cominginsecond
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Does anyone else here yell into their pickups for the ultra-intense portions of extended jam sessions? It's a really cool effect.
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kartikbala
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I dunno abt yelling, but when we were jamming in a studio, somehow we started hearing the next door studio's vocalists thru our guitar amps. Our guitarist's pickups were picking it up and it was really funny. Had a good laugh there!
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Scooter B
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No but I saw/heard Phil Keagy doing a solo acoustic show with an echoplex looping kind of thing doing some layering and harmony and soloing kind of thing wich including him singing into the sound hole and looping some vocal parts too.
I got carpet burn on my chin from droping my jaw, shaking my head and grinning from ear to ear. Simply amazing.
I got carpet burn on my chin from droping my jaw, shaking my head and grinning from ear to ear. Simply amazing.
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M.Brane
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Listen to the end of "Hammerhead" by Pat Travers from "Heat In The Street".
Cool effect!
Cool effect!
Fangar
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cominginsecond said:
No... but I beat my kids.
Cheers!
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beaverbiscuit
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Scooter B said:
Was that on EWTN, what I affectionately call the Crazy Catholic Channel? I saw him on that show doing exactly what you described, and I too would have gotten carpet burn on my chin had my jaw not dropped completely off and bounced under the couch
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Pinky
and The Brain...
The pickup will only receive string vibrations or magnetism (from a small speaker, say a portable tape recorder 
). I played with a guitarist that would tape things then play them live holding the recorder's speaker against his strings above the pickups, then added his many guitar effects to get some really sweet vocal samples/overdubs.
). I played with a guitarist that would tape things then play them live holding the recorder's speaker against his strings above the pickups, then added his many guitar effects to get some really sweet vocal samples/overdubs.
cordura21
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Nirvana (from Rolling Stone magazine):
Where did the nutty start of "Territorial Pissings" - Krist yelping the chorus of the Youngbloods' "Get Together" - come from?
That's Krist singing into one of Kurt's guitars, a Fender Jazzmaster. It had a shitty pickup, and you could sing into it. Kurt wanted to put some intro on the song. I said, "Why don't you do some stupid hippie lyric in there?" Krist went in and sang a bad a cappella version of it. Kurt died laughing. Then I thought, "Do we have clearance on this? Is this going to be a problem?" [According to Novoselic, Nirvana pays a publishing royalty for that intro.]
Where did the nutty start of "Territorial Pissings" - Krist yelping the chorus of the Youngbloods' "Get Together" - come from?
That's Krist singing into one of Kurt's guitars, a Fender Jazzmaster. It had a shitty pickup, and you could sing into it. Kurt wanted to put some intro on the song. I said, "Why don't you do some stupid hippie lyric in there?" Krist went in and sang a bad a cappella version of it. Kurt died laughing. Then I thought, "Do we have clearance on this? Is this going to be a problem?" [According to Novoselic, Nirvana pays a publishing royalty for that intro.]
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DJ_e43
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I used to have a '86 Fender Pro Reverb that I SWEAR picked up Mexican Radio from SOMEWHERE....
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The SoulJacker
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Yeah I pick up some crappy AM radio stations on a homemade amp.
toyL
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when I "breathe" across the strings on my 64' sg the pickups put out the most beautiful music...no yelling required.
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jumpingpound
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Here's another good one to try:
Put your pickups right up next to a halogen lamp or any dimmer switch for that matter. Then just go ahead and play. I've gotten some freaky effects that way. That being said, I do this only with my oldest guitar... who knows if it causes any damage.
Put your pickups right up next to a halogen lamp or any dimmer switch for that matter. Then just go ahead and play. I've gotten some freaky effects that way. That being said, I do this only with my oldest guitar... who knows if it causes any damage.
crawdad
Dammit, Jim, Shut Up!
Microphonic pickups (the ones that squeal when you turn up the volume) will definitely pick up a voice if you yell into them.
King Elvis
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I have done it before and it gives you a kind of telephone voice effect. I got it from Def Leppard, on their Pyromania album there is a song and I cant remember which one but near the end they stop playing then someone talks thru the pickup and then they end the song. I have always thought that it sounded cool.
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Dr_Sbaitso
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I've got a crap mobile phone that sounds cool when I hold it over the pickups on my bass. produces this rythmic buzz and clicking sound. I'm still searching for a way to use it in a song...
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System_Failure
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If only i could yell without making my throat itchy 
But anyways, has anyone ever tried using a tv or any remote for that matter pointed towards the pickups? Most of the buttons make a clicky sound but some of the different functions put out pretty cool waves.
But anyways, has anyone ever tried using a tv or any remote for that matter pointed towards the pickups? Most of the buttons make a clicky sound but some of the different functions put out pretty cool waves.
