Effects and Sound

sarel0

Can any body give me clearance on this subject. I'm in the process of buying pedals. If you look for instance at a delay pedal, or a reverb, or a compression pedal - this give you a certain effect on your string and this have an effect how your guitar sounds. To my means it does not actually give a change to the sound of the string. I know overdrive and distortion pedals does. The problem with which I'm sitting is that I want my Telecaster to sound like the country sound on Vince Gill's guitar. How do I achieve that. Do you get pedals/ soundboxes that actually put a certain sound on your guitar - something like a soundbox with a 100 sounds that you can choose from? How do the guys get these wonderful sounds on their guitars? How do they get their guitars to sound like this on this song and like that on that song?

ezietsman

This is a topic for which you will never find an answer, no matter how long you try ? and it is also the main reason these fora exists.

So basically, most country players use compressor pedals. A compressor takes the signal from the guitar and limits how loud and how soft the sound can be i.e. it evens out your picking dynamics. This is just an effect. You shouldn't be practicing with a compressor pedal, when you are still learning because it will not allow you to learn how to control your picking.

The same thing applies to overdrive pedals. What they do is they take your guitar signal and they amplify it through some electronic components to such an extent that the signal gets compressed (like the compressor pedal but MUCH more) to such an extent that it sounds distorted. They try and recreate the sound of vacuum tubes doing the same thing.

Unfortunately, there is no pedal, guitar, amp or pill that will make you sound like Vince Gill ?

Edit:

On the topic of different sounds for different songs. People pretty much use different amps or different combinations of pedals, different guitars and different settings on their guitars to get the different sounds. This is the thing most people waste the most time with ?

peterleroux

Without worrying about pedals, there's a lot to learn about controlling the sounds you can get out of your guitar- particularly a Telecaster. All three pickup settings have very different sounds, and varying where and how you pick the strings (closer to the bridge, closer to the neck, using the point of the pick vs using the long side) can give you a big variety of sounds. You can also use the volume knob to control how much distortion you get out of your amp- turning down a bit on your guitar will 'clean up' your sound.

Shibbibilybob

Sounds like you should get yourself a nice amp and spend several hours fiddling.
Then take a break, come back and fiddle some more.

There is no quick fix for tone, unless you have the 40k for a Kemper (so I am told), I think you'd do best with a sweet amp and lots of experimentation.

sarel0

Thanks guys! It seems like I can create a sound only known to me (involving guitars, amps and certain pedals and technique).

peterleroux

sarel0 wrote: Thanks guys! It seems like I can create a sound only known to me (involving guitars, amps and certain pedals and technique).

Indeed- many guitarists have a tone that is unique to them. What's interesting is that some guitarists even sound the same on different guitars through different amps...

studmissile

http://equipboard.com/pros/vince-gill
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ToneSeaker

Had a quick look at some videos on youtube, then started researching the gear he I using. Not sure if this will help, or complicate the matter, but go check the following link: http://equipboard.com/pros/vince-gill/#effects-pedals
This site gives a good rundown of the effects he is using, as well as guitars and amps and so forth

Hasie

1 small tube amp and a guitar with the correct pickups for the style of music you are playing. And that should be it. Do not forget the controls on the guitar, they do make huge difference on how things sound. The way you strum and pick makes a huge difference as well.

Werner232

What I like about Tele's are the fact that they sound different on each of their pick ups. I'm not a fan but they are great instruments. With regards to pedals you are gonna have to play around with the sequence and types to get your tone. I'm busy with that right now. Sounding like the records of the guys are next to impossible. There is just too many factors involved.

Good luck and enjoy experimenting.

My 2cents worth! ?