Which foot do you use for your wah?

hollywoodrox

Definitely right 

Musicwolf

Right for me but, I am led to believe that the Pope wahs with the other foot.

FarleyUK

Right handed here, but have always used my left foot.

Also allows you adopt the Rock God pose of the guitar up vertically on the left though while playing a solo with the wah.

BillDL

Roland said:

Right foot. ......... Driving a car means that I have more precise control over my right foot, whereas the left is only used for banging the clutch in.

It's a long time since I used a Wah (or Volume) pedal, but I could only ever do it with my right foot for exactly the same reason that @Roland has given.  I'm so right handed that if I try and throw a stone I look disjointed and the stone would likely fly off tangent and break a window.  I find it very hard to use a screwdriver and most other tools with my left hand.  I've never been a footballer, but any time I've tried to kick a ball with my left foot it's as bad as my left-handed stone throwing results. I suppose it would be as bad if I tried strumming a left-handed acoustic.  For me each of my hands and each of my feet are good for certain movements but terrible for others.  I don't know whether I could train myself to be more ambidextrous.  My ex-wife was left-handed and she could do things equally well with either hand

ICBM

Right, because it's at that end of the pedalboard (or multi-FX).

LastMantra

Right.

I think it is more in the ankle. Toes/heel up and down rather than leg.


I tried playing a lefty guitar once and it made me feel sick. 

smudge_lad

ICBM said:

Right, because it's at that end of the pedalboard (or multi-FX).

And this is exactly why I never buy a multi-fix, even though I’ve really wanted some in the past.

Quad Cortex would be the way forward for me!

Fez

Mostly right for me but I can use left foot if the right leg gets tired during prolonged bouts of wahing. 

Bidley

smudge_lad said:

ICBM said:

Right, because it's at that end of the pedalboard (or multi-FX).

And this is exactly why I never buy a multi-fix, even though I’ve really wanted some in the past.

Quad Cortex would be the way forward for me!

I've got an external expression for my Helix for exactly this reason - so I can have it on the left side then I just use the built-in one for volume and other parameters that don't need much dexterity.

Lebarque

This is a good question that I have pondered on many occasion. I'm right handed/footed, so have traditionally used my right foot to wah. This naturally requires one to shift the guitar to the left or right to accommodate one's raised leg. I've experimented with using my left foot in order to avoid such a shift. What I found was that my right foot was better at the rhythmical chicka wacka funk wah, whereas my left foot is better for the less-rhythmical, soulful expressive wah'ing. I have not made a final conclusion and slightly worry about my mental health.

jca74

Middle...

poopot

jca74 said:

Middle...

Same… although mine is not quite a foot…

Dave_Mc

I'm left-footed (but right-handed!), and I use my right foot for wah. I think I use my right foot for turning pedals on and off as well. I'd feel a bit unbalanced doing either of those things with my left foot... I think I feel more balanced keeping my dominant foot on the ground.

Voxman

Fishboy7 said:

Right foot, and stand8ng only 

This

Greatape

Right-handed/left-footed. 

Kebabkid

poopot said:

jca74 said:

Middle...

Same… although mine is not quite a foot…

We have a pair of Clever Dicks

Right for me (when I posses a wah or volume pedal)

fretmeister

Right.

normula1

Right for me despite favouring my left when kicking a ball