Sigur Ros Njosnavelin (untitled # 4, nothing song) Guitar Cover

[missalisonhamiltonUK]

fuck your good, this is one of the best musical arrangements ever, massive sigur ros fan too, you did well on this one, nice work =o)

[SigurWales]

@missalisonhamiltonUK Thank you, I tempted to do Svenf G Englar or Ebow sometime :)

[alitesneeze]

despite the quality... the cover is... damn... no words to describe that. ur awesome

[LAURAM0822]

wonderful cover xx

[SigurWales]

@LAURAM0822 Thank you :)

[dasrm02]

you made my day man:)

<3

[MasterBeation]

Great sound control, im going to play it like this tonight

[miniioana]

wooooooah! man, this rocks!

[SigurWales]

@miniioana thx for listening :)

[Ganjamule]

awesome!

[SigurWales]

@Ganjamule Thx :)

[Dunnization]

@SigurWales

Are you using a volume pedal and doing swells in the beginning? Where did you get your tabs?

[SigurWales]

@Dunnization check the vid description :) no swells just picking gently to start

[homemadehookahguy317]

thanks man!! i can sort of play this song on 1 string but missing a few notes lol

[homemadehookahguy317]

im new to electric guitar how do you get the echo sound please REPLY

[SigurWales]

@homemadehookahguy317 Using Reverb and delay will get you that echo :)

[radioheadfauxlife]

@SigurWales What reverb and delay do you use?

[Sahnus]

@SigurWales So you take reverb on max or somewhere near max and delay 1/3ish to max?

[SigurWales]

@Sahnus yeah u will need to drown the sound in reverb. It largely depends on the sound you're after tho, mine is on almost full because my cover is based on the vanilla sky version taken from the live recording as roskilde. Back then he seemed to have a diff reverb and used more of it and I prefer this to newer versions of the song from the () album etc. If u want the new sound then best to dial down the reverb :)

[Sahnus]

@SigurWales Okay, thanks for the info :) I'll try to learn this song (since I have a bow). And keep up the Sigur Rós covers, I love them ^^

[SigurWales]

@Sahnus yeah pretty much :)

[McleanLibertySG]

@SigurWales that sounds like an important thing i almost completely missed lol would you mind if when i get it, and thn have trouble with it then i cud email you on youtube, i would know anyone else that could help realy?

[SigurWales]

@McleanLibertySG yeah thats fine, im considering doing a tutorial for using a bow etc as I get asked about it on a regular basis

[SigurWales]

@McleanLibertySG Welcome, dont forget to buy Cello Rosin to go with it otherwise your bow wont make any sound :)

[McleanLibertySG]

would this work with the bow for a violin, cello bows are very expencive?

[SigurWales]

@McleanLibertySG yes it will work with Violin bow, however it sounds better with the Cello IMO, Cellos can go for £20-£40 normally depending how good they are. If you want a really good one then u will have to spend more but if your just using it for a guitar you dont need an expensive one :)

[nadieeeeeee]

wooooooooo como haces esos sonidoooos?

[frankieg05]

Awesome, sigurwales. I'm not well-versed in guitar lingo, but the "echo feedback" sound is wonderful. Sounds ten times better than both the live and album versions in my opinion. Keep up the good work mate.

[SigurWales]

@frankieg05 Many thanks, Not sure if its better Than The band versions but a very nice compliment to receive :) The version I have here is based on the one played at Roskilde in 2000 (a very early version) this was also used in the film vanilla sky, the reverb and echo was changed on later versions inclu the one on the () album. I prefer the orig tho which is why I choose the sound for this vid, thanks for listening :)

[ljes]

awesome cover brother. sounds epic. just wondering two things: 1. what effects are you using, and how much of each. 2. what kinds of pick ups do you have / would humbuckers make a difference much?

cheers,

[SigurWales]

@ljes thx man :). umm u can use single coils but humbuckers do sound better imo especially if u want to sing into the guitar like Jonsi does. Foundations of the song are reverb and delay, lots of reverb needed.

[cosmogang]

Amazin

[Socommexican]

you're amazing...

[Socommexican]

dude your amazing... =D

[SigurWales]

Cello :)

[Alessandro585]

if i give you my e-mail address can you give me tabs please?

