How to get guitar screams??

bigbadcon

Was just wondering if there is a particular technique to getting guitar screams like in Pantera stuff or does it just depend on the effect your using??

Ive only ever done them by accident

thanks

telemachus

Not sure if it's what you're thinking about but you could try pinch harmonics http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/guitar_techniques/pinch_harmonics.html (squealies ), it took me a good while to work out how to use them reliably and they tend to vary in effectiveness at least for me depending on the guitar and amp/amp gain, it just takes some fiddling.

bigbadcon

hey telemachus,

unfortunately thats not what i was looking for.an example i found was in panteras - the great southern trendkill about 2 mins into it.lots of cool screamy sounds id love to be able to pull off

thanks

John

I normally run up behind my guitar and give it a fright

Doctor J

bigbadcon wrote:

an example i found was in panteras - the great southern trendkill about 2 mins into it.lots of cool screamy sounds

I don't have that album to hand, do you mean a divebomb?

Beecher

Hey man, if you are reffering to the section just after the second chorus they are pinch harmonics. Savage album btw :v:

bigbadcon

A divebomb using the tremolo isnt it??

Dont think thats it either cause the sounds are in the middle of riffs and are sometimes really quick

Beecher

Yup its definitely a pinch harmonic, the harmonic is done with the picking hand, not with the fretting hand, it can be quickly muted with the picking hand, thats how it sounds really quick during a riff.

bigbadcon

Beecher wrote:

Yup its definitely a pinch harmonic, the harmonic is done with the picking hand, not with the fretting hand, it can be quickly muted with the picking hand, thats how it sounds really quick during a riff.

Sounds easy might look them up now that i know what their called.any good tutorials you know of?

By the way sorry telemachus you were right all along.think the link was jus talking about normal harmonics and i got conflustered.

thanks anyway

Beecher

It isnt too hard but it will require a bit of practice. Try here for an online lesson/video.

red_ice

John2 wrote:

I normally run up behind my guitar and give it a fright

i just spat tea all over my monitor

rofl!

John

red_ice wrote:

i just spat tea all over my monitor

rofl!

Thank you, I was afraid that no one was going to appreciate that post.

Doc_Savage

a pantera staple is divebombing a low open string then just before you release it, touching the string (maybe between the third and fourth frets) to get a harmionic and warbling it back to normal pitch with the tremolo....

getting that beeeeoWAAAAGH thing takes practice though!:)

(probably not what you're on about but it's a good trick with a floyd!:v: )

BossArky

Doc_Savage wrote:

getting that beeeeoWAAAAGH

This is quiet a funny and enlightening thread what with frightening guitars and beeeeoWAAAAGH's !

:v:

feylya

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=5tNYICzSGVA&search=dimebag

Doc_Savage

spot on my friend!!

thats what i was trying to describe!:D

Pyr0

Anyone watch the Dimebag at 16 video on that site ??!?!

Holy ****ing christ !!!!

Oh and there is also a live video of Dime playing the Floods solo.

Doc_Savage

halfway between randy rhoads and van halen!!

sweet!!!:D

bigbadcon

Thats some cool **** alright. lessons from the man himself

BossArky

Great link there feylya. I spend the past three days getting my guitar to sound like a racing car speeding off racing up through the gears.

To the original poster: best to use the neck pickup as it picks up the harmonics more I find.

Doc_Savage

BossArky wrote:

To the original poster: best to use the neck pickup as it picks up the harmonics more I find.

i'll say the opposite!! bridge works best for me!!

BossArky

Doc_Savage wrote:

i'll say the opposite!! bridge works best for me!!

What kind of guitar are you playing?

This(see link below) on neck pickup, through an ubercube = great screams! :v:

http://www.jacksonguitars.com/gear/gear.php?partno=KV2_King_V

feylya

TBH, I think the bridge picks up harmonics better too...

BossArky

Damn! I better bring my guitar back so and get a new one :mad:

Doc_Savage

BossArky wrote:

What kind of guitar are you playing?

A Gibson Explorer....

killswitch

u need a floyd rose neck to do any kind of pantera wails but as a substitute u could always just do artificial harmonics and bend the string like a mother****er

Ancient1

floyd rose neck

You sure about that?