keyboards on thank you and no quarter?

monet · 29th March 2006

anyone know what they were and what the chain was?

thanks all!

WadeS · 29th March 2006

"Thank You" was just an Organ-probably a Hammond, and "No Quarter" was a Fender Rhodes. "No Quarter" also has a Piano solo in the middle.

Note that "No Quarter" was actually recorded and played by Led Zeppelin in D Minor (half step higher than House Of The Holy sounds), and Page slowed the tape machine down to achieve the C#minor pitch.

This obviously affected the tone of the Rhodes, Plant's vocals, etc. There were also obvious delay FX as well.

Great tracks that still sound fantastic today!

Wade

corworld · 29th March 2006

From what I've read JPJ used Hammond C3 to record Thankyou with a tape delay for the room effect…

No Quarter is much stranger. He used a Hohner Electra-Piano, not to be confused with an RMI Electra Piano. He ran this though a EMS VCS3 filter to get the bubble effect. A pianet through a chorus or rotary sim would do the trick however.

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WadeS Gear interested Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Charlotte, North Carolina Posts: 1	"Thank You" was just an Organ-probably a Hammond, and "No Quarter" was a Fender Rhodes. "No Quarter" also has a Piano solo in the middle. Note that "No Quarter" was actually recorded and played by Led Zeppelin in D Minor (half step higher than House Of The Holy sounds), and Page slowed the tape machine down to achieve the C#minor pitch. This obviously affected the tone of the Rhodes, Plant's vocals, etc. There were also obvious delay FX as well. Great tracks that still sound fantastic today! Wade

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corworld Gear maniac Joined: Mar 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 288	From what I've read JPJ used Hammond C3 to record Thankyou with a tape delay for the room effect… No Quarter is much stranger. He used a Hohner Electra-Piano, not to be confused with an RMI Electra Piano. He ran this though a EMS VCS3 filter to get the bubble effect. A pianet through a chorus or rotary sim would do the trick however.