Hey,

So I’ve been working on recording a song and I am trying to get a solo tone similar to the kind of long, sustained, gain-y yet clean sound that The War on Drugs tends to use.

Any suggestions? I’m mostly recording direct input through my pedal board into a tascam sound card. I’ve fiddled around with my overdrive pedal (Soul Food) but the tone gets too distorted and muddy to give that clean sustain.

Is it time to get a sustain pedal? Apologies in advance if what I’m asking about gear doesn’t make much sense…

  • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know the specific tone, so it’ll be hard to give specifics, but i know the band a bit and ill tell you what id do: a compressor, and a low to mid gain drive first. You can do a TON with these. Add in a tiny bit of modulation, like chorus, a little reverb and your pretty set. Depending on the tone, there might be some delay, I’d personally opt for the delay over chorus or other modulation at first. Its a staple. Your pretty much covered with these, and in varying amounts will at least be able to approximate almost anything.

    If you post the song or smth maybe we could help a tiny bit more with if you wanna get into the weeds (: