Not quite heel-to-toe, but it is the wah, about half-way to toe down.
Sorry, but no. What he might have done at Woodstock doesn’t apply here.
He’s definitely NOT switching the wah on and off, because the lows on his Strat into the Marshall amps never kick in like they would if the wah was bypassed, he‘s still rocking it. Also, to bypass then re-engage the wah takes two full toe down motions because it’s a latching on/off switch, so the bypass to engage sound is very obvious which would cause the wah sound to be very different. Having used those wahs, and still having one, it’s something we’d want to avoid if we wanted Hendrix’s sound. You can see when the wah is bypassed by the position of the pedal, it’s flush against the top of the wah body where before it was above the switch and you can hear the sound difference when he bypasses the wah before he steps on the fuzz-face.
Hendrix also was known to use the pickup switch to rapidly flick between pickups, which didn’t give a wah sound. When he does it it’s easy to hear the various pickups cutting in and out as the switch moves.
Then adjust the Wah parameters. Odds are really good you can find the sound you want. Also, remember that the wah sound relies on the impedance of the pickups, so make sure that block is first in the chain and auto-impedance is on so the modeler can react correctly.
How on earth could you say that what he did at Woodstock doesn’t apply here!? That’s a ridiculous statement. What he did at Woodstock absolutely applies here. In fact, here is a clear angle of him at Woodstock achieving this effect.
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In comparison to the previous video I posted, he doesn’t even go for flipping the selector switch, and he’s making a visible effort to bypass the wah on and off. His foot was fast and I feel that’s pretty common knowledge for anybody that studies him. You don’t get that effect by rapidly rocking pedal back-and-forth while it’s solely engaged.
Not saying that he never used the selector switch achieve a similar effect, but I’ve never heard it come close when anybody does it that way in this context. The difference in the qualities of the effect achieved and the upper harmonics during the effect between both methods is distinct. Would you be able to demonstrate the switch method in any way? Via a video or anything else? I posted some more videos below with timestamps to further prove my point. Including example of Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was as authentic and as true to Hendrix as anybody.
I’ve been studying and playing Hendrix for close to 20 years, and I know I’m right on the head with how he did this. To address your statement about using the same wah, I don't doubt you've used/own the same wah model and maybe even year as he did. I'm also assuming you are aware that his wahs, and other pedals were heavily modified by Roger Mayer all the time. So unless you used the same wah modified in the same way as his, which changed all the time, how can that experience apply?
To engage the wah when it’s bypassed, that is a single foot down motion whether the pedal is flush against the chassis, or in the heel down position. After that, you heel back (about half way or more if you’d like) which swept the wah then push forward again and IN THAT SAME MOTION, the wah is disengaged. Then the cycle repeats with the same heel movement motioned as mentioned above, but with the wah disengaged. So again, It’s a single motion down motion to sweep the wah and turn it on, a single heel motion to sweep backwards through as little or as much of the wah as you wanted, then a single foot down motion to push the sweep forward then disengage.
Either way, I reverted to 21.02 and am a happy guy as it’s still achievable with that firmware. All the tweaking in the world with the wah block did not get me there with 21.04. That is done behind the scenes which Cliff implies as he tweaked that parameter for various blocks for this firmware release.
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Search: Jimi Hendrix at the BBC live [Colourised] 1969
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