In Every Breath You Take, you're missing one piece: the SPONGE. Yep, not kidding, back in the day I read an interview of Andy, where he said that he didn't like the sound when palm muting the strings, so he went with a piece of sponge put under the strings just before the bridge. I tried it and the stopping provided by the sponge was indeed spot-on, it gives a different sensation regarding attack, sustain and decay of the note when compared to palm muting.

@axe2grind911a

6 жыл бұрын

Galandil Vogler I knew it! He does the same thing with an acoustic guitar on the chorus parts of Synchronicity 2. I've been using a piece of paper on that one. Any idea what kind of sponge and how thick, etc.?

@HimTortons

5 жыл бұрын

Thats actually super cool. I always thought palm muting didnt sound or feel right... Thank you!

@patrickscheidegger3714

5 жыл бұрын

Galandil Vogler maybe Andy never learned to do it perfectly...? 😉

@Gavin79746

5 жыл бұрын

Makes sense. A lot of the bass greats, especially session players of the 60s played with foam, though foam doesn't entirely destroy sustain like it probably would on guitar

@RayzaEFC

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds cool and keeps your guitar clean at same time

The Chorus industry should thank Andy Summers...

@michael_caz_nyc

6 жыл бұрын

Yep - Andy Summers ( Police ) and Alex Lifeson ( Rush ) = 2 of my All Time Favorites

@CarlosVargas-cn7rx

6 жыл бұрын

And don't forget Johnny Marr.

@Texturas75

6 жыл бұрын

...because everybody tought he used a chorus most of the time when actually it was a flanger.

@CarlosVargas-cn7rx

6 жыл бұрын

Well, It's half true. In the first years he used a Phase 90, but during the "Outlandos d'Amour" era, He got the Electric Mistress that He used in all his career with The Police. And in the final years, He used the Boss Chorus.

@adrianplaysguitar

6 жыл бұрын

And in Latinoamerica the chorus industry should thank to Gustavo Cerati

Summers is such a great guitarist, and the songs are so much fun to play, but trying to find someone to sing even remotely like Sting is impossible.

Dominant 7sus4, a great way to sound like Andy in your song writing haha.

@richardjohnson7379

3 жыл бұрын

I think you can just treat it like a minor V :)

@dizzy6947

3 жыл бұрын

Maj9

@elgatorock2321

3 жыл бұрын

sus😳 amogus

Got real close on several of those songs. Andy had a great sound.

@adam872

6 жыл бұрын

Not me playing it Fred :-)

@Tieumatt

6 жыл бұрын

adam872 and great chops too

@topologyrob

4 жыл бұрын

Why the past tense? He's still good right?

@rokinrandy

4 жыл бұрын

He may have forgotten which pedal he used back when but he still sounds great.

@essencev8927

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully not too close hahaha

Andy is one of my gods. I bought all the same pedals as you. When he broke through all there was only battered blues and 3 chord punk. A genius in the right band.

Summers apparently would use his compressor at the end of the chain which might explain why some of these aren’t quite right ( although righter than I’d get them I’m sure).

My gawd, this is so fantastic. Just what I needed in my life. Well done, sir.

That sounds beautiful! The Police are my favorite group, and this really took me back to my Jr High/High School days!

Oh man. What a nice format you have going here. And great great sounds!

Thanks man. I was watching germany police 1980. I got obsessed with what he used to play. I went to see them a couple times and all all I heard was andy and Stuart. It was as Sting was the Elvis of the police.

Might be worth mentioning that in the studio version of Every Breath You Take, Andy is playing through a Roland JC-120 with the chorus on through the song. I think they also double miked the amp, as the chorus feature came through on only one speaker, to get a wider sonic depth. All that to say, for that song you might get closer to the tone with a chorus pedal at the end of your chain than in the trad position before delay

*THE "DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME" GUITAR INSTRUMENTAL IS JUST :* 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

SOUNDS SO GOOD!!!!!! How about cage the elephant or Mac Demarco next.

@bmbmbmbmbm1752

6 жыл бұрын

Mac Demarco just uses a chorus and a spring reverb, and some delay but just a bit. It's particular sound it's on how he mixes and produces his albums and live how he set up his amps.

@jodiallardice1500

6 жыл бұрын

Matías Martínez yeah, but i would like to see an attempt using pedals, cause he used a rack chorus unit do most of 2, salad days, and another one, and i want to see if reverb can find a pedal that really closely emulates his sound. He also used a vibrato pedal for some of the early stuff.

@bmbmbmbmbm1752

6 жыл бұрын

well, that's a good point. Demarco has a pretty unusual to produce the sounds of his albums, but at least live he uses this: MXR Micro Amp, Boss CE-2, Boss DM-2w, and a tuner. And in some presentations I've seen an EHX Holy Grail Nano, so I'm guessing that in this particular show he got the reverb by the amp. About a pedal that resembles Mac's early stuff I'd suggest you to check out the Walrus Julia Chorus/Vibrato, it sounds very similar. In this exact moment you can see the pedals that Mac has at hand. I hope I was helpful! kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaRrrZSpntDfYJM.htmlm50s

@strazburg

5 жыл бұрын

cage the elephant? just make every album after your first really boring and disappointing. not too hard.

