Electric guitar tips

[ricardo]

Hello everyone,

I got an electric guitar for christmas, and I was just wondering:

- How do I get distortion?

- Is the tremolo (or that thing on the bridge, not sure of the name) always necessary? or just with some songs?

- what's the standard or the most common effect and style on the amply?

and the tone? and gain?

For example what do I have to have to play yellow? (other than the tunning) or paranoid android?

 

THANKS

[acade365]

Hello everyone,

I got an electric guitar for christmas, and I was just wondering:

- How do I get distortion?

- Is the tremolo (or that thing on the bridge, not sure of the name) always necessary? or just with some songs?

- what's the standard or the most common effect and style on the amply?

and the tone? and gain?

For example what do I have to have to play yellow? (other than the tunning) or paranoid android?

 

THANKS

 

-distortion: depende del tipo de distorsion que prefieras; te convendria conseguir un pedal con distorsion o si prefieres puedes ver si tu aplificador tiene algun tipo de distorsion incluida (a veces aparece como "distortion" o "shape")

 

-con lo de "that thing on the bridge" supongo que te refieres al whammy bar (una palanca que te permite mover el puente). basicamente, no es necesario. hay canciones, o mejor dicho guitarristas,que utilizan bastante la whammy, pero no es obligatorio para todas las canciones, es solo un efecto mas (lo que hace es acortar las cuerdas al acercar el puente al mastil, y asi el sonido se vuelve mas grave). si tu guitarra es una barata, o sea de marca cualquiera (ni fender, ni gibson, ni epiphone, ni ibanez, etc.) no es recomendable que la utilices demasiado, pues te desafinara bastante el instrumento.

 

-con lo de efecto estandar, la verdad que no es facil decirlo... depende de cada banda y, mas aun, de cada cancion. no se que amplificador tienes, y por lo tanto no se que efectos trae, pero podrias probar con un poco de reverb o delay.

por lo tanto, cada cancion lleva efectos distintos que otras, por lo que deberas probar hasta conseguir que tu tone y tu setup sea lo mas parecido al de la cancion original. sin embargo, nunca podras conseguir que una stratocaster suene como una telecaste, aunque con distintos efgectos te puedes acercar bastante.

 

espero que te haya servido. cualquier cosa vuelve a preguntar. ;)

[ricardo]

gracias! oh y tambien otra cosa:

hay algo parecido al whammy bar, arriba del volumen y el tono, en la misma guitarra, que se sube y baja, me he fijado que con algunos estilos como clean al subir no se oye, y en higain si. Una palanca (de esa si no tengo ni la menor idea del nombre)

mi guitarra es una yamaha pac112j

[acade365]

gracias! oh y tambien otra cosa:

hay algo parecido al whammy bar, arriba del volumen y el tono, en la misma guitarra, que se sube y baja, me he fijado que con algunos estilos como clean al subir no se oye, y en higain si. Una palanca (de esa si no tengo ni la menor idea del nombre)

mi guitarra es una yamaha pac112j

 

ese interruptor del que hablas es simplemente el que te deja cambiar de receptor o pickup en la guitarra... no es ningun efecto, sino que basicamente cambia el tono porque cambias el pickup elegido.

 

la mayor parte de las guitarras tienen dos o tres pickups, uno cerca del cuello de la guitarra y otros en el medio y del otro lado. ese interruptor te permite elegir cual (o cuales) utilizaras.

[ricardo]

como que el pick up elegido??

y por cierto, reverbs es lo mismo que distortion?

a y perdon por tantas preguntas...

tambien quiero buscar como un sonido que le quede a muchas canciones, por ejemplo, talk no tiene ningun efecto o si? o algun sonido especial, ni yellow mas que la afinada

[but a dream]

:uhoh:

 

Is it ok if you could translate the main points into English? I'd like to learn too.

 

Thanks :nice:

[acade365]

:uhoh:

 

Is it ok if you could translate the main points into English? I'd like to learn too.

 

Thanks :nice:

 

quick translation:

 

-distortion: it depends on what kind and quality of distortion you want, it would be good if you could get a pedal with distortion, or at least see if your amp has some sort of distortion included.

 

-"that thing on the bridge": i guess you are talking about the whammy bar, that lets you move the bridge (not sure if the translated explanation is correct, but it is in spanish, so...). basicly, its not necessary (notice the italics). there are songs, and guitar players, that use the whammy bar quite a lot, but its not compulsory for every song, its just another effect you are adding to the song (it shortens the strings changing the sound). if your guitar is a cheap one, (a copy or an unknown brand - not fender, nor gibson, nor epiphone, nor ibanez, etc.) the whammy bar will likely get your guitar out of tune.

 

- referring to an standard effect, its not easy to pick one... it depends on the bvand, the guitarist, and the song we are talking about. thus, james hetfield wont use the same effects on "nothing else matters" that jonny uses on "strawberry swing".

 

i hope nothing got lost in translation, and i hope this is useful for you.

 

BTW, merry christmas ;)

[but a dream]

quick translation:

 

-distortion: it depends on what kind and quality of distortion you want, it would be good if you could get a pedal with distortion, or at least see if your amp has some sort of distortion included.

 

-"that thing on the bridge": i guess you are talking about the whammy bar, that lets you move the bridge (not sure if the translated explanation is correct, but it is in spanish, so...). basicly, its not necessary (notice the italics). there are songs, and guitar players, that use the whammy bar quite a lot, but its not compulsory for every song, its just another effect you are adding to the song (it shortens the strings changing the sound). if your guitar is a cheap one, (a copy or an unknown brand - not fender, nor gibson, nor epiphone, nor ibanez, etc.) the whammy bar will likely get your guitar out of tune.

 

- referring to an standard effect, its not easy to pick one... it depends on the bvand, the guitarist, and the song we are talking about. thus, james hetfield wont use the same effects on "nothing else matters" that jonny uses on "strawberry swing".

 

i hope nothing got lost in translation, and i hope this is useful for you.

 

BTW, merry christmas ;)

Oh OK thanks for the help!!! :nice:

 

I don't have a whammy bar on my guitars :P

 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you too :dance: