hi guys, i'm very new to electric guitars.
I bought the Ibanez jumpstart set to begin practicing with.
Ive seen a lot of videos from youtube and heard a lot of different amp sounds.
I dont even know how to describe the sound difference.. but it sounds MORE like a elec guitar. I played with my amp for about 30 mins trying to get that sound.. but just couldnt.

is there some kind of device?? that makes sound different?

any ideas?

thanks!!

 

hmm, I'm having a hard time understanding what you meen by "more like an electric guitar" as there are many different sounds to come from them.
Could you name a few bands/songs with the guitar sound sort of close to what you are hoping to get closer too?
If this is really new to you I'd perhaps take a hunch that your thinking of some form of distortion/gain. And depending on what video's you've been watching might even suggest trying to turn the mids down and crank the bass and treble up abit. That seems to be the common give or take setup for most electric guitar players I've seen around here and on the net...

 

lol, sorry. let me try to explain. actually, have you seen Canon D played by funtwo on youtube? I want to make my sound like that, but my sound ends quick. I tried cranking up the reverb, but not the same sound.

here is the link. =)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

thanks!! oo one more thing.
what does footpad thingy do?
I should probably take a basic guitar lesson from somewhere

 

Turn the gain up on the amp. The volume will have to be a little lower.
Turn the Volume up on the guitar.
This should get you started. Otherwise you'll want a pedal. I bought a Boss Metal Zone YEARS ago for around $90 if I recall correctly. They hold up well, so a used unit should be a good buy. Good luck!

 

If your new just buy a nice amp something like a Crate FTX 30. More then 30 is way to loud for home use, the people next door will be calling the cops.
When you get your song down go to your local music store try out a few stomp boxes.(foot swtich) Then you can find the sound your looking for with out getting every stomp box out there.

 

I think the sound you might be looking for is a tube amp. I have played guitar for 10 years and was in a band for 6 of those. That doesn't mean that I know what is best for you and unfortunately, no one hear can tell you what is best.

The thing to do though, is go to a couple local music shops and test some things out. The tube amps really give the crunch in the low end and can help with the sustain of your tone. The problem is tube amps are more expensive than solid state amps which is the more common practice amp.

Foot pedals are okay but no matter how many pedals or what kind of pedals you have they all go to the same amp. For reference, our lead guitar player only used two pedals (a footswitch, and a wah pedal). The footswich only let him change between channels on the amp.

I think the best thing for most beginners is getting a good small tube amp and just working on your technique before spending more. A lot of people underestimate how much better a guitar player with really good technique means opposed to someone with really good equipment.

 

im getting educated min by min!
thank you all ^_^

 

There's a few things going on in that vid. He starts off with volume swells, but he's not touching that volume control that I can see, so he has a footswitch for that. Hit a note with your guitar volume off, then roll it up and down, hit the next note and repeat.

As NFR says, I'm pretty sure he's using a tube amp, it doesn't sound solid state, but you can get "typical" rock sounds from solid state amps as well.

He's using a lot of pinch harmonics as well, which gives that squeal while he is playing, you hit a note with your pick, and almost simultaniouly hit the string with your thumb. I don't think I could ever explain how to do it in words, but if someone showed you, you would get it.

On an amp there are two controls that effect what you are hearing, Gain and Volume, the higher the gain, the more breakup and distortion you get, balance that with the volume for the right sound level.

Also, for that bright sound, use the humbucker pick up if you got it, or the one closest to the bridge of the guitar. Make sure your tone knob is all the way up.

He has some reverb on there as well, but not a whole lot from the sounds of it.

Food pedals do a varity of things, you can get seperate pedals that doing everything from distortion to flanger, to chorus to pitch shifting, to reverb, etc. etc.

You can also get all in one pedals that have built in multi effect, amp simulators and such. Things like the Line 6 Pod XT live, or Berigner Vamp, boss, etc. not really for pros, but I use a pod for a lot of things and like it for what it is, and you can kill hours futzing around with it.

lastly, and I mean no offense at all, but the biggest difference, is that guy is a way better guitarist then you are. I bet alot of what you are looking for in that video has to do with his playing more then any of his gear.

But.. with some practice you can play like that too, what's he's doing isn't all that hard.

 

As everybody stated, I'm pretty sure he's using some sort of tube amp which gives him that incredibly nice sound.

A big factor in this video is the guitar as well. I'm not sure of the line of ESP's in Korea, but I'm positive that ain't no ESP ltd mass production model. It's either an ESP standard or custom, which puts it in the range of Gibson/PRS guitars. And there's no way you'll get as clean/warm sound out of an entry model Ibanez.

For now, just get a decent little tube amp like everyone mentioned, and if you want a better sound later but don't have the money to spend on a good guitar, you can spend a couple hundred bucks and just switch out the pickups for something better. I'd recommend any active EMG's [81/60 FTW!]

 

cool, thank you very much guys!!
you guys ROCK!!