niceguy Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 This song had recently popped up on my Spotify playlist. Hadn't heard it in ages. I'm a guitarist, but I can't quite figure out what's causing the videogame sounds in the final chorus. It sounds like an 8-bit NES game. I'd normally think it's a MIDI arpeggiator, but I know that somehow a guitar is making this sound. I rather dislike the sound, but I'm just curious as to what's making it, and why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Do you have the Rockband stems? I haven't listened to them in a while (and can't now) but I'm pretty sure you can faintly hear Buckethead's original solo buried underneath the vocal stem. It's buried in one of the stems, anyway. Is that what you're talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sploit Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 If it is Bucket, then it will be a Pitchshifter/Whammy Pedal combined with the Killswitch probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Is it not BBF's tapping? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 This song had recently popped up on my Spotify playlist. Hadn't heard it in ages.I'm a guitarist, but I can't quite figure out what's causing the videogame sounds in the final chorus. It sounds like an 8-bit NES game.I'd normally think it's a MIDI arpeggiator, but I know that somehow a guitar is making this sound.I rather dislike the sound, but I'm just curious as to what's making it, and why.I thought it was either BBF or Bucket doing sweep picking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 It's tapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Definitely tapping, played and written by Bumble. There's plenty of videos around of him demonstrating it to fans. Other than that you've got a constant whammy pedal riff going on but that's in all the choruses and is just a basic octave thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Broue Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Too bad Bucket work was buried in the mix and Axl choose Ron's 8 bit nonsenseBucket also came up with 8 bit nonsense stuff on his own albums, but i think he is still better than BBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Too bad Bucket work was buried in the mix and Axl choose Ron's 8 bit nonsense Bucket also came up with 8 bit nonsense stuff on his own albums, but i think he is still better than BBF So standard tapping is 8-bit nonsense now? I'm not in favor of Ron replacing Bucket's work on CD either, but the tapping over the Shackler's chorus is hardly video game sounds. The solo is an abortion though. Edited October 14, 2015 by bacardimayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flayer Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Solo's pretty cool imo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Love the solo, one of the stand out moments on CD. Also like what Ron did on Chi dem. Always wondered who's playing on ITW in background, it sounds like guitar grinding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gackt Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) The stuff at 1:27 here? Bucket-style tapping, likely performed by Bumble but originally written by Buckethttps://youtu.be/BAKySQjcDsw?t=1m27s Edited October 14, 2015 by RussTCB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) The stuff at 1:27 here? Bucket-style tapping, likely performed by Bumble but originally written by Buckethttps://youtu.be/BAKySQjcDsw?t=1m27s Originally written by Bumble as well as performed. Edited October 14, 2015 by Rovim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gackt Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Originally written by Bumble as well as performed.Has Bumble performed similar tapping in his solo work? I haven't heard anything like it from him in the past, so I figured it was him doing a Bucket impression (like the main solo) than it being something he inserted on his own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovim Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Originally written by Bumble as well as performed.Has Bumble performed similar tapping in his solo work? I haven't heard anything like it from him in the past, so I figured it was him doing a Bucket impression (like the main solo) than it being something he inserted on his ownHe said in one of his video interviews he came up with that tapping part and the main solo. He talked about everything he wrote for Chinese specifically, every song in another interview so that's another source cause the tapping part on Shackler's is mentioned by him in that interview as well.Also: I have heard Bumble do that kind of tapping in live shows.And he did not do a Bucket impression for his main Shackler's solo imo. It's all him. Like it or hate it, that's all Bumble. The solo is sheer madness, but now I'm quite fond of it.It does have direction. Not melodic, spastic, totally out of control (like the song itself and it's theme and mood) but at the same time you can tell he knows what he's doing cause I think the solo represents his style and personality really well.Shackler's is the song he got the chance to go insane on with the main solo, but then also make it pretty and more energetic with the tapping at the end. Edited October 14, 2015 by Rovim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick85 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Solo's pretty cool imo.The only worthwhile contributions from Ron on the album is his work on Shacklers, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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