Alternative Guitar: Elif Yalva?, Rachika Nayar, SkyCreature, Kristinn Kristinsson and Tristan Welch

by Mark Sullivan
May 11, 2021

There is something about the electric guitar that inspires players to utilize electronics to create a more complex sound than previously possible with a solo guitar. Electronic processing offers ways to dramatically alter the guitar's dynamic envelope and timbre, sometimes resulting in a guitar that does not sound like a guitar at all. Add on live looping and editing during the recording process, and it becomes possible to create a massive, complex sound: an alternative guitar. Elif ...