That 'breathy' tone

[Lazee]

Hi,

There's a kind of soft or breathy quality to some guitar tones that I've been trying to get at home. An example would be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mh9Q6mxFdg, especially at 1:55 and just after. It's a bit like a piano with the soft pedal down. You can get some of the way there by laying back the pick, but that still isn't giving me same mellowness. Any tips?

Thanks

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: That 'breathy' tone

Practice. It's all in the attack. Also note how he's doing 2-note sliding chords followed by a 3+-note chord right behind it.

 

[Lazee]

Re: That 'breathy' tone

Yeah, I’m sure a lot of it is in the hands so practice is going to be the key there.

As for amp settings etc. what I have got so far is:

Neck pickup (I have a strat with fat 50s)
Tone rolled back to 8
Clean channel
Master on full
Gain backed off a little from where it starts to break up
Bass on 10 o’clock
Mid on 2 o’clock
Treble on 11 o’clock

Any advance on that?

Thanks

 

[Falloffthebonetone]

Re: That 'breathy' tone

I would actually create a mild scoop in the mids for this one. Try bass at 12 treble at 2 and mids at 10. Try full everything on the neck pickup, back off the gain a TOUCH more. I also don't know what amp you're using, so I can't judge TOO well. And yes, pick attack is everything for this one. Also what pick are you using?