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In this video, Yvette Young details three textural guitar landscapes that inspired songs on catharsis [Triple Crown], the 2023 album by Covet—her self-titled “emotional nerd rock” band. Creating the three tones showcased on “Firebird,” “Coronal” and “Vanquish” required an almost painterly approach to sound, a rethink of dynamics and a fair amount of guitar pedals.

“When I first started playing guitar, I felt I had something to prove,” says musical innovator Yvette Young. “I thought I needed to play something technical to get people’s attention and respect. But as I’ve matured into my voice, I’ve found I’m truly passionate about sounds, colors and textures in the context of songwriting and production. A lot of my guitar playing ended up chilling out, because I didn’t feel the need to fill up all that space anymore.”

Sharing her tone tactics with effects and pedals, Young explains: “A guitar tone is obviously beautiful, but one of the most exciting things to come out of new guitar playing is experimental sounds. That’s what I’ve been all about recently. I like to play with pedals to make a guitar not sound like a guitar. I want something surprising to happen so that people’s ears light up. For me, a sign I’ve dialed in a really special guitar tone is when I can’t get away from that sound. It makes me want to continue playing and I feel inspired to write more.”

EXPLORE SOME OF YOUNG’S “TONE MAKERS”
VOX AC10
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Vox/AC10-10W-1x10-Tube-Guitar-Combo-Amp-1423495787946.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

WALRUS AUDIO JULIANA STEREO ANALOG CHORUS/VIBRATO
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Walrus-Audio/Julianna-Stereo-Analog-Chorus-Vibrato-Lavender-1500000332259.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

MERIS MERCURYX MODULAR REVERB
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Meris/MercuryX-Modular-Reverb-System-Effects-Pedal-Deep-Blue-1500000414873.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES AVALANCHE RUN V2 REVERB/DELAY
https://www.guitarcenter.com/EarthQuaker-Devices/Avalanche-Run-V2-Reverb-Delay-Effects-Pedal-1500000169973.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

MXR M292 CARBON COPY DELUXE ANALOG DELAY
https://www.guitarcenter.com/MXR/Carbon-Copy-Deluxe-Analog-Delay-Pedal-1500000139190.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

BOSS OC-5 OCTAVE EFFECTS PEDAL BLACK
https://www.guitarcenter.com/BOSS/OC-5-OCTAVE-PEDAL-Black-1500000332617.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

DIGITECH WHAMMY RICOCHET
https://www.guitarcenter.com/DigiTech/Whammy-Ricochet-Guitar-Effects-Pedal-1500000013354.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

BOSS DD-3T DIGITAL DELAY
https://www.guitarcenter.com/BOSS/DD-3T-Digital-Delay-Effects-Pedal-1500000302948.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

UNIVERSAL AUDIO UAFX GALAXY '74 TAPE ECHO & REVERB
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Universal-Audio/Galaxy-74-Tape-Echo-Reverb-Effects-Pedal-Black-1500000395539.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

Follow Yvette Young at https://www.instagram.com/yvetteyoung

Chapters
00:00 Intro with Yvette Young
00:37 Yvette's Musical Journey and her Passion for Sounds, Colors, and Textures
02:10 Yvette's Setup and Signal Chain
02:22 First Tone Demo: Chorus and Delay
06:52 Second Tone Demo: Mid-pushed Drive and Delay
09:14 Octave Pedal Techniques
10:30 Third Tone Demo: Stacked Delay
12:54 FX Pedal Tricks
15:57 Fourth Tone Demo: Ambient Tones
17:40 Improvising with FX
18:26 Shopping For Pedals at GC
19:20 Outro