#ambient swells

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Ambient Guitar Tip #3: Ambient Swells

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Ambient Swells

You'll need: a volume pedal, delay pedal and a reverb pedal. Octave pedal and/or a Wah pedal are optional but highly encouraged!

How to:  Set your delay to the tempo of the song with 4-5 repeats (preferably with quarter notes). Turn on your reverb and set you volume pedal all the way down (heel-side down). If you have a Wah pedal, you have the option of setting it heel-side down, which will produce a low organ sound. If you set the Wah toe-side down, you will produce a high frequency synthesizer like sound. The use of an octave pedal will just enhance the low or high end sound. 

I recommend experimenting with the Wah pedal to see what kind of sound you like. Check out the video below for an awesome example!