While these are classic pedals guitarists have used for decades in their parents’ garages or on the main stages of legendary performances, musicians have amuch wider selection than they once did, as the innovation in guitar pedals has not stopped growing in the years since these machines were ...
We’ve looked at some vocal, drum, and acoustic guitar examples. Let’s look at some other instruments. Overdriven electric guitars tend not to need as much compression, as they are already fairly compressed. Look at the waveform of a rhythm guitar on a rock track. ...
Eventually I met Paul Motian and did my first ECM record, I did that Rambler record, and I’m starting to think about how to make my own band. It seemed like such a miracle that I got those guys together to do that record. They were like these heroes, Kenny Wheeler, and Jerome ...
“I have a Fender Acoustic 100 amp, which they gave to me when we first started playing acoustic sets. It was my first time using anacoustic ampand I thought it sounded really cool. It’s very easy to use, you just have volume, reverb, EQ and phase. ...
Overdrive pedals not only amplify and clip your signal, but they can alsoshape the EQ of your guitar. The most common type of EQ-curve you will see is a bump in midrange frequencies (typically between 700Hz – 1.2kHz). They also typically cut low-end. ...
“I’m not going to name names, but I hear a lot of artists going too far in either direction, for example, just an acoustic guitar and a vocal with barely any reverb or people who go nuts with effects and make the production so complicated that the song sucks. I’d also fallen int...