Imagine Eddie Van Halen walking out on stage with an acoustic guitar, we all expect him to play a soft heartfelt ballad, and then we notice the trail to guitar pedals behind him as he starts playing eruption...
I like this, because it makes sense. When you look at an acoustic-electric or electric guitar, they both work by converting sounds into electrical signals. However, while an electric guitar uses the pickups and vibrations in the electromagnetic field, acoustic-electrics use (presumably, idk for sure) something that's like a microphone. While the method of conversion is different, they both transmit the electrical signals, and the pedals mess around with those signals in different ways to cause their respective effects.
I wouldn't say that. I don't think that a Fuzz is supposed to sound that painful and harsh, even if it's a silicon Fuzz. Well yes, he was playing it through a clean amp. That same Fuzz setup into a slightly overdriven amp should sound a bit more pleasant but still, even for a silicon Fuzz into a clean amp it sounded just absolutely awful... But I don't know, it's also possible that it's because the eq settings on the amp and pedal just need a little tweaking (You can see in the video, tone knob on the fuzz is almost maxed)
Chris Egolf for sure, probably just as an intro or outro or interlude but it’d be super cool. i could totally see dan auerbach or jack white using it, honestly
One thing I learned very quickly back when I had a bunch of individual effects pedals is to always put your distortion closest to your guitar.... furthest from your amp. It's much better to,for example,delay your distortion instead of distorting your delay. But maybe this is such common knowledge that everyone else has decided that it's not even worth mentioning.
I found that playing the acoustic through an acoustic simulator can remove a lot of quack from the piezo. It takes some knob twiddling though as sometimes it just sounds like a clean electric.
Very fizzy yet still thick and wall of soundy. I also enjoyed. Especially with some changing of knobs, it could be made to sound even better still we both know ;)
You really want to limit the amount of distortion you put for acoustic. After a point it just sounds awful, feedback going all over the place the minute you pluck a string, and you'll dread that moment for the rest of your life.
Well parents want childrends to paly More piano they dont like guitar sound like metal Its like i dont want my Son to become like them when he is grown so im gona make him to be orchestra me nah i wana be band
It would probably sound exactly like it does with an electric guitar, because it's tracking the pitch and intensity but not actually passing the signal through. That means every instrument will either work or not work, and when it does work, you'll get the same sound.
The lead singer in our band uses a drive on his acoustic. It sounds awesome but he has to tweak it quite a lot to get it right. He recently switched to electric but he used it for our first album. He used a flanger live for a lot of the stuff as well. When you get it right it sounds unbelievable! (Ape Rising is the band name for anyone interested)
I think the distortion works over the fuzz because it still has that warm, smooth, acoustic tone, but with distortion on top of it, opposed to an electric where no matter what pickups you have, you still end up with a brassy sort of undertone
My dude, Damien Rice, puts distortion and other effects on his acoustic for live performances all the time. He has a song called “I remember” that switches to distortion on the acoustic midway through the song LIVE. 10 minute version on Brandon Jannaway’s channel that I think sounds amazing while he jams rhythmically on the acoustic with different effects
Warren Zevon's live album "Learning to Flinch" from 1993 has him using quite a few effects on acoustic guitar, including some distortion, flanger, and others. He uses them to a really cool effect, including songs like "Jungle Work" and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me." Really worth checking out if you want some ideas on using an acoustic guitar with effects.
I got my son one of those Fender California series acoustic with a strat neck. His first guitar, and as one should learn on an acoustic, great comprimise. I told him that he can use any effects he wants to make it sound rock and roll.
Ad starts playing "I've always wanted to play the guitar, but the beginning seemed frustrating, with yousi-" WELL THEN STOP PLAYING THE GUITAR YOU NON MUSICAL 10 YEAR OLD LOOKIN MAN
well idk it just reminded me of anesthesia or the live version of for whom the bell tolls but its not like i listen to them every day so maybe im totally wrong
6:16 real shit this sounded like an ambient soundtrack to one of those indie low-graphic RPGs like OneShot. You could've actually fooled me into thinking it was from that game.
