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Originally Posted by tasteinmen
I've been trying to figure out how SY make their guitars sound so shrieky (if you know what i mean) in their earlier songs such as brave men run and starpower. I think I came close by turning down the bass and keeping the treble up, but if anybody has any tips that would be good. Also, do they use distortion at all?
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I think to answer your specific question regarding those tracks, yes alternate tuned guitars, but also the screwdriver in the frets was a common trick at that point. Somebody already mentioned the drumsticks, which is what I seem to recall Thurston doing on "Starpower", but I think "Brave Men Run" was Lee with the screwdriver that got the screeches. No distortion pedals on either of those. The bulk of "Brave Men Run" is actually open tunings, but the noisy part is a bit different. I also think "Starpower" was the EVOL song that Lee played some sitar on, but it didn't sound anything like that, just another weird noisy guitar sound.