Getting that glassy sound

Ben N · September 23, 2009, 05:39:24 PM

Corricidin bottle? Old Grandad neck?

Morocotopo · September 23, 2009, 06:02:45 PM

For me, glassy is a strat DI into a mixer (w/ flat preamp), no EQ, no nothing. Through studio monitors. Lets you hear all those little things that happen above 5K, that guitar speakers just throw away.

deaconque · September 23, 2009, 07:17:10 PM

how 'bout this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chtzgYnlj1k&feature=related

mantella · September 23, 2009, 11:15:53 PM

favorite "glassy" sound.
right about 3:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOC-tuiKNao

alanlan · September 24, 2009, 04:54:50 AM

Quote from: mantella on September 23, 2009, 11:15:53 PM
favorite "glassy" sound.
right about 3:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOC-tuiKNao

that's glassy. You know when bass players swing around to adjust their amp or whatever (like they do)? and quite often they will just clip the headstock of your guitar with theirs? I don't think a glass guitar is a good idea for that reason alone - one little clumsy episode and the whole thing breaks into a million pieces and you're left holding an air guitar and a plectrum...

vondran · September 25, 2009, 12:29:55 AM

I understood glassy to be very clear tone, but not quite piercing. I associate Robert Cray with glassy. Bell-like tone is a little fuller, which I associate with the SRV Lenny song.

aziltz · September 25, 2009, 12:31:33 AM

try the neck pickup on my tele (not yours) with some smooth overdrive, playing above the 12th fret, on sundays only.

getting serious for a moment, i think things sound a bit more glassy if you roll of the treble before hitting it with some smooth overdrive like a TS.

zhx · September 25, 2009, 04:23:27 AM

C O M P R E S S O R !
Possibly with aforementioned strat/tele -> fender amp setup.

What I associate with "glassy" is that 80's pop guitar, and that is usually made by compressing the hell out of the signal. You'll hear that nowdays in country music.

zombiwoof · September 25, 2009, 02:45:03 PM

Quote from: zhx on September 25, 2009, 04:23:27 AM
C O M P R E S S O R !
Possibly with aforementioned strat/tele -> fender amp setup.

What I associate with "glassy" is that 80's pop guitar, and that is usually made by compressing the hell out of the signal. You'll hear that nowdays in country music.

Exactly what I was thinking!

Al

petemoore · September 25, 2009, 03:50:03 PM

10''ers offer a different voice.
Had a few of these that sounded great, others were 'eh', an old, blue, Jensen-10 in a Blackface 20 amp for example, the HF's are profound, yet still sweet while they last...[late blackface production, it 'already lasted'..just a bummer when the speaker finally gives way to time].
Seems like 12''s tend to last >12/10ths as long as 10's though.

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