How to get those great Spaghetti Western / Spy Movie Guitar Tones - Doctor Guitar EP247

In this episode I show you how to get that great Spaghetti Western / Spy Movie Guitar tone.
Reverb and tremolo coupled with a bright clean amp like the Fender Twin Reverb are the key.
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[@Taffafilms]

Fantastic breackdown from chors to scales, pedals and amps adding also the palm muting and bridge playing to get THAT sound. You have done a fantastic job with his tutorial, really. Thanks!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@rnollen7270]

Really love this genre of guitar tones, great vid and an awesome tone

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

Such great tones. Thank you for sharing.

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re more than welcome

[@PageandPlant4Life]

Great video, love this type of guitar tone. Hearing the story behind it is awesome too

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@URTH-yb5xh]

Thanks this was great Really good detail and info

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks

[@ericsh]

Just came across this cool video! One of my all time favorite sounds. I used to get this great tone out of my old Super Reverb, unfortunately it disappeared. I now use a Mesa Boogie Lonestar Classic which I love. By the way, my Stepdad was a guitarist name Billy Strange who played many of these old great songs including Bang Bang with Nancy Sinatra. This video reminded me of him, thanks for that!!! Keep them coming!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot for sharing that great story

[@Dirkvreugd]

Thank you for this masterclass !!!

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re welcome

[@fen3184]

Brilliant. Thank you!

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’re welcome

[@JonathanRodriguez-lh5mb]

Fantastic tutorial on some of my favorite music! The Surfy Bear Reverb is the best spring reverb on the market hands down. Great job showing it off!

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s a killer reverb definitely

[@andythefrenchy8026]

Alessandroni only used the reverb on the Fender amp, no reverb pedal, no tremolo. Only a bit of fuzz, occasionally.

[@BuddaGuedes]

There’s the room reverb plus the plate reverb they used on the mix. The harmonica also shares the same reverb

[@andythefrenchy8026]

@@BuddaGuedes My answer is based on an interviiew of Alessandroni. What is your source?

[@hearpalhere]

So many classic tones have come from the Twin Reverb... it's an amazing sound. Nice job explaining the subtleties of this style and giving great examples Budda!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@lionofnaples]

Well that explains why Wicked Game by Chris Isaak sounds like a western

[@BuddaGuedes]

Eh! Eh!

[@leroy0053]

i keep coming back to this video man. your tone is so beautifully disrespectful. no clue what it was but i was struggling to get this tone right. i was always close. but something clicked when i watched this video. gonna get that blossom pedal soon. for now i am using some fuzz/colour box and dialing it in. not there but man hearing/watching this video just opened something in my brain. love your channel. seriously thanks for this video!!!!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot! I’m glad it helps

[@billtice5057]

That blossom point is amazing!

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s a very simple and effective pedal

[@explodingshark]

got a surfy bear classic in the mail because of your videos, thanks Budda

[@BuddaGuedes]

You’ll love it!!

[@ventures_gowest]

Very close to the "Batmobile" "Dynamite" sound I am looking for, however the quality of your video is really the best around regarding this subject for me. Thanks you for this👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🙏🙏

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@jacobyoung4639]

Great video!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks a lot

[@MrMeik1970]

Very nice 👌🏻i love the sounds from Ennio Morricone 👍🏻

[@BuddaGuedes]

Me too. Such a cool vibe

[@MrMeik1970]

@@BuddaGuedes listen to Jeff Waynes- the War of the Worlds. One of my favorite records

[@BuddaGuedes]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@lo5man]

Just beautiful sounds Budda, it's like guitar heaven. You should record your own Morricone/Tarantino instrumental with loads of guitar overlays, I'd love to see that. You could call it Budda's Bonanza (he he). Great video as always, keep them coming.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks s lot for your support

[@DavidMorales008]

Excellent

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks

[@alexbawo2975]

Great tone and playing, very well explained. I was looking for a good spring reverb for a long time but didn't have the money and space for the surfy industries tank or a twin reverb so I settled for the source audio true spring and it works very well, very tweakable drippy reverb and tremolo. I'll check the blossom point though. Cheers

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks for sharing!!’

[@andythefrenchy8026]

Or you could also mess up a bit with a FX multi effect, and get the same result.