One time I heard a guitarist/singer at a bar using overdrive on his acoustic for some parts and it sounded pretty sweet. For lead parts he was doing some pretty big bends for an acoustic and even did a little two-handed tapping and it sounded great.
Wow, this video is exactly what I was searching for and your use of more out there effects on acoustalectric is spot on to what I was hoping to find on TH-cam, but it was proving to be fruitless. And you saved me. Also your humour is much cappreciated, as is your professionalism, which you mix so well. Anyway, thanks, peace, and kudos to an epic video. So glad I found this to subsribe you. Music izzz indeed win brother..
(Holy balls I'm early) I can firsthandedly say that guitar pedals on an acoustic does work, I once hooked up my acoustic with my pedalboard to see how it'd sound and I'll just say that an acoustic through an overdrive pedal, a Phase 90 and a Cry Baby sounds absolutely epic
i actually prefer running my acoustic through my amp and pedals sometimes, even for like overdrive and gain. the only effects that i find dont work super great are flangers,
Great experimental or investigative approach with this video. I didn't know what to make of your 'quirky/idiosyncratic-deadpan' (?) sense-of-humour at first but, like an acquired taste for some songs, it was acquired! :D I just got an electric acoustic guitar and, as a total newbie, experimental videos that might push expectation, preconceptions and so on are appreciated, inspiring and fun. So, kudos and thanks!
David Gilmour uses all kinds of effects. The delays and wah he does on his acoustic version of Shine on you crazy diamond is spectacular. Highly recommend.
I remember back in the 80s, playing my Kramer Ferrington thru my BOSS pedals and Marshall Mini Stack. An EQ pedal would have helped with the distorted sounds. You should have played an electric also. To give a sound comparison between acoustic and electric.
First thought: 'The man who sold the world' covered by Nirvana in unplugged in New York with that bit of overdrive on the lead. Remember thinking 'how the hell can the guitar sound like that'? It was a bold decision from Kurt to use that on and unplugged concert and it was brilliant.That intro still gives me goose bumps till today. Made me want to pick up a guitar and learn to play
Super cool. I have no pedals whatsoever, but I do have an iPhone, so I record a track on my acoustic with the garage band app, add megaphone effect, and instant distortion. Sounds mostly terrible but it’s as close as you’ll get without buying any equipment.
Nice experiment dude! Though I would recommend having a traditional humbucker style pickup in the sound hole to run through the Distortion/Fuzz type effects and running the original pickup through the ambient effects. Basically running 2 fx chains at once :D
LOL i use ultra low budget rig for more than last 3 years: acoustic guitar, cheap small usb audio, audio jack, jack converter, guitar effects software. NO AMPS, NO PEDALS. DONE.
Good stuff. Lots of folks must have wondered how well effects work on acoustic. I use several. My favourites are Strymon Cloudburst and MXR Micro Flanger.
Kirk will be pleased to learn he can add wah to nothing else matters
Adam Frankamp lol
Underrated comment
Crap u stole my comment
wah on saxophone is awesome.
but not for bass (if you use a guitar wah
Adam Frankamp
Don’t forget the unforgiven
Imagine Eddie Van Halen walking out on stage with an acoustic guitar, we all expect him to play a soft heartfelt ballad, and then we notice the trail to guitar pedals behind him as he starts playing eruption...
Knowing eddie that’s probably happened once or twice
well... spanish fly..
Dont want to imagine that rn Rip EVH
RIP EVH
check out spanish fly...pure acoustic madness from eddie...
*but does it work in a piano?*
Yes it does
Pete Gloria ok relax
th-cam.com/video/eJW9N-h8UgI/w-d-xo.html
Well that was entertaining to read
@@settingsmedlhux8152 you are kind of a dickhead here, better for you to leave.
5:01 sounds like the beginning of a truck commercial
@4. hakem Mechanix*
So true 😂😂
Lol
BUILT FORD TOUGH
For the mechanix just play it 1.5x speed
Me :Mom i want electric guitar
Mom:We have at home
Electric guitar at home :
Ini lawak
B a. C o t
Wokwowkok anj lah
Stop it
Kenapa nak berhenti kalau boleh mula hitam?
