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So in my 14 years of playing I just now stumbled upon this.

 

Turn your mid/neck tone (or was it both tone knobs, can't remember) down so the sound is muddy. When you play a note, flick back and forth the toggle switch from 1 to 5. See if you can get down a flicking technique while playing - it's fun! :D

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So in my 14 years of playing I just now stumbled upon this.


Turn your mid/neck tone (or was it both tone knobs, can't remember) down so the sound is muddy. When you play a note, flick back and forth the toggle switch from 1 to 5. See if you can get down a flicking technique while playing - it's fun!
:D



and use your pinky to grab the volume knob for volume sweels ala Roy buchanan

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So in my 14 years of playing I just now stumbled upon this.


Turn your mid/neck tone (or was it both tone knobs, can't remember) down so the sound is muddy. When you play a note, flick back and forth the toggle switch from 1 to 5. See if you can get down a flicking technique while playing - it's fun!
:D



It's the Middle PU tone knob in traditional Neck Tone, Middle Tone vitnage Strat wiring.

Neck and Bridge PU's stay unmuted, or it doesn't work.

It's an old Hendrix thing.

But I won't think it sounds like a wah.

Danny Gatton (and others, including..supposedly... a pre-solo Hendrix) got faux wah tones by using a high value tone cap (.1uF) and turning the Tone knob.

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