Subaru teams up with guitar hero Harts and uses Wah pedal to drive its new WRX

Alex Hayes

November 4, 2015 3:18

The accelerator of a new Subaru WRX was replaced with a Wah guitar effects pedal to turn the car into a musical instrument for the launch of the new car in Australia.

The Japanese car brand brought in Melbourne guitar prodigy Harts to perform in the car for the experiment, with his guitar linked to the Wah pedal which was being used to drive the vehicle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7jbVHFn6dQ

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Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017 in roles including editor and head of Mumbrella Bespoke.

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4 COMMENTS

Rawnocerous 4 Nov 15

So cool. Well done all.

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well 5 Nov 15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0foZQ5-G2OE

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Scott 5 Nov 15

I understand the classic and legendary links to Wah-Wah/Hendrix and the WRX but wouldn’t the car just be constantly lurching forward due to the nature of oscillating the Wah-Wah pedal for the right sound?

Also, interesting that the Subaru sounds like the classic boxer egine rumble sound when in actual fact the 2015/16 WRX sounds like an inline 4 (not as grunty) due to the even length exhaust headers. Seems to be promising the public something they cant have.

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Groans 9 Nov 15

Can you get it on vinyl?