jawknee wrote:I'd imagine it's different for every pedal, but in the DOD there were pots that you can adjust. When the sample rate was brought down, the sample time got longer and the quality went down. It sounded very analog.

Was it the dfx-9 model?

It's either the DFX91 or DFX94 Delay/Sampler. I am at work and can't remember for sure.

I found that using an Ebow and the Electro-harmonix Q-tron is just super for really squealing parts, the best thing is that the qtron is a volume controled envelope so when you move the Ebow back from the pickup you get mellow tones and the closser you get the more the high harmonix, volume and sustain increase untill it sounds like a really squelshy synth. this also works really well with phasers/step phasers like the Boss ph3, the tracks Ive done using these effects and the 'bow sound nothing like a gtr, plus you can't play chords with the ebow so it will make you look for new things to add to your songs or whatever.


On another note, if you use the butt/side of your hand when damping parts between power chords smack the strings right onto the pickups rather than down near the bridge where you dampen. this gives a real nice glich to breaks etc..

Put a really low battery in a wah (i've only tried in with a Vox Wah). You can get these insain noises, and can somewhat control. Its stupid, but fun.

Someone mentioned E-bows already, those are great. You can also try "vibrating devices" ... yeah... you decide.

I was going to say alligator clips, but thats been adressed, theres a good thread about it here:

http://doncaballero.proboards19.com/index.cgi?board=Don&action=display&num=1067372074

Thread a shoelace in between the strings close to the bridge.

good luck

I figured out another one yesterday afternoon when I was practicing. Tune your guitar to an open tuning, play behind the bridge (sorry Strat-owners), fingering melodies on what used to be the G-string.

For some reason, the G-string comes out really clearly, almost like you're picking on the right side of the bridge. Cool stuff.

There's a nice trick on making the big ambient sound.
As you know when you strum the string on the neck, the opposite way it creates overtones that you hear more quiet because that part of your guitar has no pickups. Well, if you strum the d string on the 10th fret via neck and hold the g-string on 11th without actually touching it the vibrations on d-string from your finger up to the the tuning machines creates the same frequency as if you would get by regurarly strumming the g-string. D-string resonates with the g-string and it's interference is heard on the pickup part of the g-string which makes big droneish tone without attack that amplifies gradually. You need to turn up the volume on the amplifier actually, but if you combine it with tritone chords ( a-string-9th fret, d-string 10th fret, g-string 11th and b-string 12th) or detuning your guitar to the tritone (1-dim5-8 etc..) and strum the whole guitar neck you get really large drone that sounds quite satanically.

Also, there's a nice advice on Dylan's trick about interconnecting strings. Try e over a, d over g and b over e2. Then you get a nice percussive effect on all strings and it feels like playing metal bongos though it's pretty hard to mantain position with your fingers and strings easily "de-attach themselves". I think Rachel's used this trick on their last album (The song with just drums and guitar), and Denison/Kimball trio also on the "Soul Machine" ( "Framed"). I'm not sure completely, though.

I like placing a finger lightly across all 6 strings at one of the frets without any spots (ie, 4th ,6th, 8th)and hitting a harmonic. With a bit of distortion and a lot of amplification you get a really nasty 'sheet metal' sound, that sounds like it's trying not exist. Super!!!!!

try any remote controls you have for tvs, vcrs, audio devices etc. aim them at one of your pickups and hit some of the buttons. especially fun with a lot of distortion, reverb and chorus, through a delay/pitch patch that delays shifts the pitch down for each discreet repetition. ideally the delay time is adjustable via a foot pedal, a wah-type or volume-type pedal with a sweepable value. and it may or may not *sound* cooler if you rub raw bacon on the strings while pressing the buttons on the remote. but nobody ever forgets the first time they see that one.