80s sounding Clean Chords & triads help

EricTheWeary

Evo said:

Dominic said:

'Bubble Pickin' ..............darn it boy ,we call that 'Chicken Pickin' round these parts Pardner !

I'm gonna be the guy that's no fun at parties for a minute. 

Can't help it, it's the guitar teacher brain and I can't switch it off.

Chicken and bubble (or "popcorn") picking are two different techniques but in the same family.

Bubble picking is derived as an extension of the funk sixteenth note strumming thing which Nile Rodgers always demonstrates oh so well. Continuous sixteenth notes are happening but only so many actual notes are popping out with muted notes filling in the gaps. 

Chicken pickin' is deployed much more freely over phrases, bars, and individual notes. Using a muted click either right before or right after a note to generate the "clucking" sound. There's no real need for it to be continuous in any way, you can cluck away as much or as little as your heart desires whereas the bubble picking thing should be used in a similar way to funk strumming ideally. You can't really bubble pick one note, but you can chicken pick one note. 

This^

Sometimes you hear fast country playing referred to as chicken pickin’ but that’s not right either, it is just that perrcuck sound (although there is more than one way to achieve it)and so not just in country. 

grappagreen

Bowks said:

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Thank you SO much for posting this.. amazing resource..

Kebabkid

Bowks said:

I've found the link, hidden in Youtube: https://bit.ly/LASessionGuitarists-August-11-2024

Thank you and what a fantastic resource - @welshboyo @newi123 @tugwellguitar @guitarmanessex89 ;

newi123

Kebabkid said:

Bowks said:

I've found the link, hidden in Youtube: https://bit.ly/LASessionGuitarists-August-11-2024

Thank you and what a fantastic resource - @welshboyo @newi123 @tugwellguitar @guitarmanessex89 ;

That`s awesome guys - thanks!

finest1

im liking this discussion, love 80's chorus sounds

BobbyBrown

Any info on the rack setup / schematic of Landau's rack? Or Michael Thompson's eventide presets.

Kebabkid

BobbyBrown said:

Any info on the rack setup / schematic of Landau's rack? Or Michael Thompson's eventide presets.

There's an MT vid on the latter, possibly with Tim Pierce, too, and I think the micropitch was set at  -9/+9 cents
I also recall Leon Todd doing a video on this

joeW

Which tunes would you recommend I listen to that has this sound ?

hollywoodrox

joeW said:

Which tunes would you recommend I listen to that has this sound ?

https://youtu.be/ElN_4vUvTPs?si=D2QjbgCgwaqGH-kw

hollywoodrox

https://youtu.be/yMzyleT2FqY?si=L1aJfvz4s692BHUd

hollywoodrox

It can be added to lots of songs without them specifically having that type of playing in them 
  You can usually replace keyboard parts or add a lick with a recurring theme .

  Look up this guy on YouTube 

  https://youtu.be/PwnZhHO4Sus?si=lTyaQEkCYkSaNpis

hollywoodrox

https://youtu.be/QdYmOx16s1A?si=I5zvsvWOaaRMAGoF

Kebabkid

Michael Thompson going through compressors and cleans sounds


Here's the MT one with the Eventide and Tim Pierce and Pete Thorn were on it, too

joeW

Thanks @hollywoodrox - I use a ton of triads in jazz
and it’s interesting for me to see other areas where they are used creatively.  They are so useful.  

I’m going to leave the archtop alone for a few days and get some chorus on my Tyler for a change.  

hollywoodrox

joeW said:

Thanks @hollywoodrox - I use a ton of triads in jazz
and it’s interesting for me to see other areas where they are used creatively.  They are so useful.  

I’m going to leave the archtop alone for a few days and get some chorus on my Tyler for a change.  

Best guitar for it position 2 or 4  put the  switch on but turn the control knob right down should get you there 

bwm5150

hollywoodrox said:

It can be added to lots of songs without them specifically having that type of playing in them 
  You can usually replace keyboard parts or add a lick with a recurring theme .

  Look up this guy on YouTube 

  https://youtu.be/PwnZhHO4Sus?si=lTyaQEkCYkSaNpis

Ah, you're always very kind to me, thanks!

One thing that I maybe haven't seen mentioned, which is similar to sus chords, and keyboard parts, is chords where you play notes that are right next to each other. If you can combine that with open strings too, I think it sounds great!

hollywoodrox

bwm5150 said:

hollywoodrox said:

It can be added to lots of songs without them specifically having that type of playing in them 
  You can usually replace keyboard parts or add a lick with a recurring theme .

  Look up this guy on YouTube 

  https://youtu.be/PwnZhHO4Sus?si=lTyaQEkCYkSaNpis

Ah, you're always very kind to me, thanks!

One thing that I maybe haven't seen mentioned, which is similar to sus chords, and keyboard parts, is chords where you play notes that are right next to each other. If you can combine that with open strings too, I think it sounds great!

Hi Ben could you elaborate on that for us I’d like to try but am confused about the notes being next to each other 

bwm5150

hollywoodrox said:

bwm5150 said:

hollywoodrox said:

It can be added to lots of songs without them specifically having that type of playing in them 
  You can usually replace keyboard parts or add a lick with a recurring theme .

  Look up this guy on YouTube 

  https://youtu.be/PwnZhHO4Sus?si=lTyaQEkCYkSaNpis

Ah, you're always very kind to me, thanks!

One thing that I maybe haven't seen mentioned, which is similar to sus chords, and keyboard parts, is chords where you play notes that are right next to each other. If you can combine that with open strings too, I think it sounds great!

Hi Ben could you elaborate on that for us I’d like to try but am confused about the notes being next to each other 

Of course, I could've been clearer.

The way sus chords have notes right beside each other, for example Bsus2 you would have BC#F#, the B and C# are right next to each other. It's easy to play clusters like that on keys, and do more, but on guitar it's tricky unless you introduce open strings.

So you could play a Bsus chord like this...

e-------0---
B-------7---
G-------6---
D-------9---

...and you have B C# E F#, two groups of notes right next to each other. 

Songs in the key of E help.

hollywoodrox

bwm5150 said:

hollywoodrox said:

bwm5150 said:

hollywoodrox said:

It can be added to lots of songs without them specifically having that type of playing in them 
  You can usually replace keyboard parts or add a lick with a recurring theme .

  Look up this guy on YouTube 

  https://youtu.be/PwnZhHO4Sus?si=lTyaQEkCYkSaNpis

Ah, you're always very kind to me, thanks!

One thing that I maybe haven't seen mentioned, which is similar to sus chords, and keyboard parts, is chords where you play notes that are right next to each other. If you can combine that with open strings too, I think it sounds great!

Hi Ben could you elaborate on that for us I’d like to try but am confused about the notes being next to each other 

Of course, I could've been clearer.

The way sus chords have notes right beside each other, for example Bsus2 you would have BC#F#, the B and C# are right next to each other. It's easy to play clusters like that on keys, and do more, but on guitar it's tricky unless you introduce open strings.

So you could play a Bsus chord like this...

e-------0---
B-------7---
G-------6---
D-------9---

...and you have B C# E F#, two groups of notes right next to each other. 

Songs in the key of E help.

Thanks Ben you’re the best always loved your style & arrangements  can’t wait to try this out

Bowks

I was inspired to get that 80s tone to play all these chord voicing, so I got a guitar and had it modded à la Dann Huff! 

It's got the magic switches for series/parallel switching, as well as the Tyler midboost.