Fuzz-wah

Fuzz-wah

A fuzz-wah pedal is a stomp box containing a fuzzbox and a wah-wah pedal in series. These were popular among the more psychedelic bands of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Fuzz-wah pedals normally come with at least two footswitches, enabling the player to select either effect independently. When both are in use at once, the fuzz effect is always before the wah, allowing the wah-wah to process the richer harmonic content of the distorted sound to produce a vivid effect. The wah footswitch is often but not always positioned beneath the toe of the wah pedal.

King Crimson bassist John Wetton used a fuzz/wah for his distinctive distortion sound.
Metallica's Cliff Burton used a Chrome Tel-Ray Morley Power Wah Boost (discontinued) pedal and the green Russian Big muff for his sound.

The Jim Dunlop Company has also developed fuzz-wah pedals that are artist models for guitarists Jimi Hendrix and Slash.


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