*Plays with Wah pedal
*Kirk Hammett has entered the chat
bruh you kinda stole this
bruh you kinda stole this
@James Hetfield yes james
Lol
It felt satisfying being the 1,000th like
List of pedals
Wah 1:35
Harmonizer 2:25
Fuzz 3:24
Heavy Distortion 4:40
Delay 6:07
Tremolo 8:00
Combined shit 9:21
Johnny Ventura thanks!
thx legend
You saved my life
Thx mate
The harmonizer is a pretty common church/chapel sound
The fuzz actually sounded pretty sick to me, I'd use it for some Muse-type Drop D riffery
onetakeguitar Drop D riffery??? Soylent Green!!!
It sounded like new born
I think Psycho, Stockholm Syndrome, and New Born will work best.
I love drop D. Tool uses it a lot
That's how I discovered it
4:07 when you want to use the whammy bar but you realized you re playing an acoustic
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you're welcome
@@kj4ilk divebomb on wonderwall
@@kj4ilk where tf did you fing this. I didn't even know that an acoustic guitar can have a whammy bar😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Padlock_Steve you don't have to so rude about it jesus
@@kj4ilk Oh fuck
10:36
My last brain cell during a math test
A year late, but I actually wheezed
Sheikh Sarian same 😂
😂😂😂
This made me laugh at almost 1 AM
That gave me the rest xD
Next step: 12 string acoustic with octave + harmonizer + chorus
Julián Sáenz Your cab explodes, basically
+ doubler + looper
Kioni Hernandez + offbeat delay + all the above but doble tracked. Ultimate TOANZ
dude Mind=Blown
+flanger +phaser
In my opinion: the fuzz sounded too thin for my liking. However, the 'heavy' distortion worked well, but the 'heavier' distortion not so well.
Sam Warrener agreed
Sam Warrener the fuzz with boost and eq could probably sound like the heavy distortion... but with some extra fur on it.👌😀
If Fuzz makes acoustic sound Electric, does Fuzz on Electric make it MORE ELECTRIC?
dude hahaha
Wooooo
Deep.
Checkmate, atheists!
If a bass player watches a video about guitars, does it djent?
Actually that's the idea of fuzz
Me: I should go to sleep
My brain: Type in TH-cam "acoustic guitar with distortion"
That's me (2)
😂😂😂
That’s me (2)
Couldn’t be more accurate!
Such is life.
Nirvana MTV unplugged used distortion on an acoustic guitar when they played the main riff for the man who sold the world.
Usuario Aburrido That’s a better way to explain it.
yeah though.
@A.P.G. Music it was one of those old 70s style electric pickups designed to go in the sound hole of an acoustic.
Dylan The truth yes they did... real light though. Damn I love New York unplugged. My fav Nirvana album
It had a pickup in the acoustic guitar
I like this, because it makes sense. When you look at an acoustic-electric or electric guitar, they both work by converting sounds into electrical signals. However, while an electric guitar uses the pickups and vibrations in the electromagnetic field, acoustic-electrics use (presumably, idk for sure) something that's like a microphone. While the method of conversion is different, they both transmit the electrical signals, and the pedals mess around with those signals in different ways to cause their respective effects.
Piezo pick ups for acoustic. It kinda similar to an electric guitar pick ups
An electric acoustic also uses coil pickups if im not mistaken
Maybe an analogue synth with a piano preset.
Fuzz + Acoustic Guitar = My first Rock/Metal tone
The acoustic fuzz sounds like my first electric guitar tone
geetar is life yeah, lol
Yep on the broke ass starter amp with the gain on 10
geetar is life lol
Very reminiscent of my old Fender Frontman.
all the gain! no mids! more gain! SLAAAYEEEEERRRR!!
1:39 Play at 1.5 Speed, you're welcome.
