adjustment, especially if I was using a venue supplied amp or cab. I own 5 wahs and I keep coming back to the Buddy Guy. It sounds so good! I run it after overdrive as I prefer the vocal sculpting.
My second choice would be a late 70's era Morley Power Wah. It's HUGE and clunky and it has a lot of volume cut when going heel down but it's really unique sounding and a lot of fun to play. It's more of a studio tool though. I can't imagine anyone trying to gig with it. I have videos of both wah's on my channel if anyone is curious to hear them.
The weirdest usage of a wah is in my opinion the "seagull sound" in Echoes by Pink Floyd. As I remember gilmourish made a tutorial video on this. That just blew my mind.
I will never buy a Wah Pedal that doesnt do this
“This is a jhs pedal but buy it if you want and don’t buy it if you don’t want to, there are other wahs so if you want another one go buy that one,”
-No one ever
To me, he's the pinnacle of what capitalists should be: Care about what you do with great passion, produce a great product at a competitive price but also respect and support others in the industry.
I have an old Morley Wah that has the separate switch and a "wah" knob on it so you could park it and switch it on mid-sweep without having to search for the tone. I haven't used it in a while, but this episode has inspired me to mess around with it some more. I really dig the loafers.
I just picked up an OLD morley power wah fuzz. Needs a lot of work but it’s by far the best wah I’ve heard (so far).
@@michaelpiercey7316 I'm quite fond of the old Morleys and I just got an original power wah boost and it's my favorite wah, massive sweep, doubles as a volume pedal, and that boost is crazy.
Loved watching you swap shoes and socks endlessly with these demos... also the fact that you posted this "subtle silly" review just before my birthday last year. It's like a personal gift to me. Thanks
One of the first tunes I thought of with a more "non-traditional" way sound is the solo on She's a Jar by Wilco. Definitely one of my favorite applications. Really informative and interesting stuff here. Thanks!
What make is the red cooled cord? Does Behringer make inexpensive clones of the socks?
The red coiled cord is probably made by Bullet Cable.
" . . . LIKE THOSE HIP MUSICIANS WITH THEIR COMPLICATED SHOES !"
"Crybaby Classic" (with Fasel inductor)
My fav wah for the last half-decade or so. Does the job.
The best Costanza line ever.... “I’m against all ‘it’s me’s’”
But please tell me what shoes your wearing! Are your feet soft? Why does your crybaby cry....why???
forestyogin OK George...lol
These videos are so good. I keep watching them over and over every few months.
I need to say, if you're talking about cocked wahs the master was Mick Ronson. The live version of Suffragette City from Bowie at the 'Beeb will melt your face with sweet wah-ness.
jspanos500 Frank Zappa was there before MR.
Yeah, Zappa, Ronson and Hendrix were amazing with cocked wah
It made me think of Frank Zappa who created a chain saw sound with one wah pedal cocked at a specific frequency, and another wah played like normal.
I recently heard that the guitar hook for Money for Nothing by Dire Straits was a parked wah. Always loved that riff.
Ibanez Weeping Demon is the shizzle. Plenty of adjustments at your fingertips, available auto mode, switchable range (I've used it with guitars and basses).
Best wah ever!
Hail Satan!
I would pay like 200 bucks for a JHS Ibanez WH10 wah clone. Will pay extra if it's called the Crack Wah, since the plastic originals always cracked. #unsolicitedmarketresearch
Fitz cracked wah would be a sweet band named
Check out Wilson effects. They have a wh10 clone that's in a rugged case... it's the bees knees
The reissue is pretty good, I got one.
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My favourite wah is the George Dennis Wah/Volume Switch. The only wah/volume that actually sweeps well for both wah and volume.
As for the best footwear; the harlequin socks.
Love the vlogs by the way! Keep em coming!
Loving these VLOGS, Josh! Always useful info.
Standard Cry Baby. Use it live doing mostly classic rock covers. Heads always swivel to check you out when they hear that sound.
WAH can i say?
Thanks for reminding how great is Wah pedal and how flexible it is, im excited to get back to WAH world.
your Channel is so good and unique, thanks for inspiring us 😀
I use an Ernie Ball 6185 Wah. It's quite mellow in that it does'nt get choked and muddy or overly shrill when floored. It's made to sound good in any position it's parked in. I really like it and it has the same type of aluminium chassis as their volume pedals. Very sturdy. When it comes to footwear, I really appreciated the little beige, argyle number. They hit the spot! :) Great video, thanks.
Ive been using a crybaby 105q bass wah for many years now. I love how it actually works as a lowpassfilter, instead of a bandpass (or notch?). Ive been using it at the very end of my pedalboard (even after my delays and reverbs) to get very nice filter sweeping effects, I really enjoy it with very long reverbs and delays
I was reminded the other day that one of the nicest "benchmark" one-note solos, using a wah in a creative way, is the guitar solo at the end of the Supertramp tune "Goodbye Stranger". The wah is used almost like a slow synth filter sweep, making what is really a simple pulsing guitar sound seem more dramatic.
