Guitar Tutorial for "Hey" by Pixies (Lead & Rhythm)

[FernandoPixies]

what pedals do you recommend to play pixies, im from brazil and one pedal is really expensive, so i cant waste on a useless pedal can you play pavement? bye

[mbvglider]

@FernandoPixies I don't really think you need many pedals to play their earlier stuff. It's all about how good your distortion is on your amp, it needs to be able to get singing distortion. Since my amps don't really get very distorted, I run a boost pedal (just increases volume), or I just use humbuckers. Sometimes I use a Tech 21 Oxford pedal.

If you want to play leads, you need a reverb pedal, or if it's on your amp, that's fine. They use tremolo here and there. Overall, not too many pedals.

[Standard420247]

Can you show how he plays it though the other ways? IF you watch live stuff of the pixies and this song he sometimes plays it somewhere near the 7th or 9th fret on the lower strings

[mbvglider]

@Standard420247 It's actually pretty simple. Barre the D-G-B strings at the 7th fret and then it's the exact same strumming pattern except the hammer on section is just the D string at the 9th fret, and for the second chord, hammer on at the 8th fret. This results in the second chord being an augmented chord rather than the standard F#m.

[noquepa]

thanks man

[FernandoPixies]

what pedals do you use

[mbvglider]

@FernandoPixies Tech 21 Oxford for overdrive, Electro Harmonix LPB-1 for boost into the overdrive, EH Holy Grail for reverb, and I can't remember but some no-name tremolo pedal.

[wildcardvasquez]

You are the cutest thing.

[jrbriereedney]

thank you



[Gatorade237]

Saw the first result for Hey, saw it was crappy. With 574 views, I didn't have expectations for this to be better. I was very wrong. Delighted that I am. Subbed.

[sah1235]

Thanks, great video!

[juliusUNFORGIVABLE]

thanks brotha :) subscribed

[thegingertrainband]

aha I'm one of those people that asked for the tutorial for this song so a big THANK YOU!

[SY5TEM69]

i like the part at 1:20 with the kitty.

[ekovv]

Just curious, how come you make mostly guitar videos instead of piano?

[mbvglider]

@ekovv There are many reasons, but I don't really play piano anymore. Ever since I picked up guitar four years ago, I've mainly played guitar. It'll never be my best instrument, but it's my favorite instrument.