Best way to acheive 'Punk' sondz?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:26 pm

Yeah, all the Fuzz and Big Muff suggestions are a bit wayward imo. Just get a Behringer Sansamp clone Carl, it will piss nearly every punk sound you could want.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 4:31 pm

Do an this classic:

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:34 pm

...or better still, learn this:

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hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:23 pm

srsly, i appreciate everyone who inputted something other than "buy this, buy that."

kim, i didn't mean that i took offense. i just thought i had made it clear that i'm not trying to emulate any particular sound, i just don't want my alt rock-y, experimental setup to sound like that when i'm trying to play punk songs.

sometimes the guy i play bass with is like, "that's missing something," unless i'm playing with the brostang. and i have no fucking clue what it's missing because i'm focusing on playing the right chordage, not if the sound is necessarily audible.

it's too fuzzy at this point, and it appears the consensus is to drop the bass out a bunch. my main trouble was i didn't want to fuck with my amp settings a bunch, because i have it set for my best sound for my original jams.

again. thanks to everyone.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:24 pm

or this:

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By which I mean to demonstrate that punk is all 'tude. Guitar sound is very secondary.

Oh, and to pimp The Gruesomes cause they're tragically underrated.

kim · Post by **kim** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:38 pm

maybe it's just on days where you're more the loser in life that what you play sounds more punk than on days where you're less of a loser, if it's not the amp guitar or pedals it's gotta be the attitude. lol

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:42 pm

are you calling me a part-time loser?
I'm 24/7, honey! lol.

kim · Post by **kim** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:44 pm

of course, if you have a job you can't play puuunk ! haha j/k

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:46 pm

Hotrod el duderino your demo video, the playing, your attitude THAT WAS PUNK ROCK. But yeah James has a point that you're asking about soundz more than a general SPIRIT OF TEH PUNXXORS. You got the spirit so I'll leave it to others to advise on the sound but if i may highlight "what it's missing because i'm focusing on playing the right chordage," I reckon if you're having to concentrate then what is missing is the physical emotional content that once you know it off by heart you can invest some real stuff into it ...uumm yeah but no Emo thanks. investing 'stuff pretty much translates in sound as DYNAMICS That's what I reckon is missing.

Fran:

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lol I did a shit on yr mum

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:52 pm

Hot Rod.... If the main issue is the EQ on the amp and not wanting to have to mess you original setting for a couple punk songs (especially if you amp is finicky about settings as some are...) pick up a dano fish and chips EQ pedal (or the behringer boss clone). Then you can readjust the EQ settings via the pedal for the songs you want and both pedals are dirt cheap...Fish and chips should be like $15-20 used and behringer is 20-30 new.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:54 pm

laterallateral wrote:or this:

By which I mean to demonstrate that punk is all 'tude. Guitar sound is very secondary.

Oh, and to pimp The Gruesomes cause they're tragically underrated.

By which I learn who The Horrors were ripping off on their first ep:

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laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:02 pm

Black Cat Bone wrote:
laterallateral wrote:or this:

By which I mean to demonstrate that punk is all 'tude. Guitar sound is very secondary.

Oh, and to pimp The Gruesomes cause they're tragically underrated.
By which I learn who The Horrors were ripping off on their first ep:

I wouldn't call the Horrors a Gruesomes ripoff at all,
That one song I posted is a garage rock standard originally done by The Sonics.

I would say these two bands owe a huge lot of their sound to them, as does most punk rock.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:47 pm

i don't get the whole EQ thing.

people that build amps put knobs on the amps for you to use the knobs ?

if you don't turn the knobs and fuck around with stuff then whats the point of the knobs even on the amp ?

aen · Post by **aen** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:50 pm

James wrote: sound a thing like torn speakers (assuming that's what the pedal sounds like).

NOt really. It's totally got a good punky sound, assuming bass retention is not important to you. The TP is one of the fuzzes in the Shoe gazer, which is still quite available.

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Around 5 minutes I play some normal chords adn shit.

George · Post by **George** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:13 pm

The Horror's guitarist used to go to my mate's uni (Kingston that is). He eventually dropped out when The Horrors got big though.

So anyway, one day my mates were playing football round their halls of residence courtyard and the ball went out of play right next to where the Horror's guitarist was walking past. After someone said "pass the ball mate" he kept walking on and said "I don't plaaay footborl" in a really conceited way and kept walking.

Actually I expect he probably levitated away on a mysterious cloud of fog, because you know, The Horrors are deep and mysterious and do what they want.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:53 pm

GeorgeF wrote:The Horror's guitarist used to go to my mate's uni (Kingston that is). He eventually dropped out when The Horrors got big though.

So anyway, one day my mates were playing football round their halls of residence courtyard and the ball went out of play right next to where the Horror's guitarist was walking past. After someone said "pass the ball mate" he kept walking on and said "I don't plaaay footborl" in a really conceited way and kept walking.

Actually I expect he probably levitated away on a mysterious cloud of fog, because you know, The Horrors are deep and mysteriou
s and do what they want.

Breaking news: football means precisely shit-all to some male human beings because guitars and punk rock Are more fucking real. And I'm drunk so there

George · Post by **George** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:10 pm

Yeah I'm one of them but dude could have just kicked the ball back. I would have done but that's just me, I will always help people and try and make the world a better place til I fucking die.

And SNAP on the drinking.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:35 pm

i don't kick footballs back.

i am so hopeless with my feet that i would probably miss and hit the top of my ball with my foot, causing me to slip backwards and slam my head on the ground.

this has happened more than once, hence i don't kick balls back anymore.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:46 pm

GeorgeF wrote:Yeah I'm one of them but dude could have just kicked the ball back. I would have done but that's just me, I will always help people and try and make the world a better place til I fucking die.

And SNAP on the drinking.

heh dude I get ya it's a fine line between stoopid and intelligent - and somewhere in between is 'pretentious' and I'm quite at home there.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:49 pm

Reece wrote:i don't kick footballs back.

i am so hopeless with my feet that i would probably miss and hit the top of my ball with my foot, causing me to slip backwards and slam my head on the ground.

this has happened more than once, hence i don't kick balls back anymore.

this. It's like that bit in peep show... Will try and find clip when back on pc and not phone