No. 0862008·alt-rock·6 blocks
Use Somebody
The widescreen guitar hook on Use Somebody is Matthew Followill — not Caleb, who plays rhythm and sings — riding a delayed octave melody through a Matchless combo. Producer Jacquire King confirmed the Matchless was the amp on this track (the Selmer was Sex on Fire's). The shimmer is a rhythmic Line 6 delay plus a lush studio reverb (an Eventide DSP4000 added the 'synth-like' sheen at Blackbird in Nashville). The guitar is dialed clean and bright, the delay and reverb do the rest.
Only by the NightSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Epiphone Sheraton
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Matchstick Ch2
2x12 Match H30
Digital Delay
Plate
Tilt
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-30dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
100s
Release
800s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Optional push boost
Gain
1.5
Tone
5.5
Level
7
Matchstick Ch2
← Matchless DC-30
Drive
4
Bass
5
Mid
5.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5
Cut
4
ChVol
6
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
5.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
2x12 Match H30
← Matchless 2x12
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Digital Delay
← Line 6 DL4 (dotted-eighth)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Time
330ms
Feedback
28
Mix
30
Level
0
Plate
← Eventide DSP4000 (lush studio reverb)
LowCut200Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Mix
26
Decay
0.6s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.6
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 086
The widescreen guitar hook on Use Somebody is Matthew Followill — not Caleb, who plays rhythm and sings — riding a delayed octave melody through a Matchless combo. Producer Jacquire King confirmed the Matchless was the amp on this track (the Selmer was Sex on Fire's). The shimmer is a rhythmic Line 6 delay plus a lush studio reverb (an Eventide DSP4000 added the 'synth-like' sheen at Blackbird in Nashville). The guitar is dialed clean and bright, the delay and reverb do the rest.
— Matthew Followill
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