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Dialling In REVERB & DELAYS | Ambient Guitar Tips


Using any reverb and delay pedals, I want to show you guys some easy and really useful tips on how to dial in a great ambient guitar tone, and the types of things you could play to emphasise that tone!

Gear I used:

Strymon Flint: https://www.strymon.net/product/flint/

Strymon El Capistan: https://www.strymon.net/product/elcapistan/

Victory VX Kraken: https://www.victoryamps.com/product/vx-the-kraken/

Origin Cali 76 Stacked: https://origineffects.com/product/cali76-stacked-edition/

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00:00 – Intro
03:00 – Delay
06:00 – Reverb
08:45 – Delay & Reverb
10:27 – Adding a Compressor
12:49 – Playing Tips
16:52 – Swells
19:03 – Adding Drive
20:02 – Summary

Video edited by John Hollingworth
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Originally posted by UCuVDigtKhrCVwNDc76KnPUA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qulkj2xnZk

32 thoughts on “Dialling In REVERB & DELAYS | Ambient Guitar Tips

  • ???? I honestly thought I was alone in hearing that odd digital zing and mids hump on so many reverbs. The Flint has an incredible restraint in its verbs, they just sound "real" to my ears, very impressed. Fascinating demo sir, ta

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  • Perhaps an obvious statement, but Rabea’s Neural archetype is absolutely killer for ambient guitar.

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  • Lovely tips, especially for the ambient guitar. As always. In fact I try to show on my channel, that even with those super-cheap under 25 euro pedals, you can make ambient guitar music. Some people simply like to get those affordable pedals.

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  • Cool video, fist one ive seen by you, never heard of you before. Your other videos look like they might be cool. I subscribed

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  • I have been in a couple large , public facility's that where covered in floor to ceiling tile, with mirrors and metal stall doors.There was nothing to absorb any frequencys (sans me)… And these rooms had that high end crackle and overlapping (almost) hiss. I remember standing in the room clapping once or twice and exclaming, "dam". Lol, I got a few looks.

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  • First time listener, i'm sitting outside a coffee shop having a drink, I've just sold all my guitar effects pedals and amp as the economy has me by the throat, I'm also in a early onset arthritis situation with my hands so I cannot play like I used to. At around 10:30 you started those Arabic diminished sounding scales leaving loads of space before hitting the last notes in the runs, in that space my body was screaming "hit that note! hit that note! anticipating some obscure note and dude my body was glowing with warmth every time you matched the note I was expecting. Really made my day, thank you.

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  • Bea! Can I ask you what scale or mode are you playing at 13:43? At a certain point you play 3 semitone,one after the other,I was wondering what mode is it,or is a combination of diffent mode?very very beautifull by the way 🙂 Thank you a lot for all the wisdom and teaching that you are sharing with us.Much Love!

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  • Been loving using your Neural dsp with the Whale tones patch. Ambient goodness ????????????????

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  • All pedals and playing aside – I gotta say – you've got a spectacular mop of hair my friend. Rock it if ya got it dude ????

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  • Great video. Ive been playing with some ambient stuff on my helix recently but been finding settings tricky.

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  • My goodness what I wouldn't give you see Strymon enter the modeler market and make something to complete with Helix and Fractal.

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  • Superb info. beautiful playing and this video could double as a post rock Audition tape! I just had to sell my big sky reverb due to life etc. Hopefullly one day I can get back to the blue sky, but you're making the flint very tempting

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  • I may have missed him mention it but can anyone tell me how he's getting the room hum to basically dissapear as he starts playing? Mine gets louder when i play especially on split coil tones.

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  • Rabea, have you ever used any of those micro amps you plug directly into a guitar like the Mustang Micro or Nux Amplug?

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  • Just got myself a JHS 3 Series Hall Reverb! Going to have some with this and my Boss DD3-T. Thank you for this video Bea!

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