How to Use Delay on Acoustic Guitar + My Favs ★ Acoustic Tuesday 265

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Tony Polecastro

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🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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I used to think using a delay pedal on acoustic guitar was crazy. Now, I recommend every acoustic guitar player to get a delay pedal. Why? Delay pedals have the ability to fill space. When you're playing by yourself, it can feel empty sometimes. By using a delay pedal, you can almost hear harmonies and dissonance when your playing a run, practicing scales, or playing melody and fills. Besides filling space, using a delay pedal helps you learn to groove. Because of the delay in notes, you have to keep time. If you don't your notes will overlap in odd ways. If that's the effect you're going for, rock on. But if not, you'll learn to keep time quickly! Delay pedals are also expressive. If you feel like you've hit a creative rut, try playing some scales through a delay pedal. Seriously, you'll be surprised by what you hear. Delay pedals have tons of knobs, features, and switches. It can look intimidating to a first-time buyer. I'll go over some of the features in this video, but if I didn't address an aspect of a delay pedal, let me know by leaving a comment! Featured in this episode...- Collision Devices - Strymon - LR Baggs - Fishman Music - Adam Grant - Christie Lenée - Martin Guitar - American Airlines - Jesca Hoop

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0:00.0	On today's Acoustic Tuesday show, we're going to be talking about delay on your acoustic guitar.
0:14.5	What it is, where to use it, how to use it, and I'm going to be sharing with you some of my favorite delay pedals, two of which
0:21.3	fly way under the radar.
0:23.0	Hey, TAC family, this is episode 265 of the Acoustic Tuesday Show, a show packed full of
0:29.9	inspiration and fun, designed to help you get more fulfillment, progress, and joy from your
0:34.5	acoustic guitar journey. Throughout today's episode, I'll be sprinkling in some
0:38.7	acoustic news you can use, which includes a soggy 12 string, some advice on songwriting and discipline,
0:45.3	and much, much more. Plus, we'll be going back in time, and I'll be answering some comments
0:49.8	and questions from a few past episodes of the show. But first, let's dive into the world of delay
0:55.4	on acoustic guitar. Now, I need to be clear, if you want to use a delay pedal for your
1:01.2	acoustic guitar with your acoustic guitar, you need a pickup on your acoustic guitar. In my opinion,
1:07.8	delay pedals work best with either an under saddle, piezo pickup, or a bridge plate transducer.
1:15.6	Sometimes microphone pickups can act a little wonky with delay pedals, so I just wanted to be clear on that.
1:21.6	That's one of those questions that a lot of people have, but maybe are afraid to ask.
1:26.6	So I wanted to get us all on the same page.
1:29.2	So what exactly is delay?
1:32.1	What does it do for your guitar's signal,
1:34.0	for your guitar's sound?
1:35.6	Well, essentially, when you play something,
1:37.5	it repeats it.
1:38.8	It's really that simple.
1:40.8	I know sometimes you look at delay pedals
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