Wah pedal documentary

[simeon]

this just popped up in my facebook feed...very interesting!

[video=vimeo;20902369]http://vimeo.com/20902369[/video]

 

[Jens]

Nice! I will definitely check that out!

Jens

 

[NeoSound]

Yes, very interesting and funny to watch everyone re-create the wah sound with their mouth.

 

[barhrecords]

Love it!

These are my two "babies"...

The older one on the left is just magic. But dirty and noisy.

I believe these are both from the 70's. Possibly 60's for the one on the left.

 

[funny_polymath]

I use my wah for very slow synth-like filter sweeps most of the time. Great with viola!

 

[eggzoomin]

My wah is the only pedal I kept after I got my AxeFX II. Crybaby that I did several mods on (true bypass, vocal mids, bass mod, Whipple inductor and whatever else comes in the full Whipple kit).

 

[dr bonkers]

I feel the same thing about the mojo of my original 535 model that I bought new with my strat.

The guy at Sam Ash made me a deal then because he said. "It would be a crime to buy a strat and not have wah-wah."

Besides the AF2, that 535 wah is probably the best gear investment I ever made.

 

[GiRa]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[USMC_Trev]

Heh heh. Heh heh heh.

Organ.

Heh heh...

 

[PerChr]

Good one!
Thanks

 

[voes]

Cool!

 

[WatersDeep]

Very cool video, didn't know that much of the history.

 

[EJ James (Street)]

Besides the AF2, that 535 wah is probably the best gear investment I ever made.

I have the 535Q myself, and love it. I have two Mission SP1-LF (one red, one black) on the way that I'll hook into my Liquid Foot LF+Pro+, but the 535Q will be in between the guitar/AxeFX as my primary wah.

 

[nicolasrivera]

So this doc many years ago... nice too see it again.

Thanks.

 

[ianx]

I've got a Thomas Organ Co. wah in a box somewhere. if I remember correctly it's in really good condition. I'm gonna hafta dig it out now.

 

[smcrosby]

Love it!

These are my two "babies"...

The older one on the left is just magic. But dirty and noisy.

I believe these are both from the 70's. Possibly 60's for the one on the left.

:lol I am too lazy to run downstairs at the moment but I believe I have the King Vox-Wah in my basement which I too picked up in the '70s.

 

[smcrosby]

I use my wah for very slow synth-like filter sweeps most of the time. Great with viola!

Clip … or it obviously did not ever happen!

 

[PlaysARobin]

Pretty cool Documentary with lots of excellent commentary. I always enjoy getting insight to the lineage and evolution of things like this. Those accidental masterpieces always impress.

 

[Jens]

Thanks for the tip Simeon! I really enjoyed that documentary.

Jens

 

[funny_polymath]

Clip … or it obviously did not ever happen!

All of the 'synth' stuff in this track is viola and guitar. The slowly-growing, cross-fading pads are viola with a lot of very slow wah sweeps. This is all through my Axe-FX II, and a Lexicon PCM-70: