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Spitfire Audio co-founder Christian Henson sampled Peel Guitar back in 2006 using a Fender Telecaster through a 15-watt vintage tweed amp with a touch of vibrato, tremolo, and distortion. The tone is a bit unusual, and it’s closer to a sustained pad than a playable electric guitar. You won’t get strummed chords or multi-articulation leads out of it. But what you will get is a beautiful, slightly gritty Telecaster layer that sits under strings and piano parts really nicely.
I load Peel Guitar whenever I’m sketching a mellow cinematic part. Slow chords with a long reverb and a soft attack envelope work pretty well with this one. It also goes well with a heavier delay and some saturation if you want to push it into shoegaze territory. Like LABS Electric Guitars, Peel Guitar now lives in Splice INSTRUMENT. Download Splice INSTRUMENT (free), sign up for a free Splice account, and grab the Peel Guitar pack from the free tier.
Links to splice.com — the article includes the official download links.
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