[mikeyfatstrings]

Amazing video! 5/5

I'm looking to get a bow myself, but I want to experiment with a bass and a guitar. any suggestions of what I should look for?

[SigurWales]

pernambuco bows are the best to play on the guitar imo, any full size cello bow will do to start with. Cello bows are better than violin bows for guitar use :)

[dsfoulk123]

Fascinating... What size cello bow are you using? Does the size of the bow matter?

[SigurWales]

Full size bow, not sure on smaller sizes but I imagine it does matter as ive played with a violin bow and its just not the same

[OriginalFred45]

brilliant cover...

[runswithskateboard]

Your guitar is beautiful, what exact model/color is it? All the Gibson Les Pauls don't look that close except for TV Yellow and maybe Gold Top.

I feel bad that you repeated yourself about rosin and reverb so many times :P

[SigurWales]

its ok lol most youtube viewers dont read the description or comments properly anyway :) my guitar is a les paul copy altho it sounds and feels just like an epiphone one I used to own. colour is Amber

[DeathFish123]

Sounds just like Njosnavelin itself. :)

[LexaNeko]

beautifully played !

[Noise789]

breath taking

[SigurWales]

Thank you :)

[albertocristoff]

Is it very hard to play chords with the bow? See that's what sucks about using an EBow, only one string at a time.

[SigurWales]

Hey its Not Hard, the E A D strings are easy enough to hit may take some practice to hit all six but it can be done, I prefer to it an ebow. If you have the money get a sustainer bulit in to your guitar, its basically a built in ebow for all strings :)

[nikoniko9]

amazing dude

[imsoamped]

my favorite SR song. amazing!

[neonfoxincolour]

oh i love Njósnavélin..favoruite song on "Svigaplatan" [or as most people say: ( )]. and by the way the song name can also mean "The Spy Machine".

[yourdudeness080]

very good mate!

[FudgeStickinYoMouth]

AMAZING JOB!!

[KeaneKiller18]

This is my favorite Sigur Rós song and that was awesome! Great job!

[donaldrlong]

what kind of effects/amps are you using?

[SigurWales]

Reverb and delay is what u need & light distortion

[Lionasaurus]

What kind of bow do you use?

I'm just starting out with the idea of getting a bow to get that sigur ros sound and I have no clue what to get so any help would be appreciated :D

[SigurWales]

using a cello bow, anyone should be fine as long as its not cheap and nasty, be sure to use plenty of Rosin :)

[sinfonico87]

rosin?? where to put rosin??

[SigurWales]

U put rosin on the bow so it has friction and can grip the strings, no grip no sound :)

[PhonixRMF]

awesome!!

gives me goosebumps

[SigurWales]

Thank You :)

[MarianaC192]

LOVEEEE IT !

[jldolan4]

Very nice!

[baleao]

awesome!!!! 5 star!

[VladimirMarch]

love it!!!

[connor703]

awsome, i know people have asked this.. but are there tabs for this? id love to play this like you do. i would be greatful for any help, thanks

[SigurWales]

Yeah there are tabs out there for guitar part, bow parts u can use by ear, its pretty straight forward :)

[skariskripo]

nice job!

[NortharT]

fantastic

[Ckhawa]

Njosnavelin is my favourite Sigur Ros song and this is probably the best cover of theirs I've listened to. *High five*

[spontanp]

i love les paul.. :) great maaaan!

[SigurWales]

Just use a lot of reverb and chuck some delay in :)

[suckerpnch]

GREAT JOB! I'm not even a super big fan. Meaning, I like them, but honestly couldn't name a song. You just made my morning. I'll be listening to Sigur Ros for hours now. Guess I'll have to balance that out with some Slayer this afternoon. Take care!

[ALLblkPPLrRelated]

It's nice to hear it isolated. You did a great job!

[SigurWales]

Cheers :)

[Barkonetwothree]

Good job...first time a guitar cover of Jonsi has sounded good, at least from what I've heard...And I love Sigur Ros...

[SigurWales]

thank you :)

[panxo723sub]

genial buen cover dame los tabs porfavor xDD

[scottmberst]

amazingly close! theres no getting closer unless you get the london orchestra to do it. nice work

[SigurWales]

Thx :)

[CandBvids]

Great cover! what settings on the dl4 are you using?

