Wah pedal: left foot or right foot?

[Tone Slinger]

I write with the right hand.....had to force myself to play right handed. It came 'natural' to me to try and play it left handed. I remember being like 5 yrs old and holding it flipped over lefty. My Father (who is lefty) INSISTED that I play it right handed. His theory..."You are RIGHT handed".

Its funny, but like Blues N Cues, I shoot a rifle and bow left handed. I figured out why.....its because my LEFT eye is stronger than my right.

I also JUMP off of my left foot, whether doing a long jump or a leap/lay up at the rim in basketball, etc. Coming off of the left foot allows you extend more (up) with your right hand.

 

[mott555]

Either one. I'm also nearly ambidextrous. Left-handed for some things, right-handed for some things, and doesn't matter for some things. I got a laugh the last time I played softball because I was switch-hitting. When we started, because of the sun's position I was hitting lefty so I wouldn't get blinded and could actually see. As it got later, the sun was on the other side so I switched to righty. And the guys were like "You're the least experienced person in sports in the entire world in all of human history, yet you're a switch hitter?"

 

[mirrorman]

I'm not the most coordinated person and use my right foot to stomp on anything including wah.
If I tried using my left, I'd probably end up on the floor.

 

[JimiRules]

Ambidextrous.

Same here... I use whatever foot I feel like using at the time.

 

[bulldozer1984]

auto-wah, bitches!

Yeh let an algorithm take the expression out of your playing.

 

[JAC]

I do everything right handed but, I feel more comfortable playing a wah with my left foot.

 

[scat7s]

Yeh let an algorithm take the expression out of your playing.

ive been thinking about an autowah lately. i think it could be a useful effect.

 

[diesect20022000]

nerve damage, can't use a wah.

 

[bulldozer1984]

nerve damage, can't use a wah.

If only Mark Tremonti sustained some nerve damage ! I don't wish ill of him but he is addicted to the damn wah and it ruins his sound.

 

[bulldozer1984]

ive been thinking about an autowah lately. i think it could be a useful effect.

Have you tried one ?

 

[buzz]

auto-wah, bitches!

+ 1.........

 

[dreyn77]

may as well just use auto player.

 

[Stringjunkie]

I'd sound better with auto player

 

[scat7s]

Have you tried one ?

im not sure...

ive never owned one. but ive heard them on recordings. i think with the right options available, sweep depth and position and trigger type (either timed or triggered via pick attack), you could come up with some funky sounds. not necessarily using it to emulate a traditional wah, but as its own personality. like an envelope filter. thats kind of really all it is i think...not something id use everyday, but could be cool in the right context.

 

[Bigmuff]

My wah is on the right side of the board, and I'm very dominantly right handed. So I almost always use my right foot.

I like auto-wahs for 70's funk stuff, but otherwise they're corny.

 

[Dizzyg12]

Right foot -
Picking hand side