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How do I make guitar noise like Sonic Youth or Lightning Bolt?
I’ve tried a number of different items (slides, batteries, pencils, screwdrivers, balloons, nails, screws… the list goes on), but I just can’t seem to make it sound good. I don’t know if that’s because I’m playing alone (no band as of yet) or if I’m just doing it wrong. I play a Fender Stratocaster predominantly, and a Les Paul style guitar the rest of the time.
Could it be that because I’m not playing with a band, the noise I’m making doesn’t sound as… chaotic and brilliant as that of the likes of Sonic Youth?
Or is it all just trial and error?
I’m assuming pedals have something to do with it as well.
Well, this entire video is all noise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZzo25DvCRA
And also, from 0:14-0:24 and 2:15-2:51 in this video:
It seems to be them just messing around, but for some reason I can’t get it like that.
Maybe I’m just trying too hard, haha.
Hi Sadie
Could you possibly find a Sonic Youth Video on youtube and find the “Noise” on there you are talking about and give me the time signature for example “2:12 to 2:28″ so that I can hear exactly what it is?
Is it an effect, distortion, what is it?
anyway go find it and post that in details and I will keep an eye out for it.
EDIT
Okay Sadie I am checking it out be back
EDIT:
Okay do you mean like those High Pitched squeals like
“Sckrrrrreeeeecccchhhh” really really high? What they are doing is maxing out their gain and distortion on their amps and hitting open strings and letting it Peak Out, then it sound like a couple of them are using their Tremolo Whammy bars to alter the pitch of their FEED BACK, that’s the technical term FEED BACK. So turn your distortion and gain all the way up on your amp not the volume your distortion and maybe get and extra distortion pedal and turn that all the way up. Get Up Close to the amp and hit some power chords and let them RING OUT for a while until you get that feed back noise and them use your whammy bar to alter pitch. I hope this helps