Filter Style

Hi GMC'ers!

This lesson is dealing with obtaining a unique sound based on combining acoustic guitars with distorted riffing and a steady groove, spiced with percussion elements. This sort of combination is particularly encountered in the music of the American group called Filter!

A few words on Filter:

Filter is an industrial/ alternative rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010. A sixth album titled Gurney and the Burning Books is scheduled for release in 2013 - Wikipedia

What will you learn?

- Developing your rhythm skills
- Beginner level hand coordination skills development
- Combining acoustic guitars with electric riffing
- Open string chord shapes

Homework included - check out the video part 7

Tempo: 100 BPM

Scales you can use: A major, B Mixolydian, C major

Tuning: Drop D - D A D G B E

Time signature: 4/4

Tone settings: AMT SS20 Lead Channel, having the Bass at 10 O'clock, the Mids at 8 and the Highs at 1 O'clock, while the gain is somewhere around 2 O'clock for the riffs on the Crunch channel. I have kept the guitar's volume pot at about 7 for the lighter palm muted riffs in Parts 2 and 4 and full volume in Part 6.

The acoustic guitar was recorded straight in the DAW.

Guitars: PRS Paul Allender and a Fender 1981 acoustic

Effects: DAW added reverb for the acoustic parts. (Variverb plug-in)

For a wider modern rock/ metal learning experience, I invite you to check out my modern metal based lessons here -> More of Cosmin's modern metal oriented lessons

While other modern acoustic lessons can be found here:

Joy to the World

Song writing - Acoustic fingerstyle

Acoustic Alternative Rock