Chords for Gilad Hekselman Gear Sound Technique JazzHeaven.com Instructional Video Excerpt

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_ _ _ _ _ _ So now I'm going to talk a little bit about the gear that I'm using. _ _ _
Here on the right is an EQ pedal by MXR, the 10-band EQ,
_ and it gives me a little bit of boost, but also _ the ability to control certain frequencies.
It's really helpful for me when I go on the road and I'm playing an amp that I don't really know,
_ _ to kind of get closer to my sound and avoid feedbacks and other things like that.
_ _ _ So that's that.
To the left of it, there's the earnable volume pedal,
and it gives me some _ expression possibilities and also _ [F] the ability to control my volume.
_ To the left of it, there's the Ibanez Turbo Tube Screamer _ _ _ TS9DX,
and _ that's just an overdrive, and when trying to get a dirtier sound, I use that.
_ _ _ _ _ To the left of it, there's a digital delay by Boss _ DB6,
_ and I use that for a little _ _ _ ambience and _ for sustain as well. _ _
And finally, on the left, there's the Holy Grail by _ Electro Harmonix.
It's a nano [C] version, so it's smaller and easier for me to travel with. _
_ _ _ _ I also carry around some _ sandpaper to sand down my picks,
[N] _ a _ tuner by Korg, and some picks, and some _ hex nut _ _ screwdriver, and _ _ _ a 3D splitter. _ _
So that's it about my pedals. _ _
As far as my instrument, this is a Gibson Hard Roberts _ from 1974. _ _ _ _
It's been slightly modified by Steve Berger, who built me a new bridge piece,
[Ab] and also adjusted the pickup so I can play _ _ up here without it hitting [Eb] the top of the pickup,
_ and with fretting, and things like that.
_ _ As far as action, it's pretty low.
_ Actually, it's very low,
and I try to keep a light _ touch on my right hand.
As far as the different [Bb] techniques that I showed you about [B] Cornerpoint Go,
_ _ _ this is not a technique that I specifically _ recommend or [F] anything.
It's just something that I'm using, and this is what I found convenient.
But I really encourage you to find your own way to make it happen. _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ Basically, I use [Bb] my pick for the bottom note, and _ [Gb] mostly my pinky,
but also some other fingers for the top notes.
So if [Am] I would play_
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ [A] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
So yeah, just a combination of pick _ and _ [N] _ _ _ _
other fingers.
They call it a hybrid technique. _
_ _ _ I get_
Many people ask me what I use _ to get my sound,
and _ _ these pedals are definitely good to be able to get closer to what you hear,
but I would like to _ express that.
My opinion is that most of _ what you eventually sound like is your touch
and what you have in your head, and how you hear it,
rather than _ the tools you use.
So of course they have an effect, _ _ but it's mostly your fingers,
and if you play [G] hard, you have this sound.
If you play soft, you have this sound.
And if you play in this part of the guitar, you get this sound.
If you play this part, _ _ you get this sound.
So there's many_
And if you play with a different pick,
or play with, _ _ you know, like, a different angle of the pick,
it will sound different.
So there's many, many variables that are, to me, way more _ _ _ effective than the pedals,
and those are a good tool to _ _ help you get to what you're hearing,
but definitely I wouldn't solely concentrate on them,
but rather on, like, getting the technique together so it sounds the way you hear it. _
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