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[@Bss_-eo9dn]

What is Kirk Hammetts favorite beverage? "WAHter"

[@PhillipMcKnight]

LOL

[@luckylicks3497]

What's the difference between Kirk Whammett and a vacuum cleaner? When you unplug a vacuum cleaner it simply doesn't suck anymore.

[@Lepp123]

wah wah

[@lonelyvariety]

Gonna be honest. You’ve made a good joke out of a way to overused meme. Like

[@deterrencedbeat]

SmellerOfSound you mean wah-nest...... ;)

[@jamalabdul2009]

My first pedal. Dunlop Crybaby Wah. Still my favorite pedal!!!

[@dannyinaus]

and mine was the VOX - it seemed so massive compared to my little Boss pedals - but I would never part with it. BTW, I bought it second hand (in perfect shape) in 1983 and I still use it 1-2 times a week at gigs and 1 time a week practice in 2017 with hardly any time off. It has never failed me.

[@kadenbohm775]

Ahmad Kareem me too

[@AdamRainStopper]

Mine was the Vox. I hocked it for dope in '99. You don't even want to know how much I got for it. Stupid decision. I would love to still have that same one (and you know it would still be working fine all these years later). My dad found it at a consignment shop, got it for my birthday. Never should've let it go.

[@jamalabdul2009]

I did get a new Vox hand wired 847 I believe. I don't remember what happened to my Crybaby

[@apeekaboo]

I love the Five Things videos, they're so informative. Keep up the good work Phil!

[@69kpm]

The Cry Baby was my first pedal. I wore the first one out. Now my second in all these years is still alive at 20 years of age. Great topic Phillip!

[@dalepal]

I’m always learning something new from your 5 things you may not know series. I don’t have a wah pedal yet but looking into which one to get and overwhelmed with the choices.

[@EmbelekoBand]

I love this channel because of your honesty, humbleness and all you do to inform us with gear. Good luck achieving more and more success with you channel and everything you desire.

[@Tracks777]

Keep it up! Looking forward for more videos from you, don't stop!

[@Za7a7aZ]

Thx...I had so much fun watching this upload that I reached my daily laugh dosis already...and the day still has to start. Now...isnt that something? The weird thing is that I still feel happy...sure I subscribed...lol.

[@ShaelRiley]

Just discovered your channel. Happy to hear you're headed towards 100k subscribers--it's well deserved.

[@chrisact9601]

Great video, Phil. My old Morley Wah (ancient chrome plated, mains powered thing) had a footswitch beside the rocker pedal to bypass it. I think it's only more recently that they made them bypass when you rock back.

[@michaeldoherty7439]

Thanks for the lesson on Wah Pedals Phillip! I am subscribing now

[@aspeguitars4071]

You were right; I didn't know about the switch in the Joe Bonamassa wah. My first was a Jimi Hendrix Dunlop wah, I really loved it. The best thing about Wah's is the're active pedals, like little musical instrument on their self.

[@charliefoxtrotthe3rd335]

The Morley pedals are the best on the market. The optical wah is stellar, and the optical volume pedal is also stellar. Most volume pedals are tone vampires (i.e. Ernie Ball) and are just another potentiometer in your signal chain. The optical volume has no pots, so it's always clean and always works. Magic!

[@charliefoxtrotthe3rd335]

Yes the Bad Horsey is a fabulous pedal. Smooth, switchless and has an insane amount of throw. You can really dig into it and it sounds so good. I think that is Steve Vai's signature

[@MB-yw3pv]

100K SUBSCRIBERS! CONGRATS PHIL! ITS WELL DESERVED AND COULDN'T HAPPEN TO A NICER GUY, MARCH STARTS NOW TO 200K!

[@dannyelam1631]

Happy Birthday Phillip! I am your 100,000th subscriber.

[@julianpeters37]

I modded my Vox. Replaced the transducer, the pot and made it true bypass. I don't use a fuzz though............ My favorite pedal too.

[@JamesJohnson-hb1me]

I did not know any of that. Quite interesting, thanks! Congratulations on the 100,000!!!!! Happy Birthday!

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

The Dunlop Mini-Crybaby is my wah. I got the Jimi Hendrix model which is voiced on his original pedal. It is much more subtle than others. It still has a ton of throw but like he said, it is not so warbly and shrill. Love it!

