Lo-Fi Guitar: How to Be Creative

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Lo-Fi Guitar: How to Be Creative

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Cyberattack

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@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

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@AMPR45 4 ай бұрын

Some of us don’t have to buy fancy pedals and equipment to sound low quality.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

the truly advanced

@emulgatorx 4 ай бұрын

True Lo-Fi tone is in the fingers

@AMPR45 4 ай бұрын

@@emulgatorx there’s nothing like the sound of an amp that really pulls air.

@bstoner1300 4 ай бұрын

Do not doing - The Tao (also me on Saturdays)

@DSPsWifesBf 4 ай бұрын

Honestly, just pirate some good lofi vsts. OR check out the Line 6 MM4. It has all types of great modulation options including vibrato which if you pair with a Behringer overdrive or eq can give you a great lofi sound

@StuffnSuch 4 ай бұрын

Wow, I love your rendition of “Between the Bars”.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

that part is one of my favorite things i've ever done in these vids

@StuffnSuch 4 ай бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld mine too ❤️ of yours I mean

@mikeomatic9905 4 ай бұрын

Mariah Carey AND Eliot Smith covers in one video!? Madlad.

@banwavy 4 ай бұрын

Agreed. Between the Bars was insanely well done. A++++++ video again CA 👏 The Mariah Carey was super rad too

@conor2337 4 ай бұрын

@@CyberattackWorldIt's perfect

@NuttBustley 4 ай бұрын

The way your mind works is so cool dude. To have these visuals be inspired by playing such strange sounds is a magical thing to witness

@johnplayer420 4 ай бұрын

That Thunder Road cover with the Zvex unit was absolutely STELLAR DUDE

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man

@daviddelossantos6075 4 ай бұрын

Treble that’s faded like it’s been in the sun too long. I like that.

@user-bm8ur2nm2c 4 ай бұрын

Contrasting beautiful melodies with destroyed sounds pretty much sums up the Boards of Canada aesthetic.

@uberjam-sam8512 4 ай бұрын

Love what you said about contrasting lo-fi brokenness with beautiful melodies. Such a foundational musical concept (that's applicable to so many things. Love the metaphor of putting a hat on a hat to contrast this notion. Hilarious and so effective

@longmeaderulez 4 ай бұрын

Thunder Road sax solo and Sucked Out in one video...hell yeah

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

man i'm glad you caught those

@pedalboy7 4 ай бұрын

Came down here to say this…(and very cool videos just generally)

@pedalboy7 4 ай бұрын

..and Superdrag - ha! Nicely done.

@Herfinnur 4 ай бұрын

I watch Cyberattack videos at 240p (no joke) and it just fits. I would go for 144p, but the drop in sound quality is a bit much

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

advanced

@cadenbenton6235 4 ай бұрын

Dude that Elliot and Superdrag cover was insane! I remember as a kid thinking about becoming a musician and I only had a casio keyboard at the time and you’re music is how I wanted music to be as a kid!

@angelpolanski4927 4 ай бұрын

All the videos on this channel are a piece of art

@linewizard 10 күн бұрын

One of my favorite SECRET lo-fi effects is the lo-fi delay of the Zoom MS-50G fully wet, with time turned all the way down. You can get some crazy telephone-y jack white-y sounds out of it

@theLastRaptor 4 ай бұрын

The slow dolly toward the church with that music was sooooo good.

@BorisBidjanSaberi11 4 ай бұрын

Best pedal reviewer ever

@jacobswaim449 23 күн бұрын

Try this: gated fuzz > bitcrusher > low pass filter > big reverb. Maximum crackle and pop, every note sounds like you're unplugging/plugging your input jack. Throw in a loop of just passive hiss from a cranked distortion/open fuzz for good measure.

@chrisstryker7077 4 ай бұрын

I thought before I watched this that this video idea would work well playing in the vein of Elliot smith. And Logan’s behold, syntax error. Great video.

@ValdrVideo 4 ай бұрын

"'Lo-Fi guitar' stands for 'low fidelity guitar'" is beautiful comedic timing

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

"humor, at the highest level, isn't funny at all." -David Lee Roth

@pickyyeeter 4 ай бұрын

That was great. It reminded me of "El Niño is Spanish for...The Niño"

@GummyWormeon 4 ай бұрын

This is why i don’t like memorizing and reciting long winded jokes. “Like putting a hat on a hat” -cyberattack

@Joshua_Griffin 4 ай бұрын

It's true though

@kendallmasterssank369 4 ай бұрын

Not really anymore. That's where the name of the style comes from. But it has evolved and became a genre of music, so LoFi guitar today is hi fi

@rsr_brian 4 ай бұрын

“It’s like putting a hat on a hat.” < the second I hit “Subscribe” 😂

@midwinter78 26 күн бұрын

Fuzz started life as the sound of a broken mixing desk, to hey, yeah, makes total sense as lofi.

