The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army instrumental cover

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On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I finally got around to adding guitar to the drum and bass videos I did of this a few months ago (drums on CrappyAssDrummer channel, bass on CrummyMusician channel) and finishing this drum/"bass"/guitar cover of Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes. This is an easy song to play on all the instruments involved, but a bit of fun without spending too much time practicing.

Some notes on how I played it:

Top guitar: Fender Stratocaster "partscaster" built in the last couple of years in Jogjakarta. The neck is Fender Japan bird's-eye maple and I have no clue about the rest. But it looks great and sounds OK too, I think.

Rhythm part: Custom sound on a Boss GT-10 (crunchy), USB straight in to the computer. I am NOT using an open A tuning like Jack White did, but I did tune down the A string to G. This allows for a bar across the middle four strings rather than power chords, much easier to play and to slide with a finger. I tried it with an actual slide too, but it sounded awful, so I'll have to practice that more. This guy does a good version with a slide:    • Видео   Wish I got a bit more feedback after the solo.

Solo: Again, I am not using a slide since I tried and I sounded like crap. Instead I tried to accomplish something similar by using bends. Although you can only see one of me playing it, it's actually doubled -- I played it twice and layered the tracks. I think it sounds pretty cool, but some purists will leave comments saying "why does nobody play this with a slide???" I'm sure. Whatever. Custom sound on a Boss GT-10 (overdrive) again. I have used the same sound to play Metallica from time to time funnily, but I like how it sounds here, so there you have it.

"Bass": Like Jack White in the original, I am using a guitar instead of a bass and the Boss GT-10 octave effect to lower the sound one octave (12 steps). Boss GT-10 guitar effects processor USB into computer, custom sound. It's relatively clean, octaved down, with a tiny bit of fuzz, top end equalized down, a bit of delay, chorus, and reverb, two noise suppressors in sequence, and modelling for a '59 Marshall amp. The guitar is homemade in Indonesia. As far as I can tell, it combines the body and neck of a cheap Ibanez Geo, G&B pickups, a cheap double locking tremolo system that I have blocked with wood blocks since it sucked, and a fingerboard by some local guy here in Indonesia who apparently likes Slipknot a lot, since the end result looks very much like an Ibanez MTM1, but at about 15% of the price. Anyway, not a great guitar at all, but with the SEVEN on the neck, it seemed appropriate for this song!

Drums: It's all about the quarter notes. Roland TD-4KX straight to computer soundcard.

Sound software: Sonar 8 Producer's Edition

Video software: Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD 11

Camera: Samsung PL170 sitting on my desk

Computer: I finally got a new one! Acer Predator i5

Fair use notice: The original song remains the property of the copyright holder. This video is provided for non-profit educational and learning purposes, to allow other crappy musicians to compare progress, and to demonstrate my ability (or lack thereof) only. And, perhaps, if I sucked badly enough, as a parody too (Just kidding copyright people. That last point was a joke.) Please note that there is NO PART of the original sound recording by The White Stripes in this song. As such, the copyright is held by the songwriter or their rights association, not the copyright holder of the original sound recording.

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