After binging hours of your content I have come to the conclusion of two things 1: you should do a how to play like Dave Simpson series of vids 2: Anderson’s should do a sounds like Dave Simpson trilogy
@Gamers_King_Channel I'm pretty sure your the only person I've ever to seen call Dave egotistical. Your completly wrong but at this rate I'm just pointing out the obvious. Hes a Beautiful player and an excellent dude.
Hi Dave, I have to say that after checking out other guitar players on the RU-vid, it is refreshing to come back to your channel where there is no ego and douchebaggery going on and where there is a guy who can actually play and is a nice guy. Thank you for that!
Perfect timing Dave! I've been going over your 'Soul to Squeeze' lesson for the past week, and I thought to myself it'd be great if Dave could do a video on Volume Swells, and bang - here it is. Fair play to you Dave, you're a goodun!
@@thedavesimpson I like Dave better, I think he's the feeling of the music. I've grown tired of the hard driving try to kill the music sound and prefer the dream sound of you.
Dave thanks for being such an amazing human being and helping people out with all the guitar tricks, John frusciante tone tips, pedal tips, etc. Ur always with a big smile and I feel for u with all these RU-vid policy's, just know that ur an inspiration to allot of people and I will always be a supporter in some way!! ☺️
You are a virtuoso on the volume swells Dave, truly. Like many others here, it seems, I have conditions that make playing somewhat difficult at times, I had to re-learn how to play a few years ago due to Parkinsonisms, fortunately they don't affect my voice! (At least people tell me it's fortunate LOL) So I am in awe of the talent and feel you get with those beautifully measured swells. The capacity to add to the emotional landscape with volume swells is one of the most underrated skills in guitar playing, IMO. I almost wish (except I used my three wishes up as a child, like most people - how foolish of us!!) that I could still do them, some of my recent compositions would have benefitted from that kind of magic. Also, do you use any particular method for maintaining your pots? I find mine need almost constant attention, and nothing I've used to keep them clean and fluid seems to last very long.
I really like your approach to volume swells Dave :) I used to play them with a volume pedal, though after dismantling my pedalboard to move from one country to the other I naturally started to do the swells with the volume knob. I've been using it more and more on my own video jams...I find it much more expressive than the volume pedal.
Love this Dave, your teaching style is the dogs dangleys. You should do more how to technique vids, I reckon your views would sky rocket. This sound is unbelievable also, almost reminds me of some old school trance music. Love it when the guitar can sound like something else. Brilliant.
Great video Dave very informative and therefore very useful. Especially for the home player! I'm sure you're familiar with one of my heroes Roy Buchanan, he was one of the first to really incorporate volume swells into blues playing. He also rolled the tone knob off and on to get a wah effect and was famously free from effects pedals. His setup was generally just a strat or tele into a fender vibrolux with the amp cranked to the max vol and tone (and usually the amp facing away from the audience) He didn't make any RU-vid videos tho so thx again for yours 🤘👍😊
Amazing sound man! Just watched the video with you at andertons, I tend watch them a lot, how I got the inspiration to purchase my guitar I have an epiphone les Paul sl in pacific blue. And I as well only prefer solid state amplifiers I bought a line 6 spider IV Combo amp along with it and absolutely love it. But I feel ya man, I'm an over the road truck driver over here in the United States so I understand mental health issues more than most, hoping to get the motivation to finally finish learning how to play the electric guitar by watching these videos and of course taking the time lol. Keep up the great work!!
Ok, I haven't watched it yet, I just came home and have some things to do first :( but man I know I will absolutely love this video I actually asked you about this on an Instagram live. Thanks Dave, you are awesome!!!
Also why I bought a processor with an expression pedal on it. You can set it to default to volume when you aren't using it for anything else on that patch. Some guitars are also easier to reach it on and this way I only have to learn to do it one way for all of them as I learn how to use all of them in their own ways. The only reason I really started getting a few guitars is that my interests were getting so broad that I was already way beyond the limits of what I had in some cases and just tired of doing a zillion tunings all the time on one instrument when I can get something fairly reasonably that really fits the tunings and types of playing I end up doing, which at this point could be literally anything I can think of, at least.
@Robert Clark: Good for you mate, it's what playing is all about. I have a useless little finger on my fret hand, I'd be better off without it altogether as I already figured out I can get by without it & now it just gets in the way 😉
Damn bro, sorry for you but glad technology brings us solutions. I have a injury in my picking hand wrist and I can't fingerpick or hybrid pick properly. It sucks but I always find my way around with whatever works
I’m sure you probably go over it later on, but if not, if you have cheap volume pots, it helps to get better more expensive ones as well. Many pots are either full open, and then lose major signal by the time you get to like 70%. But you can get ones that are much more responsive, and work way smoother. That really helps with volume swells.
Hi Dave, yep, very helpful, especially for an absolute beginner like me. Someone mentioned a suggestion about ''Play like Dave''..really good idea I think.
I remember watching Slane the first time when Venice Queen came on and I was like what the hell is John doing? Then I started learning the technique. It’s a beautiful technique.
