Some observations from a relatively new player
Posted: 02 Sep 2014, 11:46
Hi
It's been awhile since I posted though I regularly read the messages.
After starting to teach myself guitar about 4 years ago I've now heard lots of different guitars, echo units, styles of playing etc. at our Shadows club as well as playing with a few different setups of our members myself.
I still don't know a lot about sound and settings though lots more than I used to but what I really love is that there's such a great variety of different sounds that to me all sound fantastic for Shadows songs.
My favourite units I've tried myself either at home or at the club are the TVS3 and Magic Stomp with EFTP but I've heard some wonderful sounds from other units too and think a lot depends on the player. Probably the best Apache gallop I've heard at one of our meetings was from an amp with built in effects and played brilliantly.
Sometimes I use the Boss DD-7 at home and especially like it with certain songs like Gonzales. It's not much like the original sound but I just like playing that song with that unit.
The songs I have most sound problems with are mainly the Burns songs that I have no idea how to replicate on a Strat. The best sound I get for The Savage at home is with the Roland MicroCube on 'Mic' amp setting and a Zoom unit and EFTP. It's an unlikely setting and was totally accidental but to me it sounds better than the AC15 for that particular song at home.
Something else I notice at home is that my perception of the sound changes a lot depending on the volume of the backing track I'm playing to. Turning the backing volume up or down seems to alter what I hear from my guitar. Then some days I'll like the sound and the next day without making any changes I won't like it.
I always play better if I like the sound I'm hearing but I try not to get too pre-occupied with the sound as being a late starter I have to practise a lot to make up for lost time.
Best wishes
Rosemary
It's been awhile since I posted though I regularly read the messages.
After starting to teach myself guitar about 4 years ago I've now heard lots of different guitars, echo units, styles of playing etc. at our Shadows club as well as playing with a few different setups of our members myself.
I still don't know a lot about sound and settings though lots more than I used to but what I really love is that there's such a great variety of different sounds that to me all sound fantastic for Shadows songs.
My favourite units I've tried myself either at home or at the club are the TVS3 and Magic Stomp with EFTP but I've heard some wonderful sounds from other units too and think a lot depends on the player. Probably the best Apache gallop I've heard at one of our meetings was from an amp with built in effects and played brilliantly.
Sometimes I use the Boss DD-7 at home and especially like it with certain songs like Gonzales. It's not much like the original sound but I just like playing that song with that unit.
The songs I have most sound problems with are mainly the Burns songs that I have no idea how to replicate on a Strat. The best sound I get for The Savage at home is with the Roland MicroCube on 'Mic' amp setting and a Zoom unit and EFTP. It's an unlikely setting and was totally accidental but to me it sounds better than the AC15 for that particular song at home.
Something else I notice at home is that my perception of the sound changes a lot depending on the volume of the backing track I'm playing to. Turning the backing volume up or down seems to alter what I hear from my guitar. Then some days I'll like the sound and the next day without making any changes I won't like it.
I always play better if I like the sound I'm hearing but I try not to get too pre-occupied with the sound as being a late starter I have to practise a lot to make up for lost time.
Best wishes
Rosemary