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 · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Rickenbacker 330
Pickups
SS
Tuning
both
Strings
standard
Clean
Chorus
Delay
Reverb
Clean
← Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Gain
20
Volume
50
Bass
50
Middle
40
Treble
70
Presence
55
Master
50
Chorus
← Boss CE-2 / JC-120 onboard chorus
Rate
30Hz
Depth
45
Level
55
Delay
← Stephen Street's eighth-note delays
Time
375ms
Feedback
20
EffectLevel
12
Reverb
← Studio plate / Twin spring
Time
13ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
60
EffectLevel
16
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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