homemade noize

Maker: Korg

Made in: Asia

Year: April 2007-

Fame: An extremely famous pedal.

Mojo Factor: Remarkably high for a reissue. The cry baby is more famous but many consider this “the wah pedal.” It has roots in the late 60’s and a host of famous uses. Plus it looks cool.

Price: Reasonable.

General Sound Description: A classic wah sound. It has a wider sweep than the Cry Baby and a beautiful high end. Most of the famous wah sounds of the late sixties are this pedal.

Who it’s for: Not just for those try to capture the sounds of the sixties. Anyone that wants a wah this a good place to start.

Controls:

Sweep (footswitch)

Schematics and Info:

free info

Analogman

Modibility:

High. Wah are tone suckers feast on your high so a true bypass might be a good idea. People also like to change the inductor to there taste but this newest models inductor is an improvement over older reissues.

Mods:

Keely

homewrecker

Wah Wah Mods

Users of Note:

(as you may have guessed these guys used the original.)

Jimi Hendrix

Eric Clapton

Randy Rhoads

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Famous Riffs:

Jimi Hendrix Machine Gun and others

Eric Clapton White Room