My Guitar Crap

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box

Studio jam recording of Heart Shaped Box on my Samsung Note3.

Note: Drop D tuning

Intro:
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----2----------------------------------2------------------------------0-
D---2---2-----3----------0-----0-----2-2---2-----3------2/4-4---4----4--0-
A-0---------3---3-----0-----0---0----0---------3--------------0---3--3----
D---------3---------0------------------------3-----3--0-------------------
This is played ONCE only at the start


VERSE. It is played 4 times in each verse:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----2-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----2---------------------------------------2-------------------------------
D-2-2---2------3-----------0---------0------2---2------3-------2/4-4--4------0
A-0----------3---3-----0-3--------0--0----0----------3---3----------0---3-3--0
D----------3---------0----------0------------------3---------0----------------

On the 4th and last time in each verse, the part with the slide in the above riff
is played with distortion so that it moves into the distorted chorus.

CHORUS
E-----------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------
G---------4b-(5)-------4b--(5)---------------4b-(5)---
D---2-2------------3-3---------------3---3------------
A---0-0------------3-3-----------0-0---0---3----------
D------------------3-3-----------0-0------------------

E------------------------------------------------------
B---------4b-(5)--------4b--(5)------------------------
G---------4b-(5)--------4b--(5)---------------4-5------
D---2-2------------3-3---------------4---3-------------
A---0-0------------3-3-----------0-0---0---3-----------
D------------------3-3-----------0-0-------------------

The above two bars are played three times then the below part is played once to
end the chorus:

E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------4b(5)---4b-(5)------------------------------------0-
D--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0--0-------0--------0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-----0-
A--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0--0-------0--------0---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-3-3---
D--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0--0-------0------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-0-0-0-------
             "you advice"


SOLO (with fuzz)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------8b-(10)--(8)--6------6b-(8)-(6)------5b-(6)-(5)--3---1---0--
G-----------------------------------------3-------------------------
D---7---------------------5---------------3-------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------    

E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------8b-(10)--(8)---------6b-(8)-(6)------5b-(6)-(5)--3---1---0--
G-----------------------------------------3-------------------------
D---7---------------------5---------------3-------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------    

E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G--2-----------------------2------------------------------------------
D--2-----------------------2------------------------------------------
A--0-----------------------0------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------    
On this last part, the A chord is struck twice. Turn the fuzz off just before
playing it the second time, and then go back to clean verse.

That's about it!

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Phase Zero:
The whole reason I got into diy pedals is that I wanted an ab selector, but did not find the layout i wanted. Also I knew that it would be super easy to make one. At the same time I was making my own pedalboard and batter power distributor. Here are my Phase Zero results.

0.1 - AB Selector
0.2 - EWS Subtle Volume Control
0.3- Pedal Board
0.4 - Battery Power Distributor

Phase One:
After Phase Zero I looked into making some active circuits. I just dove into building booster pedals trying to get my feet wet. My original intention was to replace my MXR Micro Amp, MXR Line Booster pedals because I always thought these were easily cloned without any compromise in quality. Now I have a small inventory of booster boards waiting to be finished off with enclosures.

1.1 - Catalinbread Sagrado Poblano Picoso,
1.2 - Modified AMZ Mosfet Booster
1.3 - ZVex Super Hard-On (SHO)
1.4 - Muffer (Jack Orman)
1.5 - EHX LPB-1

Also to finish off Phase One, I need to decide on art work for the enclosures. I plan to use acrilics or enamel paint and brushes rather than spray paint. Still gathering info.

Phase Two:
After getting my fill of booster builds, I want to try some more involved projects like the pedals below. The goal is to replace my Boss and Maxon OverDrive pedals and MXR MicroAmp/Line Booster pedals.

2.1 - Lovepedal Eternity Burst
2.2 - Lovepedal Kalamazoo
2.3 - Xotic EP Booster
2.4 - Suhr Riot
2.5 - Hermida Zendrive

Phase Three:
3.1 - Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay
3.2 - Vemuram Jan Ray
3.3 - Paul Cochrane Timmy
3.4 - Paul Cochrane Tim
3.5 - Lovepedal Eternity

Sunday, March 30, 2014

For Sale: Fender Custom Shop

Selling Fender Custom Shope Texas Special PickUp Assembly. Replaced pickups with stock Fender. These "Custom Shop" did not have that Strat quack.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Green Day - American Idiot

Green Day's "American Idiot" home recording.

Here is the setup I used from Pick to HeadPhones.

