Description
"Creep" features three guitars playing off and on throughout the track.
Guitar #1 is our acoustic guitar, using a medium to thin pick along with plenty of open chords. Make sure to emphasize playing behind the beat, as well as utilizing the open strings between each chord.
Guitar #2 is our electric guitar using a variety of tones. We will be using a clean tone during the intro, pre-choruses, and second verse. We will then add some distortion during the choruses with this guitar as well.
Guitar #3 is our effected electric guitar using lots of reverb, and a flange effect. This guitar comes in during the interlude, second and third pre-choruses, and bridge.
Here's the tones/settings for our guitars:
Guitar #1: Acoustic guitar, using medium strings and a thing to medium pick for strumming
Guitar #2:
INTRO/PRE-CHORUSES/SECOND VERSE:
- Dual Humbucker, Bridge Pickup
- Clean Tone
- Medium Hall Reverb: Mix @ 40%
CHORUSES:
- Dual Humbucker, Bridge Pickup
- Plexi Distortion: Gain @ 60%
- Spring Reverb: Mix @ 50%
Guitar #3:
PRE-CHORUSES/BRIDGE
- Dual Humbucker, Bridge Pickup
- Large Hall Reverb: Mix @ 75%, Decay @ 50%
- Compression: Threshold @ 70%, 2db Gain
- Flange: Mix @ 70%, Depth @ 10% (Low Setting, Slight Modulation.)