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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.)

Lesson Info
Styles:
Rock
Difficulty:
Published
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Creep