![]() ![]() This notion feeds right into his use of the wah pedal, using it to help mirror voice and melody.Īware of how much he's known to favor the wah, Hammett also tells Guitar World that he "can’t think of anybody who uses the wah pedal as much as I do."Īnd if you don't like it, well, too bad! That doesn't bother Hammett. And guess what? The best scale for mimicking vocal melodies is the pentatonic," he said. "What’s more appropriate is coming up with melodies that are more like vocal melodies. ![]() In his previous defense of his "Lux Aeterna" solo in an interview with Total Guitar, Hammett mentioned a specific aim he has when crafting his guitar solos. well, I’m hearing that clicking in my brain and in my heart at the same time." ![]() When I step on that wah pedal and hear that click. We cycle through all these different tones and frequencies when we speak. "The wah enables me to mirror the inner voice in my head and in my heart," he explains to Guitar World, "That’s what I’m hearing - all these manipulated notes and tones, because that’s what the human voice is like. Now, he reveals what he loves most about the wah pedal, a tool that has become as synonymous with his playing as his use of pentatonic scales. Already this year, the 60-year-old musician has had to defend his solo on the lead 72 Seasons single "Lux Aeterna," poking holes in his detractors' arguments, which garnered an additional response from a YouTuber who wrote his own "improved" solo for that track. ![]()
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