[@ricardocabral5524]

I've missed the usual intro song... Today only a instrumental, which is also good, but the songs are better! :) Great video as usual. Keep them comin.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Eh! Eh! I couldn’t make on for this Rosie. I’ve been working hard at the studio

[@randallscott6]

Hello! Cool video, thank you! ? What is the last chord that you play ar the end of your intro in the beginning of the video. The sound is amazing.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks but I don’t remember

[@cechichan]

I'd love to buy a course/tabs even in a very basic format, to learn more of this style. love it

[@BuddaGuedes]

I’ll think about it

[@BuddaGuedes]

I also teach via Skype . That could be a better option

[@tomasmarques1851]

Grande vídeo, obrigado! Ainda ontem à noite estive a brincar com o meu Strymon Flint inspirado pelo teu vídeo e pelo “Blue Hotel” do Chris Isaak. Pergunta: porque não utilizaste o teu Mesa Lonestar? (pergunto porque também tenho um) Pensava que o clean channel seria optimo com o Flint ou com os Surfy industries pedals

[@BuddaGuedes]

O lonestar é excelente para isso mas o twin reverb é o amp original. Por isso é que o usei

[@santrixhimself3679]

how about a comparison between that reverb tank and the classic boss fender 63 reverb pedal?

[@BuddaGuedes]

That would be a cool comparison indeed

[@andythefrenchy8026]

Or a comparions between a good fx processor vs all the pedals and amps of the world, showing how close it comes. But the pedal makers probably wouldn;t be happy, and some channels wouldn;t receive freebies anymore.

[@fiftyfathoms8182]

I am thinking of building my own tube reverb tank but it seems that the combination of blossom point and surfy bear spring tank makes this idea obsolete. What would you say if you compare it to the 6G15 tone?

[@BuddaGuedes]

I’ve never played that. But I love the Surfybear

[@jensk4140]

0:16 that's some good drippin' reverb!

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s only the Tweed Blues Junior’s reverb

[@andythefrenchy8026]

@@BuddaGuedes Yup, and no need for more.

[@frusciante91]

obrigado!

[@BuddaGuedes]

De nada

[@pharmerdavid1432]

Dynasonic pickups are an important part of the sound, at least if you want to copy the original tones that were played through that pickup.

[@BuddaGuedes]

The original tone was a Strat!!!

[@pepuletrz]

i have a guitar but i do not know where the battery goes to make it louder like in rock and roll music.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Usually there’s no battery. That comes from the amp or pedals

[@MenkeriosAndemicael]

nice guitar. I'm gonna throw novak lipsticks on a jazz VI to get "the vibe" but with a whammy bar

[@BuddaGuedes]

That’s a cool idea

[@brunopietoso1498]

I don't really understand what I just watched. I honestly thought it'd give me some ideas on landing that tone but it just showed off a bunch of tones without knowing what the settings are or how to combine the pedals.

[@BuddaGuedes]

The settings are very dependent on your gear. It’s pointless to show where the knob is on the reverb if you have a different unit

[@randallscott6]

😂 I understand

[@luisino20023]

Hi master Budda. Do you only use the blossom point pedal for Spaghetti Western sound?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Not at all. I use it as a tone shaper

[@luisino20023]

@@BuddaGuedes like an EQ pedal?

[@andymargolis24]

What song is that on the strat at the end?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Just jamming

[@MizTori]

Please tell me do you have this as a tab/song? Love it!

[@BuddaGuedes]

No I don’t

[@jorgecosta5374]

Gostei mais do amplificador sem os pedais. Para o meu gosto, demasiado efeito. o trémulo devia ser mais lento e subtil e o pedal sem ser o de reverb estava completamente exagerado, tornou o som muito artificial. De qualquer forma bom vídeo e obrigado por mostrar estas ferramentas eventualmente pouco conhecidas. Twin reberb, grande amplificador. Linda guitarrinha. Músico excecional.

[@BuddaGuedes]

A ideia deste episódio é mostrar como se conseguir o som Spaghetti western. Para isso o efeito tem que ser super exagerado!

[@pepuletrz]

i tried pluging it into the wall but it only turned the lights off and now i cant get them to go back on.should i plug it back in and try the volume?? please help me.my laptop is almost dead.

[@BuddaGuedes]

I’m not sure what you mean!!!

[@Gibrowsky]

So, you put the reverb before the blossom point?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Yes. The blossom point is to simulate an amp on that seeet spot.

[@davidcudlip6587]

Would a Fender Bass VI be better then a baritone guitar for this style or not? Really interested in playing this stuff.

[@BuddaGuedes]

I just did an episode on the Squier VI that you can watch and decide for yourself.

[@dragonfly3816]

The bass VI is perfect for this style.

