I dig what Electro-Harmonix has been doing the last couple of years. They’ve really thought outside of the box to either introduce completely new innovations or re-invented some established norms. With these two new pedals: The Superego Synth and the Crying Tone Wah, they’ve done both, respectively. But rather than talk about them, let’s first view a video from our friends at PremierGuitar:
The synth is cool, though I’m not sure I’d ever want one. The wah on the other hand is VERY cool, and I definitely will want to try one out once it gets released to the market in May. Imagine a wah with no moving parts! They’ve probably got some sort of accelerometer inside, but it’s pretty responsive, based upon the demo. My only concern with it is that I can’t attach it to my pedal board, as it was made to just sit on a surface. But once I test it out, I’ll see how I could make it work.
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I concur with your thoughts about the pedals – the wah is an almost must have; at the least, a must try; the synth sounds cool but I have my doubts about how useful it would be. A thought – Leslie West (Mountain) did a tune in which he played a slide on a guitar upon which every string was tuned to an open ‘E’ (Pride and Passion) – this effect could easily be recreated with the ego pedal if I understand it correctly – hmmmm – one song – hmmm – still might be very nice to have. It would likely cost less than one guitar tuned to ‘E’ across all strings……. — Ron
have you ever seen this wah pedal? http://elevenelectrix.com/it/prodotti/effetti-per-chitarra/human-sensor-wah-ita/
no pots, no moving parts except for the two footswitches (on/off & vintage/modern)…and easyer to put on a board!
Now THAT is totally cool! Using a proximity/motion sensor makes a hell of a lot of sense. I like this better than the EHX! Thanks for sharing! I’ll post this one as well!
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