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hdi
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OFFICIAL WARNING
We, at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Guitars must warn you against yelling at your guitar. Yelling at your guitar is a totally inappropriate and unproductive discipline method when your guitar misbehaves. Doing so may cause serious psycho/social problems in your guitar when it grows up. We recommend sending your guitar to its room or making it sit in the corner.
Also, those of you who, in a fit of anger, wish to discipline your guitar by smashing it on the ground like Jimi Hendrix should be warned that laws have been passed since then and such behavior may lead to your arrest and imprisonment. We suggest, rather, that you take guitar lessons.
Sincerely,
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Guitars
We, at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Guitars must warn you against yelling at your guitar. Yelling at your guitar is a totally inappropriate and unproductive discipline method when your guitar misbehaves. Doing so may cause serious psycho/social problems in your guitar when it grows up. We recommend sending your guitar to its room or making it sit in the corner.
Also, those of you who, in a fit of anger, wish to discipline your guitar by smashing it on the ground like Jimi Hendrix should be warned that laws have been passed since then and such behavior may lead to your arrest and imprisonment. We suggest, rather, that you take guitar lessons.
Sincerely,
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Guitars
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M.Brane
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I threw my main guitar ('83 Flying V) over the coffee table onto the floor once due to a woman's relentless bitching (hey, at least I didn't hit her with it!
When I picked it up I discovered that the neck had popped out of the joint (much to my dismay). Upon closer inspection however I noticed that when they set the neck they left an air bubble about the size of dime. I glued that neck back in with some killer epoxy and it now plays better than it did before I broke it.
I used to throw my old copy Strat on the floor and walk on it. Then I'd pick it up and the son-of-a-bitch would still be it tune!
Sometimes I wish I hadn't got rid of that one.
It's called tough love.
When I picked it up I discovered that the neck had popped out of the joint (much to my dismay). Upon closer inspection however I noticed that when they set the neck they left an air bubble about the size of dime. I glued that neck back in with some killer epoxy and it now plays better than it did before I broke it.
I used to throw my old copy Strat on the floor and walk on it. Then I'd pick it up and the son-of-a-bitch would still be it tune!
Sometimes I wish I hadn't got rid of that one.It's called tough love.
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Axis
oompa loompa
yesterday i was playin a gig and for some reason in the middle of a song some german station comes blaring out of my amp and all of the speakers. it was like german radio porn. then my amp speaker blew.
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Robert Wall
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Phil's Rig
I guess since Jerry Garcia died, Phil Keaggy is the last of the nine-fingered greats. It's interesting, but purely coincidental that they both lacked the same finger, the middle finger on the right hand.
Phil once played in the Christian rock band LoveSong, back in the 70s. So did I, but at an earlier time than Phil. In 1976, we got a chance to jam some blues (appropriately) in Chicago when the band did a reunion tour. I was with the tour, Phil was flying solo at the time. Major high point for me.
More recently, we wound up at Anaheim Stadium for a Greg Laurie Crusade, and I saw the rig Phil uses for singing into his soundhole. Er, the guitar's soundhole. Actually Phil's soundhole is what he is singing with. Anyway, the guitar has an internal condenser microphone or a piezo pick-up or both, either of which can pick up the voice. The "money" machine to do the harmonies and guitar licks with himself was a Lexicon Jam-Man. He rocked an entire baseball stadium with one acoustic guitar. Wow.
Guys who build toys like that one must love it when somebody as creative as Phil Keaggy takes their toy and makes it shine.
Phil makes an Ebow look pretty good too.
I guess since Jerry Garcia died, Phil Keaggy is the last of the nine-fingered greats. It's interesting, but purely coincidental that they both lacked the same finger, the middle finger on the right hand.
Phil once played in the Christian rock band LoveSong, back in the 70s. So did I, but at an earlier time than Phil. In 1976, we got a chance to jam some blues (appropriately) in Chicago when the band did a reunion tour. I was with the tour, Phil was flying solo at the time. Major high point for me.
More recently, we wound up at Anaheim Stadium for a Greg Laurie Crusade, and I saw the rig Phil uses for singing into his soundhole. Er, the guitar's soundhole. Actually Phil's soundhole is what he is singing with. Anyway, the guitar has an internal condenser microphone or a piezo pick-up or both, either of which can pick up the voice. The "money" machine to do the harmonies and guitar licks with himself was a Lexicon Jam-Man. He rocked an entire baseball stadium with one acoustic guitar. Wow.
Guys who build toys like that one must love it when somebody as creative as Phil Keaggy takes their toy and makes it shine.
Phil makes an Ebow look pretty good too.
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