what is a good distortion pedal to get the general sounds of the following bands?

March 22010

disturbed
metallica
three days grace
korn

You’re never gonna get the exact sounds of those bands with just one pedal. Head and Munky of Korn have been known to use as many as 7 pedals in combination. Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield have an arsonal of effects at their disposal as do all of the other guitarists you’re trying to emulate. Not to sound repetative, but I’ve had awesome luck using my Zoom G2.1u multi-effects pedal. It not only has the ability to string together overdrive, phazers and flangers at the same time, but it also has an expression pedal for a wah, volume or gain control. To start with, a good distortion/overdrive pedal will give you a foot in the door. After that I would reccomend a phaser, flanger or a wah pedal. Play around and have fun.

How do you make heavy metal sounds with an Sp-10 amplifier for the electric guitar?

February 282010

It is a baby amp by fender. It is a squier Sp-10 amp. I want to make sounds like Metallica and Disturbed. Help please or tell me some distortion pedals that make metal sounds

Get a EHX metal muff or just mess around with the eq, try less mid, more bass and treble, and always keep a good amount of gain, dont necessarily max it or it might sound muddy/messy

DIGITECH RP50 TEST 3 SOUND CLEAN AND DISTORTION

February 272010

DIGITECH RP50

FENDER STRATO

AMP PYLE PRO

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Does putting sponge in the speaker box surrounding the walls in the box make the bass sounds better?

February 262010

I’m thinking of buying sponges and put it in my speaker box to make my micro hi-fi bass sound better and less distortion… My friend did that to his system (which is a bigger one) and the bass sounds deeper and richer… But i wonder does it works in a small system like mine… Any suggestions?
Is polyfill cotton woo?

Not sponges – poly-fil.

Pollyfil is a sound absorption, dampening fiber that will deepen bass, provide cleaner midrange, tone down any unwanted reverberation and improve the dynamic extension of any speaker system.

It also helps eliminate standing waves, which is something like an echo inside the box. This will give you tighter and more accurate bass. It also helps to give a flatter frequency response to the overall sound, which is good. Besides this, it also helps reduce the vibration of the box, which results in less distortion. There is a big difference to the bass when you have an insulated box.

Damping also increases subwoofer efficiency by dissipating some energy that affects the sub, particularly the voice coil. It is advisable to put damping material inside a box. Pillow polyfill and fiberglass insulation are common, though polyfill is a lot easier on your skin. Polyfill also "tricks" a sub into thinking it is in a bigger box. Most sealed and vented enclosures require 1/2 lb. of dampening material per cubic foot of internal enclosure space. For best results it is recommended to loosely fill the material throughout the enclosure.

It can be found at Wal-Mart in the craft section. It’s the same stuff used for pillows or quilts. Sometimes called batting.

Les paul EB Guitar Sound 3 PU Dimarzio DP103 PAF and Super Distortion CRUNCH SOUND

February 242010

Photo Genic Les Paul Guitar×2(pu Dimarzio PAF and Super Distortion)
EFFECTS ZOOM G2 amp Type fender CRUNCH SOUND AMP Mashal JTM30
非常に安いギターですが。かなりのお気に入りです。このYouTubeで、よく使っています。
このギターのピックアップ、サーキット内部、トグルスイッチ、要はギターの中身はすべて自分で改造しています。外見は何もいじっていません。ただエスカッションは換えています。ペグやブリッジ類は、オリジナルです。因みに弦はアー二ーの、SLINKY TOP HEAVY BOTTOM10~52(赤の袋)をいつもつけています。

Though it is a very cheap guitar. It is favorite considerably. It uses it well with this YouTube.
It picks up, it is the circuit internal, is toggle switch of this guitar, and all contents of the guitar are remodeled for myself in short. Any face is not fiddled with. However, [esukasshon] has been changed. The peg and bridges are original. By the way, the bowstring always applies SLINKY TOP HEAVY BOTTOM10~52 of [a-] 2(red bag).

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Should I even buy a distortion pedal for my guitar

February 242010

Ive been playin guitar for like a year and a half. And I love my amp. You maybe can gig with it but you can totally rock out on it. I have also been taking lessons for my short guitar life, but im not that serious about playing. I play like 40 minutes every day, but I dont want to lead my job into guitar. My amp has all contols I can get. Gain, Overdrive, Treble, Middle, Bass. The Distortion sounds awesome amp alone. Does the distortion pedal make disortion better. If so what kind should I get. And is a chorus pedal worth buying

I don’t think you need it, if there isn’t a particular OD sound you are looking for. Save the money.

Weird echo and distortion in sounds?

February 222010

When i play my mp3 files, the sound is distorted. It’s like a soft/low echo and i can’t hear it very clearly.
When I play videos on youtube, megavideo etc. The audio is quite distorted and its really annoying. =.=
IT doesn’t matter if I use speakers or a headset, it’s all the same. I’ve restarted the comp, but it still persists.
Any ideas on how to fix this? A thorough explanation or step by step solution would be greatly appreciated.

sounds liek your sound card isn’t working. If you have an onboard sound card buy a new pci sound card (i bought one resently for $40 AUSD). First i recommend trying to download some new drivers for you your sound. Go into device manager a find your sound device, select update drivers, windows should do it for you. If that doesnt work, try rolling back the drivers. If that fails buy a new sound card. you will be ammazed how much better a dedicated sound card sounds.

how do acoustic electric guitars sound through distortion pedals?

February 202010

well im looking to buy an acoustic electric, and am curious how they sound through a distortion pedal. anybody try this? i wanna know if it sounds bad.

it depends on what you want to sound like. i have an acoustic and electric and have tried that. it sounds a little weird, but kinda cool…but that’s just me, and i’m weird! but i’d stick to regular acoustic electric

can every electric violin do distortion??So it sounds like a guitar?

February 182010


you can get distortion through your amplifier there is no instrument that comes distorted electric or other wise. most decent amps have a button one can push to get the distorted sound and a series of knob to increase or decrease the distortion

How do acoustic/electric guitars sound with distortion?

February 162010


distorted. haha
kind of scratchy… listen on youtube