@kevinstokes5254 3 ай бұрын

Bruh... this entire series is masterclass-level... both content and delivery. [Been playing since 1994, yet I learn new things from each of your vids.] Zen-master insights made open-source... available to anybody who will look, listen, and then go APPLY them in their own new ways. Muchas gracias and God bless

@CyberattackWorld 3 ай бұрын

thanks dude

@aravindvinayakan 4 ай бұрын

I've only watched 2-3 videos of yours, but you're very quickly becoming one of my favorite guitar channels on KZfaq. Super unique, informative videos with incredible playing/demonstrations! Subbed and looking forward to more :)

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

thanks for the comment. all my videos are exactly like this, if you wanna take the plunge and go through the older ones

@aravindvinayakan 4 ай бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld I fully intend on going through everything I've missed! :)

@allivegottado 4 ай бұрын

So good to see some Superdrag love! Another amazing video. Your ability to welcome people into the way you see and think with your information and visuals is a real joy. Awesome content for guitarists and musicians but I’ve been sending your videos to friends who don’t play just because I find them so entertaining.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

thanks, i really appreciate it. superdrag rules

@benhodson9718 4 ай бұрын

Nice! Extra points for the Superdrag cover at the end!

@wonderwomanguy 4 ай бұрын

lo-fi on the cheap (i.e., you might already have these boxes): take a 6 or 7 band eq and drop every other slider down. Pair that with a vibe, phaser or flanger, maybe a little reverb and you're good to go. Eq's can be dirt cheap.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

Yes this is classic

@chrisegonmusic 4 ай бұрын

I think the ‘Let it be Beautiful’ thing works because it gives it a delicate quality. Like it’s just about hanging on without falling apart 🎸

@bstoner1300 4 ай бұрын

Great advice. Liminal space sounds…good work. Great visuals. All reasons why I have been binging your channel the past few days!

@RobUttley 4 ай бұрын

Love your videos mate, just brimming with ideas, vibe and attitude.

@gamerdangames Ай бұрын

been binge watching your content. always love recognizing some covers i never thought i'd hear. Sucked Out was a real treat

@roscoeswraps2510 4 ай бұрын

Major TPPOJLA philosophy. Cyberattack you're killing it

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

#tppojla is the only reality

@Yoshipk777 4 ай бұрын

That last sound example was amazing!

@lradmclovin9 2 ай бұрын

I'm kinda speechless you demonstrated a fuzz pedal with a fugue but I'm glad you did

@EngineeredNonsense 4 ай бұрын

Another amazing video! Like others have mentioned, the Elliott Smith cover was incredible. 1:02 The Ibanez LF7 ‘lo fi’ distortion pedal with a high pass filter in 2000 was quite a bit earlier than the Zvex in 2008. I remember looking at catalogs (!) and wondering if it would make me sound like Graham Coxon’s first solo record that sounds like it was recorded inside a potato.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

that's awesome, great info thank you

@ItsVictoriaG 4 ай бұрын

Okay, but the fuzz fugue of Always Be My Baby is something I didn’t know I needed! 🥹

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

baby it's only a matter of time

@Perfect_Dark_77 4 ай бұрын

I was just wondering how to do this and thought the cyberattack guy would have something good and lo and behold. Thanks.

@NohFyuchur 4 ай бұрын

Like putting a hat…on a hat… Omg..that made me spit coffee😂☕️i freakin love your videos, i think boards of canada really got into my head years ago with the lo fi, detuning and sun faded polaroid sounds, you do the lofi proud!

@doobledoo 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely the best guitar KZfaqr. You actually know what you're talking about. It's amazing

@mrwhateverism 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed watching this video. I enjoyed watching your past videos. I will enjoy watching your future videos. Peace.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

time is never time at all

@davidsummerville351 4 ай бұрын

#5 was incredible.

@martincarbow5491 4 ай бұрын

There's this powerful "get more out of what you already have - by insanely thinking out of the box" (subtext?) message in your pedal vids, Ivan. Which is SUSTAINABLY INSPIRING. Imho the only true antidote to GAS, which is the hauntingly persistent plague of our times: "Buy more to feel mo' better"… And that's exactly why I dig your entire Oeuvre so desparately, apart from your soulfully emotional commitment of playing uncompromisingly in the pocket with the most cheesiest of sounds. My two favs apart from the technical ideas in this vid are the Fuzzed out Mariah Carey fuge and Superdrag's Sucked Out, for the irresistible rock groove. Wish I could give a hundred likes instead of only that painfully insufficient one. In honesty, ALL of your vids so far have been lo-fi guitar gold mines, anyway. Keep 'em coming!

