Dave's guitar, strings, and sounds

Tranman66 · Unread post by **Tranman66** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:57 pm

I have a question, i play DMB style and songs, but it doesn't have that sound that he plays, kinda like a martin sound, i use Martin phosphorbrown strings on my Ibanez AEF18 to get this sound, but its hard. How do u make ur guitar sound like his?

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:59 pm

If you wanna get the sound closest to Dave's , then you will obviously need all the equipment that he is using .... On a side note , the player has just as much to do with the sound , as the guitar and the rest of the equipment itself

Kukini · Unread post by **Kukini** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:30 pm

Dude, flat picking gets that crisp noise coming outta the guitar. Just like strum but keep the pick flat.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:57 pm

Kukini wrote:Dude, flat picking gets that crisp noise coming outta the guitar. Just like strum but keep the pick flat.

Flatpicking and strumming are 2 way different things i believe .... Flatpicking is usually referred to as bluegrass lead , if im not mistaken ? Don't quote me on that though , there is so many terms out there ....

Tranman66 · Unread post by **Tranman66** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:53 pm

wait, what is flat picking, is that picking with a pick?

MattyTrane · Unread post by **MattyTrane** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:16 pm

a flat pick is what we know of as a pick, as opposed to a thumb pick or other pikcs that you "wear"

kcw · Unread post by **kcw** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:19 pm

Well Dave uses D'arddio (sp) strings....there is an equipment list on the main page of this site.

But a good way to get any proffessional guitarists sound is to change strings regularly. The new string sound is what you would hear on an album or live.

Proffessionals change strings literally all the time. So they always have that new string sound.

But you have to know the song fairly well also. Your not going to make it sound like Dave does if you cant even play the song.

Kukini · Unread post by **Kukini** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:26 pm

I mean like running a flat pick flattly against the strings...

kcw · Unread post by **kcw** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:30 pm

How would you do that?

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:34 pm

Tranman66 wrote:wait, what is flat picking, is that picking with a pick?

Picking without a pick is finger picking

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:45 pm

You need Fishman Matrix II pickup as well as another pickup, Im not quite sure what it is. You need a feedback buster on your guitar (assuming it is a fullbody acoustic). There is no other way you can get Daves sound. He puts so much shit in his guitars.

Ryeguy · Unread post by **Ryeguy** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 3:49 pm

Tranman66 wrote:wait, what is flat picking, is that picking with a pick?

yeah, thats what i thought it was. I could be very wrong however.

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