JAM Pedals' Seagull allows anyone to easily reproduce that classic quirky Gilmour 'Echoes' Squawk Effect

As a David Gilmour fan your effects setup really isn’t complete without that cool and quirky inverted wah feedback Squawk sound which David employed on Pink Floyd songs Embryo, Echoes and Is There Any Body Out There? Gilmour expert Bjørn Riis has an excellent tutorial and exploration of how that effect came into being - which involved an accident, some smart switching and latterly a custom Pete Cornish utility pedal.

The JAM Pedals Seagull Pedal beautifully recreates that effect in the easiest way possible - making use of that essential Red Fasel Inductor. That one effect was not considered sufficient for a stand-alone pedal - and so you have a Mode switch where you can flip to a typically more used Cocked-Wah effect too.

Controls : Level, Frequency, Mode : Cocked / Seagull, Sweep Range : 1 - 3.

There are just 4 simple controls - Level, Frequency, Mode and Sweep Range - where after setup you manipulate the effect with your guitar’s Tone knob - as beautifully demonstrated by Bjørn below (really needs delay also). Ideally used with single coils like David Gilmour’s Strat, while courtesy of JAM Pedals this can also now easily be achieved with humbuckers too. 

I’m already a big fan of manipulating pedals via the guitar controls - so this is really second nature to me by now.

The Seagull effect can only really be used rather sparingly as an interesting texture - while the cocked-wah mode is more suitable for everyday use. I would still imagine most people who buy this would be Gilmour fans - with the cocked-wah simply as a bonus.

I will for sure be picking one up soon enough - they go for €209 / $219 / £149.

Coming into stock right now at all the usual dealers, and available immediately direct from the JAM Pedals Webstore.

Who here is a Gilmour fan - and will you be adding this to your collection like me?