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 · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Rickenbacker 330
Pickups
SS
Tuning
both
Strings
standard
LA Studio Comp
Trinity Chorus
Jazz Rivet 120
2x12 Double C12N
Simple Delay
Plate
Tilt
LA Studio Comp
← Studio compression
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
50s
Release
800s
Mix
70
Level
0dB
Trinity Chorus
← Boss CE-2 / JC-120 onboard chorus
Rate
0.3Hz
Depth
0.5
Mix
55
Level
0
Jazz Rivet 120
← Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus
Drive
3
Bass
5
Mid
4
Treble
7
Presence
5.5
ChVol
5.5
Master
10
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
2x12 Double C12N
← JC-120 / Twin Reverb 2x12 (blended)
LowCut110Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Simple Delay
← Stephen Street's eighth-note delays
LowCut250Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Time
400ms
Feedback
20
Mix
15
Level
0
Plate
← Studio plate / Twin spring
LowCut220Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Mix
16
Decay
0.4s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
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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