[@BuddaGuedes]

Yes it is

[@TheChondrolover]

Do I need both the Fender Twin Reverb amp and the Surfy bear reverb pedal to get the sound or just one or the other + the blossom point?

[@BuddaGuedes]

The secret is the surfy bear

[@sooperheep]

Outboard spring reverb is really the key to the drip, amp spring reverb just doesn’t do it

[@BuddaGuedes]

That’s right

[@andythefrenchy8026]

You just need the reverb of the amp. Indeed if you listen to the OSTs, the sound is quite different to this vids.

[@buzzburb1]

still getting the word !!

[@BuddaGuedes]

What do you mean?

[@astewart9410]

I LOVE those sounds. I'm going to try it out on my new DR Tone Master blonde!

[@BuddaGuedes]

It will sound lovely

[@astewart9410]

@@BuddaGuedes It does! Fabulous stuff.

[@BuddaGuedes]

🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@XulSolarBand]

Some corrections needed. Morricone composed the soundtracks for the most famous spaghetti westerns, not ALL. There were other notable composers that followed his lead. I own most of the spaghetti western soundtracks and I have never heard tremolo, nor the massive amount of surfy spring reverb in these examples. I’m not really sure why so many people seem to think those effects are used this way in the soundtracks.

[@BuddaGuedes]

In the good the bad and the ugly, everything has reverb and it was recorded with a twin reverb.

[@XulSolarBand]

@@BuddaGuedes yes, but not heavy Dick Dale reverb like you hear in this clip. Nowhere near that level.

[@BuddaGuedes]

I don’t agree, but they where not using just the spring reverb on those records. They where also adding plate reverb

[@andythefrenchy8026]

@@BuddaGuedes No just the amp reverb and a guitarist that knows how to use his amp.

[@andythefrenchy8026]

Thanks for that comment. Indeed, the sound here (although nice) is not close to the OSTs of Morricone. But I guess Surfy needs to sell pedals, and some need to keep receiving freebies. Also thanks for the fact checking. I feel this vid need much more of that. Morricone did not create the tone, it's Alessandroni, to start with.

[@karlmiller6338]

What are the amp settings? Did i miss those?

[@BuddaGuedes]

That’s not really relevant but not treble and mids thanks bass

[@andythefrenchy8026]

Good question, as this is the main point. Who knows how to play with amp knobs do not need a lot of effect. if anything, a multi fx that does it all and perfectly if one has patience to experiement a bit. But that wouldn't sell enough of this pedal.

[@tillhansen454]

​@@andythefrenchy8026I never played a pedal that gave me the sounds like a real spring reverb. Its analog and not yet digital recreated in a way thats accurate. But yes, you need far less than people try to sell you.

[@jordanscott4066]

How are you chaining the effects?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Reverb and then tremolo

[@jordanscott4066]

Cool so its drive, reverb, trem, amp?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Yes it is

[@shyboy2112]

bridge or neck pickup?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Bridge or both

[@theLastRaptor]

Oh wow! I assumed you were using a fuzz turned down at the beginning. The Blossom really is cool! I can do something similar with a fuzz, but so neat and probably closer to how they actually did it as you laid out! Do you know what fuzzes they used in Spaghetti Westerns?

[@BuddaGuedes]

They didn’t use fuzz in that period

[@theLastRaptor]

@@BuddaGuedes Oh cool! I learned a ton from your video. The "cranked speaker" sound (with tremolo and reverb) really was what I thought was some kind of fuzz all along!

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s usually the dwell on the spring reverb

[@theLastRaptor]

@@BuddaGuedes Ah cool that makes sense now.

[@BuddaGuedes]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@dawidwieczorek7425]

that fat strings makes difference and low tuning. my favorite guitar channel!

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thank you so much

[@NickBaranov]

This is Tarantino sound !!! 😍 Love it !!!❤

[@BuddaGuedes]

Me t

[@joebloggs8636]

Uhhhhh,no...he took it from Ennio Morriconi..

[@andythefrenchy8026]

Yeah indeed, more so than Morricone's

[@hieronymus932]

Fuzz?

[@BuddaGuedes]

What’s up with fuzz?

[@auntjenifer7774]

@@BuddaGuedes the tone it's very distorted and the old western tones are clean and drippy 🤪

[@BuddaGuedes]

It’s the twin reverb cooking. They where actually not as clean as they sound

[@andythefrenchy8026]

@@auntjenifer7774 the tone is nice here, but not accurate to the OSTs of western. But one has to find a title for a vid without sounding too much exclusively like a commercial for that pedal.

