Guitars for creepy music?

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Re: Guitars for creepy music?

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well, what exactly have you been trying? i like weaving a paperclip (or a rubberband) through the strings and pushing it down near the bridge. clips work better if you can get them to stick straight up.
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unownunown wrote:well, what exactly have you been trying? i like weaving a paperclip (or a rubberband) through the strings and pushing it down near the bridge. clips work better if you can get them to stick straight up.


Well, I tried to borrow a few tricks from a Fred Frith video, but my acoustic has sort of high-ish action, so it was hard to find things that wouldn't just slip out of the strings :idk:
Was going to try to find something I could weave around the strings..but wasn't sure what to use...:idk: I'm still a newb when it comes to prepared guitar..but it's something I've been interested in for a while as a listener :P
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"creepy" sounds like the perfect application for ring modulator.
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dubkitty wrote:"creepy" sounds like the perfect application for ring modulator.

Oh yea...definitely. :thumb: but it does take a special kind of person to really make one work :idk:
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i've found that my favorite "spooky" thing to do with a ring mod is play dissonant triads...with the right setting they sound like church bells, especially into a reverb/delay or with some added modulation.
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sylnau wrote:RSH with his Jaguar.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si85s8dvKWI[/youtube]


nobody does creepy better than rowland. RIP.
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hatshirt wrote:
sylnau wrote:RSH with his Jaguar.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si85s8dvKWI[/youtube]


nobody does creepy better than rowland. RIP.

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^ wow that's awesome
+1 to whoever said Iceman
you could also do something from bc rich (i like mockingbirds, more subtle)
or maybe one of those fernandes guitars.. with the sustainer kits. seems cool.
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Something made of aluminum?
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^epic!
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Fuzz + tons of reverb + playing behind the bridge.
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