How To Sound Like The Smashing Pumpkins Using Guitar Pedals | Reverb Potent Pairings

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Treat yourself or find the perfect gift for your favorite music maker. Billy Corgan and James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins created a massive guitar sound that was paramount in defining the alt-rock sound of the '90s. In this video, we grab some pedals from the office and see how close we can get to some of those iconic tones in this episode of #PotentPairings.
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@robertkortus 7 лет назад

Really demonstrates how important multi-tracking is to the Smashing Pumpkins sound.

@SneedBass 3 года назад

Yeah man the layer's of sound, gave them the whirling wall of guitar sounds.

@antoncastro8368 2 года назад

cause Butch Vig

@victorprice5740 7 лет назад

How to sound like The Smashing Pumpkins with 36 guitars

@user-wc6pw8oh6v 4 года назад

No dude, you can do that with one Strat, just change amp and pickup config for each overdub

@victorprice5740 4 года назад

@@user-wc6pw8oh6v it was a joke on Billy Corgan saying he used 36, unless the video says this is old af

@cesarrd3350 2 года назад

@thatdamnguy9566 2 года назад

@@user-wc6pw8oh6v learn how to take a joke idiot

@ferabra8939 5 лет назад

Cherub Rock is Big Muff, Big Muff, Big Muff, and more Big Muff...The whole "Siamese Dream" album is, really.

@scottudell7202 3 года назад

In particular, the Op Amp Big Muff. I just bought one and it sounds amazing. Definitely NOT disappointed.

@mattswick4449 3 года назад

@@scottudell7202 Exactly! I just picked one up and it’s amazing

@sitruscrum 3 года назад

And mxr phase 100 classic throaty phasing

@poopsock7991 Месяц назад

@@scottudell7202 nope, o think it’s a Russian for cherub rock surprisingly

@DavidRFIT 7 лет назад

That white guitar is a Billy Corgan signature Strat. I had one of those and to this day I still regret selling it. It was a damn masterpiece of guitar.

@jasonmcmillan4373 5 лет назад

Can't believe that you can't even buy a hard tail strat from Fender or Squire nowadays without paying for the custom shop. It makes it harder to build your own piece by piece. Take a look at what people are selling their replica Billy Corgan Strats for online, its insane!

@racistnice4652 6 лет назад

NAILED the solo on "Cherub Rock"

@benmiddleton9984 4 года назад

@Dwarf From The North sounded pretty damn good to me

@benmiddleton9984 4 года назад

Agreed

@mapledoodle5516 4 года назад

Didn’t nail it but kinda close.

@EmegopsForever 7 лет назад

How to sound like Billy corgan is really just like grow 6 arms and play four guitars at once lol

@gabeblums2062 6 лет назад

True

@antoncastro8368 2 года назад

step one: form a band step two: record an album and play all of the instruments yourself

@willyorkmusic467 7 лет назад

Not bad at all, it would've been cool to see "Today" on here, because that's one of the Pumpkins' most iconic tunes

@jamesmarshall7885 4 года назад

That’s just big muff

@allrain 7 лет назад

My 2¢: i've found that with Lace Sensors and a Big Muff PI you're 95% there. This video is killer, though. Lots of great pedals. That MXR Uni-vibe is gold.

@zaphod77 6 лет назад

get the op amp reissue.

@bendally6445 7 лет назад

Why not just use a Big Muff for the Big Muff sound?

@drmeandad 7 лет назад

Billy used a particular version of the Big Muff. Eye See Pi is a recreation of that version of Muff Why he used a Russian style Muff for Cherub Rock though....?

@MaxStephens77 7 лет назад

drmeandad yeah why they used a Russian when it's well noted he used an Op Amp muff didn't make sense to me either.

@0mer100 7 лет назад

Because the idea is to get that tone using pedals (I think).

@RhythmGrizz 7 лет назад

Omer Carmona big muff is a pedal. What are you talking about?

@0mer100 7 лет назад

RhythmGrizz That was to the guy who talk about an OP amp something.

@TheSickNeeds 7 лет назад

kinda shows how important the drums were to that band.

