Sound effects tag

Guitar Sound Effects

Guitar sound effects, as in the guitar used as a sound source rather than played. Strings get scraped. The body gets knocked hard, with contact mics catching every vibration, and then all of it gets bent and stretched into drones, risers, impacts and creepy hits for horror and sci-fi. There's electrical hum and buzz in here too. Very little of it ends up sounding like a guitar at all.

Libraries
56
Publishers
26
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$7 to $499
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All 56 libraries tagged Guitar

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Designed acoustic guitar sound effects featuring 70 evolving drones, cinematic impacts, processed risers, and creepy stingers suitable for sci-fi, horror, and trailer productions, delivered in 24-bit 96kHz format.
70 files · 2.03 GB · Metadata
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Expertly recorded guitar elements have been transformed into innovative sound effects through meticulous distortion and manipulation, creating futuristic sonic textures for modern productions.
34 files · 423 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Through bowed and plucked guitar techniques, this collection delivers 67 sci-fi sound effects, featuring space engines, ambient textures, and weapon impacts, all recorded at 24-bit/96kHz quality.
80 files · 693 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Mysterious guitar-based atmospheric elements blend with haunting sound effects, including impacts, transitions, and dark soundscapes - engineered for cinematic horror, sci-fi, and trailer productions.
150 files · 2.4 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Nylon guitar UI sound effects featuring 226 plucks, slides, strums, chords, and harmonics across achievements, notifications, navigation actions, and sweeteners at 96kHz 24-bit.
31 files · 253 MB · Metadata
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Mono, Stereo.
This mini collection of 90 cinematic sound effects features risers, hits, drones, and ambiences derived from musical instruments like guitars, bells, gongs, and percussion.
90 files · 3.16 GB · Metadata
96 to 192 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Derived from musical instrument recordings, this collection features 863 cinematic sound effects including processed drones, risers, hits, pads, and stingers designed for tonal texture and atmospheric depth.
863 files · 30.4 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Musical instruments and sound effects combine across 210 high-quality audio phrases, featuring traditional and modern instruments like gayageum, guitar, and piano in cartoon-inspired melodic sequences.
210 files · 637 MB · Metadata

A guitar makes a great raw source because it resonates. Scrape a string with a coin or a bottle and you get a metallic screech. Knock the body and you get a woody boom. Slow those down and stretch them, and they turn into the kind of dark Riser a horror trailer lives on. The designed sets here do that work for you. Some of it leans into hum and broken signal, which suits glitchy sci-fi.

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