That was so cool
@@nourbouchaour1867 You're welcome 😁😁😁
The Venamous Gamer sounds like some old cop chase video in a cheaply made video 😂
@@tokyo4556 ye. A 70s funk type movie or somthn
literally, man fuck you goddamit how did notice that
thank you love
You forget to switch to the neck pickup
Unfortunately, this one it just 1-way switch :))(
@@thiendipham835 r/whoooosh
@@brennoamari2067 not so fast
@@brennoamari2067 r/whoosh
Brenno Amari no
How your ears weren't bleeding when that fuzz came on I don't know.
Sounds fucking heavy !
the fuzz would sound awesome with some octaves(in my head)
That's kinda what a silicon fuzz is supposed to sound like, is it not?
I wouldn't say that.
I don't think that a Fuzz is supposed to sound that painful and harsh, even if it's a silicon Fuzz. Well yes, he was playing it through a clean amp. That same Fuzz setup into a slightly overdriven amp should sound a bit more pleasant but still, even for a silicon Fuzz into a clean amp it sounded just absolutely awful...
But I don't know, it's also possible that it's because the eq settings on the amp and pedal just need a little tweaking (You can see in the video, tone knob on the fuzz is almost maxed)
someone doesnt listen to brutal slamming death metal...
the fuzz sounds like something jack white or the black keys would use
Nope
chara xtail yup
maybe
I don't know
Chris Egolf
for sure, probably just as an intro or outro or interlude but it’d be super cool. i could totally see dan auerbach or jack white using it, honestly
The heavy distortion sounded like queens of the stone age
Euronymous
Kinda haha
didnt varg kill you or somn
It's probably because they play on a lot of hollow bodies in QOTSA.
Euronymous sounded like jack white
It was the four horsemen by Metallica
8:10 our guy just replicated Mama with an acoustic guitar and a tremolo pedal we have no choice but to be very impressed
literally came here looking for this lmfaoooo
One thing I learned very quickly back when I had a bunch of individual effects pedals is to always put your distortion closest to your guitar.... furthest from your amp. It's much better to,for example,delay your distortion instead of distorting your delay. But maybe this is such common knowledge that everyone else has decided that it's not even worth mentioning.
What about an acoustic simulator?
Acoustic-ception
I've tried it, it makes it sound like an electric.
I found that playing the acoustic through an acoustic simulator can remove a lot of quack from the piezo. It takes some knob twiddling though as sometimes it just sounds like a clean electric.
Fuck, people already made the inception joke :(
What about a second acoustic simulator, does it start to sound like acoustic again?
Fuzz and distortion work perfectly well with acoustic...suck it, hippies!...
Agreed
And Boomers!
Yes
Yeah only one of the distortion options was a bit temperamental, but the fuzz at 10:35 is great! Reminds me of Thee Oh Sees
lmao
Call me high but I actually liked the fuzz
Edit: thanks for all the likes this is the mos i've ever gotten
Very fizzy yet still thick and wall of soundy. I also enjoyed. Especially with some changing of knobs, it could be made to sound even better still we both know ;)
Hardscoping Chinchilla high
High
kind of gave off early neutral milk hotel vibes. I liked it alot too.
I do too,
We’re all high
I wanted to start a band... but I only had a acoustic. But it has plug sooooooooo, you gave me hope
You could always buy a Dean markley
Just need a pedal, dude XD
Goo goo dolls got plenty done without an electric guitar
Nah man, definitely buy an electric for that or else you’ll be accused of guitar fakery.
Trade it in for a Harley benton if you haven't already
I love how good the distortion sounds on an acoustic
"Play metal on the acoustic"
It's called opeth.
I tried my acoustic with a distortion amp...
My ears still hurt, and this was 9 months ago...
Nathan Murphy mine is working well on one
really? well the acoustic sounded great with distortion just to much feedback and not the good kind of feedback.
You really want to limit the amount of distortion you put for acoustic. After a point it just sounds awful, feedback going all over the place the minute you pluck a string, and you'll dread that moment for the rest of your life.