Fantastic these should be weekly!

Awesome. And kudos to Joe for braving the cold to make this video!

Love Andy sounds

I was looking for this thanks again

The coolest one yet !

Very nice sounds. Man, The Police were awesome.

I’d be so happy with such a sound

oh man now only thing I gotta do is to find a drummer who can play like Stewart Copeland!

@Dorray

6 жыл бұрын

TheZooropaBaby good luck!

@facedowngaming

6 жыл бұрын

FACTS

@blueeyedsoulman

6 жыл бұрын

Stewart is a musician. NOT a drummer. Found that out the hard way.

@fullmetalfunk

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Malone s a good bet

@LikeABoggs

6 жыл бұрын

and someone who can sing like Sting lol

I tried the combo Comp > Flange > Chorus > Plexi with the Xotic Sp instead of the Dyna and it's really interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Every Breath You Take was incredible, great job!

Great job on this one lads

Cool thanks

Great, thank you!

This is great! I've also found that a Deluxe Memory Man (big box analog version) can produce a lot of similar tones. In combo with telecaster and a Marshall JMP.

Great one!

Yes!!! Do muse or Soundgarden next pls!!!

One of your best ones yet, joe! Great job

They sound darn close to me. Regardless, these samples are a joy to listen to, so crisp!

Oh maii. Nice!

Interesting that the drive is always after the modulation

Very fuckin' cool.... The Police was a band that was able to take reggae, rock, pop... and roll into one big beautiful majestic ball! This video is pretty spot on To Andy's tone. Great job as always Reverb!

@markntexas8265

7 ай бұрын

Lots of jazz tying it together

Nice one, Joe

very cool

I'd love that tele

Beatles Part 3 perhaps? this time with Let It Be's guitar solo from single version and album version?

@KeeperOfPoops

6 жыл бұрын

i second that

@thecaverns

6 жыл бұрын

I third that. There are so many great tones you can go after. They were super creative and experimental in the studio

@CarlosVargas-cn7rx

6 жыл бұрын

Let it be solo, Octopus' Garden, Sgt. Peppers, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Polythene Pam/She came in throught the bathroom window, Get Back, Don't let me down and The end solo (For end the trilogy)

He was a genius

I'm not sure if this has been stated down in the comments before, but Owen from the "Circle Of Tone" KZread channel posted a video named "Andy Summers of The Police - The $50 key to his tone." Check it out. This dude really knows his stuff, and is very entertaining to boot.

Thanks reverb! , would you do blur next please?

@andrewpappas9311

6 жыл бұрын

WOOHOO!!! (Sorry, but yeah that would be cool)

Nailed it!!!!

I been looking everywhere for an Every Step You Take tone tutorial thanks Reverb. Now I need to know Blur's Song 2 gritty tone

@zanderkillswift9781

6 жыл бұрын

DouggieDaDucker don’t know much about blur, but I know he used a Proco rat (I think he might had 2)

@gusmercado6704

6 жыл бұрын

Here you go: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZ2e281xadi1c6w.html

@powdermnky007

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah rat. He was on that pedal show not too long ago.

@shoegazehater

6 жыл бұрын

DouggieDaDucker he played a proco rat, and if you watch the music video for song 2, you can see him step on the pedal, and the knob settings are visible in case you want to use them. However I'm pretty sure the sound comes from the bass being distorted, not the guitar.

On walking on the moon whats the settings on the Belle epoch tape echo?

Suggestion : Daryl Stuermer and Mike Rutherford and Hackett for G E N E S I S and with Phil as a solo artist (and in concert)

Great! Suggestion: Slowdive

Hard to find a Tele with a humbucker with straight pole pieces in the neck position. Was this customized?

Seeing the Plexi-Drive at the end of the chain often. Were other pedals in Loop?

Great tones and even better scarf Bruh!

is the dyna comp at the front or back of the chain?

Would love to see a Lord Huron one, might be an interesting challenge.

Closest one yet. Bravo!

whats the use of the plexi drive??? it doesn't sound like its distorted.

Excelente! Sonic youth next!!

no message in a bottle ? the bridge section for i can't stand losing you is awesome

@dmvconartists2542

5 жыл бұрын

They did message in a bottle lol. 1:01

My bloody valentine!

