Lately, I've been obsessed with finding unorthodox ways to get sounds from the guitar. I've been influenced by several artists in this persuit, mostly Tom Morello and Joe Satriani. Here are a few of my favorite ways to make noise. Please share a few of your favorite noises/ techniques for making strange noises. Sound files would be cool, but I can't do them right now so if you can't, don't worry. We'll just use our imaginations or try them ourselves.

Cool Sounds:
If you have a guitar without a locking nut and without a string tree on the third string, pluck the third string behind the nut with the whammy bar pressed down. Raise the bar slowly to produce a nice roller coaster shriek. (Lots of distortion never hurts here).

If you have a remote control laying around, point it at your pickups and press any button. This makes a very neat radar-like sound. Try manipulating this sound with different pedals like a wah pedal or a whammy pedal.

Have fun and knock yourselves out!

KB