[@lorenmars5244]

My first wah was a JD Cry Baby. I modified it down because I was just being a tone chaser. Then I learned Jimi did the same thing. Blew my mind! Thought I had some kind of metaphysical kinship with my star brother. Then it got scratchy and I swapped it for a Morely Bad Horsie. Loved that one even more. No clue where it is now. Ok, going shopping. Dangit Phillip! Hahaha wahwahwah.....

[@bernardofernandes2226]

Congratulations for all your effort, Phillip! You truly deserve the best! Your channel is awesome!! Greetings from Brazil!

[@MrWhiteguy6]

wow Phillip! Congrats on almost getting 100,000 subscribers! I've been a fan since you were down to 21,000 subs, and I love your videos :)

[@tk4x431]

*Kirk Hammett breathing heavily in background with hand in pants*

[@xosis3486]

Cool info my man, here's a great tip for all you way junkies out there, if you run a high gain amp, sometimes your wah can lose a bit of it's effectiveness to high gain, especially if you switch to neck pickup for leads, it may be barely noticeable. Now, if you're using overdrive to tighten up or kick your high gain sound up a bit, put the overdrive before the way, meaning, guitar-overdrive-was-amp. Your wah's tone and effectiveness will be dramatically boosted, even on neck pickup. I'm talking super think ,extreme ,very vocal, rockstar was tone. Try it you may never go back. Peace out my fellow guitarists. Love what you're doing Phillip, keep spreading the gospel of guitar.

[@xosis3486]

Sorry about the damn autocorrect, the chain was, guitar-overdrive-wah-amp

[@DavidB-vk8ei]

My original pedal was a 1962 Thomas organ co pedal, loved it and did play with the adjustment. A very loud click when turning it on or off. Now I use a Morley Bad Horsie, Quite and clean. It is different but just took a little getting used to.

[@timallen7354]

The best 5 things yet! Superb! Thanks Phil.

[@vincecarpenter661]

Almost 100,000 subscribers Phillip!!

[@MirlitronOne]

Noted the "Snarling Dogs" pedal behind you. I imported one from the USA to the UK some years ago. Airport Security opened my luggage just to admire it! :-)

[@mikej70]

Have a dunlopcry baby and whino snarling dog wah both great wah is the best guitar effect for sure

[@MB-yw3pv]

I love my wah, I have the Dunlop Dimebag wah which to me basically has all the previous Dunlop wahs built in (not really but is has all the controls from all the Dunlop wahs made before it combined into the Dimebag wah so it can do all those different wah tones)

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

I heard it's an extremely versatile wah, I want one.

[@gregwolk5240]

Great video Phil! I really enjoy these "5 Things You May Not Know About..." videos because they give some interesting facts. For some reason I haven't got a way pedal yet, but maybe soon!

[@InsomniacMatt]

Surprised there aren't any Kirk Hammett jokes yet

[@tims2484]

Love these five thing videos. You are awesome! Keep up the good work.

[@porscheman998]

I have an Ibanez Weeping Demon Wah pedal, and it's totally kick ass! Best of both worlds (uses both optical and a switch), sounds awesome, and looks incredible.

[@cids1599]

Awesome educational video. Really impressed. Will be watching your videos.😎👍

[@ArielElijah]

Another idea for merch would be an iron-on patch for like $5-10. I'd jump on that in a heartbeat (especially if for this original design)! Love your stuff, Phil. Thank you

[@christopherprice3226]

great video probabbly the best 5 things you have done yet

[@sgflyingv]

Didn't know any of these fun facts. Amazing work Phil!

[@jeffreymonroe153]

I like Guitar's in the classroom. Also, I think a nice and easy way to change the shirt would be a Les Paul silhouette instead of the Strat. Thanks for the awesome videos!

[@cleansed_in_pestilence_3004]

When I first started playing guitar I got a wah, about 4-5 years later it still works like new

[@LDSouthSession]

Hey man. Thank you i advanced for donating a guitar to charity institution, they are the ones that need it the most. I hope you get more subscribers.

[@RobMods]

Wow, I didn't know most of these. Thanks Phil.

