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 · 6 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Rickenbacker 330
Pickups
SS
Tuning
both
Strings
standard
Compressor
Chorus
Search Rig Exchange for 'Roland JC-120' or 'Jazz Chorus clean'
Delay
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compression
Intensity
3.5
Attack
0.0s
Volume
0
Chorus
← Boss CE-2 / JC-120 onboard chorus
Rate
0.3Hz
Depth
0.5
Mix
0.6
Search Rig Exchange for 'Roland JC-120' or 'Jazz Chorus clean'
← Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Gain
3
Bass
5
Middle
4
Treble
7
Presence
5.5
Delay
← Stephen Street's eighth-note delays
Time
375ms
Feedback
0.2
Mix
0.1
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate / Twin spring
Decay
1.3s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
0.2
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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