@internet_humor_ 4 года назад

The SickNeeds oh hell yeah jimmy chamberlin is definitely one of the best drummers of all time

@ratamahatta5306 4 года назад

Jimmy's drum is as important as Billy's guitar to differentiate pumpkins from the other alternative bands of that era

@andrewpappas9311 3 года назад

Yeah, Jimmy Chamberlain is a beast on drums

@KEVBOYMUSIC 3 года назад

Yeah...drums are usually important, especially in rock bands.

@mpactdesignmedia 4 года назад

Heavy Metal Machine live in a small venue was one of the greatest concert experiences ever...well, experienced.

@pssed 6 лет назад

Damn, Cherub Rock solo sounded amazing

@misakiyoshida 2 года назад

Another trick is to layer open chords using the same riff on top of power chords, like on "Bullet With Butterfly Wings". It opens up so much more sonically.

@bobsleynoahcp 7 лет назад

Do Slowdive

@jasonmcmillan4373 5 лет назад

Oooh, that heavy metal machine sound! That is one of my favourite Pumpkin songs that most have now forgotten about.

@anthonysclafani3963 6 лет назад

This was actually pretty solid. 2 changes I'd make: -use a strat with lace sensor pickups, not hot rails -use a big muff, ideally the op-amp version (EHX just released a new one they designed w Billy Corgan) Good job overall though, def nailed the pumpkins vibe

@ViaticalTree 6 лет назад

I'm pretty sure the white strat is the Billy Corgan signature model which sounds very pumpkinsy.

@SirEnVo 7 лет назад

FINALLY AND THE TONES ARE ACTUALLY DECENT ON THIS VID! Lil excited soz. Good job Reverb x

@jarodivey9033 7 лет назад

Yes! So glad this finally happened! I'm waiting for Pearl Jam potent pairings now!

@keithjagger6057 7 лет назад

I have been waiting for this video for ever!

@guitarzilla 7 лет назад

One of my favorite all time bands!

@absolving 3 года назад

Well done Reverb. Seriously this sounds fantastic!

@channelkerr 7 лет назад

Really enjoying this stuff, Zero sounded awesome. Would love a vid on sounding like Korn or MBV!

@scotscub76 3 года назад

Wow brilliant cherub rock solo! One of my favourites ever

@jordanpene5279 5 лет назад

Helping me get any closer to figuring out that Cherub Rock Solo is a thumbs up from me :D Thankyou

@lennoxgroove3491 6 лет назад

who never thought id see a tym's pedal in a vid like this, local brissie scene smashing it up! legends

@Unclefunkle999 7 лет назад

Do How to Sound like My Blood Valentine! Although I think it would be pretty difficult to do with just a handful of pedals...

@desertstormchefnice9446 7 лет назад

Just spend your life savings on every pedal being sold on Guitar Center

@blviking56 6 лет назад

Yamaha spx 90 for the reverse reverb and a fender blender for the fuzz tones and you're good ;) oh and a jazzmaster with the tremolo might help too

@nolongerinuse915 6 лет назад

turn your washing machine on high

@KeeperOfPoops 6 лет назад

I thought that said Bullet For My Valentine for a moment now i am upset :(

@daftdoggo7662 6 лет назад

Keely loomed lol

@alejandrocantu1811 7 лет назад

Been waiting on this one

@mattkaz9604 6 лет назад

Well done, these sound great.

@ayushman7 6 лет назад

Thank you , Great work!

@zerosoma33 6 лет назад

That Cherub Rock tone is f'ing gold.

@jonathanwapner6262 3 года назад

Really great insight into coming up with some of the tones -- albeit using completely different methodology

@hananiadly7477 3 года назад

Very good sound...thank you for playing Smashing Pumpkins song's and technics guitar. TODAY song's iam very interested

@benmiddleton9984 4 года назад

Finally after all these years I know what effect Billy used for that guitar solo on cherub Rock. The Steyron Deco. Sweet. The big muff will always be my favorite pedal by ehx though. That is the sound of the Smashing Pumpkins

@TinkerToneworks 2 года назад

the Deco wasn't used on the record, it was just used to simulate the doubling they did in studio.

@MegaFabioRocks 7 лет назад

That's so cool thanks!

