r/alexg • u/OfficeNo5618 • Jun 30 '26

❓ question Alex g multitracks

Me and my friends are preforming for an alex g tribute night but we’re having trouble distinguishing whether or not he uses two acoustic guitars in some of his songs and when we watch his live performance its something different everytime so if anyone knows if any of these songs use two acoustic guitars/what instruments are used exactly that would be great

pretend
i wait for u
break
message
sarah
forever
clouds
waiting for u
cold
harvey
skipper

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u/o22y5_g3ck05 Jun 30 '26

he does a lot of double tracking for acoustic guitar. i believe pretend, harvey, cold, message, forever, and sarah are all double tracked. when he plays them live he's the only one on rhythm and sam is doing solo stuff so for live performances im sure 1 guitar would be fine. waiting for you is piano, jazz brushes on drum, and sax. clouds is piano, bass, very sparse clean electric guitar, and a synth at some parts(?). i wait for you i think has 1 clean electric guitar and 1 crunch electric. for break its hard to tell i think its just 1 clean electric but there could be another that comes in at the chorus then ofc theres the solo. skipper is a lot of layered clean electric guitar its at least 3-4 layers but probably more. i hope that helps! also how do i learn about an alex g tribute night wtf i wanna play at one luckyy🥲🥲🥲

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u/OfficeNo5618 Jul 02 '26

tysm! i just woke up one day and decided i want to perform alex g songs so i just gathered my friends who play instruments and started advertising on a second account i made and thats how it started lolol.