[SigurWales]

using rhythmic delay

[fngs99]

wait whats rhythmic delay?

[SigurWales]

Its one of the settings on the DL4 delay unit :)

[rohaihuparaguay]

This is great!, sounds amazing, was thinking of trying myself playing some sigur ros, now a few questions: 1-What kind of bow do you use (violin,viola, cello)? 2-I imagine the reverb is set to a long decay time, how about the delay what is your setting for delay? 3-Any other effect (distortion, compresor-sustainer)? 4-In your Line6 amp, what modeling amp do you use? Again your cover sounds great, and your sound is amazing, must have been hard getting to that sound.

[SigurWales]

hey thanks, I use cello bow, rhythmic delay is used altho most delays seem ok to me, reverb wise just use lots of it, mild distortion is pretty much the only other effect, clean amp signal with some echo as well :)

[RudolphAlder]

Can you tell what kind of effects you're using?

[SigurWales]

delay and reverb, lots of it :)

[gummiersvalur]

are you using some effect?

[SigurWales]

yes reverb and delay :)

[watashiwanachodes]

u mastered the sound.. so why arent u using a guitar pick it looks like ure barely touching the strings on the riff is that because it sounds better¿?

[SigurWales]

Its quite hard holding/using a bow and a pick at the same time, so just use thumb and fingers for picking, on the Songs where a bow is not used Jonsi does use a pick :)

[stevenmlewis1]

Hey man. Great cover. Do you have any recomendations for a delay/ reverb pedal for this sound? I was also wondering what kind of rosin you use. Ive applied rosin to my bows and i still have a problem with the proper friction. Any tips?

[SigurWales]

Its prob the way your aplying the rosin not the rosin itself, I use hindershine, holt the rosin in your hand upright place the end of the bow on it and grip both with your hand the rub the rosin up and down the bow whilst gripped in your hand, thats how I do it and it works fine (not sure if thats the proper method) otherwise you wont get enough grip and it will sound naff, any delay and reverb should be enough, stand alone reverb is needed tho

[Ceb773]

hey, good cover.

i was just wondering does that bow sound good on acoustic?

[SigurWales]

Its sounds ok, but its best with an elecro acoustic so you can use effects etc, sounds a bit bland otherwise. The body of an acousic makes it difficult also coz of the flat top so playing is awkward

[Glencse]

do you also use the line 6 verbzilla pedal?

[SigurWales]

Line 6 spider amp and dl4 is the only equipment of theirs I use, its Important to remember that 80-90% of jonsi's bow sound is down to the reverb , delay and other effects play a small part :)

[cokemuzic]

you are greeeeeeeat!!!!!!

Shivers! x)

Congrats

[SigurWales]

Yup :)

[Ardolino1]

Dude metronome get one...even though i can hear the music in the background, sometimes you were out of time man, playing along to songs doesnt always necesarily mean you are in time, get a metronome and work at timing!! but awesome tone

[SigurWales]

Ha Hoping no one would notice, yeah I have one just need to get longer headphone leads, dont want to hear it on the vids I do :)

[krzifngrs]

awesome man, iv got goosebumps man not cool but  great cover!!!

[parrymason]

great video! I like this song and this is a very good cover. I got my own cello bow, now I just need to fix my overdrive pedal and get a delay so I can record some video of my cello-bow experiments.

[tjhungj]

hey , what pedals do you use / fx

[Roihclem]

freaking beautiful. great job!

[emmapentatration]

this is great man

[stevestone07]

OMG! Fantaic video. really enjoyed it. your awesome. please can you give me feedback on my video`s? and show them to your friends please. Cheers i really appreciate it. see ya! : )

[SigurWales]

Thx will do :)

[gummiersvalur]

where did you get the taps?

[gummiersvalur]

where did you get the tap?

[JuanMosqueda]

rad!!

[lcguitarsound]

wow fantastic bro, where do you get the tabs? what efects are you using?

[sedomist]

how come my VIOLIN bow(if thts wat i should use) just slides over my strings without any sound?