Anirudh Viswanathan ya didn't know that when I was first playing guitar
Try checking with you doctor
You should plug in every single effects pedal you have all at once and attempt to play a song
He’d blow transformers for the entire neighborhood😂
Nick Titone probably 😂
Please omg that would be gold
Do it....DO IT!!!!
Ear=bleed
Says “acoustic guitars are more for rhythm not shredding”
*gets a fuzz*
Every flamenco player begs to differ
0:00 When you enter an occupied bathroom
lmao
That’s a good one
General Kenobi
Lol
The little pause after he says it makes it better
In Scott Pilgrim they used an acoustic with a distortion.
Childish Randino Yeah, it was Stephen Stills, right?!
I thought it was acoustic + fuzz.
Steven Stills is a pioneer of acoustic/fuzz playing
I think it was a nylon string
Trash movie for 12 yr old girls
I love how the heavy distortion pedal has 2 buttons: heavy and HEAVIER
The first option on the heavy distortion definitely worked better than the octave fuzz.
And he picks Four Horseman for the “Heavy Distortion” 🤘🏾
No longer will kids assault their parents for buying them an acoustic. And parents will regret buying an acoustic. Lol
Travis Hanson first the parent needs to buy them an acoustic with a pickup in
@@thedude2122 and amp, and pedals
randomyoutubechannel hahaha no why would they do that lol they want to keep the kid wanting more of course
@@thedude2122 oh yeah
Well parents want childrends to paly More piano they dont like guitar sound like metal Its like i dont want my Son to become like them when he is grown so im gona make him to be orchestra me nah i wana be band
6:52 sounds like Spongebob music
Jhamar L.B. [JAY HEART] lol twice!
Buttercup by jack stauber
Même music
Or the intro music for Better Call Saul.
Yeah
Acoustic + Fuzz = Burzum
Νίκος Παναγιωταράκης ouk
Ελληναςςςς
You have great music taste.
Shiiit😂😂
Fuck yea!
Do the Dad shoes affect the tone in any way?
Absolutely crucial
Yes! You must be wearing dad shoes. It's where your power comes from.
Obviously
Major Walmart tennis shoes vibes
All white low top fubus on in the game
They are actually Nike son of force lows
Tyler: “We know reverb and delay work so I won’t waste your time on those basic pedals” Also tyler: “I got a delay here, and another one”
3:57 When you think it's a dessert, but it's actually savoury.
What about the Miku pedal?
Armor Max your messing with gods work.
It would probably sound exactly like it does with an electric guitar, because it's tracking the pitch and intensity but not actually passing the signal through. That means every instrument will either work or not work, and when it does work, you'll get the same sound.
Armor Max idk
I think Miku pedal is just a Vocoder that uses Miku's formant and uses the guitar as the carrier. But I may be wrong.
I was waiting for this comment.
The lead singer in our band uses a drive on his acoustic. It sounds awesome but he has to tweak it quite a lot to get it right. He recently switched to electric but he used it for our first album. He used a flanger live for a lot of the stuff as well. When you get it right it sounds unbelievable! (Ape Rising is the band name for anyone interested)
I am curious, what album? Which band?
@@Andrlz_ Search Ape Rising - Model Prime or King of The Universe
I think the distortion works over the fuzz because it still has that warm, smooth, acoustic tone, but with distortion on top of it, opposed to an electric where no matter what pickups you have, you still end up with a brassy sort of undertone
The fuzz is simply if jimi hendrix songs recorded by a nokia cellphone
Thats extremely accurate
5:07 the four horsemen, one of my favorites
5:02 I knew I’d be hearing some Metallica in this video but I didn’t expect anything off kill em’ all
*megadeth
smh
@@vlgappy7737 Let's be direct. It isn't Metallica's nor Megadeth's song. It's Dave's song.
The four horseman
My dude, Damien Rice, puts distortion and other effects on his acoustic for live performances all the time. He has a song called “I remember” that switches to distortion on the acoustic midway through the song LIVE. 10 minute version on Brandon Jannaway’s channel that I think sounds amazing while he jams rhythmically on the acoustic with different effects
Just shove those pedals in that acoustic hole lol
Acoustic hole
Rap that line and you now have a song stuck in your head for 10 hours
hey twin
Earth is flat.
