The Guitar Player thread! - Page 3

Duane · 02-07-2008, 12:16 PM

Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not finished with any of my songs. Though, one of my songs I'm working on follows a Bm,A,D,G,A chord progression, basically all downstrokes the first 2 times around, then it goes to a downstroke/upstroke type thing.

Mir · 02-07-2008, 12:23 PM

By 'n', do you mean the sound is killed or not picked at all?

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 12:24 PM

Not picked at all. Leave it empty.

Mir · 02-07-2008, 12:30 PM

Here's how you would tab it then;

A-----7--------7-------6-4-2
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/4-4-2-0

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 12:32 PM

Pretty much, but I couldn't get the picks to line up and it was fucking me off.

Duane · 02-07-2008, 12:35 PM

How many chords would you say you know?

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 12:38 PM

I have no idea. I've been playing since I was twelve, and I was twelve a long time ago. I don't know the names of chords, I just know finger placements and shit. And sometimes I just put my fingers anywhere that sounds good.

Duane · 02-07-2008, 12:43 PM

I know... like 20-30 chords. What I really need to work on though, are the scales, and tuning by ear.

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 12:49 PM

It's a cliche, but practice really does make perfect. When I started I'd practice four hours a day, just playing around, making the guitar make weird sounds or trying to make it sound like other songs I'd heard. I taught myself with out tabs or music, so I learned everything by ear. That's a brilliant way to get to know the sound.

Mir · 02-07-2008, 01:47 PM

E -----------------------------
B ---------5-------------------
G -------5---7---4-5-----------
D -------------7-----3-5-------
A 7-7-7------------------5-5-7-
E 5-5-5------------------------
let ring

E -----------------------------
B ---------5-------------------
G -------5---7------------------
D -------------7-7-7-10-9-2X--2--
A 7-7-7----------5-5-8--7-0X3-2----
E 5-5-5------------------------
let ring

Fuck it, I gave up tabbing variations on that. I'll just put it all together and upload it later. I love playing around A minor pentatonics. And if this shit, its because I just thought this up 5 minutes ago. Also, implying slides and legato is a real pain so I didn't bother.

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 01:52 PM

That's a real nice riff. If you play it on an electric and plug in a phaser pedal so that it swells towards the end, it sounds real gnarly.

Mir · 02-07-2008, 01:57 PM

Thanks dude! I was playing your riff and I liked it, but I'm pretty sure I don't have the timing/rhythm right, so I doodled till I came up with that.

I was playing it on an electric through a PODXT with the JCM800 Amp model and lots of delay.

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 01:59 PM

It didn't sound right with a delay, so that's why I threw in the phaser. Also, try downing the bass on your amp, make the treble about 3/4 and the mid all the way up. On my amp, it sounds real clean and nice.

Mir · 02-07-2008, 02:04 PM

This is how its running through;

JCM800 -> Stomp box: Screamer -> Analog Chorus and Delay Tube Echo.

*humps his POD*

So many options and ways to chain everything, so little time.

I have the bass all the way up. I'm a huge Kyuss fan, so down tuned guitars high on low end with mids dropped down and treble around 70% are my thing. ha.

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 02:08 PM

If you're into weird sounds, I recommend you get as many Arion pedals as you can. They're brilliant for circuit bending, and they can make your guitar make some tripped out sounds.

Mir · 02-07-2008, 02:10 PM

Arion pedals? I've actually never heard of them. Vintage pedals or can you get them easily at retailers/online?

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 02:12 PM

You can get them for dirt cheap on EBay. I got all mine for a grand total of 120 Euros, and I have five of them.

Mir · 02-07-2008, 02:15 PM

I want this one -> Arion SFL-1 Stereo Flanger Guitar Effect Pedal
- £20.38

That sounds like fun and it would allow me to reproduce a lot of the stuff Morello does! You try this one?

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 02:22 PM

I don't know what's that one's like for circuit bending, but either way it'll be a good pedal. People always expect Arion's to be shit because they're so cheap, but for what you get it's a fucking steal!

Mir · 02-07-2008, 02:25 PM

What is circuit bending? I'm not sure if I know what the idea is behind that. Maybe I know it by a different name or something but I doubt it.

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 02:29 PM

It's where you fuck with the electronics inside shit. You wire up bits that weren't meant to be wired up, put in a switch and you have a new function. You can turn speak and spells, furbies, toy telephones, etc, into complete electronic instruments. I have a toy guitar that can now do crazy solos by pushing one button. I got a furby that sounds like it would kill your unborn child. It's FUN

!!!

Mir · 02-07-2008, 02:43 PM

Without risk of blowing out your pickups etc?

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 02:48 PM

Yup. Just don't ever try it with something that runs from a wall socket, 'cuz you could kill yourself. Stuff like toys, battery operated keyboards, pedals, whatnot, they're great for it. I circuit bent a handheld CD player, now it makes some of the sickest sounds you'll ever hear.

Mir · 02-07-2008, 02:52 PM

You could always record it clean and then muck about with it on the PC (various audio tools etc) though, couldn't you?

Tha Duckman · 02-07-2008, 02:58 PM

Not quite. It would look gay if you did that live. Who wants to go to a gig only to see some one who looks like they're checking their e-mail? Plus, you never know what interesting effects you can get. Some pedals have bends in them that sound like sheets of glass being rubbed together, and so on.