Metallica's Kirk Hammett recently explained that he doesn't use the wah pedal when writing his guitar solos, something he said is true of his solos from the songs on the band's 1991 "Black Album," the ...

The humble wah-wah pedal is probably one of the most underappreciated effects in the electric guitar universe. Vox/Thomas Organ developed the first commercial wah pedal almost by mistake when engineer ...

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 ...

Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison — none of them would sound quite like they do without Del Casher, who lives in Burbank. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison — none of them would ...

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is no longer the undisputed master of the wah-wah pedal. After facing off with guitarist Mrs. Smith for a ‘Cry Baby Battle Royale,’ the granny shredder emerged victorious, ...

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 ...