tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956138709974797846.post6622880354160253338..comments2023-12-31T02:25:50.066-06:00Comments on 60x50: WahSam Umlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14327376115570876540noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956138709974797846.post-70040117975390399112008-07-25T21:55:00.000-05:002008-07-25T21:55:00.000-05:00I got my first wah pedal (a Thomas Organ Cry Baby)...I got my first wah pedal (a Thomas Organ Cry Baby) as a Bar Mitzvah gift, which was kind of funny because it pre-dated my first electric guitar (I took some of the gift money and bought an Ibanez Les Paul knock-off and an amp). I still have the pedal although it is pretty beat up. Nevertheless, it got my friends and me through some good gigs in high school and college.<BR/><BR/>What is interesting is that a lot of folks confuse the sound of the wah with an envelope filter (the wah sound alike used most notably on Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground"). The envelope filter produces more of a fixed wah, and some of the exampes of these include Musitronics' MuTron III (the one that Stevie used and the Cadillac of envelope filters), Electro Harmonix's Dr. Q (I have one of these, but it's in need of repair) and the Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer (a little box that plugs into the jack on your guitar). The wah pedal requires coordination between your foot and pick hand, while the envelope filter gives you that sound without any added dexterity. By the way, when I did college radio, we used to have an ad from Vox featuring the Electric Prunes demonstrating the wah (used in "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night"). It claimed you could use the Vox wah to simulate a sitar, which was just patently ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I'm really enjoying your blog, as well as your reviews in VW. Keep up the great work!Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768886260813823765noreply@blogger.com