Fuzz Face before or after Wah Pedal? Tips on how to make it work like Hendrix and Frusciante
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- In this video I'll show you how I make the Jimi Hendrix JHF-1 Fuzz Face and the Dunlop Cry Baby Wah pedal work together.
For recording I used:
Fender American Standard
Marshall DSL40 w/creamback speaker
Shure SM58 (cap off)
Disclaimer for the haters: I know John Frusciante does not currently use a Fuzz Face (he did during the Mother's Milk era), but this is more of a method on how to use a Fuzz and Wah together.
Even if it's not the Hendrix or Fusciante-style, I actually like fuzz before wah.
Hendrix definitely used the wah before the Fuzz Face. That's how I've gotten a good sound (after I saw Jimi's setup in films). Maybe cut back or remove all the reverb when going for that sound.
Yes, Jimi used the wah before the fuzz face but he had Roger Mayer doing god knows what to his pedals. As I said in a previous comment, the only way I was able successfully use the wah before the fuzz face, was when using the Fulltone wah because it has a buffer control. Everything else I tried failed me miserably lol! I find that the fuzz face before the wah gets ME a lot closer but I'm glad you got it working for you.
@@uglypensacola8331 They landed on the moon and only god knows what Roger Mayer did with those pedals?
@@uglypensacola8331 same here man, I really can’t find a sound in the fulltone I’m liking though. I wish that vox would make a fuzz friendly wah
@@eduardsiger1860 Just put the Fuzz first and work from there, remember to tame the wah with some dirt on the amp.
Fuzz face after wah makes it unable to clean up with the guitar volume
I started watching video from the middle so i missed you mentioned frusciante. Than at 1:23 you play that lick and i thought ok this guy definitely likes frusciante and than at the end of the video you mentioned him again and i was like yeah i was right haha
Yep, Frusciante is my guy! I can't wait for their new album to come out.
Yes
Excellent! This is the way I do it as well.
What you need ... is a "fuzz friendly" wah (in that if you use an older fuzz circuit (like a fuzz face) and go from this wah into that type of fuzz....you'll get the dreaded feedback/oscillation that you get with many wahs Some wahs nowadays (Geoffrey Teese etc etc. are what is called "Fuzz friendly" meaning you can run the wah into a fuzz face and it will not squeal/misbehave and still give nice full wah sound (some of my wahs in the past have had to be modded with the "Foxrox" wah retro kit (that changes the impedance so it will work with old fuzz faces
Yes there are a few fuzz friendly wahs, but most aren't affordable to "younger wallets". You can spend $170 for a Fulltone wah or put the fuzz face in front of a $30 Cry Baby.
Beautiful.
hendrix used the wah before the fuzz
you need to put a buffer pedal between them or mod your wah to have a buffer in it
Thanks for your reply, the only time I was able to make the Wah work before the Fuzz Face was when using a Fulltone Wah because it has a buffer control knob, if recall to right, I think I set the buffer to about 60%. Now was that what Roger Mayer did to Jimi's pedals? Who knows?
@@uglypensacola8331 vintage vox pedals had bufferes build in to them from the factory
He was going for an extreme sound..thats what wah first is good for. Seems most people here just want the conventional wah sound at all times. That is fine for them.
I have a brand new fuzz and wah and just got a marshall half stack but for some reason I can get my wah to work or my fuzz and I don't know why. They just turn off and on the sound its annoying me.
Give me more info, what kind of fuzz, wah and amp are you using? It sounds like a power problem. Let me know, that I'll help you if I can.
What exactly is the square “dirty” box he’s referring to.
it’s his footswitch
I thought crybabys had buffers in them already?
I know the wah is dunlop cry baby but what is the model please
It's an off the shelf (late 90's) Cry Baby gcb-95, but it works with just about any wah. I don't believe in touring with boutique gear.
@@uglypensacola8331 sounds great...i have a digitech rp1000 and doesnt sounds like this test
@@zooropa200 Multi effect digital pedals are completely different animals. More and more people are using them successfully.