Chords for First Electric Guitar Lesson - Free For All Beginners - Amp Settings - by Marko Coconut

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_ _ [D] _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
Electric guitars will make a quiet sound on their own. _ _
_ Using a guitar cable, [Bb] plug
one end into the input jack of your guitar and plug the other end into the
input jack on your amp.
Here we are using an Epiphone Studio 15R which features a
high and low input.
We will use the high input giving us a louder signal.
We are
starting out with all of the controls set straight up to five o'clock.
_ _ Many
guitar amps feature an overdrive or boost button.
When engaged, this
increases the amount of distortion coming out of the amp.
_ [Bb] If you lower the
gain, or in this case the drive control, the amp's tone [E] will sound cleaner.
The more
gain you add, the dirtier the tone will get.
Gain is also referred to as
distortion. _
_ _ _ _ [D] The level controls the volume for the overdrive channel.
By disengaging
the overdrive, the amp switches to the clean channel where level controls the
volume. _ _
The equalizer allows you to adjust the tone of your amplifier.
The
Epiphone Studio 15R features [Dbm] three controls for treble or high frequencies,
middle frequency control, and bass for the low range frequencies.
If you set
these straight up, you are running the amp flat, which means you are not giving
or [E] taking from the guitar tone. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The reverb control allows you to add an echo
effect to the guitar.
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ The [Bb] Studio 15R also features a loop to connect external
effects, as well as an input for connecting stereo headphones. _
_ _ _ A typical
blues amp setting would be drive to number four, treble just past the five
marker, middle almost to six, and bass down to four. _ _
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Switch to the clean channel
and the blues settings will work well for country music. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
For a common rock
guitar tone, engage overdrive and set drive to six or seven, treble just past
the number seven marker, mid to six, and bass to seven. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] For an extreme heavy metal
guitar setting, turn the drive or gain all the way up.
The clean channel is not
used.
For the EQ, set treble between eight and ten.
In metal, it is typical to cut
the mids from halfway down to zero for an extreme, _ [E] and turn the bass up between
eight and ten. _
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ Now that your electric guitar is plugged into an amplifier, the
volume and tone knobs help shape the sound of the instrument.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] The pickups are
what capture the signal from the guitar and send them to the amplifier.
This
guitar is an Epiphone Les Paul Standard.
It features a solid mahogany body, _ flame
maple top, and two humbucker pickups, the neck and the bridge pickup, giving this
guitar great sound and massive sustain.
To change pickups, this guitar features a
three-way toggle switch.
_ In the up position, the neck pickup is engaged.
In
the center position, the neck and bridge pickup are engaged.
And in the down
position, [Em] the bridge pickup is on.
You might use the neck pickup for playing
chords and rhythm guitar. _
[Db] _ _ [Bbm] _ The middle [B] will add some brightness to the chords _ [Em] _ [E] or
fills, _ [Bb] _ _ _
and the bridge pickup is often used for leads.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
The bridge of the guitar
is opposite the nut.
[E] If you play a note, in this case I'll play the first string,
the string will vibrate, causing sound between the [Bb] bridge and _ the nut.
_ _ [F] When you
hold a fret, you are shortening the length of the string, and the sound now
vibrates between the [Bb] bridge and the fret you are holding.
_ _ As you move your finger
[Gb] up the neck, [Eb] the length of the vibrating string becomes shorter, [Bb] causing pitch to
increase [Bb] to higher notes.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Some guitars, like this Epiphone Futura Prophecy FX,
feature a tremolo bridge or a whammy bar, which allows you to change the pitch of
any note you're playing.
Simply play a note, then dip the bar. _ _
You can apply
subtle tremolo, _ _ fast tremolo, _ or go for a long dive.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _