Ambient Guitar on a Budget

Eruera · Post by **Eruera** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:10 pm

http://reverbnerds.com/budget-buyers-guide/

Pretty cool little guide from Andy Othling, meat and potatoes ambient tone.

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:42 pm

Spooky, I would have said carbon copy and rv5 too, just maybe a different delay like the alter ego...

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 2:54 pm

To be honest, I'd just get a Dispatch Master, Reverb and Delay in one box for less than those two and sounds better than either at their respective jobs.

Totally agree on the Echopark though, I'll have to get myself another soon.

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:06 pm

I thought they were really noisy?

Eruera · Post by **Eruera** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:05 pm

Yeah nah, no mod available for delay or 'verb and seems slightly bright for ambient to my ears. It's a very cool effect in its own right, as a spacious delay

, I just wouldn't sub it in for delay and reverb.

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:17 pm

jeremyb wrote:I thought they were really noisy?

V1's are, V2's aren't. You can tell which is which by a) the weight (v1's are lead bricks) and b) led flashes that let you know the Firmware version.

druz15 · Post by **druz15** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:45 pm

I just went with a timeline and bigsky.

Eruera · Post by **Eruera** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:57 pm

Druz duzn't fuck around

xCaptainx · Post by **xCaptainx** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 1:51 am

an even cheaper option is EZ Mix Ambient

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86sZ4AcMWQ

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:04 am

I always feel like such a Luddite...

IMHO,

step 1: come up with some music that sounds reasonably "ambient", whatever that means to you.
step 2: figure out what you need to make it sound even more "ambient". If the idea is good, you won't need very much.

These "deus ex machina" solutions, expecting the gear to magically create something for you? They seldom work out.

Eruera · Post by **Eruera** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:01 pm

I think the creative juices can flow both ways, most times I do as you suggest and find use effects to build on a musical idea but I've also had musical ideas inspired by a tone I was fiddling around with.

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 12:38 pm

I find the best results when I have the various components on, but all set to add subtle amounts of their effect. I can turn on all of my pedals at once and it still sounds musical, I reckon that's half the trick, and gets the juices flowing...

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 2:53 pm

I would substitute a Boss RV2, in thar for sure.
And I tend to get delays in pairs, so I'd use two echo parks . That may be a OCD thing?
Andy has a great you tube channel too

druz15 · Post by **druz15** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:18 pm

Eruera wrote:Druz duzn't fuck around

nah it's just I'm one of those people vince described that can't make shit sound ambient without good pedals haha.

Nah I actually write most ideas with the guitar not even plugged in, there's a few exceptions where a particular reverb or delay sound helps me create a part but for the most part it's written unplugged or no effects on (except fuzz, cause you need that)

rickenbackerkid · Post by **rickenbackerkid** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:43 am

interestingly I also did a video on this a few days ago, aimed at church guitarists, but valid for anyone. If you're interested, you can check it out at:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcwYAbqeeio[/youtube]

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