firstly, my name is jeff, but everyone calls me 'Happy'. its a misnomer, as tall guys are called 'shorty' and fat guys are called 'skinny'.
ANYWAY...i MUST know what makes this guy's strat sound as it does.
even as a novice player, i understand this is more about effects than actual guitar. BUT after all, it is a strat and its been really buggin me that i dont know.
it sounds like "a buzzsaw cutting thru sheetmetal".
it may not be your choice of music, but bear with it.
thanks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIn8e8-kXQ4

EDIT: upon closer inspection, it may not be a strat. but i'd still appreciate any input re: tone

Big black eh??? Well they've a new fan. Kind of like minor threat with a touch of dri.

Anyhow onto the sound. Its pretty much a cheap singlecoil into a lot of squarewave distortion. a proco rat pedal/original fulltone distortion or a grey fuzzface (silicon based) will get you halfway there. The rest is a solidstate amp with its gain and volume right up. Notice halway through he lowers the amps volume (probably a request from the mixing desk). You could get it on a strat, I think you'd do better with a 3 saddle bridge tele. They have a good deal of metallic clang about em anyway.


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No no and no

I think Nik is right, but I would also add a flanger or a phaser set at a low level, just for the mettalic sound...

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It's a mix between Jazz and Funk, it's called "Junk"

I thought that at first too, but then decided it was just a out of tune guitar and feedback . Still a flanger never hurts. Electro harmonix's big muff will get you around that sound too.

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No no and no

*sigh*
ok...did i ask for anyone's opinion on what they thought of the music, itself? no. just interested in the tone. in fact, did you read the part where i said, "it sounds like "a buzzsaw cutting thru sheetmetal".
it may not be your choice of music, but bear with it." ? you missed your exit off that highway.

to everyone else, thanks


nikininja...good comparison.

Uh oh, now you've gone and made our brand new poster, "Happy" rather unhappy.

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You dig?

meh. i'm over it.

theres a lot of good info from 'ninja and 'tube, that was very helpful in my quest of this particular sound

EDIT: i'm almost surprised someone didn't reply with "amphetamines" as the answer, as another forum poster did haha

Is it just me or does that first part have a similiar tone to Iron Man by Ozzy? Just alot thinner with absolutely no bass at all.
Good thing you got some informative responses cause I wouldn't have a clue as to where to start to try to match that tone..... maybe it's in the "cables".

Good luck in your quest.

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