What distortion does Alex Turner use?

Coopersonic Valveslapper Dual-Valve Distortion Alex Turner uses a Coopersonic Valveslapper Duel Valve Distortion pedal on his board since Arctic Monkeys 3rd album recording and tour. This pedal is what Alex famously uses for the tone of “Do I Wanna Know” among other pedals, amps and his 12-String Guitar.

How do I make my guitar sound like Arctic Monkeys?

The Quick Answer. To get the Arctic Monkeys guitar tone, you’ll need a crunchy overdriven tone by either having the gain setting on your amp midway, or use an overdriven pedal through a clean amp. Have the gain, mids and treble higher for lead sections and then decrease the gain and mids lower for rhythm sections.

What guitar effects are used in Do I Wanna Know?

Alex Turner used Vox Starstream XII for the recording of “Do I Wanna Know?”, and he uses it for almost every live performance of the song. Vox Starstream XII features an array of built-in battery-powered electronic effects.

What gives country music its twang?

In plain English, this is basically saying: Above your vocal cords is a set of membranes and cartilages that make the shape of a funnel. When you bring that cartilage in and warp the shape of the funnel to be even more horn-like, you get twang. The sound is less breathy, more clear, and louder.

How do you get the Arctic Monkeys tone?

What effects does Alex Turner use?

Echo Pedals Alex Turner prefers using amp reverb such as those built into his Fender amplifiers, but he did use the Electro Harmonix XO Holy Grail Plus Variable Reverb Pedal during the Humbug era, likely to capture live the spacious tone of the album. He also used the Boss DSD-3 delay during this time.

How do you make an amp sound like Nirvana?

The Quick Answer. To get Nirvana’s tone with your amplifier, have the treble and mids fairly high (around 7-8) and the bass on around 5 to begin with. The distortion should be quite high for the chorus (usually between 8-10), unless you’re using a pedal.

What pedals do Arctic Monkeys use?

Pedals and Effects One of the biggest differences in the gear that the Arctic Monkeys used between their first and second albums is the pedals. They added to their modest pedalboard by throwing in an Ibanez Ts-808 Tubesreamer in place of the RAT. They also added a Danelectro Reel Echo and a EHX Deluxe Memory Man.