Avril Lavigne's guitar sound?
Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus
months (mostly self taught) and I'm not really up on the tecnical aspects of
things.
Can anyone advise me on the best way to reproduce Avril Lavigne's scratchy,
slightly tinny guitar sound on my own instrument?
I (and my punk rock band) would appreciate any tips you could give me.
Steve
What have you got? Guitar, Amp, Gizmos?
Steve
Chris Bolus
<sk8erg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I'm a guitar newbie so please don't bite. I've been playing for about 8
>months (mostly self taught) and I'm not really up on the tecnical aspects of
>things.
>
>Can anyone advise me on the best way to reproduce Avril Lavigne's scratchy,
>slightly tinny guitar sound on my own instrument?
That really depends what your own instrument is. IIRC Avril uses a
Telecaster which tends to give that type of sound anyway. Certainly it
will be easier to get the sound from single pickups rather than
humbuckers, and I'd suggest the bridge pickup rather than the neck. No
idea what amps she uses, but the sound is fairly clean even though some
distortion is used, so more Fender than Marshall. Keep the treble high,
back off on the bass and middle. Medium gain at a guess.
At the end of the day you can only experiment until your own equipment
gives you the sound you want.
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Steve Cobham
<sk8erg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I'm a guitar newbie so please don't bite. I've been playing for about 8
>months (mostly self taught) and I'm not really up on the tecnical aspects of
>things.
>
>Can anyone advise me on the best way to reproduce Avril Lavigne's scratchy,
>slightly tinny guitar sound on my own instrument?
I hate to sound cynical, but is that actually Avril that can be heard
on recordings and/or in concert?
To judge by past experience, I'd hazard a guess that it isn't and that
the guitar she "plays" is really a prop.
Not a criticism, just an educated guess.
FWIW, she seems to favour Telecasters in the videos of her that I've
seen.
"Scratchy, slightly tinny" would infer a fairly clean sound and a
Fenderish amp, or maybe even through something like a Pod and thence
to the desk.
Could even be an Encore through a cheap tranny amp ;)
Steve.
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My guitar is a fender strat copy - it's had about 5 different owners before
me and to say it's a bit tatty now would be the understaement of the year.
Still, it was free.
My amp is a piece of shit - don't even know what make it is, it's that badly
beaten up. No gizmos.
Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus
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> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:52:03 -0000, "Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus"
> <sk8erg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm a guitar newbie so please don't bite. I've been playing for about 8
>>months (mostly self taught) and I'm not really up on the tecnical aspects
>>of
>>things.
>>
>>Can anyone advise me on the best way to reproduce Avril Lavigne's
>>scratchy,
>>slightly tinny guitar sound on my own instrument?
>
> I hate to sound cynical, but is that actually Avril that can be heard
> on recordings and/or in concert?
>
> To judge by past experience, I'd hazard a guess that it isn't and that
> the guitar she "plays" is really a prop.
>
> Not a criticism, just an educated guess.
Seen her live four times now, she definitely plays. One time was a solo
acoustic performance - she's a pretty shit hot guitarist. When playing large
gigs, she usually plays rythm guitar on the fast songs and concentrates on
singing.
Never heard her do a massive technical solo, though Avril is well known as
being strongly anti-soloing (the Avril band fine each other every time
anyone solos in rehearsals).
> FWIW, she seems to favour Telecasters in the videos of her that I've
> seen.
>
> "Scratchy, slightly tinny" would infer a fairly clean sound and a
> Fenderish amp, or maybe even through something like a Pod and thence
> to the desk.
>
> Could even be an Encore through a cheap tranny amp ;)
Cheers!
Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus
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Okay mate, thanks for that. When I get together enough money for a better
amp, I'll play around and see what I can come up with.
Nigel Eastmond
"Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus" <sk8erg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Sounds rock enough to me!
Nige.
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>
> Steve.
Aaargh! That brings back awful memories from about 10 years ago, prior to
serious GAS taking hold .
How fondly (not) I remember my Encore strat copy and Ibanez - yes, I did say
Ibanez - 15W tranny amp.
Nearly put me off playing for good.
George
Andrew
(the Avril band fine each other every time anyone solos in rehearsals).
There would be a lot of skint UKMGers if we all adopted that rule :-)
Andrew(lefty)
Chris Bolus
<sk8erg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
There are some good bargains to be had 2nd hand. I picked up a 300w
mixer PA for my daughter for £50 - OK not a guitar amp but she's a
vocalist. But add a used V-amp for another £50 and you have a very
versatile unit... and a PA as well!
Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus
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> In article <110877724...@despina.uk.clara.net>,
> "Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus" <sk8erg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Steve" <st...@trolltec.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:42161421$0$8760$db0f...@news.zen.co.uk...
>> > Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus wrote:
>> >> I'm a guitar newbie so please don't bite. I've been playing for about
>> >> 8
>> >> months (mostly self taught) and I'm not really up on the tecnical
>> >> aspects
>> >> of things.
>> >>
>> >> Can anyone advise me on the best way to reproduce Avril Lavigne's
>> >> scratchy, slightly tinny guitar sound on my own instrument?
>> >>
>> >> I (and my punk rock band) would appreciate any tips you could give me.
>> >
>> > What have you got? Guitar, Amp, Gizmos?
>>
>> My guitar is a fender strat copy - it's had about 5 different owners
>> before
>> me and to say it's a bit tatty now would be the understaement of the
>> year.
>> Still, it was free.
>>
>> My amp is a piece of shit - don't even know what make it is, it's that
>> badly
>> beaten up. No gizmos.
>
> Sounds rock enough to me!
Yeah, punk's about making do with what you have and getting on with it. If
the feeling's there, who cares if you have crap equipment and sound crap?
Sk8er Girl @ FokkenHaus
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> [snip]
>
> (the Avril band fine each other every time anyone solos in rehearsals).
>
>
> There would be a lot of skint UKMGers if we all adopted that rule :-)
Best Avril quote ever was something about having some CDs in her collection
where she could almost see the guitarist's semen dripping out of the
speakers.
Steve Dix
That explains why everyone's skint after Wigan.
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jeebus
> Yeah, punk's about making do with what you have and getting on with it. If
> the feeling's there, who cares if you have crap equipment and sound crap?
>
>
People who aren't deaf?
Seriously, have a listen to Never Mind the Bollocks & London Calling -
there's some great guitar playing on both those albums. Its not all about
learing A,D & E and playing as fast as you can.