yeah wah is ok when you don’t hear the wah part, like it’s good to be able to put intense piercing on treble at times but hearing that sweep often feels like a cheap gimmick
think Nels Cline’s solo stuff sounds more interesting, doesn’t really seem fair to be rating musicians in this way tbh though, I always hated those “who is the best guitarist/who can play the most notes the most technically” kind of discussions
I enjoyed parts of it, especially towards the end when it was getting fizzy and more distorted but there was plenty of pentatonic widdling too
personally I just don’t see it, parts are good but there’s sections like in the middle with the delay where it sounds to me like somebody stoned just riffing around.
these are still my two favourite solos I think
CHICA-CHICA-CHOOOONE
Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline” is a subtle one. The intro apparently was created by Robert DeLeo running his bass through a wah wah.
How could I almost forget:
“Billy often uses a wah pedal before the distortion set in the middle somewhere for solos, and another one after the distortion is used for that “weeesh wash wish” sound you hear a lot(think about the first Slunk solo).” - spfc.org
Every time Kim Thayil used it too
A thousand leaves
Wah wah is underrated for more subtle uses, really enhances other effects, adds a bit of movement
What, The Kiss would?
If ever a song was ruined by wah wah guitar, it was that.
dead meadow, especially shivering king era, you motherfuckers
there is literally no better effect combination than wah + fuzz/distortion + space echo
I bought a wah-wah pedal as a student purely so I could play Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and never really used it much after except to leave it set at the top to give attenuation for soloing for the very brief period I did that sort of thing.
I later sold it (actually did I sell it or just give it? Can’t recall) to @jordan_229 when he was in London.
A good entry for the music hot takes thread, that.
