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I am declaring a contest. The person who can give us a recording of their guitar that sounds the closest to a set of scottish bagpipes (ala Phil Keaggy's "amazing grace", found here on YouTube) wins. Ok? I can't record my guitar, but I am working on getting the sound. I got pretty close. Here's a few things that I have found to help. Chorus is really good, definitely some reverb, and some overdrive too. Also, use your neck pickup, and turn the tone knob all the way down. But hey, you guys figure it out your own way. I'm going to be interested to see and hear some of the responses.
james
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Originally Posted by ibanez_dude I am declaring a contest. The person who can give us a recording of their guitar that sounds the closest to a set of scottish bagpipes (ala Phil Keaggy's "amazing grace", found here on YouTube) wins. Ok? I can't record my guitar, but I am working on getting the sound. I got pretty close. Here's a few things that I have found to help. Chorus is really good, definitely some reverb, and some overdrive too. Also, use your neck pickup, and turn the tone knob all the way down. But hey, you guys figure it out your own way. I'm going to be interested to see and hear some of the responses.
james Is that an eBow? Looks like he was holding it in one place for that part. He also has insane amounts of delay on for the other parts and a looper for the background.
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Originally Posted by Building429_Boy Is that an eBow? Looks like he was holding it in one place for that part. He also has insane amounts of delay on for the other parts and a looper for the background. Yeh, it was an Ebow, and yes, he is like insanely addicted to delay, especially loops.
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A pitch shifter might help you get all those weird overtones that bagpipes put out.
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What will we win?
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Originally Posted by Maestro_dmc What will we win? That's a secret.
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i want an ebow.
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Also looks like he turns something on on that rack behind him right before he plays Amazing Grace.
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Originally Posted by Building429_Boy Also looks like he turns something on on that rack behind him right before he plays Amazing Grace. Yah, I don't what though.
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Gear list from the Electric Style Video (which this is from):
Olson Acoustic Guitar
'? Fender Tele
'65 Fender Strat
'71? Les Paul (has a Gibson PAF and a Paul Reed Smith at the bridge)
'84? Zion Radicaster (this is a Strat type with Seymour Duncan pickups and a Kahler Trem. This has been his most utlized guitar the last few years, in the studio and on the road)
'80 Yamaha SA2000 (hollow body; calls it his most inspirational guitar)
'? Mini Les Paul (full 22 frets scaled down; given to him by Kerry Livgren)
'59 Gretsch (his first guitar and also the one he learned on; was a gift from his brother Dave)
Mesa/Boogie Stereo Simul-Class 295 Amp
Furman PL-8 Power Conditioner & Light Module
Alesis XTC Digital Reverb
Roland SDE 3000 Digital Delay
TC Electronics 1210 Stereo Chorus/Flanger
Pierce G-1 Solid State Preamp
Kitty Hawk Quattro Preamp
2 Mesa/Boogie 1x12 Thiele Cabs
VOX AC30
Boss Octaver OC2
Boss TU12 Chromatic Tuner
Yamaha G100-112 amp
Ernie Ball volume pedal
E-Bow
The SDD3000 is what he was using for looping before the Jamman. It has a repeat hold function that loops whatever is currently in the delays buffer. Not as flexible as a Jamman or other current looper, but it works really well. He was most likely turning on the hold switch to keep the drone notes going before playing the melody.
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Originally Posted by LWatford He was most likely turning on the hold switch to keep the drone notes going before playing the melody. But his sound completely changed right after he did that. It must have been something else.
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Originally Posted by ibanez_dude But his sound completely changed right after he did that. It must have been something else.
Also notice that he turned up the tone knob a bit on the neck pickup.
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I am more interested in playing the bagpipes than making my guitar sound like bagpipes. I will have to pick them up sometime.
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quick and dirty...
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Originally Posted by sabertooth181 I am more interested in playing the bagpipes than making my guitar sound like bagpipes. I will have to pick them up sometime.
They are one of the more difficult things I've ever tried to play. I have a chanter, but it takes so much air to get a steady sound that I couldn't do it very well! And I play tuba. I'm sure having the bag would help some in that you could actually breathe occasionally though.