General Guitar Information and Q&A

[WalshFan88]

Someone suggested in the Eagles Guitars thread to make a thread for asking and answering basic guitar questions or non-Eagles related band guitar questions about other musicians.

I will refer you to that thread for the "guitar identifier" pictures as I've listed all of the typical brands and even some the Eagles don't use on there such as every popular Fender and Gibson guitar.

This is more of a platform for people to ask questions about guitars or guitar-related gear and I or someone else will answer them. Also discussion of guitars not related to the Eagles (other bands, guitarists, etc) is welcomed in this thread. For any Eagles specifics - check out that thread in the Eagles forum.

For all Eagles-related guitar info and pictures to identify popular guitars, please see this thread: https://eaglesonlinecentral.com/foru...d.php?p=277188

And we're off!

[Freypower]

Allow me one post of self-indulgence, please, Austin. Have you heard of John Monteleone? Mark Knopfler wrote a song about him which features on the Kill To Get Crimson album. I have a doco where MK talks about the five most influential gutiars he has owned & this is one of them:

http://www.monteleone.net/Biography.php

http://www.monteleone.net/Artists-mark_knopfler.php

[WalshFan88]

I didn't know that! Just looked at his gallery - amazing instruments!

[sodascouts]

Here's something I'm curious about... pedals. What kinds of effects do they add to the guitar sounds?

[WalshFan88]

Here's something I'm curious about... pedals. What kinds of effects do they add to the guitar sounds?

Great question.

There are many different types of effects pedals.

Here are just some of the few kinds:

Delay/Echo, Reverb, Tremolo, Phaser, Chorus, Flanger, Distortion/Overdrive, Fuzz Box, Wah-Wah, etc.

Delay is varying amounts of echo, reverb is a room spatial sound (many types such as plate reverb similar to what is used in a recording studio), tremolo is a "choppy" effect causing a sound to purposefully cut in and out, phaser is a "swirling" sound, chorus is similar to delay but it is a bit more lush and sounds like two guitars at once (layman's terms), flanger is similar but has more of a swooshing sound rather than a Leslie-like swirl of a phaser, distortion causes the guitar to sound distorted if the amp doesn't have it already, fuzz is a wacky sound that sounds like a broken speaker, and wah is a pedal that sweeps midrange so it creates a "wah" or "wow" vocal effect.

Hope that helps.

[Prettymaid]

Wow. All I notice is that when a guitarist is finishing his solo part I see him use a pedal...guess I'm not paying attention at the beginning of the solo to see him use the pedal then.

I'm fascinated watching guitarists. Just the simple bending of a string makes a world of difference to the sound!

[sodascouts]

Interesting! If you have a chance, could you post a few examples of which pedals get used on which songs? You could put it in the Eagles thread if you want to use Eagles examples.

[shunlvswx]

Somebody wanted to know about this and I did. So how does the talk box work. I know there's a tube that they (for example Joe) blow into it, but I don't know how the guitar comes into it.

[shunlvswx]

I do too, PM. I know they step on it, but I never knew what it does.

[WalshFan88]

This is a song that features tremolo and fuzz box on guitar and an envelope filter on the bass (which is creating that funky bass pop sound).

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvuL5jyCHOw[/ame]

This is a song that features phaser on guitar:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBLLQaTODYE[/ame]

This is a song that features flanger on guitar:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj8lRssjN48[/ame]

This is a song that features chorus on guitar (the country sounding intro):

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHEUsGhUtgg[/ame]

This is a song that features wah on guitar:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvmKlZGTTU4[/ame]

This is a song that features delay/long echo on guitar:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRn3Zlw3Rw[/ame]

I'll try to think of Eagles examples later and post them in the Eagles Guitars thread.