Pick: Dunlop Tortex Yellow 0.73
Guitar: Ibanez AS80 (mid-80's Made in Japan)
Strings:D'Addario 010～046
Cable: Providence LG401
PedalBoard:
DOD.270.AB.Selector => A/B Select
A: BOSS TU-70 Tuner
B: BOSS DS-1=> BOSS CH-1=> MXR micro amp (CH-1 never used)

Audio Capture: Edirol UA-25
PC: Dell Latitude E6410/Core i5/W7-32bit/3.5GB
DAW: Reaper from http://www.reaper.fm/
Amp-Sim: LeBrit from http://lepouplugins.blogspot.jp/
Cabinet:
HeadPhones: Audio Technica ATH-A700
Backing Track: http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com

Band:Green Day
Song:American Idiot
Album:American Idiot
Guitar/Vocals:Billie Joe
Richard Hurtado

(Note:The times are only for the guitar parts
not the lyrics)

(clean) (0:00-0:02)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:02-0:05)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:05-0:07)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:07-0:10)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:13-0:16)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||(says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Dont want to be an american idiot.

(distorted) (0:17-0:20)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||(says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Dont want a nation under the new media.

(distorted) (0:23-0:26)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

(distorted) (0:28-0:31)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
The subliminal mindfuck america.

(distorted) (0:31-0:49)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
Welcome to a new kind of tension.All across the alien nation.Everything isnt meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tommorow.We're not the ones who're meant to follow.For thats enough to argue.

(distorted) (0:51-0:54)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:54-0:56)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (0:59-1:02)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||(says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Well maybe I'm the faggot america.

(distorted) (1:04-1:07)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.

(distorted) (1:09-1:12)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Now everybody do the propaganda.

(distorted) (1:15-1:17)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------|| (says the lyrics then plays the guitar part)
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
And sing along in the age of paranoia.

(distorted) (1:18-1:35)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
Welcome to a new kind of tension.All across the alien nation.Everything isnt meant to be okay. 
Television dreams of tommorow.We're not the ones who're meant to follow.For thats enough to argue.

(distorted) (1:38-1:40)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (1:40-1:43)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (1:43-1:45)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (1:45-1:48)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||


SOLO (distorted) (1:48-1:58)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------888-101010-121212-13/15/13-||
D|---------------------------888-10-11-10-8-6-----------------------------||
A|-888888-6-4--6666--8-6-4-3----------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||

(1:58-2:07)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------8/13~-------------||
D|----------------------------888-10-11-10-8-6--------------------||
A|-888888-6-4--6666--8-6-4-3--------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||


(clean) (2:07-2:09)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(clean) (2:09-2:11)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||


(clean) (2:11-2:14)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Dont want to be an american idiot.


(clean) (2:14-2:16)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
One nation controlled by the media.


(clean) (2:16-2:19)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||
Information age of hysteria.

(no guitar) It's going out to idiot america.

(distorted) (2:22-2:39)
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-66666666------------88888888------------66666666------------88888888---||
D|-66666666--66666666--88888888--66666666--66666666--66666666--88888888---||
A|-44444444--66666666--66666666--66666666--44444444--66666666--66666666---||
E|-----------44444444------------44444444------------44444444-------------||
Welcome to a new kind of tension.All across the alien nation.Everything isnt meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tommorrow.We're not the ones who're meant to follow.For thats enough to argue.


(clean) (2:39-2:42)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (2:42-2:45)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (2:45-2:47)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||

(distorted) (2:47-2:50)
E|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|------666------6------------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--4------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--4------||
E|-444-------22-----4--2------||


Outro (clean) (2:50-2:52)
E|---------------------------||
B|---------------------------||
G|------666------6-----------||
D|-666--666--44--6--6--------||
A|-666--444--44--4--6--------||
E|-444-------22-----4--------||
distorted    ..  .  .

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Another home recording, this one is Nirvana`s "Smells Like Teen Spirit". I think this was about the 10th recording, but still working on it. I guess it goes to show that even the simplest songs are not all that simple...or I just suck that bad. This song has a lot of loud/soft, so I have problems with the changes using the pedalboard. I record live all the way through, so makes for great practice and prep for live performances.

Here is the setup I used from Pick to HeadPhones.

Pick: Dunlop Tortex Yellow 0.73
Guitar: Fender American Standard Stratocaster Custom Shop Texas Special Pickups
Strings:D'Addario 010～046
Cable: Providence LG401
PedalBoard:
DOD.270.AB.Selector => A/B Select
A: BOSS TU-70 Tuner
B: BOSS DS-1=> BOSS CH-1=> MXR micro amp

Monday, August 12, 2013

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush

Here is a stab at home recording. I am using this song to try out several configurations of VST`s and Pedal Board combinations. I hope to learn more about how to get nice tone from a real pedal board and home recording using DAW and VST plugins. Then I want to take my pedal board to the studio and make some mic`ed recordings and compare.

Below is my home recording setup, etc.

Guitar: Ibanez AS80
DAW: Reaper
Amp-Sim: LeBrit from http://lepouplugins.blogspot.jp/
Cabinet:
Distortion: Boss OD-2
Chorus: Boss CH-1
Backing Track: http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com
PC: Dell Latitude e6410/Core i5/W7-32bit/3.5GB

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Random notes

4 – Random notes
Practice playing random notes through the scale. For example:

Major scale = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Pick out notes randomly: 1 6 3 2 12 15 3 5 11 7 etc.

This will help you to learn the scale thoroughly, it will make you more flexible and again give you more freedom when improvising.