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"Rumpy" wrote:

it’s pretty safe to bet that J’s solo is improvised, so there’s no point attempting to grab it note for note. write your own, or improvise your own you said you have a year – try recording one ammaring solo a day and coming up with the ultimate take based on what you have down (the david gilmour way of doing solos for records, and I say it’s pretty dam good – captures you soloing organically, not being all semi-calculated as you focus on writing it, and then you just glue the best of it together).

also, be warned that J uses big muffs… but J uses old big muffs, and you’ll have to slowly get used to the fact that getting one of those is equivalent to coughing up a few hundred bucks on ebay. but, to add further problems, J uses effects other than the big muff too I say – quit attempting to do a direct clone, and instead of doing a note-for-note Mascis "Ammaring" replica, do a Garcissistic "Ammaring" take with your own solo, your own tone…

Awesome man! i never really thought of it like that… glad i caught this before i went all robotic with direct replication.

Last request:

any recommendations for replicating his distortion without giving away my wallet?

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"andyfest" wrote:

Not sure how accurate this is as I haven’t tried playing it myself but here’s some (apparently) complete tab for ya:
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.guitaretab.com/d/dinosaur-jr/33630.html

Welcome to the board!

yeah, i’ve been using that and i’ve got it down pretty good. but the thing i’m really focused on is j’s epic 4 minute solo.

"Yeah Right" wrote:

That’s pretty much how I play it. In terms of distorion, try a Big Muff, but it sounds pretty nice acoustic too.

This video might help.

Yeah! i have that video favorited and plan on using it to write out all the little details. should be quite an effort, but i think the final product will be worth it.

Thanks!

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