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Or if not wah, what is it then, on this version of Walkin Shoes?
Whatever it is, I think it kinda works, and it's interesting to hear in a jazz context. Other than Scofield's use of chorus as a faux leslie effect I can't readily think of a player who choose to colour his rhythm playing specifically with some form of effect. I know a lot of the younger players like to keep their reverb/delays on at all times.
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07-07-2021 07:23 AM
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Nice! Who is the guitar player? I like it when the guitar adds a bit of colour, like the harmonics during the bass solo. I'm not 100% sure whether it really is a wah pedal, as these usually boost one frequency and I didn't hear that in the passages when he doesn't actually use the effect. But I may be wrong.
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Originally Posted by docsteve
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I think that may be an “auto-wah” envelope filter pedal or plug-in. I’ve never been an effects user except for a light overdrive on blues gigs and a hint of reverb if the amp I’m using has it. But this is cool enough to have me thinking about trying it.
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It sounds like this 1977 record, in which case the guitarist is Bucky Pizzarelli, according to various discographies:
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Back in the 1970s a schoolfriend of mine used to have one of those ‘Doctor Q’ wah/filter pedals, it sounded very similar.
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Originally Posted by grahambop
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Sounds like an envelope follower more than a wah. In 1977 this effect might have been added in post processing by the studio engineer. Notice that although the guitar solo is straight, the first phrase (@2:50) has the effect, as if the engineer missed the "turn off" mark.
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Originally Posted by pauln
I'd love to know what guitar he was playing on that - it's a Mulligan session, so I assume it's an archtop, although he played some pedestrian instruments at times. I recall a reference in one publication to his playing a 6 string Danelectro bass for some gigs. I can't find any useful info beyond the year of recording and the personnel.
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Originally Posted by Average Joe
Last edited by jameslovestal; 07-08-2021 at 12:56 PM.
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An envelope filter? I have no first hand experience but based on records I suppose that could be it.
I assumed that the lack of modulation during the solo was down to him leaving a wah in a fixed position, but if its a filter it might be studio trickery.
anyway, I think it’s a fun example of an effect enhancing a partLast edited by Average Joe; 07-07-2021 at 05:18 PM.
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Originally Posted by Average Joe
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The envelope follower tracks change in signal level to control a change in something else. Generally, of interest to the circuit's filters are the decay and sustain parts of the note's envelope profile (ADSR).
The "something else" controlled are usually tone and modulation effects (wah, phase, flange, chorus, sometimes combinations) but could be swinging pan of the stereo image, variation in reverb, or other things. Compression if applied is after, to enhance the clarity of the effects; compressing in front would limit the level variations the follower would be trying to track.
You can tell in the recording that the effect on the chords is subsequently compressed to smooth out and fully fill in the sound details of the modulation effect.
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Chuck Wayne and Joe Puma used a wah-wah effectively for rhythm guitar in their guitar duo of the 70s, playing strictly jazz standards. It might be on the one record they made.
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