The wah pedal has been responsible for some truly iconic moments in electric guitar; that 'talking' sound you've heard from players including Jimi Hendrix and Richie Sambora on classic songs. Listen ...

On top of any other guitar effect, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is known for his love of the wah-wah pedal. The rocker's frequent use of wah eventually led to the design of his own signature wah ...

In late October 1965, Vox designer Dick Denney visited the Thomas Organ Company, who distributed Vox in the US, to advise on the design of a new line of US manufactured solid-state amplifiers. One of ...

Converse want you to add their newest sneaker to your guitar’s pedal board. If you don’t already own the essential wah-wah pedal, then you might be in luck with the “Chuck Taylor All Wah.” With the ...

A version of this piece orginally appeared on The Week. Jimi Hendrix making his guitar "talk." Peter Tarnoff/Retna Ltd./Corbis The wah-wah pedal makes a guitar sound as though it's singing "wah, wah, ...

The wah-wah pedal makes a guitar sound as though it's singing "wah, wah, wah." The effect was a staple of 1960s psychedelic rock: Jimi Hendrix bent reality with it in classics like "Voodoo Child ...

Endlessly addictive and pretty synonymous with the electric guitar, it’s funny to think that Vox initially insisted on the wah-wah pedal being marketed towards trumpet players. Regardless, it was ...

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett‘s love of the wah-wah pedal is legendary. So it was no act of bravery for him to agree to a wah-wah duel with challenger Mrs. Smith, the beehived comic actress/guitar ...