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Nice exploration - a helpful overview of this pedal! I love it when you kick in the gain and go all Tibbetts!

Thanks Bill! Watched this video a few times and was inspired... so I went and bought a used Tripple Delay. Gonna try these settings, also going to try and copy Andy Timmons delay sound with it. Thanks again for your great sounds!

I recommend a model like the replica I bought in February 2024 of the Brian May Red Special. The Special combines the best of all worlds, the Strat, the Tele and a semi-hollow like the 335. Mine (a preowned Burns replica) may not be the best example, but it works for me.

My classical guitar using a strymon big sky and eventide timefactor through a Spark mini amp sounds way better than that. I much prefer using my classical over my otherwise amazing gretsch for ambient tones.

You are my favorite ambient being.

Have you checked out the wingman expression knobs? If you have a pedal without an expression input it can make it foot controllable....

4:29 he’s playing slingblade

Uhhh, this is a terrible demo not at all how this is intended to be used.

Fripp practically invented the genre using a Les Paul.

Great video!

Thank you! 🙏 I prefer the tape and pre for the piece you composed. Peace

Even over my iPad speakers, I instantly preferred example two.

Put painters tape on the bottom of the pedal, then put velcro on the tape, alot easier to get off, if you so desire

I've had an e-bow for about 10 yrs. or more, no clue how to use it...THANK YOU!!!

Hello. You have most definitely inspired me to learn ambient guitar. Would it be odd to try on a lap steel? Peace and blessings to you and yours.

A peice of plexi glass or sheet metal would greatly increase the amount of real-estate on these rail style boards.

My €2400,- Dingwall Combustion 5 string bass had a faulty pickup connection that needed repairing in the 1st year. Took _months_ and two 3 hour car rides to send it away and to pick it up later. I was pissed. _Really_ pissed.

I second the small time chunk tip also from a creative point of view. It's also good to prevent getting bogged down in too much detail. Sometimes I just sit down I think, "Ok, I don't have time to delve deep into this piece so I'll just write the drums." Or find a guitar or synth tone for that part I have a few ideas about. These are all kinda "menial" jobs that I wouldn't want to waste time on when I'm deep into creative mode.

Great sounding chords, but it is very hard to tell what the chord shapes are.

I bought three Roland EV-5 expression pedals in the mid to late nineties. All three still work perfectly. Gigged them for years. Nothing fancy, but they work great and have stood the test of time.

Wow, that family pick sure does do wonders for me. I really hope to end up like this in my old age. Making zen guitar music, having a large Family and just existing in peace everyday.

As a teen, I don't really have te responsibilities of a parent but I have learned alot, especially in terms of priorities. I often sit and doom scroll only to realise im out of time to work on my metal, ambient or synth stuff. I have learned alot from your priorities section. Thank you Master, I shall adhere to your teachings.

it would be great if it was stereo input

Hilarious - thank you Bill.

You make it so simple.

There used to be a saying in the camera community that the best camera is the one that you are holding. I believe the same thing applies to guitars. Somedays I have a better vibe with my Tele, on other days its with an LP.

HeadRush Pedalboards have a Rainbow of the death problem too... they simply didn't turn on and the company didn't helo in any way, is an isue of the mother board and they know it

the best ambient guitar is the one in your hands :)

Sounds amazing. I prefer the sound without tape, I'd not want that warble on the "master output", so to speak. Fantastic looking guitar!

I bought Ableton Live over 6 years ago, I still have no idea how to work it because my family is constantly interrupting me.

Ha! Bill, I'm catching up on your last few videos tonight and this one made me smile. I should state that I totally get the message behind your performance. Playing bass in bands for many years I've always tried to look out at the audience and not too often at the neck. I have a tendency to look at my feet when concentrating (I don't play shoegaze!), therefore, it takes a bit of effort to look up. Not helped now that I'm an ambient guitarist looking at a bloody pedalboard all the time! However, what made me smile is your staring into the camera. One of my oldest friends I played in bands with for many years, a guitarist. Would, and still does, stare at me like a rabbit in headlights whenever we jam or write. It was quiet off-putting in the early days, but I had to get used to it because it's his thing to do! He playes like a demon too. It is a valuable skill to develop.

Nice 🎸🥂

Another boomer who doesn't understand the sieve of time. You seem like a nice enough dude, but holy cow the foot rubber thing was tought to watch. I also laughed out loud when you pulled out the pedal that looks like it's the size of home plate at yankee stadium. If gear wasn't breaking all the time back in the day, we wouldn't have 3/4th of the effects pedals we have now.

I make ambient with a PRS Custom 22 and a Strat. The strat because it has these neck and middle pickups, the PRS because that mid position with the two pickups is insane.

Thx for the tip on the little Alligator just picked one up. On the Delta Labs, often unappreciated gear. Really got that vintage color on this one.

The 440 one sounded harder and flatter, less natural.

I got a 81 Les Paul Deluxe on my 18th birthday. It‘s a rock machine, but after not really using it for a few years I fell in love with it again when getting into ambient.

Any fart you put through 20 pedals, can sound ambient.

So cool!

I honestly record onto a boom box that has an aux input

Man I could listen to that all day. Outstanding stuff!! The recording that I've done was tape to tape, studio in PDX, and direct, for a friend's Spotify endeavors. Haven't gotten into home recording yet myself.

Beautiful guitar! What model is that semi hollow?

Satriani Flying in a blue Dream . . Lydian . X love it

Well done. I have an Akai GX-370D reel-to-reel and an E1 Headrush. I also have a RUclips channel were I do similar things sans parole.

I had a Pigtronix delay that they apparently took years to develop. It sounded beautiful. $350. But they didn’t develop build quality. I got 6 months of use out of it before it stopped working onstage. From then it would intermittently, convinced with the fact that my presets would randomly change. (Meanwhile, my Boss delay still works perfectly after 20 years of consistent use).

very cool !

But I though Strats are the *Strat*egy?!

That setup kinda has a very flute-like sound to it. Coupled with that drone, it sounds kinda like the bones of a good dungeon synth track.

Where's your affiliate link to buy one of those reel to reels? 😸