Want to play better grungy alternative guitar? I got you! Here’s 5 tips that I think will help you channel your inner Billy Corgan and play some awesome parts.
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Aw hell yeah my pedal man growing fr, I remember you having like 1k subs. Keep making the good content.
About 4 months ago I saw your channel and this… just amazing. Your videos helped me in choosing pedals and pedalboards for shoegaze staff, all kinds of grunge stuff, etc. Even an inexpensive shoegaze board. just fucking cool. thank you for your work
Wow, Heart Shaped Box and Where is my Mind? Both classics if you ask me… Smashing Pumpkins I like but not as much as you do 😅. Well as for technical advice I am the worst person to ask…maybe try another genre? ZZ-Top Tres Hombres or Eliminator I like…
As for gear the Sire S3 (HSS) I seriously like and gets solid reviews and with Ibanez AZES31/40 as Squier Classic Vibe series seems good value for money in the same-ish price bracket. A Tele looks cooler but an HSS strat is more versatile and better ergonomics…
Really enjoyed your video!
Oh and for being right or wrong…such thing doesn't really exist. Keith Richards uses a Telecaster "Country instrument" for Rock 'n Roll and Bluesy tunes.😊
That phaser trick is a van halen approach to solos
I also want to see a video of you running a guitar through the Leslie speaker
has the Pawn Shop Mustang popped up on the channel before? I feel like this is the first time we’re seeing it, but i could just be being brainless.
Side note but i’m starting to get jealous of that collection.
Are those lace sensor pickups in the Strat? Do you recommend the pickups?
Never, ever, EVER, ditch the HOG. EVER. 🙂
Honestly, I recently added a phaser to my rig and it sounds amazing. Who gives a shit if it sounds dated? As long as it sounds good I'm happy
I thought most of Nirvana was E flat too?
Motörhead and Kiss also played most of their stuff in Eb standard tuning. But then again, grunge took a lot of inspiration from 70’s rock and metal, so it’s not that much of a shock.
best tip for grunge players is to get better at guitar
Stop apologizing for not doing things right. Part of what’s good about you is that you just give it a go. Music isn’t a sport. And playing what other people already did perfectly is a waste of time. You have a ton of good ideas and enthusiasm. That’s what counts.
Check out the video interview "guitar moves, josh homme" he's a very talented songwriter and outstanding guitar player and he has a very particular why of doing solos, he explains he changed some notes from the mighty minor pentatonic and it sounds like a different thing! It's very inspiring and easy to try but hard to master, and most importantly it's really fun to play like that and experiment, give it a chance, it's a great little lesson
I don't know if you want to go down this rabbit hole but, if you tune down about half of a half step it's supposed to be like a weird satanic tuning that was banned by the catholic church. Pantera uses this tuning.
We need that Leslie video. Please.
So I had to teach black hole sun to a bunch of kids over the years, and the way to get the correct tuning is basically doing drop D, but every note is tuned sharp, roughly about 3/4s of the way to the next note.
Soundgarden uses a rotovibe live for black hole sun. You can use a chorus pedal, it really doesn't matter, but it's not like univibe and rotary pedals are still rare these days.
There's a common theory/urban myth that has several videos & forum posts about is that Eb tuning sounds particularly great on Strats.
at 25.5", flat should be considered "standard" tuning