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 · 2 blocksLive values · IK TONEX
Guitar
Rickenbacker 330
Pickups
SS
Tuning
both
Strings
standard
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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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