No. 0661986·indie-rock·5 blocks
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Queen Is Dead's most beloved song rides on the same chiming rig Johnny Marr built across the album: a Rickenbacker 330 layered with a capo'd Martin D-28, run through a Roland JC-120 blended with a Fender Twin Reverb. The JC-120's glassy solid-state top and lush onboard chorus carry the jangle; the Twin adds tube warmth underneath. Producer Stephen Street rode a pair of eighth-note delays on the part, and the sweeping strings that answer the vocal are an E-mu Emulator, not a guitar.
The Queen Is DeadSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Fractal Axe-Fx
Guitar
Rickenbacker 330
Pickups
SS
Tuning
both
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
Analog Chorus
Jazz 120
2x12 Double Verb
Digital Delay
Plate
Filter Tilt
Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
5s
Release
200s
Mix
0.7
Level
0dB
Analog Chorus
← Boss CE-2 / JC-120 onboard chorus
Rate
0.3Hz
Depth
0.5
Mix
0.6
Jazz 120
← Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Drive
3
Bass
5
Mid
4
Treble
7
Presence
5.5
MV
5.5
Cut
3
2x12 Double Verb
← JC-120 / Twin Reverb 2x12 (blended)
LowCut110Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Digital Delay
← Stephen Street's eighth-note delays
Time
375ms
Feedback
0.2
Mix
0.1
Plate
← Studio plate / Twin spring
Mix
0.2
Decay
1.3s
Predelay
0.0ms
Filter Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 066
The Queen Is Dead's most beloved song rides on the same chiming rig Johnny Marr built across the album: a Rickenbacker 330 layered with a capo'd Martin D-28, run through a Roland JC-120 blended with a Fender Twin Reverb. The JC-120's glassy solid-state top and lush onboard chorus carry the jangle; the Twin adds tube warmth underneath. Producer Stephen Street rode a pair of eighth-note delays on the part, and the sweeping strings that answer the vocal are an E-mu Emulator, not a guitar.
— Johnny Marr
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