JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
I really think a little flop in the string helps.
Is there a "chug" book?
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I really think a little flop in the string helps.
PFDarkside
of the Forum
It’s like watching Marty Friedman... how do you start doing that?
weepingminotaur
Well-known member
Gain. Find the bare minimum that you need and not an iota more. Oversaturation will kill the crispness.
Tuning. You can chug in E standard, or drop B, or whatever you want. Don't get too hung up on it.
Technique. Practice alternating between palm-muting a note or power chord a few times and playing the same note/chord open. Once you're comfortable, start doing that with sequences of notes and/or chords. Be as economical as you can with your picking motion. Doing so will allow you to play faster.
Tuning. You can chug in E standard, or drop B, or whatever you want. Don't get too hung up on it.
Technique. Practice alternating between palm-muting a note or power chord a few times and playing the same note/chord open. Once you're comfortable, start doing that with sequences of notes and/or chords. Be as economical as you can with your picking motion. Doing so will allow you to play faster.
JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Don’t try to mimic it. If you angle your pick like most of us, it’ll be a lot of effort to switch for no real reason. Just make sure the edge of your pick is digging in, not the flat side.
Artie
Peaveyologist
Generally, me too. But I see so many people doing it, and it looks simple. But it isn't. I was just trying to do it, and it was awful. Embarrassingly bad.
Artie
Peaveyologist
I'll "Google" it. Thanks.
nexion218
New member
I was about to say the same. Marty and Ola pick like that all the time. It's not like they're switching to it when they need a chug.
bigcupholder
New member
In addition to everything else, I'll add that when recording you should use less gain and double or triple track your parts to get them to sound huge but clear.
My trick (which probably lots of people use) for making single note riffs sound big is to triple track, pan the two worst takes hard left and right and turn them down maybe 9 dB; leave the best take on full up the middle. Having the other two takes turned down means you don't get weird phasing effects if your timing isn't perfect, which can be an issue with traditional double tracking.
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My trick (which probably lots of people use) for making single note riffs sound big is to triple track, pan the two worst takes hard left and right and turn them down maybe 9 dB; leave the best take on full up the middle. Having the other two takes turned down means you don't get weird phasing effects if your timing isn't perfect, which can be an issue with traditional double tracking.
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I angle mostly standard way, but from 88 until 2004 I did it the opposite like Marty, Ola, and for me a better reference would be Chuck from Death.
Since switching, which was really only hard for the first few weeks, I hold the pick like Paul Gilbert teaches so that you can instantly angle either way or flat without really changing your grip. You just adjust your hand position and the amount of flex in your knuckle joints.
Since switching, which was really only hard for the first few weeks, I hold the pick like Paul Gilbert teaches so that you can instantly angle either way or flat without really changing your grip. You just adjust your hand position and the amount of flex in your knuckle joints.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
I was forced to use the chug. In my early days I was playing with so much stacked gain I kept my palm on the bridge to control feedback. The chug became a big part of my writing and playing.
Artie
Peaveyologist
Ah. Who would've guessed that "chugging" and the Spice Girls had anything in common!
EricCartmannn
New member
Well, you have to take it to the next level =) And I can also tell you what to read for general development. I recommend to read about Frankenstein, it is a very life story and there you can learn a lot of interesting things for yourself, which can then be transferred to the music. Look it up yourself and read an essay about it, you could check here for that and learn more. It will also help you look at the story from different angles.
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Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
At this point, I can chug on an acoustic.
eclecticsynergy
New member
Didn't HP Lovecraft write of the Chugronomicon? That musty tome bound in timeworn skin and thought lost to the mists of time, which somewhere in deepest shadow awaits him who dares utter words long unspoken to unseal its sequestered gate and, shrouded in darkness, tread the murky ancient paths of arcane power beyond its veiled threshold..
Got my workout in, so now I'm chugging for the rest of the night. First it will be beer, then it will be root-fifths!
I'll be getting some help with the latter from my new black SD-1. I love the way it spikes the gain without changing the tone as much as a green ts.
I'll be getting some help with the latter from my new black SD-1. I love the way it spikes the gain without changing the tone as much as a green ts.
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