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UgoUzuegbunam · Post by **UgoUzuegbunam** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:14 pm

How did, I think Ed, get this glockenspiel or keyboard sort of sound on the lead guitar in "No Surprises"? It is the guitar that starts the song and runs throughout?? Really lovely sound as well!!

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stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:18 pm

he plugged his guitar into an amp, presumably.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:21 pm

stewart wrote:he plugged his guitar into an amp, presumably.

Yup. It's quite a unique effect. Google "electric guitar" and you should get close.

matt.dines · Post by **matt.dines** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:23 pm

pich shifter
on a harmonist mode i think
you can get that sound with a us 600 and a bit of reverb quite easly

matt.dines · Post by **matt.dines** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:26 pm

or just an 8ve up thinking about it with a little of the notes coming through
and its played at the 17th fret

UgoUzuegbunam · Post by **UgoUzuegbunam** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:28 pm

He uses a Digitech Whammy Pitch Shifter Pedal. And reverb. Okay. I can understand. But would that get the glockenspiel kinda effect?

matt.dines · Post by **matt.dines** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:39 pm

both of the greenwoods use digitech whammys but its just a pitch shifter an octave above
and i think theres a little bit of the original note still in there
and a digitch whammy is Â£150
a behringer us 600 is Â£40
and its gunna get you in the same ball park

its not gunna sound exactly like a glockenspiel
cuz its not and theres a glockenspiel played over the top
but theres a guitar playing the melody with a pitch shifter in there
you can also get the "my iron lung" riff sounds out of it to.
great pedal for the money

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:39 pm

erm.
it's an electric guitar on the right and an actual glockenspiel on the left.

i'd say the best way to get that glockenspiel sound is probably a glockenspiel.

when they do it live jonny plays the glockenspiel and ed puts a capo on the 12th.

Skip · Post by **Skip** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:14 pm

glockenspiel= top 100 words of all time

kittenbreath · Post by **kittenbreath** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:19 pm

jesus.

i suspect that the op heard that there was glockenspiel on this track, but doesnt know what a glockenspiel is, or sounds like, and assumed it was the guitar

skip to 14 seconds in, fella

johnniespring · Post by **johnniespring** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:01 pm

Skip wrote:glockenspiel= top 100 words of all time

no. it's actually number 137. see the list...
www.top1000wordsofalltime.com/number137.htm

UgoUzuegbunam · Post by **UgoUzuegbunam** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:03 pm

kittenbreath wrote:jesus.

i suspect that the op heard that there was glockenspiel on this track, but doesnt know what a glockenspiel is, or sounds like, and assumed it was the guitar

skip to 14 seconds in, fella

I know there is a Glockenspiel! I mean that sweet, light effect on the guitar. It sounds like a keyboard/glockenspiel to me.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:28 pm

UgoUzuegbunam wrote:
kittenbreath wrote:jesus.

i suspect that the op heard that there was glockenspiel on this track, but doesnt know what a glockenspiel is, or sounds like, and assumed it was the guitar

skip to 14 seconds in, fella
I know there is a Glockenspiel! I mean that sweet, light effect on the guitar. It sounds like a keyboard/glockenspiel to me.

put a capo on the 12th fret

Space_Expert · Post by **Space_Expert** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:31 am

Thom's playing acoustic capo'd at the 3rd fret, Ed's playing an electric (a rickenbacker usually) capo'd and octave higher (15th fret), and he's using a bit of reverb. It's not really that hard of a sound to cop if you've got a rick and a capo, but anything single coil-ish would work.

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:37 am

There's plenty of videos on YouTube of them playing it live that will give you a good idea of what they're doing.
I think you're pretty much covered from the tips given in this thread though.