@trantienlinh1979 6 лет назад

GREAT JOB, GREAT SERIES. 2 CHEERS.

@garyabbot4659 7 лет назад

What was great work

@YanivZukerman 7 лет назад

Great job!

@nothingtoseehere177 5 лет назад

The background guitar in "1979's" chorus was actually an acoustic guitar ran through some small sounding amp with minor distortion and this gave it that floating harmonic sound when he strums the A chord in the "shake these zipper blues" part. You can hear it here in their FX track along with Billy's vocal effects as well. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XBcWAydqtow.html

@williamanthony175 7 лет назад

The effect for the chorus in the everlasting gaze would be great to see.

@Toothpastman 7 лет назад

Great video! The Beatles part 2/ The Strokes next?

@StringBender567 7 лет назад

Perfect!

@hockeycanada18 6 лет назад

Joe you are amazing!

@jamesgolymbieski1616 6 лет назад

Can you guys do a video on How to sound like AFI? Jade has always done some interesting stuff and has a great collection of gear he's used through the years

@joegreto8047 7 лет назад

the dimarzio pickups help a lot as well. i own and love them

@JACOBO2068 5 лет назад

Brutality, thanks

@jdaywork2693 6 лет назад

Jeez heck yes there it is.

@JQBMusicandTutorials 7 лет назад

Awesome!!

@o.g5211 4 года назад

You do however need to use a Les Paul or something with humbuckers in unison with the strat as it fills out most of the low end and adds a warmer tone that Billy's thinner strat cuts through

@SCARPENTER290 5 лет назад

Great video.

@mattgilbert7347 6 лет назад

MXR Dist+>EHX Opamp reiussue works for me. Boss MO-2 for the synth-solo sound. Distortion>Muff is tricky tho. You need headroom.

@matslarts1489 7 лет назад

Soda Stereo!

@inakymaisterrena9788 7 лет назад

Mats Larts Yessss. Click here, you won't regret it one bit.

@chucho90pulsar 7 лет назад

Soda Stereo for gods sake!

@hobo_jojo 6 лет назад

Yes a million times

@SadockH 7 лет назад

awesome! Sound like "The Verve" plsss

@emiliosog92 5 лет назад

"Potent Pairings" the best.

@jackoo666 7 лет назад

they have a very massive sound

@jarrod9052 5 лет назад

This is your best Sound Like video . Everything was so spot on . Since you seem to have that pumpkin sound nailed what reverbs would you use to get that Siamese Dream “ dreamy sound” think Soma and Mayonnaise? Thanks for your time

@sitruscrum 2 года назад

H9 is the only thing peep eddie Clark's channel and cover of soma

@nsheehy9953 5 лет назад

Great video

@Denis_Santos909 7 лет назад

Nice video. How to sound like Oasis would it be nice too.

@jojojo5179 6 лет назад

ibanez tube screamer. all you need for classic oasis crunch

@GEAsolar 7 лет назад

oh man! thanks! do Ruban Nielson (UMO) next

@gusdupree9076 7 лет назад

keeley just put out rotten apples fuzz box inspired by their song off the box set ,sounds pretty good, the aesthetics resemble the look if the aeroplane flies high looks left turns right graphics as well , good times

@FilippaArendt 7 лет назад

awesome awesome awesome :D

@kidamnesiac6823 5 лет назад

smashing pumpkins sound 1. fender stratacaster 2. big muff 3. marshall jcm800 i think that’s what it’s called 4. mxr phaser 5. digitech whammy pedal 6. shred like hell 7. have fun!

@void0094 5 лет назад

the op amp big muff and a 70's Strat or a Strat with Lace Sensors for the sound

@curtis5979 7 лет назад

BIG STAR PLEASEE

@obody-sl9np 4 года назад

The Crush tone is right on spot

@twiff3rino28 2 месяца назад

Hearing 1979 even in a pedal demo just makes me feel like I'm at a funeral 😔 😢

@Hen16 7 лет назад

How to sound like television!

@lizdiamond1070 7 лет назад

best band ever the only problem is that they didnt even use pedals hahaha. fender guitar going straight into fender amp = television

@Hen16 7 лет назад

Alec Morgan absolutely! It'd make an interesting video for both of those reasons!

