I’ve never been too good with the wah-wah rocker pedal. Volume pedal is a different story, that I can handle. but the wah has never been my friend. So, several months ago, I picked up this sucker on a whim and it’s a nice sounding unit with lots of versatility. It can do envelope or LFO and the multi-peaks can get real crazy – that’s always a good thing.
Unfortunately, the switch stopped working several months ago and I foolishly never did anything about it. The unit still got power and all the settings seemed to work, but I couldn’t work the pedal. Well, last night, I decided to take a quick look inside and noticed that a spring in the switch had been overly compressed. I gently stretched out the spring and put it back in place, put all the screws back in and ta-dah! The thing is working like a charm. I’ll try to get some recording done so you can hear this beauty. It’s not earth shattering, but it’s a nice little auto-wah/filter unit.
The envelope filter. That one has been your friend, no?
Yo, my Genesis intake has gone up by like 500% in the last day or two. Got the Cinema Show on right now, as a matter of fact.
I’m tempted to blog the band six ways to Sunday, but I’m a little daunted by the thought that any observation I can possibly make has been observed 10,000 times before. Fuck it, though, there’s not much new under the sun, so maybe I ought to just go for it.
For instance, I just compared notes on “Carpet Crawlers” from ’76 with the recorded version (which I got off Amazon the other day). Collins is absolutely amazing at stepping into the Gabriel void there. In pop music history, I’m having trouble thinking of instances when other singers have grabbed the reins so well.
Don’t hesitate to make comments about old Genesis – they’re cooler now than ever!! Yes, what Phil did to step up and take charge of his own destiny (and that of the band) was pretty amazing.