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man I'm glad you get it

@loganhone 4 ай бұрын

By SO far, the sickest gear videos on KZfaq. bravo!!

@ChrisJohnson-lp3hc 4 ай бұрын

that part of Thunder Road always gets me a little choked up, sounded dope with the lofi treatment!

@Arkansya 4 ай бұрын

you just gave away my band's sound signature with the bitcrush+verb thing... ;)

@ProfOfHifi 4 ай бұрын

Quality video! I think the same way about lo-fi, it needs to be fun, beautiful and exciting at it's heart. But what I like a lot a few videos I have been watching from you that you often create actually songs and not only soundscapes with pedals that has strange effects. Thank you! :)

@BradleyRegister 4 ай бұрын

Wow I haven’t thought about Superdrag in a LONG time! My OLD band opened quite a few shows for them around 1998. Really nice guys if I remember right… Great vid as always.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

That's awesome

@maximhelincks 4 ай бұрын

Pffff such amazing vibezzz. Sunfaded, I’m stealing that for a songtitle.

@GuyFi46 4 ай бұрын

I would love a full version of that last song, that went so unreasonably hard

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

enjoy: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l5aqeM6atpvGmX0.htmlsi=r1t1k1YSDizRPfrt

@GuyFi46 4 ай бұрын

Aw amazing thank you

@daviddavis1322 4 ай бұрын

The visuals accompanying who sucked out the feeling might keep me awake to long tonight

@cleekersneaker 2 ай бұрын

All these covers really got to me

@zachariahpoltergeist4516 4 ай бұрын

It's amazing how much we're willing to pay to sound like we're using crappy equipment.

@spindal_1 4 ай бұрын

Pretty unique approach to the guitar and great playing skills 😎

@ShallieDragon 4 ай бұрын

This is great food for thought for me. I'm only starting to dip my toes into Lo-Fi pedal stuff, and now I have some ideas about where to start. I was familiar with some of these already, but others were totally new to me. Thank you!

@ScamLikely9327 4 ай бұрын

You should look into Mask Audio Electronics. I have the Part Garden and it does the weirdest lofi fuzz tones. And then their Line Blur is strange because it has a frequency control for the mids and it can get weird or it can be a really good preamp but I use it to make my Plumes crackle in a broken speaker type of way without being too distorted.

@BougieButler 4 ай бұрын

That 8:48 Elliot Smith sound example was radddd at least I think that's what that was :)

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

it was, glad you caught that

@sgriggl 4 ай бұрын

yeah

@ToneSherpa 4 ай бұрын

THAT'S what that was! I was racking my brain!

@maximhelincks 4 ай бұрын

Wow idd that between the bars version!!!

@FriendOfTheNight24 4 ай бұрын

Great job. I opted for the chase bliss warped vinyl

@geoPhaze 4 ай бұрын

The lofi superdrag sucked out may be my favorite thing on the internet right now. Wow.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

kissing the bride

@ileutur6863 4 ай бұрын

These lo fi sounds always remind me of Knobs, except I can actually tell what you're playing

@iiaaiiaannaaiiaaii 4 ай бұрын

Win win (win?) for me here. love Mariah, love fuzz and love/share your perspective on good/bad sounds. Also, the Elliot Smith cover was lovely - but stopped counting at three wins. Thanks for another dose inspiration, cheers.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

All I've ever wanted is for Elliott Smith and Mariah Carey to live in the same format

@iiaaiiaannaaiiaaii 4 ай бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld self-actualize it, don't criticize it.

@martianmurray 4 ай бұрын

With the Zvex I put it before my fuzz because it gets really dark after it

@oak7741 4 ай бұрын

the first video i've seen from your channel and wow what an introduction!

@Paulo-ut1li 4 ай бұрын

God that Phil Spector and Superdrag made that video so special! Wish we could start a band after that! Great video

@GummyWormeon 4 ай бұрын

I think some of the AC noises pedals do lofi (or low fidelity) really well

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

agreed, especially the bitcrush + reverb thing

@tomhuxley4705 4 ай бұрын

Only discovered the channel this week, but absolutely loving these videos. Very inspiring.

@Railage 4 ай бұрын

Love your channel

@alexfletcher9915 4 ай бұрын

Excellent insights delivered perfectly!

