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OT: Satriani made his guitar sound like a synth...


Dave The Rave

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I just got back from a Joe Satriani concert at the Filmore in San Francisco. It was a great evening's entertainment - he's one heck of a guitar player.

 

His ability to use the whammy bar to make his guitar sound like a synthesiser was weird and wonderful. Does anyone know exactly how he gets that sound?

 

:DTR

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It's a pinch harmonic, I thought. Not much fundamental as a result. The waveform is clipped so it sounds like a squarewave. A synthesist would high pass filter a squarewave and waveshape/distort it to get a similar result. Joe, just touches his guitar string in the right place to get that.

 

Jerry

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