Guitar Lick of The Day: Octaves
A nice way to get a fat sound out of your gear when recording is to double the guitar, ie recording a second take with another guitar an octave above or below.
With this technique you can do it live! Play any melody you know with this octave shape and you will get a fat octave sound.
Tab
e|-----------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------13/-|
g|-/12-12-10-10-8--8-10-8-10-12------|
d|-------------------------------10/-|
a|-/10-10-8--8--6--6-8--6-8--10------|
e|-----------------------------------|
Sound Settings
Marshall JCM 800 simulation, medium drive settings, bass & middle: 11 o'clock, treble: 1 o'clock, reverb: 9 o'clock. I usually have a very slight (barely audible) delay to fatten up the sound.
Scales and Theory
C minor pentatonic scale - aka C blues box (blue dots = root note, C). The C minor pentatonic scale works well, in a blues situation, with the chords C7-F7-G7. In a pop/rock situation, it works nicely with the chords Cm, Ddim, Eb, Fm, Gm, G7, Ab, Bb.
Guitar Tip of The Day
Kristofer Dahl, Instructor and Founder of GuitarMasterClass
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