SELMER FUZZ-WAH EFFECTS PEDAL (1968 to c.1971)



November 1968 Selmer Advertisement.

 

FIRST VERSION OF SELMER'S FUZZ-WAH PEDAL (1968 to c.1971)

A PEDAL (EX PROCOL HAREM) WHICH IS NOW IN A UK COLLECTION:



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JOHN WEIR: "Selmer's management asked me to design this in 1968, and I was actually working on it prior to the move to Braintree. They wanted a pedal which combined Fuzz, Wah-Wah, and Repeat. The Repeat effect was actually a chop to give a Bop-Bop-Bop-Bop sound. I used two press switches, one in front operated by pushing the toe down, and one by pushing the heel down. These operated the effects. I finished it off after the move to Braintree. I think they sold in reasonable numbers, but eventually Selmer found it cheaper to import pedals from the Far East."





SECOND VERSION OF THE SELMER FUZZ-WAH PEDAL (1971 -  )

COURTESY OF DES SIMMONS:



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Perhaps this is the pedal version the John Weir describes above as being made in the Far East?




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