@lizdiamond1070 7 лет назад

Major Biggles you may have a point there mister biggles

@evanphillips2126 7 лет назад

Do you happen to own Tom Verlaine's hands? Then it can't be done

@Hen16 7 лет назад

Dan Orkin they tour with vox Amos, because you can alter the voltage in the amp itself, without having to carry extra equipment.

@brianfoster4493 4 года назад

Sick

@ibowonar141 6 лет назад

Cherub rock was fucking perfect, solo too

@VladtheEternal 4 года назад

Totally not on the solo

@AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken84 4 года назад

No, the solo wasn’t played correctly. Seemed like it was just improvised on the fly tbh

@kissaudio 6 лет назад

"Crush", "Cherub Rock" and "Heavy Metal Machine" were pretty much exact. Should have used that Lace Sensor Strat for all of it though

@ashleycarvell7221 7 лет назад

... what unfortunate timing for this video. If you had just waited one more week!

@maxwellkirwin7502 7 лет назад

Best 'Sound Like' yet!

@Jabskin 6 лет назад

wow these are fuckin spot on

@siriusfun 5 лет назад

Some of these were decent, but as with the QOTSA sounds (Troy Van Leeuwen said the same thing), too much fizzy gain. When layering guitars, less is more.

@johnnyq1992 5 лет назад

Zero was absolutely spot on

@JamesWilson01 4 года назад

Fucking awesome mate!

@supernautster1 5 лет назад

El sonido agudo en Heavy Metal Machine se logra con un whammy.

@samgaebe9015 6 лет назад

Sick! you guys should do Green Day

@billiejoeeyelash 3 года назад

The Cherub Rock solo tone wasn't quite close but sounds completely awesome

@chrissoto7840 7 лет назад

I really like the how to sound videos, there really good. can you make a white stripes video

@desertstormchefnice9446 6 лет назад

Need some light phaser on that Cherub Rock rhythm tone for sure

@TheColebyArnett 7 лет назад

Some great stuff here. Pretty damn spot on. I don't know as much about Siamese Dream as some do, but were there any fender benders used for solo parts? I feel like that's the out of control/feedback quality with some of the solos.

@TheColebyArnett 7 лет назад

a.m. remorse Hmmmm. Interesting. So what was used on those intro lead parts to Hummer?

@justinnewell5289 6 лет назад

Cherub Rock is so close! I think Billy must have used the same squealing/feedbacking guitar from “Hummer” and that’s how he got the psychedelic pitch squealing sound you miss around 1:18.

@ToneSherpa 3 года назад

It's really about the hands and how you play more than anything.

@hitsonacousticguitar 6 лет назад

Yeah, Cherub Rock!!

@swankfuck_org 7 лет назад

Would? you please do Alice In Chains next?

@12qwertyuiop90 6 лет назад

Brilliant! Next :Tool and NIN

@guilhermemontanha9631 7 лет назад

How to sound Like Pearl Jam pls!!

@mikemorrisonmusic 6 лет назад

Please tell us how to emulate the feedback of his guitar with the microphonic pickups, that he used in Mayonaise and other tracks.

@TDevolder 6 лет назад

Really great vid! Thx, Reverb! I still got a specific question: you used the Strymon Deco for tape flanging on the cherub rock solo. Are there (cheaper) alternatives to a Strymon deco to achieve that typical sound with which the solo starts?

@MP422ownz 5 лет назад

The deco is worth the money, its so versatile.... buy used for 240

@TinkerToneworks 2 года назад

not really honestly.

@cdreyes81 5 лет назад

We need a Corgan reacts

@McDoinky 7 лет назад

STROKES!

@whormongrmuzik 7 лет назад

you know what is funny about this is that a bunch of TSP's fuzz tones weren't actually made by expensive boutique pedals - it was actually just a big muff and a behringer super fuzz.

@zaphod77 6 лет назад

EHX has re-issued the op amp big muff pi. it'as available now for about 80 bucks. And billy says they got it right. buy it. use a modern low noise strat with lace sensors or noiseless pickups. stick it into low gain on your amp. Tweak the big muffs tone knob until it sounds RIGHT. there you go. add on a phaser when needed. done. :)