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Any idea what this weird Guitar effect is?!

Post by KonicMisfit »

Hello everyone, newbie here!

I'm trying to find what possible Guitar pedal might be being used on this solo :
https://youtu.be/EsGTIkFb_hg?t=164

Not the Whammy but the glitchy, gargly, warbly sound that sounds like the Guitar is breaking down. If you listen to the other solo's in the video, it can be heard on some of them too. It sounds awesome and I'd love to know how he is doing it! Any ideas for how I can recreate this sound with a pedal would be amazing!

Thanks Sos-ers!

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Post by The Red Bladder »

Apart from sounding as if it's going through all sorts of FX (Tube-Screamer, compressor, etc.) it sounds like an Ebow.

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Post by BJG145 »

...sounds mainly like distortion and digital whammy to me. He talks about his rig here...

https://youtu.be/q7h20so9jSE

...and there are also sources like Equipboard...

https://equipboard.com/pros/james-kennedy

(Towards the end, the tone seems to break up mainly when he dives down with the whammy pedal so I'm thinking there might be a combination of distortion and pitchbend that destroys low notes, maybe depending which way round you connect them up. There's a probably a ton of compression on there too.)
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Post by CS70 »

KonicMisfit wrote:Hello everyone, newbie here!

I'm trying to find what possible Guitar pedal might be being used on this solo :
https://youtu.be/EsGTIkFb_hg?t=164

Not the Whammy but the glitchy, gargly, warbly sound that sounds like the Guitar is breaking down. If you listen to the other solo's in the video, it can be heard on some of them too. It sounds awesome and I'd love to know how he is doing it! Any ideas for how I can recreate this sound with a pedal would be amazing!

Thanks Sos-ers!

Misfit

A high gain-ish guitar played using the side of the pick (or something else, like a coin) sliding on the strings.
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Re: Any idea what this weird Guitar effect is?!

Post by KonicMisfit »

Thanks for all the replies guys - and the links too! Am going to try your suggestions now and see if I can get it! :bouncy::bouncy:
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