The Spherical Earth lol
Squidward Tortillini oh.
Warren Zevon's live album "Learning to Flinch" from 1993 has him using quite a few effects on acoustic guitar, including some distortion, flanger, and others. He uses them to a really cool effect, including songs like "Jungle Work" and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me." Really worth checking out if you want some ideas on using an acoustic guitar with effects.
Such an underrated artist all around
I got my son one of those Fender California series acoustic with a strat neck. His first guitar, and as one should learn on an acoustic, great comprimise. I told him that he can use any effects he wants to make it sound rock and roll.
Ad starts playing "I've always wanted to play the guitar, but the beginning seemed frustrating, with yousi-" WELL THEN STOP PLAYING THE GUITAR YOU
NON MUSICAL 10 YEAR OLD LOOKIN MAN
XD
donut boy That ad legit played during the video 😂😂😂
i got that too
He looks like such a douche lol
Legit got that ad as I was reading this
Is it just me? or the distorted acoustic sounds like cliff's bass
Scr1llongoz well, it sounds really different for me
well idk it just reminded me of anesthesia or the live version of for whom the bell tolls but its not like i listen to them every day so maybe im totally wrong
I am actually thinking about buing a disortion pedal for my acoustic.... cause 600$ for an Electrical are to much for my current budget xD
Funny because he played some Metallica.
Bass player here, cliffs bass tone had a very high high mix which is close to what a guitar focuses on range wise
6:16 real shit this sounded like an ambient soundtrack to one of those indie low-graphic RPGs like OneShot. You could've actually fooled me into thinking it was from that game.
10:30 RIP all head phone users
I wish I had seen this earlier
I am
Late
Its makes me feel alot better about my playing when he doesn't play 4 horsemen at full speed either.
Fuzz don't like it
Distortion was very good
I'm curious about a flanger + acoustic guitar
Tyler, you read my mind. I was searching this up, cuz I was bored, and you "coincidently" uploaded this.
One time I heard a guitarist/singer at a bar using overdrive on his acoustic for some parts and it sounded pretty sweet. For lead parts he was doing some pretty big bends for an acoustic and even did a little two-handed tapping and it sounded great.
Wow, this video is exactly what I was searching for and your use of more out there effects on acoustalectric is spot on to what I was hoping to find on TH-cam, but it was proving to be fruitless. And you saved me. Also your humour is much cappreciated, as is your professionalism, which you mix so well. Anyway, thanks, peace, and kudos to an epic video. So glad I found this to subsribe you. Music izzz indeed win brother..
3:36 STOP YOU'VE VIOLATED THE LAW. PAY YOUR COURT OF FINE OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES.
>Resist Arrest
@@staz3014 Then pay with your blood!
*Skyrim music intensifies*
Lol, your profile pic is such that comes up if you google "cool profile pic"😂 Been there
@@joandrumz3176 Facts bro it's true, I was thinking of changing it anyway 😂😂
(Holy balls I'm early)
I can firsthandedly say that guitar pedals on an acoustic does work, I once hooked up my acoustic with my pedalboard to see how it'd sound and I'll just say that an acoustic through an overdrive pedal, a Phase 90 and a Cry Baby sounds absolutely epic
i actually prefer running my acoustic through my amp and pedals sometimes, even for like overdrive and gain. the only effects that i find dont work super great are flangers,
Interesting, I'll have to test that one out
For the fuzz and the distortion my brain did not want to accept that those noises were coming from that guitar 🤣
This is so wrong...
He says he's not gonna waste time with pedals like delays that already work with acoustic... yet he uses two of them?
Great experimental or investigative approach with this video. I didn't know what to make of your 'quirky/idiosyncratic-deadpan' (?) sense-of-humour at first but, like an acquired taste for some songs, it was acquired! :D
I just got an electric acoustic guitar and, as a total newbie, experimental videos that might push expectation, preconceptions and so on are appreciated, inspiring and fun. So, kudos and thanks!
