imitating other instruments on guitar

[jvin248]

...they did a demo of how they (Johnny Cash show maybe) used to weave a dollar bill into the strings of an acoustic guitar for a drum sound.
...Anyone know how it's done?

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[24 track]

it takes a real talent to approach an instrument to be able to play the nuances of a differnt instrument and pull it off properly , I have a roland GR55 guitar synth , it has the sounds but unless you approach the playing like the intended instrument , its hard to pull off , cool video I liked it alot , clever playing and brilliant approach.

 

[RodeoTex]

Thanks @jvin248 . That'd be the one.

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[aerhed]

Shoot. I have enough trouble imitating a guitar.

 

[Fuelish]

cool vid. def some ideas there. a long time ago I took a paperclip and weaved it into my strings at the bridge for a pseudo sitar sound. wounded pretty good and this reminded me of the trick... gonna have to play w some of these this weekend. thanks for the inspiration.

I recall reading many years ago that Brian May did something similar, supposedly wove a broken guitar string through the strings on the guitar solo of The White Queen, sounds kinda sitar-ish

 

[WireLine]

I do quite a few steel guitar things on 6 strings...no pull benders, but a volume pedal is pretty necessary.

 

[mistermikev]

interesting... that might work better since you kind of have to bend the paper clip to make 'soft contact' with the strings. will have to try! thanks

 

[teledude66]

I'm always imitating an organ with my guitar (and an EHX B9 or C9 pedal).

I have the B9 pedal, and my bass player loves when I use it. Funny thing is, it's kinda cool, but he really loves it, and it has an intermittent problem where it lights up, but doesn't work, no sound, it may go a few days, then it's back on. We have a big show this weekend, and at practice last night I went to use it, and it didn't work. I just laughed at it, then he noticed I wasn't playing it, I motioned that it wasn't working, and he lost it. "Aw c'mon man not now!" I belly laughed at him. I could care less if it was on my board, I reached down, and pulled the power cord out, and back in, and it started working.

 

[knockeduptele]

Yeah. i can t wait to blast some bagpipe on my guitar.

Am sure EHX will come up with the Bag 9

 

[knockeduptele]

I have the B9 pedal, and my bass player loves when I use it. Funny thing is, it's kinda cool, but he really loves it, and it has an intermittent problem where it lights up, but doesn't work, no sound, it may go a few days, then it's back on. We have a big show this weekend, and at practice last night I went to use it, and it didn't work. I just laughed at it, then he noticed I wasn't playing it, I motioned that it wasn't working, and he lost it. "Aw c'mon man not now!" I belly laughed at him. I could care less if it was on my board, I reached down, and pulled the power cord out, and back in, and it started working.

My B9 does that - fire up the board, pull out the dc connector to give it a kick and then it just works - am looking at a bigger psu for the board to see if that fixes it (its maybe not enough startup current along with everything else to fire it up)

 

[radiocaster]

I imitate Police siren with the help of a drumstick, like Johnny Guitar Watson did :



And it's as funny as easy !

-tbln

European police sounds different.

 

[tubelectron]

@radiocaster :

The Clash : excellent !

-tbln

 

[johnny k]

European police sounds different.

For some reason, now the police use both sounds. It sounds like a sitcom when i hear the american siren sound.

 

[radiocaster]

For some reason, now the police use both sounds. It sounds like a sitcom when i hear the american siren sound.

I think it sounds like the American siren when it's farther away.

 

[johnny k]

city sounds !

 

[uriah1]

I think (to me) I sound like a banjo or mando when I capo up high on a couple songs.

 

[johnny k]

more wackyness

 

[teledude66]

My B9 does that - fire up the board, pull out the dc connector to give it a kick and then it just works - am looking at a bigger psu for the board to see if that fixes it (its maybe not enough startup current along with everything else to fire it up)

I'm using the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2, I figure that would be enough, but yeah, I'll keep plugging, unplugging until it finally goes, or I get sick of it...lol.