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guitarist tips: how to do volume swells (videos)

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i've been getting a lot of inquiries lately on those volume swells i used in my recording and how to do them, so i slapped together 3 videos to illustrate exactly how simple these things are to do and how effective they are

The Setup: Here i just show you my setup and my guitar, everything you need to make volume swells happen. ( NOTE: volume swells are much more effective with a sustain or delay pedal )
http://www.rampromotions.com/setup.avi

The Swells: Here i illustrate how to do a swell. Easy, pluck the note....raise the volume with the same hand. Doesn't get any easier :D
http://www.rampromotions.com/swells.avi

#41 Intro Using Volume Swells: Here i do the intro to number 41 using volume swells, this shows how they give a "haunting" sound
http://www.rampromotions.com/41swell.avi


enjoy and practice! :)
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I haven't downloaded the vids yet, but i'm sure they are cool. Just wanted to say thanks now.
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Thank you :p 8)
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hmm, this could be fun...time to bust out the electric rig and play around...if only my pedalboard wasn't broken I'd have some real crazy fun...
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Dude! That's really sweet. Makes me wish I had an electric to mess around with now. I guess it makes sense why they put the volume knob right there, now.
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wow, that's cool, I'd tried it kinda before just messing around but never with the delay and it sounds sweet...now I just need to get my pedalboard up...mess around with some chorus...add a bit of biting distortion...and oh yes...the wah pedal...I'm going to wreck that...
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PilotC150 wrote:Dude! That's really sweet. Makes me wish I had an electric to mess around with now. I guess it makes sense why they put the volume knob right there, now.
it can also be done with a volume pedal sold for 70-100 dollars
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superman0710 wrote:
PilotC150 wrote:Dude! That's really sweet. Makes me wish I had an electric to mess around with now. I guess it makes sense why they put the volume knob right there, now.
it can also be done with a volume pedal sold for 70-100 dollars
I have so much stuff I want to get for electric...jeez...I bought the thing last december for the hey of it...an SRV strat...I got a great deal on it so I just bought it and a crate gfx-20 to have some fun with...didn't play it much, then I started playing it a bit more, still swearing by the acoustic though, but then I decided I liked it a bit so I bought a blues driver...then I bought a distortion pedal for some punk stuff I had to do with a friend...not my cup of tea but oh well...then the chorus pedal to knock some clapton tones out...then a new tube amp to make a great guitar sound better...then the pedalboard...then the Line 6 DL-4...then the wah, and now I want a octave pedal, a volume pedal, another DL-4, a standard boss delay, compressoin sustainer, maybe a flanger...it just never ends...there's so much stuff with electric to just make it cool...oye vay...
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gcom007 wrote:
superman0710 wrote:
PilotC150 wrote:Dude! That's really sweet. Makes me wish I had an electric to mess around with now. I guess it makes sense why they put the volume knob right there, now.
it can also be done with a volume pedal sold for 70-100 dollars
I have so much stuff I want to get for electric...jeez...I bought the thing last december for the hey of it...an SRV strat...I got a great deal on it so I just bought it and a crate gfx-20 to have some fun with...didn't play it much, then I started playing it a bit more, still swearing by the acoustic though, but then I decided I liked it a bit so I bought a blues driver...then I bought a distortion pedal for some punk stuff I had to do with a friend...not my cup of tea but oh well...then the chorus pedal to knock some clapton tones out...then a new tube amp to make a great guitar sound better...then the pedalboard...then the Line 6 DL-4...then the wah, and now I want a octave pedal, a volume pedal, another DL-4, a standard boss delay, compressoin sustainer, maybe a flanger...it just never ends...there's so much stuff with electric to just make it cool...oye vay...
nothing like having a good effects rig 8) i can't wait to pick up some new gear
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I'm getting some new delay gear this Christmas as well

The BOSS DD-5 digital delay pedal....and

Line 6's delay modeler (the one that Tim uses) with 14 second loop with complete bypass!!!

I can't wait to do solo stuff theN!
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firedancer86 wrote:I'm getting some new delay gear this Christmas as well

The BOSS DD-5 digital delay pedal....and

Line 6's delay modeler (the one that Tim uses) with 14 second loop with complete bypass!!!

I can't wait to do solo stuff theN!
the delay pedal is a little overrated...it's hard to get it sounding good because the volume never mixes well with what you're playing...the delay modeler is the Line 6 DL-4...if you have any questions, let me know.
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gcom007 wrote:
firedancer86 wrote:I'm getting some new delay gear this Christmas as well

The BOSS DD-5 digital delay pedal....and

Line 6's delay modeler (the one that Tim uses) with 14 second loop with complete bypass!!!

I can't wait to do solo stuff theN!
the delay pedal is a little overrated...it's hard to get it sounding good because the volume never mixes well with what you're playing...the delay modeler is the Line 6 DL-4...if you have any questions, let me know.
that's why you buy the optional tempo pedal so everything mixes perfectly ;) PLUS the dd-5 has an effect level knob so you can set how loud the delay will be.

personally i think this thing rocks :)
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superman0710 wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
firedancer86 wrote:I'm getting some new delay gear this Christmas as well

The BOSS DD-5 digital delay pedal....and

Line 6's delay modeler (the one that Tim uses) with 14 second loop with complete bypass!!!

I can't wait to do solo stuff theN!
the delay pedal is a little overrated...it's hard to get it sounding good because the volume never mixes well with what you're playing...the delay modeler is the Line 6 DL-4...if you have any questions, let me know.
so does the DL-4 :|

that's why you buy the optional tempo pedal so everything mixes perfectly ;) PLUS the dd-5 has an effect level knob so you can set how loud the delay will be.

personally i think this thing rocks :)
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