Question:
Just wanted to know the effects and the settings to use for the electric guitar on "Let It Rise". ( In particular, the version which is on most WOW Worship CDs.) I am in a contemporary praise band and have always played acoustic rhythm guitar. I am now trying to incorporate more electric rhythm on some of the many songs we do...so I am sure I will have more questions in the future. I have a Fender Strat and I currently use a BOSS effects board with a Boss compression/sustainer, SD1 Overdrive, Ibanez Tubscreamer, Boss Tremolo, Ibanez Chorus/Delay, and a Boss EQ. Thanks.
Answer:
I use a patch I setup in my Spider II amp for that tune. It's a fairly clean yet rich overdrive sound with a little chorus and verb. I'll use either the bridge humbucker or the position 4 (single and split-hum) on my Godin for the rhythm.
If I can make a suggestion; get your pedals modded. Almost all of the pedals you own can be modified to restore much of the low-end that they sadly remove in their stock form. I've heard the term "tone sucking" to be used in describing the stock Boss and Ibanez pedals and after modding a few of mine (DS-1, CS-3, OS-2) I'm very pleased with the results.
Your comp/sustain, overdrive and tubescreamer can all be modded to get you a nice rich deep overdrive so that you should not be dependant on your EQ too much.
Check out www.indyguitarist.com for details on the pedal mods.
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isn't having an SD-1 and a Tubescreamer sorta redundant...though I suppose they could be set differently.
that being said, for this song I use a light OD. Generally I'd probably use just the Jekyll side of my Jekyll and Hyde (that's the TS808 clone side) on the until the key change. During the key change I'd probably add in the Hyde side to make the overall sound a bit heavier.
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Originally Posted by gtrdave I use a patch I setup in my Spider II amp for that tune. It's a fairly clean yet rich overdrive sound with a little chorus and verb. I'll use either the bridge humbucker or the position 4 (single and split-hum) on my Godin for the rhythm.
If I can make a suggestion; get your pedals modded. Almost all of the pedals you own can be modified to restore much of the low-end that they sadly remove in their stock form. I've heard the term "tone sucking" to be used in describing the stock Boss and Ibanez pedals and after modding a few of mine (DS-1, CS-3, OS-2) I'm very pleased with the results.
Your comp/sustain, overdrive and tubescreamer can all be modded to get you a nice rich deep overdrive so that you should not be dependant on your EQ too much.
Check out www.indyguitarist.com for details on the pedal mods.
Thanks for the mod suggestion...never thought of that before. I am using a light SD1 and a little chorus. I think the reverb is what I am missing on it. We have practice tonight so I am going to try verb...I'll let you know.
thanks
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Originally Posted by thesteve isn't having an SD-1 and a Tubescreamer sorta redundant...though I suppose they could be set differently.
that being said, for this song I use a light OD. Generally I'd probably use just the Jekyll side of my Jekyll and Hyde (that's the TS808 clone side) on the until the key change. During the key change I'd probably add in the Hyde side to make the overall sound a bit heavier.
Your right..they do seem redundant don't they. I love my SD1 and I have added in the tubscreamer on occasion to give a little heavier sound (sounds pretty cool) I do have them on different settings thus affording me two separate sounds. Any suggestions as to what I could replace it with should I remove the TS7. Great suggestion on going heavier on the key change to give more impact on those measures. Thanks
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Originally Posted by takowner Thanks for the mod suggestion...never thought of that before. I am using a light SD1 and a little chorus. I think the reverb is what I am missing on it. We have practice tonight so I am going to try verb...I'll let you know.
thanks
Be sure to add reverb a little at a time and check the sound of your guitar at a distance to be sure the sound is not washed out.