Mark Hammer I’m gonna look it up.
Genius call
The Argyle socks looked cool,as did the house loafers(cause I have the same in brown).The tennis shoes go to footwear,forget the haters when you get old it's what's comfortable that matters.First two pedals were a Vox wah,Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face in 1967,I was in heaven.Keep up with the great pedals and videos, what a great line up.🎸😎✌👍
I'm using a Teese McCoy RMC Wizard Wah. I know it was built for heavy gain users and humbuckers, but I think it sounds great as a do all, no nonsense wah pedal. No complaints.
That spooky riff for the reverb with that Seinfeld shirt in the back is a jarring juxtaposition, much appreciated
Favorite footwear? Definitely the sock-gaze look on the parked Wah sound. Argyle is absolutely the wah-to-go. 😏 I’m just a home player, but my wah is a basic Vox V845 that I modded to add an LED on-indicator. I put whatever fuzz I’m using in front of it. Thanks for another great video Josh!
I have a old Carlsbro Wahwah from the 70s. I been through some other makes, but nothing ever came close to this one. I really love it.
Budda wah here, the original purple one.. Like the socks footwear....I like to run fuzz first like a virtual synth tone generator into wah as a virtual synth tone filter then into OD to color and enhance the wah. Learned this from Dave Foxx in my captain coconut II operation manual. ASAT classic usa > 6' cable > captain coconut II fuzz > budda wah > MESA bottle rocket > captain coconut II provibe > supa puss analog echo > TC hall of verb > 6' cable > 73' Band Master Reverb...LOVE THIS CHANNEL Josh! I would love to try your MORNING GLORY and PANTHER CUB
Pantera - Psycho Holiday
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Some killer unconventional Wah usage on those tracks. Check 'em out!!
Dude dirt by Alice in chains!!! The other day I was examining his tone and his use of wah is just incredible. That entire album... Wow
Blue is like my fetish album of summer 2000. In that period of time I listened to it from start to finish at least three times a day. I was 21 and it maybe was the best summer of my life. "An ode to maybe" gives me a mixed feeling of happiness and melancholy at te same time, EVERY TIME. Nice to see 3EB mentioned here :)
damn right, I saw too many people being 3EB snubs. also, stephen jenkins is an absolute boss who boned charlize theron. beat THAT.
"most of u may have something like that"
Cries in Telecaster*
*cries in esquire*
Had no idea about the effects loop thing. Really cool.
Juan Pablo Torres hell yeah, now I need one of those!
My mind is frying with ideas with that effect!
I love my boss v-wah, it does everything. Even has a nice fuzz and the sweepable uni-vibe is super cool
Nice video. Fun and Informative. I enjoy a Full-Size Wah ( no mini wah's here ) and I play in a band where I need to go from Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Alicia Keys to Hendrix, Clapton Zeppelin & Santana so - I have been using a 2009 Fulltone Clyde Deluxe Wah ( no buffer ) and love the 3 Selection Versatility, (Jimi, Shaft, Wacked) Great Sweep ( no dead spots ), Smooth even-throw, Studio Quiet, Built like a Tank, Very Vocal-like. Also like the fact that it has An LED Indicator = Super Important to me.
I just discovered you. You are full of information. I love your videos keep doing them and I will keep liking them thank you very much I’m a new guitar player and I’m learning so much listening to your stuff
I play rhythm in a cover band, so I use my wah in a number of the 'classic' ways - funk especially! I also use it as a high-pass filter for songs like 'Money For Nothing' like Mark did on the record!
The sound on Money for nothing was actually due to out of phase mic placement, but cocked wah is the best way to replicate it live
Thank for Josh for all the education. It's unbiased and genuine. Informative and enjoyable. Appreciate it. I've learned a lot!
I use Crybaby bass wah on a guitar, it gives wild and extreme sounds with a lot of gain. But i also discovered how easy it is to create some weird and hypnotic sounds on clean with a delay. It's super versatile, when used with reverb and on like 10% wah it creates that keyboard long warm pad, that is really useful when i'm playing with a band. There's so much you can do and combine with a wah pedal that it's a must have for all genres, yet it's labeled as a funk pedal or for a "hendrix style" playing... You can do whatever with it.
What I like about your videos in general: even though you are a manufacturer yourself
I never heard you badmouthing one of your competitors!
That became a rare quality in our day and age!
What a WAHnderful episode!! Been through a few, big fan of the Dunlop Jerry Cantrell “Alice” signature Wah. If your in the market then I highly recommend it! Keep up the great work JoshuWAH. ✊🏻
Morley Power wah, the glow in the dark limited edition version (just looks so cool).