[@jayou812a]

your not a true guitar player till you buy a way pedal sell it and buy it back again,lol.

[@ballsdynamite]

Jason Goodsell I've literally done this five times. Three times with the basic Dunnlop Crybaby.

[@jackko21]

Jason Goodsell why the fuck dont people use them anymore

[@LateBoomerGR]

Truest statement ever made

[@fuckenps3]

Wait, why?

[@rockdaddy2168]

Bought a Crybaby in 72, sold it to a friend who took it to Berkly for the year, he came back said his jazz instructor laughed at it, I bought it back. Still have it, still use it.

[@wasilziom]

I bought my cry baby for guitar, but I am also playing keyboard and bass to create reggae beats. I had an idea to connect my keyboard trough wah trough line 6 interface, and I use pedal to wah wah trumpet, clavinet and piano on keyboard and it sounds awesome :D

[@celsojunior858]

Thank you for all the cool videos and great information you shared. Besides that my birthday is on July 27th too. Greetings from Brazil!!!

[@masterbeernuts9344]

Wow - really interesting Phillip! thanks and gratz on 100K

[@tomagapitos]

Ahh love having knowledge because of you! Thanks mate!

[@666solidsnake666]

I just subscribed while I was watching the video, by the end of It I'm glad I did. Keep on friend.

[@mattmruzek8679]

I never knew you could adjust the potentiometer. Keep the videos coming!

[@dominickedwardscantore9001]

I like your guitar forum know your gear , I've learned how to make my guitars sound better thanks to you .. Thanks for all the sagest advice !! 😎

[@trunkshope6]

Hey phil ,another great video ,keep up the good work!

[@Bliggick]

Another excellent video. Bravo and thank you.

[@Tracks777]

Great video! Keep it up

[@charlescampbell5894]

That gold top with P90's is gorgeous.

[@paulsweeney1697]

Hi Philip. Yet another great, informative vid. I never knew Vox originally 'owned' Crybaby before JD bought it out. I'm more interested in your endpoint, though. Instead of just sending three guitars to a charity, couldn't you use your industry contacts to spread the word and get those three guitars signed by various artists, and then auction them off, and get a whole bunch of guitars going to that/those charity organisation/s? Keep up the stellar work, dude! :)

[@fuzzface8252]

Vox didn't own the crybaby name, Thomas Organ did, and for the most part both the Vox and Crybaby wah was built by a 3rd party, called Jen in Italy. And Jen was also contracted by just about everyone under the sun to make wahs derived from the Vox/Crybaby for them. What Phillip didn't mention is that Jim Dunlop didn't buy just the name, he also bought the original tooling, and most importantly Brad Plunkett's circuit. When he did that, Vox (soon to be Korg) didn't have access to the circuit, but Dunlop did actually make Vox branded wah's under license using the same circuit the Crybaby had up until the late 90's/early 2000's. Then Korg started having Vox branded wahs made in China with a circuit that is completely unlike the original circuit.

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Great history / info, and much appreciated!

[@PaulHobus]

I love these info videos! Please keep making them

[@juliochingaling5824]

Thanx Phil,great video. God bless

[@bruggmanbrandon5272]

The Bad horse is for me, really because a you have to do is rotate the pedal up and it cuts on and I love that

[@drewplyler5078]

Really awesome video! Hope to see more of these!

[@MrTekbow]

It'd be great to see pedals like the colorsounds and boomerangs getting some love. completely different sound from the vox/crybaby types that the vast majority of wahs are these days.

[@razurip]

Can you show how a wah pedal is adjusted? I would like to see if I could do that with mine... you know before I break it or burn my house down. Lol

[@americanjoe5486]

Flip it over take the back off loosen the screw on the little tension adjuster on your rack which is the part that moves the gear up and down on the potentiometer and you can pull that back pull the rack away from the gear and move it over a few teeth one way or another will give you more travel to one way or other,,don't forget to tighten the tensioner back up

[@JandNandJ]

Great video as always!

[@joeabstractjoe]

Thanks brother, another informative vid!

[@daddyosink4413]

I had a Bad Horsey.... HATED IT! Ended up going back to my old Morley volume wah.....

