Effects Guitar Lessons

Welcome! This lesson will cover some of the basic aspects that you will need to know, to efficiently use delay in your arsenal of tones! I will mainly be talking about the different types o...

Types of Delay/Echo: Digital: exact or close replica of the original note (or sound). Analog: warm, dark, decaying with each repeat. Tape: warm, usually modulated, sometimes chaotic from ...

Hello IG! I hope you enjoy this video series. If you're a beginner, and want some basic pointers for a live pedal setup, this video should be great. If you're an intermediate or advanced pl...

Items discussed: True Bypass Wah-Wah Chorus

For this example, we will set the delay time to a dotted 8th note. This is relavent to the tempo you choose to play at - if your delay pedal has a tap tempo, you would tap quarter notes, and...

Volume swells work great when using delay. Particularly if you have a heavy mix, and a high level of feedback. If you're interested in hearing more examples of this, check out some 'ambient...

For this example, we will set the delay time to a quarter note. Again, I play regular 8th notes, along with the delayed signal. I often use this technique, paired with a clean guitar part. ...

Items discussed: Compressor Boost

Items discussed: In front of the amp vs. in the loop Placement of common effects Phaser Analog Delay

Application: Timeless (non-rhythmic): used to fill space, off-sync with the song / tempo. Rhythmic: matched to fit a particular beat / note duration. Technical Terms: Delay: distance bet...

Now it's time to get a little crazy! If you raise the feedback level, you can often cause an infinite loop that gets more intense with each repeat. Have some fun with this, and don't forget...

To wrap things up, we spend a bit more time talking about the analog delay, as well as my digital tape echo. If you have any questions, requests, or feedback, please contact me on the IG fo...

Finally, lets try our hand at reproducing the "record scratch" sound we hear on "Bulls On Parade". This is done via toggle switch gating. The tone of the guitar will need to be very treble h...

In this tutorial, we're going to explore the very cool world of digital delay. Digital delay can be great for subtle, natural sounding delay, but it can also be great for creating a prominen...

Now that we have the basic understanding of the delay, let's get a little more creative with it. In this lesson, we're going to play on two strings and we'll use a more involved melody. Be ...

In this lesson, we're going to apply the digital delay to arpeggios. We will be playing the following arpeggios in order: D Major, E minor, B minor, A Major. Since we're playing within a spa...