How To 'Glide' Strum Like My Bloody Valentine

[@chidorirasenganz]

As a long time shoegaze fan (10 years or so) I’ve been loving all of the shoegaze content 🙌

[@davimag2071]

Probably the best explanation on Glide technique that I've seen so far! Amazing content, Trevor 🎸👍

[@AnyaKittyMeow]

Strumming pattern reminds me of What You Want, which is my #1 favorite MBV song!

[@joelbordeaux4218]

Thought the chord changes were "Loomer" for a minute

[@animatorireenie8319]

This is such an interesting technique!

[@TrevorWongMusic]

For sure! Such a creative way to use the bar

[@HaloAdmiral]

Kevin Shields is a genius!

[@mica444]

Thank you so much for all the shoegaze vids!! I learn so much from you!

[@lorddoberman]

*WOOO!!! This is such a banger of a video omg nice one Trevor!!

[@jesperjesper15mok]

Besides technique, strumming on a JAZZMASTER is another must lol

[@davimag2071]

Works for Jaguar too!

[@dombassett9132]

Yeah but only because of the mechanics of playing. People get so caught up in gear they forget that at the end of the day the sound is all that really matters! I've gotten a more accurate sound from a cheap Fender copy and some inexpensive plugins than a lot of people I've seen on KZbin with their Jazzmasters and keeley electronics pedals. I find that it's best to go into these things with the mindset of: that's a cool sound, but I wonder what that pedal is actually doing to the signal to make it sound that way, and if you understand that you can recreate almost any sound quite inexpensively. All too many people think they need to buy that shiny new pedal to get the sound they want, and it's like no, don't buy into that corporate bullshit, it's all smokes and mirrors. DIY is where it's at imo and is the very attitude of punk! xD

[@pedroberoes49]

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[@TheWobblyjobbly]

@@pedroberoes49 Dom is 100% correct.

[@MikaelKonradsson]

So it doesnt work on say a Squier Cyclone that has a Strat-style trem system?

[@Morningface1]

I was introduced to shoegaze a few months ago and it has become my favorite genre of music ever! I bought a Jazzmaster and have been learning guitar for two months now. Your content is the best on KZbin. Thanks Trevor!!!!! Which amp or pedals should I get to replicate the sound your guitar makes? I love it!

[@elgatonegro1703]

There's tons of boutique pedals out there that are good for shoegaze, often made with that in mind, as well as the old faithfuls. I'd recommend a distortion, a fuzz, and a delay as the minimum, with good-to-haves being chorus, tremolo, reverb, compression, some kind of volume/wah/pitch-shifter and/or octave, and i guess some other distortion why not. Lots of good options out there for all of these categories. Everything from massive marshall stacks to fender supersonics have been used for shoegaze and shoegaze-adjacent stuff; imo it's more about getting the pedals to work for you and within the amp's abilities. But the vox ac30, or even 15, is a good choice...a benefit being that even if you decide to switch to a lot of other genres it'll still be one of the best choices. edit - the (v good) whammy bar style he's demonstrating in the video is doing a lot of the work in creating that sound i think you mean...it does take some time to figure out your own style for doing it, but it wouldn't be a terrible idea to just turn up your amp's gain and reverb and work on your own version of whammy bar strumming before you go buying a whole bunch of gear.

[@fixedgear37]

A cheap rat pedal and a delay. Use the reverb on the amp for now. You don’t need $10k in pedals to learn to play. Don’t listen to these guys, they obsess over gear.

[@featherwheels9652]

very helpful tutorial thank you, have been wanting to learn this technique for a while!

[@PraetorianCuber]

ohh lol, I was trying to mimic this from one of your first shoegaze videos but I was gripping the bar with my entire hand instead of just using my palm and it sounded awful, thanks for explaining!

[@ju2798]

Thanks ❤️

[@SpiderStratagemVI]

Great little lesson!

[@overlodedmusic]

No idea how I’m here so early but I’ve been waiting for some more Trevor content, lets go

[@TrevorWongMusic]

Early indeed!

[@fredgriman]

excellent explanation!! thanks a lot!

[@NotAlfmann1]

I apreciate you using a squier instead of a fender, you dont see many squiers on KZbin but it sounds very good.

