Hello I’m unsure if it’s technique or mainly a rubbish amp for the time being but basically I’ve played acoustic on and off for a while now and got an electric at Xmas and have been playing green day, nirvana, dire straits, etc sun 41 but on some of the more punk rock type songs like sum 41 etc I can palm mute on acoustic and stuff and electric but I can’t seem to get that aggressive sort of downstroke only chug used on likes of blink 182 sum 41 etc, it’s definitely palm muted and can go from being quite open nearly to very muted to in the middle. But I can’t seem to get the sound I want,
now I have a Yamaha pacifica 012 and only at the moment have a gear 4 music 15w all and also have a behringer heavy metal pedal which helps when playing something like holiday by green day with the distortion but doesn’t still give me that nice heavy chug sound on the fast palm mute downstrums on other songs, what sort of low/bass mids and high settings would you be aiming for and what sort of pedals could help me out better with that sound an amp is on the cards in future im currently saving but even a pedal for time being to help with sound or on hints and tips on techniques,
Kind regards
