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\n\tDel Casher, the guitarist and inventor whose innovations included the wah-wah pedal, has died at the age of 88.<\/p>\n
\n\tCasher died October 1 following a battle with cancer, according to a GoFundMe<\/a> to raise money for his widow Eiko. TMZ<\/a> was first to report on Casher\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \n\tBorn Delton Kacher in Hammond, Indana, Casher first performed with artists like Gene Autry, Lawrence Welk and the Three Suns while also experimenting with new techniques and technologies in an effort to make his own electric guitar<\/a> playing stand out.<\/p>\n \n\tIn the early Sixties, while playing with the Thomas Organ company\u2019s Vox Ampliphonic Orchestra, Casher asked about making his guitar sound like the trumpet, complete with the ability to mildly suppress the instrument mid-playing. While Casher often credited Thomas Organ\u2019s Brad Plunkett as the engineer of the device, the wah-wah pedal was considered Casher\u2019s brainchild.<\/p>\n \n\tFirst dubbed the \u201cCry Baby\u201d pedal, Casher also recorded a demo for instrument stores showcasing how to use the pedal, as well as an accompanying single. Both the pedal and the single failed to catch on with the music-playing public upon release in 1967.<\/p>\n \n