Coldplay - "Talk" Synth guitar sound - gear??

MrVelvet · 25th August 2006

Hey guys,

I'm not talking about the riff sound, but there's a little clean picking part in the middle where the song breaks down, right before the drums and distorted guitars come in... It sounds like his usual Tele sound, but with a twist that reminds me of a synthesizer...

Any idea how they made that? Maybe pulling the guitar through a synth and adding it to the signal?

Thanks!

tomdarude · 25th August 2006

you mean the part starting around 3:46 ??

to me it sounds rather been DOUBLED by a (somehow treated) piano-ish sound ...and maybe only on the accentuated (sp?) higher notes...

would be my first guess

otherwise I could imagine a parallel effect bus (hey, it´s m.brauer !! ;-), with something like a strong comp + ringmodulator + delay/verb added to the main track...

....but it sure sounds like his normal tele underneath

anyone can shed some light??

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MrVelvet Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posts: 719 Thread Starter	Coldplay - "Talk" Synth guitar sound - gear?? Hey guys, I'm not talking about the riff sound, but there's a little clean picking part in the middle where the song breaks down, right before the drums and distorted guitars come in... It sounds like his usual Tele sound, but with a twist that reminds me of a synthesizer... Any idea how they made that? Maybe pulling the guitar through a synth and adding it to the signal? Thanks! __________________ . Nicolay Ketterer realsamples http://www.realsamples.com http://www.myspace.com/realsamples

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tomdarude Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: germany Posts: 1,554	you mean the part starting around 3:46 ?? to me it sounds rather been DOUBLED by a (somehow treated) piano-ish sound ...and maybe only on the accentuated (sp?) higher notes... would be my first guess otherwise I could imagine a parallel effect bus (hey, it´s m.brauer !! ;-), with something like a strong comp + ringmodulator + delay/verb added to the main track... ....but it sure sounds like his normal tele underneath anyone can shed some light?? __________________ "You'd be surprised that "f*ck it!" can be a profound philosophy." picksail; 28th August 2008, 08:55 AM "The best sounding sluttiest gear of all time... is a great song" --Greg Wells http://www.hi-endgear.com http://www.audio-import.de

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