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Head to Head WAH-WAH PEDALS Words: Henry yates Vs 152 Vox V846-hW vs Vs Dunlop Crybaby ClassiC GCb-95F This month TG channels our inner Hendrix as we face off two of rock’s most legendary wocka-chackas mArCH 2012 TGR225.gear_hd2hd.
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GEAR Whether you realise it or not, you already know what a wah pedal sounds like. It’s the wocka-chacka sound when a cop chases a pimp on a 70s TV show. It’s the fruity quack in a porn film when a moustachioed plumber arrives “to fix the shower”. It’s the sound of Eric Clapton on Cream’s Tales Of Brave Ulysses, of Kirk Hammett tearing it up on Enter Sandman, of Slash vamping in Mr Brownstone. When the sweep of wah is applied, it makes everything sound sexy, slinky and slightly seedy (in a good way).
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Head to Head WAH-WAH PEDALS Vox v846-HW V £203 Witness the reboot of the wah that wocked the world For anyone too stoned time the nine-volt battery to remember, we can goes flat. All the other wahs confirm that the original Vox V846 in the Vox range give you the was the wah used by Jimi Hendrix choice… and they’re cheaper. for Voodoo Chile at Woodstock in There’s no scope for tweaking 1969.
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Gear S Dunlop Cry Baby Classic gcb-95F £169 There’ll be no tears before bedtime for Dunlop’s famous wah Cast an eye over use of batteries or Dunlop’s ECB03 the roster of AC adaptor. Physically, it’s solid Cry Baby signature pedals and as a housebrick, and there’s a real you’ll soon get the subtext. This ‘plunge’ to the pedal action that is the wocka-chacka of choice bodes well for smooth tone curve. for hairy maniacs (and Buddy When it comes to tone, though, Guy).