@ryanh7389 4 ай бұрын

Goddam fuckin chills over here listening to that Between The Bars cover. Brilliant man. So beautiful! But now I'm sad

@riseandshine5706 4 ай бұрын

yo this channel came at the right time for me. sharing some gold plated wisdom here sir. big thanks 🙏

@michaelfowler3187 4 ай бұрын

I've recommended it on comments of this channel before but the mr black analog chorus Vibrato can be "stretched" to insane delay times giving it a very gen-loss type of effect, even in a random fluttering Lfo. Using fast choppy tremolo is a nice way to get a flutter that sounds fairly complete but is missing information between the duty peaks. There are a number of subdecay pedals like their quasar and starlight pedals with some random lfos that can get this magical texture to them- I'm stretching though. Awesome topic and nice sounds as always man

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

that all sounds rad

@michaelfowler3187 4 ай бұрын

I said delay times but I actually meant lfo rate.. it can go into about 14 seconds per cycle so it is a stretched or purring sound effect from what sounds like blurry bucket brigade smearing goodness. Buzzwords. Anyway the delay time is not what I actually meant to say on the earlier comment- thanks

@dannywest8843 4 ай бұрын

Cyberattack will always be my baby.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

i'm part of you indefinitely

@dannywest8843 4 ай бұрын

and then a Superdrag homage. What a master.

@dannywest8843 4 ай бұрын

@@CyberattackWorldconfirmed inescapable.

@jonathandranoff1721 4 ай бұрын

Nice work as always, Ivan. I really enjoyed your use of pitch shifting up a few steps, which I think you've done before. It occurs to me that if there were a way to keep the shifted signal clean but make the notes a bit more staccato by cutting them out, the resultant sound would be like a cheap Casiotone keyboard with a guitar patch. Which seems pretty consistent with the Cyberattack esthetic. I'd like to chase that down, but I don't know of an effect that cuts out notes prematurely (I guess it would be some kind of timed noise gate). Any thoughts?

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for the comment. The EHX Attack Decay cuts off notes the exact way you want. Some envelope filters can also be made to do it, for more information about how check out my video about the GFI Synesthesia

@rahzark 4 ай бұрын

This channel needs more Bruce Springsteen covers. First of all because NJ. Secondly, because he's the Boss and makes amazing pedals.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Rahzark, you make an excellent point. I'm assuming you caught the Springsteen cover in this one from a couple months ago: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f72UldqDnt2qd5s.html

@rahzark 4 ай бұрын

@@CyberattackWorld i didn't, i'll go back and listen!

@whippyflagellum 4 ай бұрын

Man, I found your channel yesterday and going ham on it. But hearing your elliott smith rendition, instant subscribe!

@buffalofeathers 4 ай бұрын

Subscribed because of Between the Bars. Nice work, man. I appreciate your takes.

@barnabyotoole2016 Ай бұрын

Sucked Out by Superdrag! Nice!

@davidbell1227 4 ай бұрын

Really digging this series, keep em coming!

@themotioncodemarc 4 ай бұрын

This is my favourite fx channel. Love your content.

@keithklassen5320 4 ай бұрын

Your videos are so damn unique and creative. You probably hate this sincere stuff but it's what I got to give. Keep it up and I'll be sending you flowers, real big pink ones, you're gonna puke.

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

no no no sincerity is good. "crucify the insincere" etc.

@DrankZappa 4 ай бұрын

My favorite KZfaqr. 🎉👍

@_OopsieDaisies 4 ай бұрын

dang that between the bars cover was so pretty

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

drink up baby!!!!

@joshlane6192 4 ай бұрын

HX Stomp episode would definitely be popular.

@Rgdonaire_07 Ай бұрын

Oh man that Elliot smith cover was 🤌🏻

@karlboman 4 ай бұрын

I love how you're quick to assure the viewer that the ~900 can still kill you! :D

@CyberattackWorld 4 ай бұрын

what i am, what i want, i'm only after death!!!!!!!!

@allyourbasearebelongtous2191 4 ай бұрын

Dude!!! That compressor/trem trick.... Holy shit... I actually LEARNED something. Fuck me. Amazing man

@zero_x93 4 ай бұрын

great cover at the end 💪🏼 underrated super drag song🔥

@younico98 4 ай бұрын

hey man, great video. Love your visuals and sound examples

@BobcatOneManBand 2 ай бұрын

Z-Vex did not create the lo-fi pedal. Have you ever played through an Ibanez Lo-Fi pedal made in the late 1990's? I love that pedal and I'm very sad it's discontinued. I wish they would make a mini-version so I can put on my touring pedal board!