Guitar in Obscured

Liandrin · 03-29-2010, 11:11 PM

Does anyone know what equipment was used to get the guitar tone in Obscured? Is that a steel guitar or is it a regular electric with some king of effects on it?

I'm referring to the echoey, electric guitar, not the acoustic stuff.

Thanks!

slunken · 03-30-2010, 08:14 AM

king of effects

Jesus Cambodia · 03-30-2010, 08:26 AM

oh yeah I play with that setup routinely when I jam with my band 'The Arcade Fire". Maybe you've heard of them. We take a '72 strat and run it through a vintage Peavey kick-amp saddled with a '77 phaser modulator rigged in series with a shit-kickin' beltway overloop dubber. Then we run it all through a yamaha sr-71, and finally, in a bit of unorthodox guitar wizardry, we take the echo to unprecedented levels by playing with the max echo setting in a cave. I'm not gonna say this is EXACTLY how Corgan made the sound, all I know is that is sounds an awful lot like it the way we do it.

cork_soaker · 03-30-2010, 09:44 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../STSCPanel.jpg

Jesus Cambodia · 03-30-2010, 09:49 AM

Conspiracy alert!! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that stars would be visible like that in such close proximity to the Earth.

slunken · 03-30-2010, 10:23 AM

I wish the inside of my car looked like that.

redbreegull · 03-30-2010, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jesus Cambodia

Conspiracy alert!! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that stars would be visible like that in such close proximity to the Earth.

I have no idea if this is correct, but in middle school a science teacher told me that in space you would be able to see stars even in close proximity to another bright object, but a camera is incapable of capturing both the stars in the background and the object in the foreground.

Slurpee · 03-30-2010, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by redbreegull

I have no idea if this is correct, but in middle school a science teacher told me that in space you would be able to see stars even in close proximity to another bright object, but a camera is incapable of capturing both the stars in the background and the object in the foreground.

And remember, middle school science teachers are right 100% of the time, especially if you're remembering what they said 10 years ago.

redbull · 03-30-2010, 04:08 PM

i always though it was e-bow on a lower string, no?

redbreegull · 03-30-2010, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slurpee

And remember, middle school science teachers are right 100% of the time, especially if you're remembering what they said 10 years ago.

Hey retard, notice I prefaced the statement with "I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS IS CORRECT."

soniclovenoize · 03-30-2010, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by redbull

i always though it was e-bow on a lower string, no?

Well, the end part is a few layers of ebow. I assume this guy means James' (if it even is James) lead guitar part. It sounds like electric guitar with some stereo delay on it. Not a lap steel.

silverstrat · 03-31-2010, 02:43 AM

The effect you're looking for is called talent.

Starla · 03-31-2010, 02:52 AM

it was a steel guitar. yes, a steel guitar.

redbreegull · 03-31-2010, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silverstrat

The effect you're looking for is called talent.

it's been missing from Billy's rig for some time

T&T · 03-31-2010, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by redbreegull

it's been missing from Billy's rig for some time

sometimes you just outgrow some effects and decide to sell them

IWishIWasBlank · 04-02-2010, 11:34 PM

For cheap tabloid appearances.

aztec litany service · 03-23-2012, 01:36 PM

prolly just one of bill's strats, possibly a tele [the center one in the chorus sounds les paul-ish, but i dunno]
there seems to be at least 3 or 4 electric tracks
at times the bended notes have a 'steel guitar' type sound but i think it's prolly just bill bending notes on an electric w/ a lot of reverb

i'd like to know what verb they used too actually. obscured has always been a fav of mine.

03-29-2010, 11:11 PM	#1
Liandrin Oblivious Virgin Posts: 47	Guitar in Obscured Does anyone know what equipment was used to get the guitar tone in Obscured? Is that a steel guitar or is it a regular electric with some king of effects on it? I'm referring to the echoey, electric guitar, not the acoustic stuff. Thanks!

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03-30-2010, 08:14 AM	#2
slunken Virgo Posts: 42,781	king of effects

03-30-2010, 08:26 AM	#3
Jesus Cambodia Demi-God Posts: 471	oh yeah I play with that setup routinely when I jam with my band 'The Arcade Fire". Maybe you've heard of them. We take a '72 strat and run it through a vintage Peavey kick-amp saddled with a '77 phaser modulator rigged in series with a shit-kickin' beltway overloop dubber. Then we run it all through a yamaha sr-71, and finally, in a bit of unorthodox guitar wizardry, we take the echo to unprecedented levels by playing with the max echo setting in a cave. I'm not gonna say this is EXACTLY how Corgan made the sound, all I know is that is sounds an awful lot like it the way we do it.

03-30-2010, 09:44 AM	#4
cork_soaker full of longing Posts: 11,538	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../STSCPanel.jpg

03-30-2010, 09:49 AM	#5
Jesus Cambodia Demi-God Posts: 471	Conspiracy alert!! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that stars would be visible like that in such close proximity to the Earth.

03-30-2010, 10:23 AM	#6
slunken Virgo Posts: 42,781	I wish the inside of my car looked like that.

03-30-2010, 04:08 PM	#9
redbull Immortal Location: like liutenant dan i'm rollin' Posts: 21,016	i always though it was e-bow on a lower string, no?

03-31-2010, 02:43 AM	#12
silverstrat Pledge Posts: 145	The effect you're looking for is called talent.

03-31-2010, 02:52 AM	#13
Starla ***** Posts: 15,731	it was a steel guitar. yes, a steel guitar.

04-02-2010, 11:34 PM	#16
IWishIWasBlank Apocalyptic Poster Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,404	For cheap tabloid appearances.

03-23-2012, 01:36 PM	#17
aztec litany service Apocalyptic Poster Location: cedar park, tx Posts: 1,535	prolly just one of bill's strats, possibly a tele [the center one in the chorus sounds les paul-ish, but i dunno] there seems to be at least 3 or 4 electric tracks at times the bended notes have a 'steel guitar' type sound but i think it's prolly just bill bending notes on an electric w/ a lot of reverb i'd like to know what verb they used too actually. obscured has always been a fav of mine.