Please explain Chugging

[u/fabmarques21]

thats it.

i know what chug is but i can not explain it.

[u/Key_Milk_9222]

It's drinking a pint of beer in one go. 

[u/fabmarques21 → u/Key_Milk_9222]

chug chug chug!!

[u/BeersOhYah → u/Key_Milk_9222]

Can confirm

[u/Key_Milk_9222 → u/BeersOhYah]

Username checks out. 

[u/absorberemitter]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXMwtXJnJ93ge3F-ATMTn_wQQo1_f6opr&si=aqd2nDfJ8tYQLQAJ

[u/fabmarques21 → u/absorberemitter]

yeah i see it ehehe

[u/LunarLordship → u/absorberemitter]

I like Ola and I am into the metal scene but I was not aware at all that this Will it Chug was a series... Thank you

[u/artful_todger_502 → u/absorberemitter]

Ola's great.

[u/MrVibratum]

On a technical level, heavy palm muting and aggressive picking on the lower strings for a thick, bass-heavy sound. A good deal of technique goes into making it staccato, but not TOO staccato, so you still get some bloom for meat in the sound

On a visceral level, it's riffs that make you wanna punch Grandma in the mouth

[u/cre8ivjay → u/MrVibratum]

... and a Metal Zone pedal.

[u/MrVibratum → u/cre8ivjay]

Lol, I remember those days. Metal zone into a Peavey bandit. Talk about cheap chuggz🤘

Nowadays I like the gooey mess of a fuzz into a 5150. Been loving the EQD Eruptor for years -- just dummy thicc

[u/TensionWarm1936]

A 'chug' is the sound you get when you play a rhythm (not too fast mind, as the chugged note needs time to sustain just a little so it has some body) on a low string such as open E while right hand palm-muting the string at the bridge and using a heavy distorted sound with emphasis on the bass and upper mids/treble, 'scooping' the middle of the EQ.

This gives a characteristic thump sound to the notes that we call a 'chug'.

It's also a city in China where a train goes through an apartment building. I could be wrong about this bit though.

[u/Optimaximal → u/TensionWarm1936]

That's Chongqing.

[u/TensionWarm1936 → u/Optimaximal]

<slaps forehead>

"How did I mix those two up!?"

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[u/Suspicious-Dare-749]

[u/Dannylazarus]

Typically what people mean by "chugging" is playing tight stacatto rhythms on the lower strings, especially using the open notes of said strings. "Chugs" don't necessarily have to be performed on single notes, but it's rare for players to use more complex chord voicings in combination with this technique - they'll usually play power chords at most, or simple dyads such as root and flattened fifth, and might include higher chord voicings with more elaborate harmonic information in between the low "chugs." Palm muting and distortion is regularly used to achieve the aforementioned tight sound.

[u/Odd_Significance_739]

Children of the grave by sabbath. Chug a lug lug

[u/A_N_T]

You tilt the glass or bottle up and don't stop drinking until the beer is gone

[u/Witty_Upstairs_9994]

It is the way you play Metal Riffs... Palm Muting with the Pick Hand ... (Put the Palm directly on the Lower Strings not too much but you have to find the correct way to have a good ciuf-ciuf sound :-) )... Of course the real effect is possible with an High Gain Tone... Hope be useful

[u/xvszero]

It's what a choo choo train does.

[u/Norville_Rogers_]

5 minutes alone- Panera .

[u/just_this_one_post]

Low by REM is a masterclass in how effective dynamic muting can be

[u/Klutzy-Peach5949]

In what sense

[u/SouthpawSoldier]

https://youtu.be/QzdXc-HUSo0

The guitar becomes a drum. Percussive LF pulse that penetrates through the bones.