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12-20-2011, 12:57 PM
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Can anyone help out with a guitar sound?
I am the first to admit that whatever a "good" & "great" guitar sound is, I don't get it. Tho I am happy with what I do get, NO ONE is going to be in a rush to copy MY tone! LOL
Here is a link to a 31sec snip of a track that has a rhythm/chord & lead guitar sound that I love, but after a month of trying I can not even come close to it.....
http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?id=30020
Would prefer to try to keep it to Free Amp Sims/fx, but I also own a copy of Revalver Mk III.V & AmpliTube Fender sims if that helps.
What I am referring to is the "power chord" hits on the 2 of each measure...the "shimmer" of it just eludes me....
There are a lot of folks on here that get some great guitar tones, so I figured I would ask & see if anyone has a idea how to get this sound, or even get close to it....and Thank You in advance for any help ya can send my way.
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12-20-2011, 01:20 PM
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Sounds like a highly compressed clean tone (you could use a fender sim with the bass rolled off a bit) compressed with ReaComp with a short attack.
Then there is some chorus and a 1/8 note delay. Also add a bit of plate reverb to taste.
Also, the eq is very bright, up around 8-10k. Hi pass it around 90Hz, slight shelving at 6k should do it.
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12-20-2011, 01:22 PM
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For the rhythm tones look for something emulating a Roland Stereo Jazz Chorus as use it with single coil pickups, I know Line6 has it on their emulator but don't remember if Peavey's has it.
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12-20-2011, 01:35 PM
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If you've got Amplitude Fender, try the '65 Twin Reverb/Twin Mod preset and possibly add a bit of echo.
Sounds very Michael Landau.
Pete
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12-20-2011, 01:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stratman
If you've got Amplitude Fender, try the '65 Twin Reverb/Twin Mod preset and possibly add a bit of echo.
Sounds very Michael Landau.
Pete
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Absolutely, time to break out the Piano Verb
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12-20-2011, 02:00 PM
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I'll stick my neck out.
I just did this one chord quickly. It's vaguely in the right area, but needs tweaking
http://shup.com/Shup/540568/Gtr-sound.mp3
I used the neck and middle pick in parallel on my Strat, with the Twin Mod preset and a bit of echo.
Pete
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12-20-2011, 02:55 PM
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This sound like classic 80s chorused Strat. The chords seem to have some droning open strings common to both. I'll bet the chorus is a Boss CE-1 or Dimension D (or both) into the sort of reverbs they were using then... some nice compression in there too...
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12-20-2011, 05:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smurf
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What I am referring to is the "power chord" hits on the 2 of each measure...the "shimmer" of it just eludes me....
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The chorus in the Ensoniq DP4 sounds very much like that. The 'shimmer' Never got it from anywhere else like that.
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12-20-2011, 10:37 PM
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WOW! Thanks goes out to every one of ya for all the ideas! I see what I will be doing until the wee hours tonight...
stratman, was there any compression on your sample? I had played around with the Fender but didn't get anywhere close like you did. I have a Rogue HSS Strat copy, so I should be OK on the single pickups..
Again, Thanks Folks, it IS appreciated!
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12-21-2011, 04:34 AM
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The Amplitube settings are in the pics below. I've also had a guess (and I mean wild guess ) at the chord voicings, which might be a factor. The preset includes a flanger, but I think a chorus (similar to a Dimension D, as stated earlier)) might give a closer approximation to the modulation.
I think a key aspect of the sound is probably two single coils in parallel (e.g. the neck and middle pickups)
Amp
Cab
Rack
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Pete
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12-21-2011, 07:58 AM
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