Kirk Hammett connects his wah pedals to a wah rack?

[VergDan]

Just watched Metallica official rig rundown, kirk seems to be connecting his five wah pedals to a Dunlop wah rack and I can't wrap my head around it.
His signature wah pedal already has wah function , what's that wah rack for ? Or Is the wah effect coming from the rack and the pedals only act as expression pedal?
Or did I understand the video wrong?

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Kirk Hammett connects his wah pedals to a wah rack?

He has used the Rack Wah with remote pedals for years. This way he can activate the wah from anywhere on the stage and they don't all need to be in the signal chain looping around the stage. The rack wah allows tones that are different than a standard crybaby. The signature wah takes his preferred rack wah tone and packages it in a standard crybaby enclosure so you can use it in a typical manner.

 

[VergDan]

Re: Kirk Hammett connects his wah pedals to a wah rack?

He has used the Rack Wah with remote pedals for years. This way he can activate the wah from anywhere on the stage and they don't all need to be in the signal chain looping around the stage. The rack wah allows tones that are different than a standard crybaby. The signature wah takes his preferred rack wah tone and packages it in a standard crybaby enclosure so you can use it in a typical manner.

In the video there were five signature wah pedals, all connected to the rack wah, so they just acted as remote controls ?

 

[devastone]

Re: Kirk Hammett connects his wah pedals to a wah rack?

Yes

 

[BloodRose]

Re: Kirk Hammett connects his wah pedals to a wah rack?

Whew!! Its sure a relief to know that no matter where I go on stage, a wah pedal is never far away.. Surprised he isnt wearing those wah sneakers!!

 

[Blille]

Re: Kirk Hammett connects his wah pedals to a wah rack?

Whew!! Its sure a relief to know that no matter where I go on stage, a wah pedal is never far away.. Surprised he isnt wearing those wah sneakers!!

For reference in case somebody didn’t see them

https://youtu.be/BkF7Mq1ZUR0


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[crguti]

Re: Kirk Hammett connects his wah pedals to a wah rack?

In the video there were five signature wah pedals, all connected to the rack wah, so they just acted as remote controls ?

they are not signature wah pedals, they are just foot controllers.

 

[devastone]

Re: Kirk Hammett connects his wah pedals to a wah rack?

Yes, good point, product placement. He can't be seen using a regular controller pedal.