I wish you would have shared the tone controls

Great performance

here's my opinions Walking on the moon: guitar 1 is close but it was a bit too bitey, needed to be a bit more squished for the guitar 1 part but the 2nd guitar part is very close Hole in my life: phaser was a bit too slow but the tone was very close, you oughta sped the phaser up more to get it there! Message in a bottle: might've been a bit too much chorus but it sounded nice and was close and props to the solo, that sounded great Every Breath You Take: this was dead on! perhaps the most accurate you have gotten so far Driven To Tears: very very close this time around, i love it! the solo was exceptional, i enjoyed it Don't Stand Too Close To Me: once again a very close attempt of the song, very good Can't Stand Losing You: it was a bit too bitey once again, if it were more softer you probably would've gotten there, but props to the solo, it sounded fine but i dunno for certain cos it was quite quiet on the recording overall it was a great attempt! loved it

@hippojuice23

6 жыл бұрын

William Allison You must be Summers himself!

Nailed it

What pickups are in that Tele? They donʻt look like Fender Wide Range Humbuckers.

So, he ran his delay (I’m guessing a tank) before his delay? I’m assuming the delay was a studio unit and not at his feet.

Modest Mouse please!

I would suggest to the camera to focus on pedals a little bit more, or simply to let the static image of them underneath the player. I would like to see precise settings as I hear the song.

I have up guitar when I couldn't stretch for every breath you take

Do one on Greg Sage next please!

What guitar is this please

Super good

does anyone know Andy's fx chain & settings on The Lazarus Heart ? his 'verbs, rev delays, tape delays ? does he use any Eventide outboard gear that he doesn't talk about ? somethings missing in the published info. The Helix & PodGo have some very close patches of some Police tracks but Lazarus Heart and Secret Journey demonstrate his most signature sound. thx to Reverb.

@BrunoCOHENstudio

3 жыл бұрын

Remember he played some GR500 Roland guitars with synth sounds on ''Ghost in the machine". About Lazarus heart, I didn't Andy played on Sting's album "Nothing like the sun"...

@earlbrackett6508

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrunoCOHENstudio he played on that one track, check it out, it's one of his best...

The effects of these effects are very close when you compare it with effects from other bands. I'd be interested in this hardware.

(1:15) "Every Breath you Take": The guitar sounds great in the video. But: I wonder, if using the "B-Output" from the Boss Chorus (-> no dry signal) was intentional, or not? If yes, it seems quite special to me, as the chorus then acts more like a vibrato * edit: *(or acts like nothing: -> no wet signal). Anyways, It "might" have worked only because of the very slow speed of rate. On the other hand: I don´t see i/o-cables here. So it can just be a mistake in the foto, if the pedals have been set up afterwards again, for the shoot...

Rock Band Latinoamerican Soda Stereo please !!

Pearl Jam next please!!

I need to put my small hands in a rack to stretch those 5 fret spanning open chords :o

@minimixe

4 жыл бұрын

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which mic to capture amp sound ?

@Texturas75

6 жыл бұрын

SM57

what´s with the hiss?

every little thing she does is magic?

Tele looks pretty

Andy Gill Gang of Four.

Placebo potent pairings please

@davidjameschamberlain

5 жыл бұрын

Seconded

Blur please!

How to sound like Catherine Wheel please!

Sound like Interpol. Please.

How to sound like Godspeed you black emperor please!

Part two shall be required

Just go wee woo wee woo

Been practising "Every Breath" for over 20 years. Still can't make those chord stretches. I need a baby-neck guitar.

@user-cu7qh9gb6j

Жыл бұрын

Rickenbacker 325

How to sound like my bloody valentine?

@KeeperOfPoops

6 жыл бұрын

i thought that said Bullet For My Valentine for a second now i am upsot :( but jokes aside that'd be tough

@hijackcloud9

6 жыл бұрын

That'd be cool! Fender jazzmaster and other stuff like that

@julianwest4030

6 жыл бұрын

Take all the pedals! All of them! Then take an EQ and pull out everything below 1000Hz. And on the bass, turn it down and turn it up around 300 Hz . That way, everything sounds shrill and, what little bass there is will be muddy.

@julianwest4030

6 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the vacuum cleaner. Vree Vroo!

@sikguy9939

6 жыл бұрын

Up

If Andy gets one, Stewart Copeland needs to be done now!!

@samuelmarks334

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpd8lKluprKXiMo.html ;)

Nice videos, but the title says "How to sound like" you haven't showed how you got the sound!

Joe is the greatest man in the universe

One pedal is needed...EHX Deluxe Electric Mistress

Where's Roxanne? Did she put up a red light?

Really nice but there’s no need to play all the chords with upstrokes on walking on the moon (common misconception). Check Andy S. he plays them all w/downstrokes

Where's the Kevin ayers sounds bro???? He's best work tbh

I Get all these sounds with completely different set ups

Here's some suggestions if like @reverb Queen (Any guitarist to Michael Jackson) Santana The Cranberries Muse The White Stripes Radiohead Pt.2 The Killers Two Door Cinema Club Silversun Pickups Eddie Van Halen Metallica

1:52 This guitar sounds is so dreamy

If I can make some future suggestions: - Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong) - The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach) - Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi) - AC/DC (Angus & Malcolm Young) - ZZ Top (Billy Gibbons) - Muse (Matt Bellamy)