Archive for February 7th, 2010
Everyone has a particular band they really like. Listening to them from one song to another you often hear the electric guitars like you have never heard them and wondered how they got that sound.
There are many factors or guitar accessories that give them the sound they achieve. Quality cables are often overlooked as something that can give you better sound, bad cables can distort the sound by driving the mids up at the same time driving the the highs down.
There are many different pedals that can have an influence on the sound you are hearing. Fuzz, wah-wah, volume, tone, are just a few pedals, there multi function pedals, tremolo pedals the list goes on.
As you advance in your music career you might want to try a few of these to enhance your sound.
I have bee playing bass guitar for 45 years, some of it has been on stage but most of it has been just for me. I took lessons when I was in Junior High School which was followed by being a member of several bands.
In my 20′s I had to give up playing bass professionally in lieu of a full time job, it was a difficult thing to do. Although I gave up playing in bands I still played for me, if I heard a song on the radio I was interested in I would learn it and play it.
I now play for the enjoyment of it, it’s relaxing and it’s fun. For anyone reading this blog your never too old to learn, whether it’s an acoustic guitar or you pick yourself up an electric guitar package, do it for yourself you’ll be glad you did.