[@AlbinoTuxedo]

Love your stuff! Would it be possible for you to do a video exploring and explaining EABEBE tuning? It's a fantastic sounding tuning that has a lot of richness and resonance and i would to see you crack it open and explain it with the kind of detail you're known for

[@Azulenrosa]

This is awesome bro🤘🔥

[@FourthStreets]

you should do shoegaze chords in c standard

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Yes!

[@eiis06]

please

[@xxczerxx]

They're the same as E standard . Standard tunings have no effect on pitch not shape

[@UryneCayne]

I play in c standard and xxczerxx is spot on. Nothing really changes as the notes are all the same in relation to one another. Is like a reverse capo.

[@MrJmawiseman]

Sounds great. Wish my Squier Mustang had a tremelo bar now...😮

[@TonyBontana]

Please do a vid on drop tuning C/D

[@growskull]

great video! tysm

[@shchshzh]

thanks!

[@DantoBossFace]

ur great!

[@vroomvreew]

this is the vibrato police

[@HunterSTommygun]

Thanks, now I can glide glidestrum on my Jaguar

[@jeremyjohn6235]

love this channel so much bro

[@EdwinGonzalezNieves]

Were you using any pedals for this tutorial? If so which ones? If not, that's awesome too.

[@Shoegaze88]

What's your pedal chain for this? Sounds lush!

[@chairmankaga101]

It does help the Jazzmaster is one of the most distinct sounding electric guitars ever designed. Such a cool instrument.

[@Yasssen-c7s]

Can i do that gliding technique the same way with a stratocaster?

[@barrycreed9886]

yes, a bit diferent but it can be done

[@thelostbassist450]

If I only had a tremolo :'(

[@ezraengler9866]

Was that honey power @ 4:58

[@tedjohn1383]

Is that just the stock tremolo arm? Is it a locking avri trem?

[@samuelbanya]

He has a way longer custom tremolo bar though fyi, that's the biggest thing.

[@OwlCassettes]

Do you have a PDF of the song you play at the end in TAB? Unable to find it on your patreon--thank you!

[@F_letc.h]

Have you ever had an issue with your tremolo bar squeaking as you strum in this fashion? As mine moves up and down, I can hear an audible squeaking sound. If you’ve encountered this, how did you resolve it?

[@ВанечкаЗвезда]

Lube

[@lukasmichaelmusic]

Any chance you’d be willing to share what amp/pedal/mics you were using for the demonstration at the end of the video?

[@jeremyslater7369]

great explanation I'll have to try this out

[@gustavofaria8408]

Hi, could you specify what amp and mic you use for your recording process?

[@jujda7]

meanwhile me on a classical

[@mijaelmaratuech5688]

how did you get this tone? any pedals? or is it all from software?

[@tothefinlandstation]

Which Squier Jazzmaster is that? Do you like it?

[@DistortedV12]

Jeff Beck did this in the 90s low

[@Renav21]

3:00

[@phant0mdummy]

Are those jumbo frets? They look so big.

[@TrevorWongMusic]

I think they are

[@jimmynikriket848]

it's called gliding

[@EdwinGonzalezNieves]

Someone just told me it's not worth getting a whammy bar because it makes the guitar go out of tune????

[@abeingofpureenergy]

In my experience, actually using the whammy bar will detune your strings, but not terribly so. There's probably ways to counteract that as well, like I've heard about locking tuners, but I've never personally used them so I can't say for sure.

[@MidnightLightMusic]

bridge pickup shoegaze? yucky

[@blib3786]

Almost all of Kevin Shields' guitar parts are with the bridge pickup.

[@joseraulgonzalezgarcia3487]

Too much talk. Play already!

[@cheepcheep2204]

I thought this was about machine gun kelly bloody valentine

[@venoreal4686]

no comment has ever made me as sad as this one and i've read countless stories of people going through immeasurable trauma in comment sections

[@benjaminramirez3]

I grieve for your music taste

[@cheepcheep2204]

@@venoreal4686 Did you guys listen to mgk bloody valentine? it's way better than this band

[@growskull]

troll

[@flayeddd]

@@cheepcheep2204 yeah man, every time I listen to mgk it makes me just wanna cry it’s just that good i think