One of the most used effects in the history of distortion boxes, effects pedals and effects boxes is the wah effect.

There are many ways to use the wah effect. Many buy distortion boxes with the wah effect. On many of these, the distortion box automatically makes the wah effect for you and you can adjust the settings to make the “wah� sound faster, longer, louder and more distorted.

Many effects boxes also contain wah as one of their many effects. Some of these work like the distortion box and automatically create the “wah.�Other effects boxes and wah-wah pedals use a pedal or pressure sensitive button to manually control the sound instead of preset settings. This is the way I prefer to use the wah effect, because it gives you full control of “wah.�

There are many wah effects to chose from. You can buy wah-wah pedals that range from heavy metal distorted to so clean you can strum full chords with it.

Most rock bands use wah in at least one song. If you listen to classic rock stations you will probably hear a song with wah in it at least every 20 minutes. Artists such as Aerosmith, Audioslave, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn have used wah effects.

There are many ways to use the wah effect and it is one of my person favorite effects. I told you some of the reasons the wah effect is one of my favorite, but I would like to hear YOUR opinion. What is your favorite effect and how do you use it? Do you use a distortion box, effects pedal, effects box or something else? Fill free to comment below.