That last effect shredded my ears like a cheese grater. My ears are still ringing. Thank you for the demo.
10:36 Is the best thing I've ever heard Tyler say.
123 cruel
Gregory Brewis let's take jokes as jokes ;)
headphones on full blast
I hate you now
Why is he talking like a NPR radio reporter? Lol
3:48 Scott pilgrim enters chat
Stephen Stills “The Talent”
Stephen Stills is a pioneer of acoustic with distortion
David Gilmour uses all kinds of effects. The delays and wah he does on his acoustic version of Shine on you crazy diamond is spectacular. Highly recommend.
3:35: When your phone's speakers have water in them so you play a song to get it out
*man just made an acoustic guitar sound like an electric.*
I remember back in the 80s, playing my Kramer Ferrington thru my BOSS pedals and Marshall Mini Stack.
An EQ pedal would have helped with the distorted sounds.
You should have played an electric also. To give a sound comparison between acoustic and electric.
First thought: 'The man who sold the world' covered by Nirvana in unplugged in New York with that bit of overdrive on the lead. Remember thinking 'how the hell can the guitar sound like that'? It was a bold decision from Kurt to use that on and unplugged concert and it was brilliant.That intro still gives me goose bumps till today. Made me want to pick up a guitar and learn to play
That case is slightlyyy different because Kurt’s acoustic had full on pickups on it but yes
Super cool. I have no pedals whatsoever, but I do have an iPhone, so I record a track on my acoustic with the garage band app, add megaphone effect, and instant distortion. Sounds mostly terrible but it’s as close as you’ll get without buying any equipment.
Nice experiment dude! Though I would recommend having a traditional humbucker style pickup in the sound hole to run through the Distortion/Fuzz type effects and running the original pickup through the ambient effects.
Basically running 2 fx chains at once :D
LOL i use ultra low budget rig for more than last 3 years: acoustic guitar, cheap small usb audio, audio jack, jack converter, guitar effects software. NO AMPS, NO PEDALS. DONE.
I loved that he played the four horsemen with the distortion pedal
3:35 Sounds like someone plugged a guitar with p90s into an 80s Marshall combo a cranked it up all the way!
Ever since i saw the song opening Scott Pilgrim vs the world I think the fuzzy acoustic guitar is the most edgy an Indie garage Band can get
You have a very distinct style. I think that i would be able to pick your playing out of a blind listening lineup. You play very very well.
Should have tried the accustic pedal that makes the el guitar sound accustic
Smøøg acoustic*
I dont know How its spelled i play the electric guitar
I speak english
But i dont know how to spell japenez
Fucking hell...
5:02 The four horsemen - Metallica. Great song, I was suprised when you played it.
Peter Alman me too sounded so badass
9:17 For a second i thought it's James Hetfield
N-TIGER Kinda, yeah
At time of writing this video is 5 yrs old - and video is truly funky love this
THE FUZZ SOUNDS AMAZING!!! Sounds like something that Jack White would play.
Everything worked!....i did not exepected that the pedals would work...and tremelo was so trippy!😆
THE FOUR HORSEMEN!!!
Kayla Daniels *Mechanix
Not High, I swear *HORSEMEN
Lamborghini Diablo SV 5150 *MECHANIX
Not High, I swear Four Horseman was first. Even though the same person wrote them both. Mechanix was later
Not High, I swear you sure you're not high?
What song did you play at 8:10? I'm going crazy looking for this song!
Thanks! Awesome work by the way
Mama by My Chemical Romance
I believe it’s Mama by My Chemical Romance
What the others said
The fuzz really gives of neutral milk hotel vibes
Good stuff. Lots of folks must have wondered how well effects work on acoustic. I use several. My favourites are Strymon Cloudburst and MXR Micro Flanger.
Fuzz works when the volune doesn't rise by 700%
10:37 rip headphone users
2:57 The Harmonizer sounds drow a smile on muy face...
Awesome! Cool video!
They sounded all great to me. Thanks for the video. Now I want to try it out for myself.