*Ahem* um . . . Bagpipes . . . ?

[Dega60]

OK, the band has decided I will be the one playing the intro for Steve Earl's "Copperhead Road" and they want me to get close to a bagpipe sound. Anybody got any suggestions to make a PBass or 5 string JBass sound like a bagpipe?

I'll go hang my head in the corner while y'all snicker . . .

 

[JT Bass]

Find a flock of geese and chase them around with your P?

 

[walker rosewood]

EHX HOG

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[monkeyking]

Give it a bunch of treble, drone the D string, play the melody up on the G. If you can dial in a touch of drive that will help too. I've had to do it for some country bands I've worked with. On the plus side, people love those songs where they can do the "herd" (line) dances. The hard part is remembering all the words. Good luck!

 

[ffutterman]

Could try one of those MIDI boards.

Oddly enough, I'm kind of interested in doing the same thing. I'd love to steal the intro to Korn's Shoots And Ladders and use it for a song that doesn't suck so much when it breaks. I mean, ring around the rosie?! Seriously?! Those guys are masters at wasting great intros...sorry about the rant. It's just so upsetting.

 

[EthanTheHeathen]

was going to say POG, but HOG is probably even better.

 

[Stick_Player]

That is a pretty bad bagpipe sound on that recording. Sounds like a keyboard player with a lame organ patch.

If this is your 'model', just fake it.

 

[Footbutt]

i would second the HOG, or even a POG2 might do the trick.

actually, why don't you tell us the gear you have and we could come up with something to manifest itself. if you're only using it on one song, you might want to consider cheaper means... like having someone play actual bagpipes. ...though the visual would win you guys fame all across the land!

 

[Dega60]

Playing through a stock Fender Bassman head and cabs right now - don't use much in the way of effects. I do have a chorus pedal I use now and then and I have the V-Bass Pro. I've been fiddling with that a bit but haven't found anything in it I like yet.

I used to play through a Hartke rig with an Art Nightbass that had all kinds of effects but sadly I don't have the gear anymore.

 

[WalterBush]

The guitarist from Big Country managed to do it back in the eighties. Find out what he used, and do it.

 

[SurferJoe46]

I remember my grandmother telling me:


"A gentleman can play the bagpipes; A REAL gentleman won't".

 

[Geist]

I read through this thread and immediately began playing along to 'Scotland the Brave'.

The capo came in handy for the Bb drone

 

[sonic assassin]

might need an EHX freeze for the drone. it will give you an excuse to buy one

 

[Plays_For_Dog]

Make the guitard do it. Tell him you're for holding down the low end.

 

[Jon Moody]

might need an EHX freeze for the drone. it will give you an excuse to buy one

That's exactly what I did after five minutes of playing around with the Freeze when I got it. Made some drones and played a couple of reels on top of it.

 

[s_mcsleazy]

and enters someone who lives in scotland (even though im not scottish)

the guitar player from the church managed to get the sound with a ebow but im not sure about bass. but anyway here is the song in question



p.s donnie darko is one of my fave movies for the soundtrack

 

[Thunderscreech]

^ What he said. EBow all day long.

 

[john_g]

Holy Crow! My band recently added this song as well and even though we have a keys player that can get the bagpipes tone perfectly, he is playing the mandolin AND singing the song as well. I was searching for a way to make my bass sound like pipes so I could take some of the load off the keys guy.

 

[s_mcsleazy]

^ What he said. EBow all day long.

i miss your sloth.

i bet his wife said he was spending too much time on talkbass

 

[Dega60]

Well I'm not singing but I am doing both mandolin and bass