It's honestly, the best sounding wah I've ever heard. Very vocal, no moving parts, and if you're careful, you can bend the light inside to control the sweep.
And the best part, you can leave it parked whilst you switch it on and off.
David Gilmour, reverse wha... Seagull effect on "Echoes".
Thank you!
what?
I was kind of hoping you would talk about the EHX Cocked Wah. Also would like to see you emulate Frank Zappa's approach to wah. Rock On!
I only need one reason to WAH!:
Waluigi
Josh Scott confirmed for smash! He overDRIVES out the competition
I guess a wah is good at ASSISTing guitar players XD. Just kidding.
SA2BRK1993
Someday, Waluigi...someday...
PS - Josh, please make a purple and yellow wah pedal, us Mario fans would get a kick out of it. 😏
WAAAAAAAH
Got an old George Dennis wah, absolutely fantastic.
It commands me to play the "Shaft" theme continuously for several hours.
There's only two things I think of when hearing the word wah: Kirk Hammet and 70s adult films 😂
It's Kirk Wahmmet.
70s TV show themes.
What about Cliff Burton? Wah master of the bass guitar. Well, him and Miles Mosley
and waluigi
loved the socks at 9:10. also love how even though you are a company who make your own pedals to sell, you'll always recommend other brands for different players. It shows you care about people more than money which is a good way to be :)
I love my Vox v847, a bit more subtle and nicer than the Dunlops IMO.
You forgot to mention that if you plug it in the wrong way round and play with the guitar tone, you can get the Floyd Echos whale sounds. :)
Man.... that Haunted Labs reverb sounds good!
70's pop music? Hmm, I associate it with another 70's "art form", that includes bushy moustaches and ladies needing plumbers.
RON JEREMY'S MOUSTACHE
I remember some of those "full length feature films" of the day were worth the cost of admission just for the jazz tones and tracks. A lot of it better music than the contemporary jazz played on the jazz stations during the 70's.
Ladies still need plumbers...
Silly! Super Mario Bros. was the 80's!
@@dkerwood1 lol, good one.
Good 'ole Crybaby Wah, dependability, durability, tone and history...I 💙 this pedal.
For me Adam Jones (TOOL) makes the wah wah sound incredible, very emotional and unique
I just picked up the Dunlop Jerry Cantrell wah .and it has changed my way of playing.some riffs that I write feel that they aremissing something and adding wah really helps define the notes.its a great sounding wah.
Jerry Cantrell’s wah, the best one
Love my reverb tank btw. Works well with my Hendrix/70's type pedals My friends instantly smiled when I kick it on and heard it. Deffs gonna have to try my wah now...very cool
George Dennis Wah's are very overlooked and excellent
You are the Dr. Frankenstein of effects. You're a mad scientist, and that's a compliment!
Every ambient Post Rock band needs that reverb pedal
Maaaan! That Loop last tip was mindblowing!!
You forgot to wear gearmandude's boots too.
Andrei Martinez Agras and white coily cable 🤣
.....of death
And a blues jr
but he's got the humbuggies
I listened and played Frank Zappa chops back in the '70s; yep, park your wah pedal in that zone between 900 Hz to 2 kHz for the old-school "tank tone.". Great stuff, Josh.
Listen to any Screaming Trees album to hear Gary Lee Conner tear it up with awesome grungy wah. A brilliant and hugely influential but very modest guitarist.
And a shout out to Joe Gagan for making my lovely hand-wired-each-one-unique-recreations of classic wahs. Check out his version of the Maestro Boomerang.
The argyle was a win. Can't beat that mojo. The Cry Babys I gigged with always sounded harsh to me. The Vox was always my fave. Much smoother and carried better frequencies to my ears. I love your videos! I have become a fan and have learned a ton! Thanks!
I always thought SRV had the best wah tone. It was very deep and aggressive, but never muddied up the signal
I love the Voodoo Labs Wahzoo wah. I love it as a wah and as a step wah and an auto wah. I don't think it is a jack of all but master of none, I think it's mastered them pretty well. It's let me fall in love with the way all over. I also love the Moogerfooger Low Pass filter which isn't a wah but when you plug in an expression pedal to the control the cut-off you're wahing just with a low pass instead of a band bass filter. I used the low pass for many years on guitar and bass, but the Voodoo Labs wah which is never too far from my guitar amp.
Another killer video.
Simple and clear just like that. Thanks for posting this man keep them coming
I've been using the CAE by Dunlop for a couple years and love it! Really recommend it!
It's a really nice wah. The Q controls are a bit hard to access, but it's got all the premium parts and features.