Dave, Thank you for sharing this-very generous on your part! That’s an awesome technique-transcendent. I just purchased a Strat and will give it a go. I know what you mean about the effects forcing you to slow down. I feel that when I use the Electro-Harmonix B9 organ pedal set on “continental” or “cathedral.” If I play too fast it sounds like mush. It feels so strange to be playing a guitar but hearing an organ or almost a harpsichord. I’ve learned that vibrato works but string bending does not-an organ or harpsichord can’t do that.
If anyone is using a DL-4 (delay), I recommend these settings to get the sound Dave is explaining: Model: digital delay Delay time: 4/9 Repeats: 8,5/9 Tweak: 9/9 Tweez: 5/9 Mix: 8/9
Nobody has said yet on this video, but the Lemon Drop is pretty awesome. I admit that when I hear some guitars and recognize which one is coming up I get a little excited. :-) Everyone seems to have great taste and so many different guitars (one bass channel is doing a series on viewer basses, it's actually pretty great) but there are always standouts and that boy you're holding there reminds me of so much of Greenie (the 59' (?) LP now in possession of Kirk Hammett, watch that video if you want to hear its tone - it's FANTASTIC) but it really visually lights up the frame as well as nail that tone we love in the classic LPs.
I put a very old set of knobs from a Marantz stereo amp that have a notch and are taller than standard strat knobs on my strat...super easy to do swells with and the extra height of the knob lets you have easier access to the strings you pluck....
Seems like any time I search for a new technique to practice, you’ve already covered it! I am super grateful! Does it help if you change the volume pot? Or are stock pots sensitive enough?
Very interesting thanks, great sounds. I need to learn more chords above the 12 fret and notes and thirds and keys. oh boy. It's great to listen to though :)
hey dave, absolutely love this, i’m just wondering what pedals you are using for the delay and reverb? i’ve got a chorus pedal and a pretty good reverb tone from my amp, so do u think i should just get a delay pedal for this tone/style of playing? and also would a reverb pedal be better than reverb from my fender blues junior IV amp? thanks a lot
Good video dave! Hey, I have seen many videos about wha pedals, and your video of the vox v847 vs the ibanez wh10 was the best. After my large search of my first wha pedal, I decided to buy the vox v847 (basically bc that pedal can emulate frusciante's sound and its more versatile). However, all the music stores in my country shows in their catalogues the vox v847a. ¿Do you have any reference about the vox v847a? ¿How this pedal works with a ds2? ¿Can emulate the sounds of jimi hendrix, john frusciante or another musicians (like jimmy page for example)? Thanks in advance. Pd: sorry if I have grammatical mistakes, spanish is my primary languaje hahaha
Which type of pots do you prefer for doing volume swells? the linear ones which have a sudden volume increaase around 3 and 8 and the inbetween positions don't change that much or the logarithmic ones in which 1 to 10 positions affect the volume in a proportionate way?
I'm a bit lazy - I have a Mooer Slow Engine (Boss Slow Gear clone) in my FX loop after all my distortion, although the effect is slightly different. In fact I use it on the fastest setting, so it just cuts off the attack mostly. It's close enough to fake a reverse-sounding solo live. I still volume swell with the volume pot occasionally.
Hey very good Video! :) I got a question and I don't know where else I could contact you. I am searching for a Stratocaster at the moment that's under 500, maybe even under 400 euros. But I wan't a good guitar and you are the only obne I trust with Stratocaster guitars. What would be your recommendation? Keep going on with your stuff, I am really enjoying it! :)
I can use my pedal of my multieffects (Digitech RP360XP) for volume swells (I have it activated in all patches) but if I want I have a sweller integrated too that is smoother. I cant do it as well with my hands.
On my old les paul, i inversed volume and tone to use my arm. By placing my arm just to the side i managed to turn the knob just by moving my arm back and forth. 😅 Yes that s a very weird position But I don't do that anymore, i no longer use this guitar
Not so fun fact: As a lefty guitar player with stock fender strats, the pots are right handed wired backwards so 10 is off and 1 is full on. This makes volume swells quite difficult. Also, it effects the clean up of the guitar different when rolling the volume knob down, but that doesn't bother me much.
@@GarrettX001 If it works for you and you're happy with your progress, then that's great! I would of had a lot tougher time learning if I did it right-handed. My brain just doesn't work that way.
Cheers Dave p, i watched that part as the film was rolling and realised Dave talked about les pauls, tele's, sg's and vol pedals and what guitar works best with it, i was just curious if Dave would have used a pedal instead of his knob, lol. I was gonna say about this when i heard Dave doing volume swirls the first time i heard Dave play tis style i'd thought i'd chime in, rgards Matt.
@@thedavesimpsonlog pots tend to go from nothing to loud suddenly whereas linear ones are more gradual. I think my strat has linear ones and it makes it hard to do swells, my Kramer has a logarithmic one and acts like a kill switch quickly.
Damn. How come all the best guitarists I've ever heard are random people on RU-vid and are not the people actually making records and being pushed? I swear I'd rather listen to you do these swells like in your intro jam than anything on the radio or even these neo blues cats RU-vid pushes. Josh Smith, Joey Landreth, Ariel Posen, Eric Gales, Kirk Fletcher are all great and all but they aint got shit on what you. Idc how hard the RU-vid guitar community pushes them on us.