[@smacman68]

I loathe putting another potentiometer into my signal chain. I learned quickly that the Ernie Ball volume pedal is a tone vampire. That is why my wah and volume are both Morley optical. Far superior and it will never drag down your tone. Plus they are maintenance free.

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

I see you have a Snarling Dogs pedal behind you. I have a Wonder Wah 2 (as well as a Dunlop 95Q).

[@LuigisonsDojo]

Have you tried the Morley George Lynch Dragon 2 Wah? If so, what to you think about it? Can you do a review/comparison of all your wah pedals?

[@SanAndFe]

Great video as always. 🤘🏻

[@timrod1984]

amazing I knew 4 of the 5, very interesting and informative

[@jeremydemingkassman560]

Guitars For Vets is a great charity!

[@stephenbarton2625]

Give a guitar to Share the Music. Great organization that gives instruments to children who would have never had an instrument.

[@JackyBunch]

A buffer in a wah pedal wouldn't drive a fuzz pedal any differently because the buffer only matters when the pedal is turned off right?

[@trashthescene]

Hi Phillip. I tried to message you through the about tab on your KZbin profile, but I must be doing something wrong. I will ask my question here, I hope it's OK. What is your opinion on Fretlight guitars? Their top end model is 500 and the next step down is 400. Is there a model and or upgrade components you can recommend. Love the channel btw!

[@chrishorton615]

Bought a Vox 847 wah. Should be here tomorrow or Friday.

[@HellionBlade90]

cool video phil! Thanks!

[@fredericadda]

Great series! Love it!

[@mccormickguitar]

Great video, Phil!

[@renediaz6401]

*Insert Kirk joke here*

[@dannymuckian6356]

Kirk WAHmmet

[@MyUrbanExplorationOnline]

Kirk gift to metal is the Wah. :)

[@luckylicks3497]

What's the difference between Kirk Whammett and a vacuum cleaner? When you unplug a vacuum cleaner it simply doesn't suck anymore.

[@MyUrbanExplorationOnline]

Oh, do tell. :)

[@CrazyAsHell500]

Love your channel!

[@symonf1966]

I've found that the optical Wah pedal work well on acoustic guitar and bass, they have a very clean sound.

[@Subilon]

Hey Philip just wondering what you think of the behringer hellbabe wah?I have one and it’s pretty good

[@franksilval]

Cool explanation!!!!..Thank you so much!

[@Naor-Hazan]

love your videos man

[@Twirlyhead]

No mention of the _cocked wah_ sound a' la Ronson.

[@mycroftholmes7003]

Phil... did you end up closing your store? Wasn't sure if you followed thru on that earlier idea

[@NinecoreNeil]

This is my favourite video you've ever done,Ive watched you grow from 200 subs if ever make 1k ill be happy... I use Morley tremonti wah absolutely love it 🤘🏼

[@Valjin702]

Great video thanks dude!

[@laynecampbell2230]

I probably would not have thought about buying a shirt until now.

[@kswannie]

Alright! T-Shirt ordered!

[@xXEmbracetheMetalXx]

Another great video!

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Does the optical portion in the Morley ever need cleaning or a blast of air to clean out dust?

[@Thatisnotsolidsnake]

Phillip will there be a live stream on Friday?

[@alker4890]

i got an ad with kirk hammett in it on this video.

[@blewzman]

The Brecker Brothers album Heavy Metal bee bop had both sax and trumpet using wah pedals and it sounded great.

[@timberwolfenstein]

David Gilmour created his signature "seagull" effect (Echos) by plugging his Strat into the Wah output jack while manipulating the tone control.

[@lincolnjohnson6511]

Just got a Know Your Gear shirt!

[@Roomfulofgear]

Maybe do 5 things we didn't know about fuzz pedals?

[@airdale18]

You've a great show, no doubts about the 100k. For the charity guitars, how about a veterans home in your area. That way you can support the gifts and maybe volunteer to to give a few lessons.

[@DaBeachmasta10]

I just can't stop staring at that les paul classic. I think I need a refill of my GAS medication.

[@Rocknrebel]

awesome video. thanks!

[@Lex10999]

Really a great video. :) thanks

[@truthfulrobot9295]

*Phil* what kind of shelves do you use for the effect pedals.?