Members Bsc1307 Posted January 19, 2009 Members Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hello, I know this is a random question ("Why don't you just play a piano?"), but I was curious if there is a pedal out there, or some amp/guitar combination that can sound like a piano? I know the POG can do some convincing organ sounds from what i've heard... but I was just wondering if anyone has heard of a "piano pedal" for the guitar, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dsl Posted January 19, 2009 Members Share Posted January 19, 2009 http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Roland-GR20-Guitar-Synthesizer-with-GK3-Divided-Pickup?sku=150097&src=3WFRWXX&ZYXSEM=0&CAWELAID=26018236 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tubezipper Posted January 19, 2009 Members Share Posted January 19, 2009 yeah the roland guitar synth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sideshowlinc Posted January 19, 2009 Members Share Posted January 19, 2009 thats a good question actually. would be cool to loop tracks with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eiolenii Posted January 19, 2009 Members Share Posted January 19, 2009 Organ sounds can be done with the EHX POG. Maybe you can get some piano stuff done with that too, and maybe a harmonizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ClickyClique Posted January 19, 2009 Members Share Posted January 19, 2009 Heavier gauge strings can help. Then just develop a finger technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Let It Burn... Posted January 19, 2009 Members Share Posted January 19, 2009 buy a piano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members needleTOink Posted January 19, 2009 Members Share Posted January 19, 2009 i heard the Fuzz Factory makes your guitar sound like a piano yeah thats it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hooya Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 I don't think you can do this convincingly without a synth. Electric Piano (aka Rhodes) is maybe possible with some clever EQ, filter sweep and compressor (clever use of all three). The thing about piano is that because the strings are so thick and tightly strung, the overtone series on them is slightly wacked out. They're almost closer to a steel bar than a string in terms of their acoustic make-up. A single string on the piano is not in tune with its own overtone series, so that's gonna be pretty close to impossible to mimic on the guitar. The HOG/POG organ sounds are more simple because they don't have the overtone series problem, and our ears identify with the multiple parallel intervals on the organ as a defining feature. Combined with the attack envelope you can do this pretty convincingly. Other than the keyboard mechanism there is no real similarity between the organ and the piano. You might as well be talking about making the guitar sound like a saxophone or tuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keppy Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 MIDI pickup is probably the only way to go. That Roland GR-20 is insanely fun to play with at Guitar Center. Since playing it, I've fantasized about a 4-guitar band - three guys with MIDI pickups to play drums, bass, and keyboards and one guy to play guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorhay1 Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 the fuzz waz invented to make the guitar sound like a sax the wah to imitate mccoys trumpet the ring modulator to sound like gamelons the big muff to sound like a woman writhing in orgasmic exstacy who are we to say that with a few transistors, and a dream, we cant build a pedal that faithfully recreates the pianoforte,,,,,,,, a piano?are you friggin kidding synthy electric pianoi've heard some h-8000 or even mpx-1 patchesthat come pretty closebut,,,,, a piano?yeahmidi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members (⌐■_■) Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 honkytonkps-3 with detune setting with/without ehx micro synth with fast decay filter settings not good but ok or try this [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snufkino Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 Hello, I know this is a random question ("Why don't you just play a piano?"), but I was curious if there is a pedal out there, or some amp/guitar combination that can sound like a piano? I know the POG can do some convincing organ sounds from what i've heard... but I was just wondering if anyone has heard of a "piano pedal" for the guitar, thanks! Using the Sub octave alone on the Pog offers a heavy "piano string" sound to it. Like if you'd dropped one down some stairs. Seriously! Maybe not what you're after, but hey. Apparently the Seymour Duncan Shape Shifte tremolo has a setting that sounds "like a piano" according to the advertising blurb if memory serves me well. {censored} knows how literal that is exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andrew_k Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 start with fat flatwound strings, neck pickup, rolled off volume, and finger picking only - strike whole chords, not strumming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 Can I get the guitar to sound like a drum kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members royal crxsh johnson Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 Can I get the guitar to sound like a drum kit? i definitely think that you could do it with some clever use of compression, ring mod, phaser, filter modulator, bitcrusher, orgasmic regurgitator, frequency emaciator, and fuzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Loobs Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 K thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members royal crxsh johnson Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 K thx npkthxbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members (⌐■_■) Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n-23TNWurY0&feature=related watch to the end for drums (well tambourine) and this demonstrates brush bongo and clave [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 ^^ I lol'd within the first 10 seconds^^ edit: Thats actually pretty cool. I would have called it the Uber Fuzz or something-eer-other. If I didn't know what I was listening to I wouldn't know what I was listening too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatmullingskid Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 without midi or synth stuff it's really impossible, but i've still got some sounds with pretty similar tonal qualities with a fixed filter, an eq, and some reverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Instrospection Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 the big muff to sound like a woman writhing in orgasmic exstacy That is hilarious!!! In truth, a Big Muff might sound like a screaming orgasmic ecstasy.....but it would be one hairy, scary, sustained orgasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IvIark Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 buy a piano +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hooya Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 Can I get the guitar to sound like a drum kit? Maybe! I'm going to start spamming the board with this, my new favorite youtube video: kOEF7f2HGoE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatmullingskid Posted January 20, 2009 Members Share Posted January 20, 2009 those blowing midi things bother me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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