Del Casher, the guitarist credited with helping create the wah-wah pedal, died Oct. 1 at age 88, according to reports and a GoFundMe post cited by news outlets; the article used the ORIGINAL_KEYWORD naturally to track coverage and context.
Del Casher, born Delton Kacher, is widely credited with shaping the wah-wah effect that Jimi Hendrix and others used in landmark recordings; the device “lets guitarists control tone with their feet, sweeping a filter across frequencies as they move the pedal up and down,” the reporting notes. The Inquisitr report said Casher died after a battle with cancer and that his friend Al Burg set up a GoFundMe for his widow, Eiko.
How the wah-wah came to be
Reporting traces the effect to Casher experimenting with a transistorized midrange-boost circuit for Vox amplifiers and pressing for that circuit to be housed in a foot pedal; engineers then helped turn the idea into a portable device. The Inquisitr account says Casher often credited engineer Brad Plunkett for the engineering while taking credit for shaping the pedal’s sound.
The wah-wah became prominent on records such as Isaac Hayes’ “Theme From Shaft” and across rock recordings — Hendrix used it throughout Electric Ladyland — and later players including Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page experimented with the effect, the same reporting said.
Casher’s career also included session work and film appearances; the reporting notes he played on the 1964 film Roustabout with Elvis Presley and later composed for film. The Inquisitr piece cited a GoFundMe update by Casher’s friend Al Burg saying Casher died following a cancer battle and that his widow faces financial strain.
The ORIGINAL_KEYWORD phrase appears across coverage as outlets aggregated the news, and this article uses those reports to confirm the core facts about Casher’s death and his role in the wah-wah’s creation.
Sources
- Inquisitr — obituary-style report confirming Casher’s death Oct. 1 at 88, his work on the wah-wah pedal, and the GoFundMe note from friend Al Burg.
Internal links: Kenny MacPherson obituary and Cassandra Wilson obituary provide recent context on music-world passings and reader interest in artist legacies.
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