It’s retarded. An actual whammy bar would be easier to use. Not to mention you could use a whammy pedal and not have to cut it up and stick it in the side of your guitar body.
RAZOR RAMOAN you don’t know much about guitar do you. Wammy bars can’t handle such low tubings like the ones he’s in plus they are a pain to tune. Not to mention that when you break a string it throws out the whole guitars tuning. They’re a pain to use. That peddle is 10x easier
"Now I know there is whammy pedals and this pedal is self also works with feet, but I wanted to make it kind of inconvenient and difficult for my self." Lol what's life without challenge
I think everything you do on the guitar is pretty cool, luv the ffdp style.....before I rip my dirt bike at the track always ffdp before throttle time......
Not a fan of FFDP but this guitar is sick, having a pedal built in is his personal preference and I love the idea, reminds me of Devo, they duct-taped pedals onto their guitars which ended up being bulky and could easily drop to the floor and break. What Jason Hook has done is very innovative, I want to find a way to do that to my Flying V
Why cut a big hole in your guitar for a tremolo that'll neatly cover said hole when you could instead hack one out of the edge of the body to put a pedal that poorly emulates having a tremolo? I mean, other than common sense, obviously...
Jacob Vance yeah I thought the same thing but then as I looked at it on the video...the peddal had no writing on it so he painted it gray instead of blue...
What boss pedal is he using here? Name? I can’t find one and I’ve had the pitchfork but I’d prefer not to have to use the damn expression pedal with it
Why cut that space for the pedal when you can put the circuit inside and have a neat control mechanism on the body? I love Explorers and this bloke seems OK but I'm looking at this and shaking my head
I've wanted one ever since they came out (I'm 11) No one is selling one from what I can find but I just found one but it is $1,400 and then shipping and tax it's $1,500. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Kevin G Ikr, I was thinking the same. Much easier mod too. But then there are sounds you can get out of a WH-1 that are really hard to reproduce with and actual bar. XP Personally, I love both.
+Shotgun Zombie Well, this does have it's advantages. You always have it regardless of your rig at the moment, you can use the effect at any time (away from your pedals, in the crowd, lying down on the floor, etc), you can change the effect easily since it's right there and you don't have to crouch down to your pedal. I think it's a great idea. And if it fits his playing style/needs, then more power to him.
Some valid points, Still seems like a lot of work to me for a little payoff though. Personally, I like that with the pedal, I can actually still play while using it. I suppose a rig with both would be pretty awesome. I also think that the WH-1 is much more versatile, but that's just me.
Shotgun Zombie it might’ve been because he likes and to me it looks BITCHIN I love the look this is that one guitar I would want but I see what your saying and how it would look better
Just had a thought.... If you can do a pedal like that that... You should be able to do your wireless unit like that.... Just hollow out the back so it doesn't show in the front and wore it into your guitar 😐
The idea of the pedal is good but I wish he would have just took the electronics out of the pedal and made a killswitch type whammy bar because he still has to go and push it just like a regular whammy bar so it's kida redundant other then the fact it will stay in tune and keep tone but to each his own:)\m/
+baalguitar bass tons of reasons why this works better than a floyd, tons of reasons why it doesnt he only wants it for fun he doesnt use it very often, usually plays without it anyway he probably just did it for fun and then went ahead and used it in a song or two on the new album
+TheEpicLinkFreeman yeah but what if he's Palm muting (he does it all the time) and it bends the strings because his hand is making the fr go down? And plus he doesn't have the fine tuners in the way which makes life easier. His way is totally better and has an even less rate of being detuned because it won't happen.
Whatever works I suppose. You couldn't find any other way of getting that effect other than putting a full freakin size boss pedal on the body lol. To each their own I guess.
I understand why he used the conduit originally, but when making you're own signature model it just looks cheap theres a million ideas better than even just drilling internally so there not visible. Personally I've tamed the the whammy bar beast it love them but I will admit tuning to a different key is a pain, his idea is pretty smart if done better, for example he is a semi famous guitarist if he went to boss theres no doubt they could put a unit in his guitar and just use a switch or something plus not effect his tone no where near as much as he has to be know. Or he could just be like everyone else and put it on the floor lol if he's worried about bending over and hurting his back to use the controls he surely could afford some oknobs.
Jason's cool and so is the Explorer, but that pedal would drive my right elbow insane and unbalance the guitar. I think putting in a tremolo or just using the pedal on the floor is more practical. I'm afraid he may have done this just to "be different"? I do think Gibson should use the same access cut at the base of the neck and the beveled cuts in the upper portion of the body are awesome ideas (even though the beveled cut was first used in the 1979-1980 Explorer E2s). As for the black exposed wire conduit, it doesn't look so good. I would have just put the pickup selector under the volume/tone knobs in order to not have a pick guard. One major plus is that I haven't seen these guitars "yellow" as most white Gibsons do due to the Nitro finish (see every Lzzy Hale Explorer headstock after 1 year... ugly yellow while the body is still white!). Overall, its Jason's signature model and his choice. Everyone has their own opinion. I have two of these guitars and they kick ass.
