spirit7
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Who has chased it? How have you got it? My tele is aching for something to do and he's probably my favourite tele player!
Hartmann Flanger ordered.
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Hartmann Flanger ordered.
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Badronald
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Tele, Boss CH-1 and likely some blackface Fender?? Twin. Compressor.
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londaxe
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I always liked that tone he had with the police early on.
I think that out of phase middle position (neck PAF and bridge single coil) is very important...at least for some of his tones. I've got a guitar with that setup, and it's pretty different from the stock tele sound.
I've been curious about his amps though. They look like late 70's Marshall super leads, but I'm not sure if that's all they are... I think the effects he used have been documented fairly well. There was a website which had quite a bit of information about his gear, but I can't remember the name of it. Must have last looked at it about ten years ago
I think that out of phase middle position (neck PAF and bridge single coil) is very important...at least for some of his tones. I've got a guitar with that setup, and it's pretty different from the stock tele sound.
I've been curious about his amps though. They look like late 70's Marshall super leads, but I'm not sure if that's all they are... I think the effects he used have been documented fairly well. There was a website which had quite a bit of information about his gear, but I can't remember the name of it. Must have last looked at it about ten years ago
Mudder
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His tele has a pickup booster built in, so another factor to consider. That and all his funky jazz fingerings.
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mixn4him
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LASD did a great pedalboard for a cover band and it nails those tones, Tele->Flanger->Plexi...
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robertkoa
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Never chased it but I noticed on that comeback tour when I saw some of the Videos that his Tones were excellent:
What a brilliant Guitarist he is, perfect for that Group
Great Rhythm Parts and Colorist etc.
Not conventional Tele Tones, right ?
What a brilliant Guitarist he is, perfect for that Group
Great Rhythm Parts and Colorist etc.
Not conventional Tele Tones, right ?
VH4_BigRig
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Never really chased his tone, but my Boss CE-2 nails the chorus sounds he used to my ears!
IntenseJim
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Tele, compressor with attack control, nearly any flanger and chorus unless you want to become insanely OCD' about it like certain forums
stdio
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I read somewhere that he bought the tele off of some guy a long time ago who had wired it himself and something was off about it. Andy said he felt that had a lot to do with the sounds he got out of it.
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RG955TT
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Last tour was a CAA/Suhr amp, not sure what model but it sounded great.
scottkahn
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Roland JC-120 amp and DS-1 were staples of the day, the amp in particular for Police tone...
charveldan
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Used to be Marshall JMP's ...
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Psychotronic
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E-H Electric Mistress flanger, but NOT the newer digital Stereo version. A reasonable substitute would be the Hartman, but that's pretty much it. No other flanger does it right.
Andy never used a Chorus pedal nor did he use a Roland JC amp -- the chorusing was from the flanger. Dyna-comp or reasonable variant is important too, but one thing most guys miss is that he used TWO -- one at the beginning of the chain, one at the end. Delay, of course. Occasionally (at least early on) a Phase 90.
Andy never used a Chorus pedal nor did he use a Roland JC amp -- the chorusing was from the flanger. Dyna-comp or reasonable variant is important too, but one thing most guys miss is that he used TWO -- one at the beginning of the chain, one at the end. Delay, of course. Occasionally (at least early on) a Phase 90.
petejt
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I love Andy Summer's guitar sounds, particularly his Police clean sounds.
I always refer to the interview with Jools Holland, as Charveldan posted below. It just shows that Marshall stacks do more than just RAWK!
I did kinda chase it, but I like making my own sounds now. In saying that, his sound has been a big influence, and I do have an Electro Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress for that warm syrupy swirl.
For most of the Police stuff- it's correct that Andy used the flanger (as shown in the Jools Holland interview) and NOT a chorus pedal or Roland Jazz Chorus amp. However he did use the Jazz Chorus on Synchronicity in 1983 and particularly on Every Breath you Take. Strangely though his guitar sound is not very 'chorusey' at all on that song! It's more like a slight panning slapback effect, if that.
I always refer to the interview with Jools Holland, as Charveldan posted below. It just shows that Marshall stacks do more than just RAWK!
charveldan":vz1hqmbu said:
I did kinda chase it, but I like making my own sounds now. In saying that, his sound has been a big influence, and I do have an Electro Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress for that warm syrupy swirl.
For most of the Police stuff- it's correct that Andy used the flanger (as shown in the Jools Holland interview) and NOT a chorus pedal or Roland Jazz Chorus amp. However he did use the Jazz Chorus on Synchronicity in 1983 and particularly on Every Breath you Take. Strangely though his guitar sound is not very 'chorusey' at all on that song! It's more like a slight panning slapback effect, if that.
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legend71
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Very cool video - thanks for posting. Neat stuff
travis bickle
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fucken shit. i have no idea how this footage has eluded me. many thanks for posting this. andy has been one of my favorite guitarists forever.
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Psychotronic
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Andy himself has said that he never used the Roland amps, although I've read that he used it on Synchronicity. I'm not convinced that he did, hence why I didn't bring it up. Besides which, I don't think that's what most people refer to as his sound, even if he did use it on a song or two on their final album. Nothing wrong with the JC amps, though, they're great.
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Kevin11
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Ironically enough, found this from a Sound on Sound article referenced in the mic placement thread here...
Hugh Padgham adopted a similar tactic for recording Andy Summers' Roland JC120 when working with the Police: "The chorus [was] always switched on in order to produce the slightly out-of-tune guitar sound that was all the rage during the early '80s. The amp's two 12-inch speakers would each be close-miked with a Sennheiser MD421, panned left and right — one speaker would produce a straight signal while the other would be chorused, and these would sometimes be double-tracked the other way around in order to produce an especially wide stereo picture."
I remember reading back in the day where Andy stated himself that he used a JC120 but can't for the life of me find it now. One of the (many) reasons I picked one up back in the 80s.
Hugh Padgham adopted a similar tactic for recording Andy Summers' Roland JC120 when working with the Police: "The chorus [was] always switched on in order to produce the slightly out-of-tune guitar sound that was all the rage during the early '80s. The amp's two 12-inch speakers would each be close-miked with a Sennheiser MD421, panned left and right — one speaker would produce a straight signal while the other would be chorused, and these would sometimes be double-tracked the other way around in order to produce an especially wide stereo picture."
I remember reading back in the day where Andy stated himself that he used a JC120 but can't for the life of me find it now. One of the (many) reasons I picked one up back in the 80s.