No. 0792004·alternative·4 blocks
Mr. Brightside
The cascading hook everyone thinks is delay — and isn't. Dave Keuning recorded it with one rig: a 1970s Ibanez Destroyer straight into a loud Fender Hot Rod DeVille. The shimmer is a moving Dadd9 voicing with the open high E ringing through it, played in standard tuning, pushed to edge-of-breakup. The famous Telecaster / AC30 / dotted-eighth-delay 'recipe' is a myth that contradicts Keuning's own account.
Hot FussSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Ibanez Destroyer (1970s)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Search Rig Exchange for 'Hot Rod DeVille' or 'Fender clean'
Room Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression
Sustain
3
Tone
5
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'Hot Rod DeVille' or 'Fender clean'
← Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12
Gain
4
Bass
4
Middle
5
Treble
7
Presence
6
Room Reverb
← Studio room (interpretive)
Decay
0.3s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.1
Engineer's note
File 079
The cascading hook everyone thinks is delay — and isn't. Dave Keuning recorded it with one rig: a 1970s Ibanez Destroyer straight into a loud Fender Hot Rod DeVille. The shimmer is a moving Dadd9 voicing with the open high E ringing through it, played in standard tuning, pushed to edge-of-breakup. The famous Telecaster / AC30 / dotted-eighth-delay 'recipe' is a myth that contradicts Keuning's own account.
— Dave Keuning
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