Members Fersnachi Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Im looking for get a dreamy type dream pop sound something like this! [video=youtube;M0SFLuxJ_H0] Is it just like SIngle coils and delay and reverb right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members niceguy Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Yep: single-coil guitar, compression, delay, and reverb, all going through a decent tube amp. Throw a wee dab of chorus in there, to taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gay Guitarist Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 add A Jazzmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fersnachi Posted August 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 I want a Jazzmaster Unfortunatly they are on the expensive side so my Strat will have to do for now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 You can get it with a Strat. (Light) Compressor, Delay, & Reverb. What Nice said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Any guitar, bright-ish amp EQ, delay and reverb, maybe some chorus. You don't need tubes, just good a good clean sound - which many solid state amps can do well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Any guitar, bright-ish amp EQ, delay and reverb, maybe some chorus. You don't need tubes, just good a good clean sound - which many solid state amps can do well. Yes, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slushpup96 Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Chorus - chorus everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultradust Posted September 2, 2011 Members Share Posted September 2, 2011 If not chorus, modulated reverb or modulated delay can help a lot as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members °°° Posted September 4, 2011 Members Share Posted September 4, 2011 my two cents: I've owned the Classic Player Jazzmaster and wasn't particularly fond of the tremolo or the pickups, which were hotter & thicker sounding than most HB's, which was a definite no-no. Any attempt at clarity was riddled with muddiness, also the sustain was the worst I've heard on any guitar. Then there's the CIJ ones with Strat pickups underneath the pickup covers, and the AVRI ones which are closest to the real deal but out of most folks' price range. What's been working perfectly for me as far as doing shoegaze & dream-pop is a Gretsch Electromatic Pro Jet, the one with the Bigsby. The bridge pickup has infinitely more in the way of clarity & despite being a mini-HB, sounds way more like a single coil than some actual single coils do. The Bigsby is the main draw & is a lot more comfortable to work with, especially after several hours of playing. I skip out on any modulation or chorus/flanging & just ride the tremolo ever so slightly throughout playing, which gives a modulated sound without the need for extra pedals. The set neck & shorter scale on the Gretsch are two other major pluses in my book, as well. I would like to get an RV-5 to send the reverb & distortion into full-blown noiseouts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted September 4, 2011 Members Share Posted September 4, 2011 For My Bloody Valentine tones: metal distortion, extreme volume, lots of whammy, reverb if you got it, tremolo pedal For Slowdive type tones: tremolo, chorus, and reverb with any type of guitar, really. Keep in mind, true dream pop modulation effects are playing technique and not pedals. Strumming eighths and sixteenths while holding the whammy bar and playing lots of open chords, using alternate tunings, all that contributes to the sound and sounds a lot more authentic than throwing on a flange or a chorus pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members °°° Posted September 4, 2011 Members Share Posted September 4, 2011 I kinda go for somewhere in-between the two, if I'm in the mood for that sort of sound. I'll use an MXR distortion + which has its Big Muff moments, but with a ton more note-to-note clarity for the dream-pop moments. Not as a result of lowering the guitar's volume, but 100% from the picking dynamics alone. The gain never exceeds 50%, which is plenty of fuzz anyhow. I'll alternate between shoegaze & dream pop, and then some sludgy fuzzed out stoner rock, and then stuff that sounds like Jeff Buckley, and then something else entirely. A friend called yesterday & said he wanted to do this shoegaze-ish project & the sound isn't too hard to pull off with minimal effects. Going the Serena-Maneesh route, however, would require tons & tons of effects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockStringBendr Posted September 4, 2011 Members Share Posted September 4, 2011 do everything above and then insert a flange, long wave, about 2 on the blend. 2 is probably too much, just remember, if you can "hear it", it's too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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