How would you get trashy tin can sounding guitar?

Moustache_Bash · Post by **Moustache_Bash** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:59 am

Like,
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX29RJMHEC8[/youtube]

Old strings?

IEatCats · Post by **IEatCats** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:05 am

Single Coil guitar, middle pup out of phase (set it on a switch for versatility, IMO). I think you could also drop the pickups so that they don't sound really clear when you're playing, to get a bit more of an acoustic-y sound.

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:14 am

IEatCats wrote:Single Coil guitar, middle pup out of phase (set it on a switch for versatility, IMO). I think you could also drop the pickups so that they don't sound really clear when you're playing, to get a bit more of an acoustic-y sound.

This.
Also, if you have a guitar with a large bridge plate, a contact mic on there will get you some good trashy toans.

SPACERITUAL · Post by **SPACERITUAL** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:05 am

Gold foil pickups help.

dubkitty · Post by **dubkitty** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:12 am

an amplifier with the smallest speaker you can use without it totally fracking out...an 8" or even smaller would be ideal, or one of those trashy old oval car-radio speakers. quite possibly a small solid-state amp turned up loud enough to get that trashy distortion. tone turned down on the amp, too, to deaden the sound on the rhythm guitar. (edit:) the more i listen to this, the more it sounds like a humbucker guitar with the treble turned up on the amp. lowering the pickups sounds about right, too. and perhaps a relatively light nylon pick to de-emphasize the attack and get that odd whacka-whacka attack on the rhythm.

goroth · Post by **goroth** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:46 am

Ibanez LF-7! It can definitely do this.

D.o.S. · Post by **D.o.S.** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:57 am

Don't overlook the attack, because how you play the guitar has a lot to do with how "trashy" it ends up sounding when it's amplified--see Marc Bolan of T Rex for a great example.

Moustache_Bash · Post by **Moustache_Bash** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:02 pm

D.o.S. wrote:Don't overlook the attack, because how you play the guitar has a lot to do with how "trashy" it ends up sounding when it's amplified--see Marc Bolan of T Rex for a great example.

Yeah, I stopped playing with a pick some time ago and I do believe that is holding me back somewhat from sweet sweet toanz.

Thanks for all the ideas, people.

coldbrightsunlight · Post by **coldbrightsunlight** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:33 pm

D.o.S. wrote:Don't overlook the attack, because how you play the guitar has a lot to do with how "trashy" it ends up sounding when it's amplified--see Marc Bolan of T Rex for a great example.

Yeah, I get trashy tones like that with a small combo turned up pretty high, but the main thing is the pick attack.

dubkitty · Post by **dubkitty** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:38 pm

that's why i think a light pick would help...the sound of both guitars doesn't have a lot of SNAP on the attack. quite the opposite, which suggests a light pick made of soft material to me. it sounds like he's hitting the rhythm guitar hard, but the pick is flopping when it hits the strings so the chords go BOINGCLATTER.

sonidero · Post by **sonidero** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:58 pm

http://marksultan.com/videos/

Ilikewater · Post by **Ilikewater** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:09 pm

buy my fucking portable record player tube amp that spits out less than 5watts of power through two less than 5" speakers. derp....and the pickup stuff too

cheesecats · Post by **cheesecats** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:49 pm

plug any guitar into this and i'll bet you can get a trashy tin can sound

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:53 pm

madmax1012 · Post by **madmax1012** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:29 am

put some pickups and a guitar neck on a metal oil can. so much mojo.

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