THATOS USING YOUR FEET: FLOOR BOARD
Wah Pedal
So how about that wah pedal? ItOs the one on the left 26. Get yourself planted
with your foot on there nice and comfortable. Now, press down with your toes, let
go, and do it again. You should see a little light turning on and off to the left of the
wah pedal. When the lightOs on, the wahOs on. When the lightOs off, the wahOs off.
Neat. Incidentally, the POD wah is modeled after a late 60Os Vox wah (retuned
especially for bass), with plenty of Ogrowl� in the heel back position. Now then,
turn the wah light on, switch to the Rock Classic Amp Model, set your Drive to
about 5, and do a little funky playing while you rock back and forth to the beat on
that pedal. Hang a disco ball, unbutton your shirt to your navel (assuming you
donOt have it that way all the time), hang some gold chains around your neck, and
get ready to party! You can do subtle things with the wah pedal too, like turning it
on just a tiny bit and leaving it there, just barely caressing your sound. But then,
thatOs not as much fun as playing the theme to OShaft,� is it?
By the way, when youOre using the Tron Up or Tron Down effects, the wah pedal
is used to adjust the character of these effects, rather than controlling a separate
wah effect, because the Mu-Tron is basically an auto-wah Ţlter thingy.
Also, when youOre using the Bass Synth effect, the wah pedal controls the decay
of the synth instead of a wah effect.
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Volume Pedal
Not nearly as fun as the wah pedal, but arguably more useful (and it doesnOt
require you to have Very Large Hair to use it convincingly). Put your foot up on
that thing 26. ItOs the one on the far right. Press the volume pedal forward with
your toes for loud, and back with your heel for quiet. The volume pedal is tapered
for a very musical swell. It starts out slow and then gets faster as you move your toe
down, very much like an Ernie Ball volume pedal. |
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