I have managed to recreate Jonny's weird reverb guitar effect that is used throughout the song. I used my new Digitech RP500 which I love! Tell me what you think... does it sound like it?

 

sounds great, but not jet like the original :wink:

I think jonny's sounds is a "sharper" tone

Yeah, I'd also say this one is pretty good, but a bit too mellow.

Sorry, still new to all these abbrevations... LiJ?

 

Nevermind, I guess LiJ is Lovers in Japan.

good guess :smiley:

Fairly sure I read somewhere that Jonny uses an Eventide preset to get that sound.

Thanks for the tips guys, here is my second attempt... [ame=http://soundcloud.com/samerater/lijsound2]LiJsound2 by samerater on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free[/ame]

^lol beginning reminds me of up with the birds :D

^lol beginning reminds me of up with the birds :D

 

Yeah it's the same sort of sound, it's been in a lot of songs since Viva.

For the studio versions I think he just uses his e-bow and his Boss RV-5 on the modulation setting. It's worth giving it a shot.

For the studio versions I think he just uses his e-bow and his Boss RV-5 on the modulation setting. It's worth giving it a shot.

 

I don't have an RV-5 though and I don't think he uses an e-bow. I was just trying to get close with what I have.

Jonny's definitely playing tremolo, don't think he's used e-bow since the A Rush era.

 

Seems pretty accurate. The attack sounds nearly spot on. It's hard to gauge the tone without hearing you playing the song...come on, howabout it? :D

 

Maybe tomorrow, I have lots of work to do :P and yeah he is playing tremolo, that's what I'm doing too.

Sounds like Glasvegas's second album. :D

The RV-5 is really worth it. I got one and the modulate mode is just.. well.. it's just Jonny :D

Is he really using a tremolo? With a heavy reverb you can also hit the strings with a pic and it will almost sound like "one" sound.

When we say tremolo, we mean tremolo picking, picking fast enough so if resembles a single long note.

6 years of playing guitar and never heard of this name, though I know the playing method. Proves that you can never learn everything :D

I've been playing for about 4 years and I hadn't heard the name either up until about a week ago!

It's definitely not the RV5. I'm pretty sure it's the Eventide. It's a combination of Reverb, Tremolo Picking, and an oscillating effect (this last is the really tricky part.) You might have better luck replicating the sound with a leslie simulator of some kind (like a Rotosphere) than with a Reverb.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Nwmb9IHcI&feature=plcp&context=C3def4dfUDOEgsToPDskJ9VrDpd_tGJdHnnssu0HF4]RV-5 Demo - YouTube[/ame]

TyM18, cool demo, and amazing guitar, '72 Telecaster Thinline right? I have been lusting over that guitar for weeks.

yes, that is correct