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    B-Bender Emulation

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    This tutorial consist of lessons showing you tricks, and techniques to emulate a bender unit using a guitar without one.








    Rock Effects: Volume Pedal

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    This tutorial covers usage of the volume pedal, from the obvious to cool stuff to try and placement in your effects chain.








    Rock Effects: Delay

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    This tutorial covers delay parameters such as level, repeat, and time; plus placement of the pedal in your effects chain and applications.








    Rock Effects: Overdrive

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    Overdrive, like distortion, is an effect often used in rock. This tutorial covers all aspects of how to start using an overdrive pedal.








    Rock Effects: Distortion

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    Distortion as an effect is the heart of rock. This tutorial covers all aspects of using stomp box distortion pedals.










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    • Time Required: 15 - 30 Minutes
    • Recommended For: Intermediate - Advanced

    Church Bells

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    So just be careful when lifting one string under the other to not hurt your finger. This will actually build some muscle control and finger strength holding the strings in place but mostly make you kinda famous, especially if you do this in a crowded music store.






    Truck Horn

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    This is a pretty cool trick, and it sounds kind of like a truck horn. This is fun to do when some one is singing song about a car, and it works great in truck driving man. Try working with your volume knob on this it gives it a nice effect also. b=bend, rb=release bend, hb=hold bend






    Train Whistle

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    This bend, or should I say double bend makes this sound like a train. You can do this in different ways, you can bend, and release, or you can bend and hold. this is only half of the effect, the other part is using your volume pot on your guitar, or use a volume pedal. Danny Gatton used this technique quite a bit to simulate steel guitar, you can also use the the tone pot to give it a wah wah effe...




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