a guitar that can chug and play classic rock
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Rollercoaster
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Hey sorry, I'm working now, can't chat...
detroit_red
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But you don't understand, can IT chug or play classic rock.. That is the question ..
Hey rollercoaster, do you realise that your guitar and all the pickups you have used can give you chug? It's all in your amp/pedal and settings. Adjust to get the chug you want, then roll down your volume to play classic rock. If you can afford it, get a multi channel solution so you can toggle between the 2 sounds with your feet, having specialised eq for both.
Oh to get a better chug you might want to strum harder.
Oh to get a better chug you might want to strum harder.
trianglebiscuit
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sanXp said:
can you clarify on the rolling down the volume thingy? i have never gotten how that works
thor666
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It just means, use your guitar volume knob and turn it down, say from 10-7.
The reason this works is because the guitar is the output source and turning down the guitar volume knob will cause the output to be lowered. this in turn affects the gain (your distortion from pedal/amp) usually in a matter that sounds like a little less volume and much less gain in proportion.
how much you need to turn down depends on your volume pot. gotta experiment with it.
the other way is to put a volume pedal before the distortion, which effectively does the same thing when u turn down using the volume pedal.
The reason this works is because the guitar is the output source and turning down the guitar volume knob will cause the output to be lowered. this in turn affects the gain (your distortion from pedal/amp) usually in a matter that sounds like a little less volume and much less gain in proportion.
how much you need to turn down depends on your volume pot. gotta experiment with it.
the other way is to put a volume pedal before the distortion, which effectively does the same thing when u turn down using the volume pedal.
theblueark
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Rolling down your volume on the guitar is somewhat similar to rolling down the gain. Different, but similar.
What happens is you are giving a lower signal to the distortion/overdrive. So there is less of it to amplify, and so less distortion.
The effect is a cleaner tone. Some pedals clean up to almost perfect, some clean to a little bit of dirt. Depends.
EDIT: Gah thor! you faster!
What happens is you are giving a lower signal to the distortion/overdrive. So there is less of it to amplify, and so less distortion.
The effect is a cleaner tone. Some pedals clean up to almost perfect, some clean to a little bit of dirt. Depends.
EDIT: Gah thor! you faster!
detroit_red
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Can it chug or play classic rock? caN?? CAN??
my strat does both classic and chug [i do get glances at the club, 'is that a humbuck or single?' its single 
] volume roll offs applied for classic blues-rock blackmore/page styled rhythms, based on the song. usually full on sabbath/iommi and the heavier stuff.
still running my strat thru the AX1500g [ i call it the 'gets the job done' floor-efx ]
] volume roll offs applied for classic blues-rock blackmore/page styled rhythms, based on the song. usually full on sabbath/iommi and the heavier stuff. still running my strat thru the AX1500g [ i call it the 'gets the job done' floor-efx ]
detroit_red
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I always thought gilbert used PAF pro .. hmmzz
By the way, the lovely chugs you hear on recordings are a combination of guitar + bass and sometimes the bass drum too, so when you don't get the full chugga chugga sound out of any rig don't be disappointed, cos you don't have the bass and bass drum in the picture. On top of that, you don't need super hot pups for chug, I heard chugga from helloween that sounded like low to mid output pups (or the gain was turned down) and it sounded really nice. The EQ is very important to get nice chug.
