Bass wah on guitar..

[frankfalbo]

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Lots of misinfo AND corrections too! Great job everyone LOL!

I love using bass wah on guitar, and keep my Ibanez Weeping Demon in the "low" setting. Yes the Dunlop bass wah is inductorless, more like a parametric sweep. I've thought about buying it for guitar. You will probably love it. There are a couple pots to tune it, definitely mess with them.

[Johnny the Kid]

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That's cool then. The way it used to be was what I described.

Yeah. As much as I love Dunlop and their wah's, and the idea of a switchless wah, that was the big issue for me. I like to be able to affect my low register the same way I do the high register. For me, the most notable bass wah song is For Whom the Bell Tolls and when I hear it live, I like the way Rob or Jason would keep the pedal on after the bass intro was done and would make some really cool noises on their lower notes. At 0:35 in this video is the best way to explain it.

[Falloffthebonetone]

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Yeah. As much as I love Dunlop and their wah's, and the idea of a switchless wah, that was the big issue for me. I like to be able to affect my low register the same way I do the high register. For me, the most notable bass wah song is For Whom the Bell Tolls and when I hear it live, I like the way Rob or Jason would keep the pedal on after the bass intro was done and would make some really cool noises on their lower notes. At 0:35 in this video is the best way to explain it.

The wah stays on until you take the foot off or roll it all the way back. Rob Trujillo uses it.

[jtougas]

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Sounds like he had some distortion going on with it, too. Any idea which one?

[dystrust]

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Sounds like he had some distortion going on with it, too. Any idea which one?

I haven't followed Metallica for quite a while, but Cliff used to use a Morley Power Wah Boost as well as a Big Muff and I've heard that Jason used a Proco Rat.