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Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:07 pm
by jb2106
Hey guys !
I'm a lefty Telecaster player and play some kind of psychedelic rock music. I would like to try some deep shoegaze experimentations. I understand Jaguar & Jazzmasters are must-have guitars when it comes to shoegaze thanks to their vibrato/whammy bars.
I've played lefty Japan Jaguar but I've never been a fan, I've always come back to my old Telecaster
So I was wondering, what pedal could get me close to that sound that Jaguar players have when they play with their whammy bars ?
I was thinking that maybe this could do the trick, around 3.15 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU9UAIxCWW0
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:33 pm
by hollowhero
I know you didn't like the Jaguar, but why not check out a Jazzmaster before turning to pedals?...they really are entirely different beasts (scale length, switching options, pickups)
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:48 pm
by kbit
PumpkinPieces wrote:On a serious note, since I don't have a trem arm, I've been playing the intended chord a half step down and bending up. It's pretty fantastic.
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:59 pm
by futuresailors
Slap a bigsby on your tele.
But the midfi clarinot is lovely if you want a pedal.
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:02 pm
by Casavettes
cosmichorus v3!
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:25 pm
by jrmy
futuresailors wrote:the midfi clarinot is lovely.
Edited for clarity and accuracy.
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:28 pm
by mathias
I came into this thread to suggest the Sonic Crayon Vibrato for shoegaze. But you'll have to get in line behind me (not that there's really a formal line, as far as I can tell..)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbgQH1-_Y8c[/youtube]
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:31 pm
by 01010111
futuresailors wrote:Slap a bigsby on your tele.
+1
But you'll want a Chet Atkins tremelo arm so you can really bend those chords while you strum. It's doable with the normal tremelo arm, but it's a pain in the pinky to do so.
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:38 pm
by dubkitty
a chorus unit with enough depth to pitch-bend.
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:55 pm
by MEC
Maybe an Iron Ether Polytope?
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:33 pm
by jrmy
dubkitty wrote:a chorus unit with enough depth to pitch-bend.
Earthquaker Devices Sea Machine FTW!!!
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:14 am
by Gearmond
wfs1234 wrote:futuresailors wrote:Slap a bigsby on your tele.
+1
But you'll want a Chet Atkins tremelo arm so you can really bend those chords while you strum. It's doable with the normal tremelo arm, but it's a pain in the pinky to do so.
as one who gays on a bigsby, you get used to it, and its not that bad. what bugs me more is the lump of metal that wont allow you to fully rotate the arm
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:55 am
by Ghost Hip
kbithecrowing wrote:PumpkinPieces wrote:On a serious note, since I don't have a trem arm, I've been playing the intended chord a half step down and bending up. It's pretty fantastic.
to add to my quote, droning an open string helps. I tend to put pressure on the neck and body to bend the pitch as well. There are many ways around a whammy bar. Also should be noted there are other ways to shoegaze outside of whammy usage.
Anywho, pedal wise, any Cosmichorus, that Sonic Crayon mojo, Mid-fi Clarinot or the chorus in a Deluxe Memory Man, which is what I like to use. Set the depth of the chorus about half way and put some delay on... instant gaze tones.
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:11 am
by 01010111
Gearmond wrote:wfs1234 wrote:futuresailors wrote:Slap a bigsby on your tele.
+1
But you'll want a Chet Atkins tremelo arm so you can really bend those chords while you strum. It's doable with the normal tremelo arm, but it's a pain in the pinky to do so.
as one who gays on a bigsby, you get used to it, and its not that bad. what bugs me more is the lump of metal that wont allow you to fully rotate the arm
I agree it's something you can get used to, but the Chet Atkins tremelo arm kinda defeats that lump of metal making the tremelo action fairly similar to the jazzmaster/jaguar trem
Re: Shoegaze vibrato...?
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:58 am
by Gearmond
i kinda wanna just take a blowtorch and bend the bigsby arm a bit