johnny marr guitar sound

[~]

can anyone out there help me out as far as what kind of setup johnny marr used to get that nice, jangly Birds-y sound on his guitar?
also, any guitar players out there who could suggest some settings for effects that might recreate that sound? please email me if you can help.

thanks in advance!

 

[anony]

> can anyone out there help me out as far as what kind of setup johnny marr
> used to get that nice, jangly Birds-y sound on his guitar?
> also, any guitar players out there who could suggest some settings for
> effects that might recreate that sound? please email me if you can help.

> thanks in advance!
Be careful. If I teach it to you ,you might be tempted to waste years of your life.

 

[a different Bob]

> can anyone out there help me out as far as what kind of setup johnny marr
> used to get that nice, jangly Birds-y sound on his guitar?
> also, any guitar players out there who could suggest some settings for
> effects that might recreate that sound? please email me if you can help.

> thanks in advance!
the closest i can get is a Rickenbacker 330 through a Vox AC30. a different route to get a similar tone is a Telecaster through a Marshall JCM 800 head with a 4x12 cab loaded with Celestion 25 watt greenbacks.

 

[wolves will tear us apart]

> can anyone out there help me out as far as what kind of setup johnny marr
> used to get that nice, jangly Birds-y sound on his guitar?
> also, any guitar players out there who could suggest some settings for
> effects that might recreate that sound? please email me if you can help.

> thanks in advance!

If there is anything i have learned about johnny's playing style its far from being just about his guitar(although that may have something to do with it).I have a rare copy of "Louder than bombs, the complete picture". Its an interesting copy because it has more then just a single line of guitar tab, it has all the guitar tracks, bass and drums. What he does is play tracks upon tracks......take for instance "please please let me get what i want", he uses a 12 string accoustic, and two 6 string electrics. What you have when its all said and done is three almost identical tracks with different sounds. Its a rather difficult sound to replicate. If you want any songs from this copy let me know and i can send you all the tracks along with effects and capo positions.

 

[a different Bob]

> If there is anything i have learned about johnny's playing style its far
> from being just about his guitar(although that may have something to do
> with it).I have a rare copy of "Louder than bombs, the complete
> picture". Its an interesting copy because it has more then just a
> single line of guitar tab, it has all the guitar tracks, bass and drums.
> What he does is play tracks upon tracks......take for instance
> "please please let me get what i want", he uses a 12 string
> accoustic, and two 6 string electrics. What you have when its all said and
> done is three almost identical tracks with different sounds. Its a rather
> difficult sound to replicate. If you want any songs from this copy let me
> know and i can send you all the tracks along with effects and capo
> positions.

i'd like to get a copy of that. please tell us the publisher and catalog number. thanks!

 

[wolves will tear us apart]

> i'd like to get a copy of that. please tell us the publisher and catalog
> number. thanks!

The sad thing about it thats its now out of print, whoever bought out sire records put a ban on such prints......now all you can get is that crappy chord and words stuff that is far from the real deal.

 

[a different Bob]

> The sad thing about it thats its now out of print, whoever bought out sire
> records put a ban on such prints......now all you can get is that crappy
> chord and words stuff that is far from the real deal.

could i talk you into making a copy of it and mailing (or emailing) it to me? i would be happy to cover the expenses.

 

[~]

i'd love a copy of the whole thing, if you'd be willing to do that! i'd be happy to pay you for it, too.
email be about it at: [email protected]

thanks to everyone who has responded!

> If there is anything i have learned about johnny's playing style its far
> from being just about his guitar(although that may have something to do
> with it).I have a rare copy of "Louder than bombs, the complete
> picture". Its an interesting copy because it has more then just a
> single line of guitar tab, it has all the guitar tracks, bass and drums.
> What he does is play tracks upon tracks......take for instance
> "please please let me get what i want", he uses a 12 string
> accoustic, and two 6 string electrics. What you have when its all said and
> done is three almost identical tracks with different sounds. Its a rather
> difficult sound to replicate. If you want any songs from this copy let me
> know and i can send you all the tracks along with effects and capo
> positions.

 

[wolves will tear us apart]

> could i talk you into making a copy of it and mailing (or emailing) it to
> me? i would be happy to cover the expenses.

I could photocopy and mail you however much of it you want, just let me know if you want it all or just some parts.

 

[wolves will tear us apart]

> i'd love a copy of the whole thing, if you'd be willing to do that! i'd be
> happy to pay you for it, too.
> email be about it at: [email protected] thanks to everyone who has
> responded!

I am more than willing to photocopy and send to anyone who would like a copy(more than willing to kick those corporate suck-ups in the junk when i can)

 

[a different Bob]

> I could photocopy and mail you however much of it you want, just let me
> know if you want it all or just some parts.
please e-mail me at [email protected] and we'll figure out how we're going to make this work! thanks!