Digitech Whammy for "Rage Against The Machine" songs?

[2HBStrat]

I may need to cover a Rage against the Machine song that has a weird chirping whistling wah sound that I was told was probably done with a Digitech Whammy......does anyone know if this is correct and is the pedal I need to get that sound? Thanks!

 

[udi9]

Which song?

 

[R.C.Moran]

Short answer...yes, Tom Morello used the Whammy all over Rage albums.

 

[2HBStrat]

Which song?

"Killing in the Name"......I think

 

[gripweed]

Yes, Digitech Whammy set to 2 octaves up.

 

[R.C.Moran]

Killing in the Name was the Whammy. Another fun effect, the glissando at the beginning of Wake Up was Morello using the tuners, not sliding up and down the neck.

 

[udi9]

 

[Pedal Dan]

I've found the Ibanez DFL digital flanger nails his distortion tone... Cause that's what he used!

Seriously... I haven't found any other way to get that metallic high end that Tom gets in the recordings.

 

[gennation]

Yes. The whammy pedal will do that classic ratm sound to a tee. I did "something in the name of" before with a boss harmonizer pedal and a expression pedal tied together. The other guitarist in the group lent them to me and I don't recall the exact setup. It was about 8 years ago for a one off show but with the right pedal combo the ratm riffs were pretty pin.

 

[Ben S.]

Just want to say I passed Tom on the street not too long ago in St. Maarten. He saw how shocked and happy I was. He had his boy riding on his shoulders. Man, that was hard to resist.
My wife assured me I would have just bored him to death talking gear (she is definitely on to us tgp'ers )

 

[OverdriveLover]

I've found the Ibanez DFL digital flanger nails his distortion tone... Cause that's what he used!

Seriously... I haven't found any other way to get that metallic high end that Tom gets in the recordings.

are talking about the flange parts specifically or his tone in general?

 

[jordane93]

Yes the Whammy V will work.

 

[Pedal Dan]

are talking about the flange parts specifically or his tone in general?

It sounds to me like he had it on the entire first album.

It adds this industry metal grind that Tom had long before NIN's