I use the CAE wah, I love it. What I mostly use a wah for is kind of a Lo fi to hi fi sound where I play the riff on my heal side and then gradually press on my toes as I repeat the riff, disengaging the pedal just as the next part or the band comes in which gives a huge lift to any part of a song. Usually works best from intro to verse or pre chorus to chorus
I have the Crybaby From Hell
I love it, but sometimes it boosts the treble and it pierces your ears :(
I recommend a song from an Argentinian rock Band
The song is called "En la Ciudad de la Furia" by Soda Stereo, but don't listen to the studio version because it has no wah. Instead, listen to the MTV unplugged version and enjoy it. I love how Cerati mixed Wah and Delay to create such an atmosphere!!
Great video. I’ve had wah pedals with my bass for 20 years and I just learned a couple cool things that will change my sound for the better forever! Thx bro. Keep up the info. It’s good to hear from a fellow gear head..
Wah: Cry Baby GCB95, the plain ordinary one. Use it for parked tones and slow sweeps to add a vocal feel to solos, influenced by Mick Ronson. My footwear of choice - and one you should choose - Doc Marten's boots.
Ibanez WH10 V2 - Has an amazing sweep range which is also adjustable and sounds incredible, only drawback is the buffer. The pedal does take away a fair bit of high end but the way I run my rig makes it a perfect fit when you take that into account!
PS: 1000 Julys is my JAM!
My Cry Baby was the very first pedal I ever got when I was 10 years old, and I still use it to this day for gigs and recordings. I love using it for such creative and expressive sounds.
I use a Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Signature wah, I absolutely love it. Although, I am currently borrowing my friends Morley Mark Tremonti Power Wah which is awesome too! Decisions!
I L0vE my Morley Mark Tremonti wah.
You have inspired me. One of the song riffs that I wrote for my band has my fuzz going into my wah
Queens Of The Stone Age use Wah really well when they do.
Since when do they use it?
I remember Josh heavily using a wah in the Kyuss days
@@ofir_likes_beer believe Troy has been using one
Your channel are a great combination of research,musicality,humor and good taste!Just great!!!
Jimi Plays Berkley: Jimi playing the Vox wah in his decorative moccasins during soundcheck. The end all to be all!!! I've never used anything else!!!
I'm still using my Jim Dunlop cry baby from the late 80s early 90s
That I bought when I was a teenager.
I still love it.
Great channel Josh.
I love your passion for all things guitar/ music.
*_Kirk Hammett intensifies_*
As if he's the only guitar player to ever use the wah. Eric Clapton put the wah pedal on the map.
@@toarrestsomeoneistoviolate2643 Kirk Hammett doesn't know how to "not" use a wah
ohh another KH wah joke. How original. But I understand, thinking for yourself is harder than just doing what evryone else does. So sad.
@@michaeln173 wow, you have this dude just trying to make people laugh, just trying to let people have a good day and here you are acting like a complete shitbag. What a great person you are, hope you're happy with yourself.
. Wooooosh
Always got asked what what I used after gigs as people likes it and their surprise when I told them it's a digitech synthwha pedal from the x series. Auto what and envelope filters I used. Love it. Still got it and use it today. Cheers
Weaping demon by ibenaz is a great one it’s built very well and has some great options
trim pot adjustments on the inside too
I use the BOSS PW-3 Wah Pedal. It is rather space-saving, so it fits onto my Pedaltrain Metro 24 well. The rich mode retains the low end. I find myself using this mode more than not. It allows only for a pretty short movement of the foot, but you'll easily find that EQ soft spot. Build quality is superb. Looks like plastic on the web, but it is cased in solid metal. Volume-wise it stays neutral - doesn't add anything, at least to my ears. - Great video by the way, thanks a lot.
I'm a hipster snob so I "wah" unconventionally; I use my mini exp pedal to control filter sweeps using my Envelope Phaser EP2 and/or my C.Bliss Condor. Sometimes I even use the filter on my Ottobit Jr. In my vain way of thinking, the idea of a big, clunky Cry Baby on my board makes me think I should be wearing pointy leather Zapatos with boot cut jeans, long hair with bangs and call people "Daddy-O" while showing off my "hot licks" and flame painted Chevy.
"What's the deal with wah?" Honestly, every time I watch one of your video I find another reason to like this channel. Today it was the shirt.
Velcro sneaks. No pretention. Just business.
I have a Farfisa wah/volume that I have been using since 1987. I don't use it for the volume. I moved the pinion gear one tooth on the rack gear to tame the treble slightly, and man this thing really moves! As for the footwear, yecch! ;) Love these vlogs you've been putting together, very informative!
Played a Morley wah years ago. I called it "the toaster" because it was built like one.
I've learned to appreciate the built-in wahs in my multieffects pedals and rediscover their inherent qualities.. good enough to Use 🌛