[@JSlikbeer-ni6xf]

Thanks for the nice video. Subtlety isn't really your thing though, now is it? ; )

[@BuddaGuedes]

What do you mean?

[@JSlikbeer-ni6xf]

Well, that was A LOT of reverb & tremolo. Even within the genre, I think. But again, cool video!

[@cominginsecond]

It sounds a lot more authentic without the blossom point.

[@BuddaGuedes]

🤘🏻

[@joebloggs8636]

Pfftttttt....

[@andythefrenchy8026]

I fully agree. But they need to sell pedals, you know... And influencers to receive freebies...

[@JohnOakwest]

I bail on videos when the guy starts asking for money before doing anything.

[@BuddaGuedes]

I’m not asking for money. And if you’re watching the video I have already done something

[@surf247365]

Great job on this video, sadly I was also mistaken for the tone on Chris Isaacs tone . James Wilsey doesn’t get enough credit. The King of slow. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZOlmGWXYsl4a7s

[@BuddaGuedes]

Really cool

[@surf247365]

@@BuddaGuedes maybe you can do a lesson on the style of these guys. Hermanos Gutiérrez kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqa3Z2WboreLf80

[@andythefrenchy8026]

It'd be more fair to say "no compression vs yes compression" (without specifying the pedal or multi-fx board). Blossom Point by Surfy is just 1 of the 100 compression pedals and fx boards that could do that exact same job, as well as the BP. No need to specify the brand, because that is just feeding the FOMO of beginner guitarists for marketing purposes.

[@BuddaGuedes]

I don’t actually agree with it because every piece of gear has its own character and specification. It has a family but not every compressor is the same

[@andythefrenchy8026]

@@BuddaGuedes A piece of gear is only worth buying if it creates a tone unique enough to be recognized in blind test. Do you really think this pedal will stand out in blind test in the middle of 10 other compressor pedals, or even worse: in the middle of a $200 fx processor that can mimic it to perfection any pedal after a bit of knob-turning? The only point to still buy individual pedals is just to be vintage feeling.... the human hear cannot distinguish at all between pedals or electronic effect processing... this is the same debate as LPs vs CDs... despite it has been scientifically proven that the only difference the human ears can hear is the crackling of dust on the LPs... same with pedal: a mix of tech-adverse guitarist and brands who still need to moneytize $150 per pedals... In any cases, 'Blossom Point' is just just a trademark of a compressor pedal tone marketed by a brand called Surfy. 'Blossom Point' is not a tone in itself. Also, for accuracy, Morricone is the composer/orchestra director, but the sounds is by Alessandro Alessandroni (Morricone's guitarist), who only used reverb on a fender amp, and occasionally a fuzz of an undisclosed brand. Also sometimes a baritone guitar. No tremolo. But that's it. No sparkle and expensive whistles to make great tones. Your tone and vid are nice, but I'm sorry to say, not accurate to the movies's tones. The later, there have been various brands willing to moneytize that tone, with a Ennio pedal, a 200lbs of Gold pedal, but that's all money BS. Let's not feed the $hark$, not even when one receives freebies!

[@BuddaGuedes]

First of all I’m not trying to get a job in Morricone’s orchestra. Our ears are just a part of the experience. The feel when you play, the confidence you get with certain gear, the looks of the gear etc. All that counts to me. But you can get great tones with lots of other gear including multi Fx. Whatever works for you is great. There’s people that don’t even use pedals. Don’t forget that the recording has compression and we’re aiming for recorded tones and not for the tones the players where using. The video is just meant to inspire people to play in that direction and get different sounds!

[@andythefrenchy8026]

@@BuddaGuedes you can get those same tones with a multi fx. That was my point. As for confidence... I'm not sure why a great player should need a specific pedal to feel confident. Sounds like a commercial to my ears. Anyways... nothing against you specifically, that's the issue of any influencer for any products on social medias. Take care

[@BuddaGuedes]

I’m just saying gear is more than sound. It’s also feel and mojo. There’s a reason why some gear is more common than other. The Surfybear is my favorite reverb and I own a lot, including amp reverb on twin reverb, blues junior, deluxe reverb, etc. I also have the HX EFFECTS and the reverb works but doesn’t have that mojo. In my opinion, the rule is whatever inspires you is the right option. Some people like to go straight to the amp to feel inspired and have nothing between guitar in the amp. Others need a lot of effects to keep them inspired. I am in the middle, depending on when I’m playing I’ll either use effects or go straight to the amp. I’m not trying to sell anything. I’m just showing you that might inspire others as a did to me