[SigurWales]

You need to use Rosin, it gives the bow friction and it can grip the strings, you will have no grip/sound otherwise :)

[sedomist]

but it works as well with a violin bow? :]

[SigurWales]

works fine, just use violin rosin or cello rosin if your using a cello bow, cello bow works better than a violin bow imo. You will still get a decent sound with the violin bow =)

[sedomist]

thx haha btw it damages the guitar strings like mad though n for me,im usin a ibanez sg series so the body shape doesnt really curve n this makes the bow grind n damage the body :B hey,the price we pay for art haha

[sedomist]

thx +) so it should work even with a violin bow if i just put rosin?

[Ckhawa]

Ahh this is great, I love this song. :)

[GibsonSGIncubus]

theres something about sigur ros, that after you discover them all of the old music you used to play and listen to seems so insignificant. and thats a beautiful guitar.

[SundayForMorners]

wow this is very good u've done a great job, could u tell me where u got ur tab from pleaseee :)

or send it to us

[personalityunited]

very good... spiritual tune- if anyone didnt do a masterful job would sound aweful...

but extremely well done.

[SigurWales]

Thanks for all the kind comments :)

[freddyflaps]

bad ass!!!!!

[sabretheeuromutt]

Holy... wow.. Seriously, you're amazing.

[archivement]

Great cover dude! Can I ask you something? How much delay dud you use? I mean how many secs?

[SigurWales]

Not sure how many secs but its quite fast, delay effect isnt key mind, its the reverb doing 90% of the sound :)

[mitchellesq]

First guitarist I know to use a bow: Jimmy Page, Led Zep, in 1969 Don't know if anyone used it earlier. Pretty innovative back then. Like the guys who ran guitars through an organ Leslie (rotating speaker horn in a miked cabinet). Harrison (Beatles) used it on some addagio runs- "You Never Give Me Your Money" - Abbey Road, and Eric Clapton's bridge to "Badge", which Harrison wrote. Beach Boys used it first, however.

It's fun to try and stretch out on the guitar playing. Enjoy.

[mitchellesq]

Perfect reverb and delay: You nailed it, dude.. The song is not too tough to discern, but the light touch of Jonsi makes it special. You got it.

[SigurWales]

Thx :) I agree its fairly easy to play when you've mastered the bow, but the best sounding songs are often the most simple in melody/to play imo

[SmashingKinpumps]

This is a damn near perfect cover. good job! :]

[SigurWales]

Many Thx :)

[Jake00715]

Man, this is truly an excellent cover. Impressive.

[Mikeybones2977]

I heard some pretty good versions of this song from others but, this is by far the best version I have heard yet. Great song bro..........I've only been playing the guitar for about 6 months and I can't wait play this song like this. You rock bro..........!

[SigurWales]

Hey Thx M8 good luck with the playing :)

[LordRadio]

Hey, Nice vid!

What effects are you using on this?

[SigurWales]

Thanks :) Reverb and delay

[LordRadio]

Could you use a violin bow or does it have to be a cello one? Just wondering about the sizes of them?

[SigurWales]

u can use both but cello works/sounds better in my opinion, Jonsi also uses a cello bow :)

[LordRadio]

Nice one, Thanks for the heads up dude

[SigurWales]

Anytime :)

[chokooloko]

nice work dude!

[tryred]

Saw them live a few nights ago. Best experience of my life. They didn't play this, but it is one of my favorites. Lovely.

[TheLordRob]

good job....Sigur ros are amazing...

[SigurWales]

Thx :) they are indeed, It's an indescribable experience to see them live

[scot5691]

Where'd you get this tab from? I can't seem to find a tab for the bow.

[SigurWales]

didnt use tab for the bow just went by ear :) for the non bow parts I just watched Jonsi and used a bit of trial & error

[lewecca]

how did you get the backing track?

[SigurWales]

Played the song on my Ipod via the docking station speakers :)

[papocarpediem]

Gibson or Epiphone?

[SigurWales]

Neither :) I dont rate either guitar when you consider how much they cost

[Naxxx]

good cover man!!! hey, if u have time please check the one that i just uploaded from my band playing that same song, my effect on the guitar sounds a little different from the one you use..

[hanman1]

Nice

[NathanSt]

what effects are you using to get the haunting sound?

[SigurWales]

Reverb & Delay

[serensuperstar]

omg dude... well done martin! i love this song from sigur rós! ..

well done!