Wilco Guitar Sound
Wilco Guitar Sound
So I was listening to "A Ghost is Born", more specifically 'Hell is Chrome' and was wondering how they achieved that phasery lead guitar sound on the last couple notes/chord of the guitar solo. I can get something sorta like it with my friends bitrman but not quite. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Nevertheless, that Nels link is a great read.
That said this- http://www.pedalgeek.com/cgi-bin/new_sh ... link--capc
Is your answer.
That said this- http://www.pedalgeek.com/cgi-bin/new_sh ... link--capc
Is your answer.
I found the Nels website awhile back but I pretty sure Jeff and Leroy (?) did most of the guitar work on the album. Nonetheless it is a good read.
Hence, I was wondering what you meant Slider? I liked Jay and Leroy but I think Nels is pretty badass in his own right, just different. Anyway, anyone got an answer?Slider wrote:Thank god.chuckfurok wrote:Nels did not play on that album so that is not much help as far as how the album sounds were gotten. He joined them after that album was done.
The guitar sound in "At Least That's What You Said" was one of Tweedy's LesPauls throught a Silvertone 1472 ( http://personalpages.tds.net/~jonarthr/ ... nerest.htm). I forgot where I read that but, there is a picture od a 1472 at sear sound in the wilco book.
newguy12 wrote:I found the Nels website awhile back but I pretty sure Jeff and Leroy (?) did most of the guitar work on the album. Nonetheless it is a good read.
Hence, I was wondering what you meant Slider? I liked Jay and Leroy but I think Nels is pretty badass in his own right, just different. Anyway, anyone got an answer?Slider wrote:Thank god.chuckfurok wrote:Nels did not play on that album so that is not much help as far as how the album sounds were gotten. He joined them after that album was done.
uhhh, yeah? I posted the answer above. Jeff plays that solo, and uses the Prunes and Custard on the entire solo. It's a crazy sound.
I'm glad to hear that a pedal was responsible for that intermodulation. I was beginning to thing Jeff had evolved some freaky secret techniques to squeeze that out of a guitar direct into amp setup. The first time I heard it was one of those moments where you think about all of the years of practicing/refining your own tone only have some weird ass sound stop you in your tracks with no idea how to pull it off!
Thanks for the info!
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Thanks for the info!
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Here is some info that won't answer your question, but when I saw them a month or so ago, Tweedy was rocking two SG's, a Vox AC30 and the afore mentioned Silvertone amp which I asume was used just for distortion. I was pretty sure he did that lead inquestion when I saw them live but I could mistaken. I figured Nels Cline would be doing most of the wanking, but to my surprise it was Tweedy who yanked out most of the leads.
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That's rediculous but it sounds about right. Tweedy's become a pretty cool nappy guitar player, but for Nels Cline to take second chair he's gotta really be instituting his ego-puking to a fascist degree. I guess now that Tweedy has run off just about every original Wilco member he now has the status he wants, even if he has hired a modern electric guitar genius: Tweedy is Wilco. Wilco is Tweedy.
I guess if they're playing the Ghost stuff, Tweedy did come up with it originally so. . . . . . .
But anyway,
Nels Cline, Carla Bozulich needs you!
That's rediculous but it sounds about right. Tweedy's become a pretty cool nappy guitar player, but for Nels Cline to take second chair he's gotta really be instituting his ego-puking to a fascist degree. I guess now that Tweedy has run off just about every original Wilco member he now has the status he wants, even if he has hired a modern electric guitar genius: Tweedy is Wilco. Wilco is Tweedy.
I guess if they're playing the Ghost stuff, Tweedy did come up with it originally so. . . . . . .
But anyway,
Nels Cline, Carla Bozulich needs you!
Jeff has something really interesting going with his style of guitar playing.newguy12 wrote:I found the Nels website awhile back but I pretty sure Jeff and Leroy (?) did most of the guitar work on the album. Nonetheless it is a good read.
Hence, I was wondering what you meant Slider? I liked Jay and Leroy but I think Nels is pretty badass in his own right, just different. Anyway, anyone got an answer?Slider wrote:Thank god.chuckfurok wrote:Nels did not play on that album so that is not much help as far as how the album sounds were gotten. He joined them after that album was done.
As amazing as Nels might be, I'm not a big fan of his playing with Wilco.
It's like indie rock Steve Vai or something.
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I agree that Tweedy runs Wilco as his band, but... it is his band. And if you read Nels Cline's website, its pretty clear that he's comfortable in that role with Wilco. And that it doesn't keep him (or any of the rest of them) from exploring other bands/opportunities etc... Didn't Nels just put out an album of his own in the last year or two?honkyjonk wrote:Hah,
That's rediculous but it sounds about right. Tweedy's become a pretty cool nappy guitar player, but for Nels Cline to take second chair he's gotta really be instituting his ego-puking to a fascist degree. I guess now that Tweedy has run off just about every original Wilco member he now has the status he wants, even if he has hired a modern electric guitar genius: Tweedy is Wilco. Wilco is Tweedy.
I guess if they're playing the Ghost stuff, Tweedy did come up with it originally so. . . . . . .
But anyway,
Nels Cline, Carla Bozulich needs you!
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