“How did they make that sound” thread

I’m tempted to make a mutli-headed echo with each stage routable through external effects pedals.
Idea being trying to work some “tones”.
 
Great concept for the thread. Sometimes an artist's gear list is available, but it is the stuff they are endorsed for and not what they used on the recording. Often the recorded gear was the studio's or producer's. Then there is microphones and post processing.

Having played in moderately successful cover bands, I strove for some degree of accuracy in replicating the songs we did. The audience appreciated it being familiar, although I appreciated when bands did their own sound with covers.

IMHO, it is a mix of art and science to get close to the recorded sound live or practicing.
 
How did he do that slide tone at 00:14?
Flatwounds!


Now how did Ginger Root get the bass tone at the beginning? I know he has an H22 bass with flats

 
Aentons said:
I've got one.. Jolene by Cake. How did they do the crazy flangerish sound on the intro at about 40 seconds? If it's just a flanger, which one? They don't do whatever it is live.

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Believe it or not a lot of records around that time were still recorded on tape, and the flanging effect was often achieved by varying the tape speed. See also Sum41's Fat Lip, Tom Lord Algae has explained how he did a similar effect on that record https://mixwiththemasters.com/videos/tom-lord-alge-sum-41-fat-lip

Could also just be a Boss BF-2. People often use Boss in the studio due to reliability and availability.
 
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rossbalch said:
Believe it or not a lot of records around that time were still recorded on tape, and the flanging effect was often achieved by varying the tape speed. See also Sum41's Fat Lip, Tom Lord Algae has explained how he did a similar effect on that record https://mixwiththemasters.com/videos/tom-lord-alge-sum-41-fat-lip

Could also just be a Boss BF-2. People often use Boss in the studio due to reliability and availability.
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I think you are right about it being tape flanging. It's too clear to be a pedal
 
Atom ant said:

The fuzz through the whole song. Obviously an effect, does it ring a bell for anyone?

RIP Scott.
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Sounds like a fuzz or dirt through a tremolo. Listen to the Smiths How Soon Is Now and it's similar. I suspect some delay or reverb is involved too.
 
HamishR said:
Sounds like a fuzz or dirt through a tremolo. Listen to the Smiths How Soon Is Now and it's similar. I suspect some delay or reverb is involved too.
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I’d bet there’s reverb before the dirt on that, that usually makes a good wash of sound
 

This one popped up on a playlist the other day and I got curious about that guitar sound. Google reveals that Lindsey recorded it at home and played the bass and a “down-tuned” guitar.

There’s some general stuff saying that he sometimes used an overloaded tape recorder preamp for his distortion sound, but nothing confirming that that’s what he was doing on this particular track/album.

Anybody know more about it?
 
I used to be really interested in "what gear did so-and-so use on x album" but these days for better or for worse that has changed more into "what can I use to get a sound sort of like what x album sounds like" or whatever.

Actually now that I'm thinking about it, I've always been interested in whatever the fuck is going on with the guitar solo (1:13) in this song. Obviously fuzz and wah, and then some kind of tape manipulation but not just like an echoplex or whatever. I've often pondered how to implement a "jammed tape" type effect because of this recording
 
Harry Klippton said:
I used to be really interested in "what gear did so-and-so use on x album" but these days for better or for worse that has changed more into "what can I use to get a sound sort of like what x album sounds like" or whatever.

Actually now that I'm thinking about it, I've always been interested in whatever the fuck is going on with the guitar solo (1:13) in this song. Obviously fuzz and wah, and then some kind of tape manipulation but not just like an echoplex or whatever. I've often pondered how to implement a "jammed tape" type effect because of this recording
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That's awesome. And here I thought I knew everything I needed to know about the Locomotion.
 
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