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Using the wah effects many of players favorite effects, as far as for solo's and part of
what makes it so cool is just the unlimited usage, you could use with it, whether you're
playing clean or, in this case, playing a distorted tone. During solo's, what I like
to use it for is, not only just a compliment of my expression, I like to use it for accenting
notes, especially bending notes, if I'm playing a bluesy or base lead, with a rock context.
So in this example what I'm going to be playing is a D minor, pentatonic scale and I'm going
to be starting on the twelfth fret, to a G, on the twelfth fret and then ten fret, on
the B and E strings, bending up on the thirteenth fret, on the B string and on each note, kind
of using the wah pedal, at the end of the notes as I'm bending them up and bringing
in a nice slow sweep and, of course, a nice accent to the note. So, what I'm going to
do here, is go (playing guitar). And so what I'm doing there "little noisy thing there,"
what I'm going to be doing is essentially adding to the bends, just giving it a nice
slow sweep, on the bends, again to bring that nice flavor to the notes and to give it another
dimension. So, up to speed, it sounds like this. And, again, using the wah, to add a
nice little dimension into your licks or your solo's.