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WAH
Wah is the key to that ‘Theme From Shaft’ sort of sound. The Wah effect creates a
unique tone by sweeping the frequency of a resonant filter. You control it from the
COMP/PEDALS Row, with two parameters: Wah Type and Wah Depth. As you can
probably figure out for yourself, Wah Type is where you pick which style of wah to use,
and Wah Depth lets you make the effect more or less extreme. Wah Type comes in
five groovy flavors:
1. Wah Pedal – This is the “standard” wah experience, which lets you use either an
expression pedal connected to the PEDAL 2 jack ( ), or the built in wah pedal on
the Floor Board ( ) to control the wah effect. Choose the COMP/PEDALS Row if
it’s not already active, set Wah Type to 1, Wah Depth to 70 or so, and get your foot
planted on your wah pedal nice and comfortable. If you’re using a Floor Board wah
pedal, press down with your toes, let go, and do it again. You should see a little light
turning on and off to the left of the Wah pedal. When the light’s on, the wah’s on.
When the light’s off, the wah’s off. Neat. Incidentally, the AX2 Wah is modeled after a
late 60’s Vox wah, with plenty of “growl” in the heel back position. Now then, turn
the wah light on (or just get set with your expression pedal if that’s what you’re using),
and do a little fast rhythm playing while you rock back and forth to the beat on that
wah pedal. Hang a disco ball, unbutton your shirt to your navel (assuming you don’t
have it that way all the time), hang some gold chains around your neck, and get ready
to party! You can do subtle things with the wah pedal too, like turning it on just a tiny
bit and leaving it there, just barely caressing your sound.
But that’s not much fun, is it?
2. Auto Wah – No pedal required, and if you’ve got one hooked up, it won’t make no
difference. Creates an automatic wah by opening the filter in response to the volume
of the notes you are playing on your guitar.
3. Rando Wah – Again, no pedal with this one. Creates an automatic wah by
randomly changing the filter every time a new note is played.
4. Sample/Hold – No pedalification. Creates an automatic wah effect by stepping the
filter through various random settings without reference to what is being played. Good
to remind you that you are not in control of much of what happens in the universe
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