What foot do most use on a WAH pedal?

[JeffB]

 

I quit using a wah about 6 years ago (coincidentally) around the same time I quit drinking booze........and (coincidentally) both my playing and personal life became much more stable

wow! wah was really holding you back. Glad you over came it. Good work.

 

You know what I mean.

[bolero]

What foot do you use (as in Right or Left) to operate a Wah pedal, and how do you think that compares to what which foot you think the majority of other players use?

 

example...

I use my __________ foot to operate a Wah and I think most players use their __________ foot.

 

 

hahahaha....are you serious???

 

 

someone record a tone demonstration to compare the two, quick..

[HANGAR18]

 

hahahaha....are you serious???

 

 

someone record a tone demonstration to compare the two, quick..

 

Yes, I am serious, and since you asked I will share a story with you.

 

When I was young my mother noticed one day that I was eating oatmeal with my left hand. She grabbed the oatmeal away from me stirred it a little more and then handed it back to me and returned my spoon to my right hand. I realize that now because she wanted me to become a right handed person. Clearly it doesn't matter if one uses right hand or left hand to perform such a operation as eating oatmeal. Likewise I talk to young man how to play drums who happened to be left handed but I taught him how to play drums right handed.

 

My brain thinks in terms of industry standard. I recently had to relearn how to hold a pic so that I could achieve better performance. So while it doesn't matter which foot I use, I thought I might as well learn the best way since I'm learning from scratch. I have owned a wah panel for many years but I have never used it. I'm planning to start using that pedal very soon and wanted to make a decision as to which foot I should learn to use it with.

[bolero]

well in that case....I use BOTH feet...try it sometime, it really hammers home the tone....and it's good for the gastrocnemius

[cobrafast1]

RIght foot has more coordination for me.

[slider313]

I'm right footed, so I always use my right foot. The only thing I use my left foot for is placing it down first, for balance, in front of my right foot when I walk.

[Trouble]

Is this from an early 80's Mad Libs® book? You guys remember those, right!

 

 

example...

EX 1: I use my _breakdancing_ foot to operate a Wah and I think most players use their _Bullriding_ foot.

If not....Allow me to answer your original question.

example...

I use my _____Right_____ foot to operate a Wah and I think most players use their _____right_____ foot.

 

*I think a players "wah-foot" is typically going to coincide with their dominant hand.

I must have had 20 or so of those, kids now wouldn't know what to do with them.

 

I use my ________OMG________foot to operate a Wah and I think most players use their_________IDK_____foot.

[High Flying Bird]

Lefty that plays Righty guitar...but Left Footed Wah-Wah player.

 

Does that make me bi-polarized?

Same here Guit, I am a righty but do almost everything with my left hand just as well. That makes us amphibious.

 

By the way I bought the BYOC wah kit and put it in my wah. A lot less noise and a good sweep.

[Guest HRB853370]

This is like asking what foot do you use on your bass drum pedal. What does it really matter?

[HANGAR18]

This is like asking what foot do you use on your bass drum pedal. What does it really matter?

 

Maybe both seem weird to me and I need to just pick one.

I'm right handed, right eye'd and if I had to pick one today, I would choose the left foot.

[Guest HRB853370]

 

Maybe both seem weird to me and I need to just pick one.

I'm right handed, right eye'd and if I had to pick one today, I would choose the left foot.

Aha! Left footed maybe?

[Ketch]

I use a Snow White Auto Wah so I use my feet to do Irish jigs while I do Frank Zappa covers