"Easy" Like Sunday Morning - The Lead Tone

[artdecade]

Does anyone know what is being used to make that lead guitar sound so awesome?

http://www.youtube.com/embed/U6kj9XE88z0

 

[Chiogtr4x]

It almost has that "direct into board" fuzz sorta like "Revolution" its so thick/saturated, but completely dry too...

 

[pdxjoel]

Does anyone know what is being used to make that lead guitar sound so awesome?

http://www.youtube.com/embed/U6kj9XE88z0

Damn that's a great song. Something about that Motown-style double-time piano part, Ritchie's effortless vocals, great changes with a couple nice soulful twists, and a bridge that just sends the whole thing up. Now excuse me while I sing along with the chorus...

 

[pdxjoel]

It almost has that "direct into board" fuzz sorta like "Revolution" its so thick/saturated, but completely dry too...

There's quite a bit of decay in there, too. The guitar doesn't have much sustain, so the tone goes almost clean at the end of the notes, and the guy playing uses it to great effect.

 

[eddie knuckles]

Now this is stuck in my craw...... it is an earworm of sorts, isn't it?

damn good song nonetheless.... scuse' me while I sing the backup on the chorus....

 

[' burn 08]

I love that song! Was it Willie he just did a duet on it with? Ritchie is still very active in the community here in Tuskegee, where I work. I dig it.

 

[bigp7099]

this guy nails it pretty good, i think i remember reading something about how they recorded it, fuzz direct into the board - they did it in like 1 or 2 takes as a joke

 

[Blazer]

this guy nails it pretty good, i think i remember reading something about how they recorded it, fuzz direct into the board - they did it in like 1 or 2 takes as a joke

I always wondered why they removed the second verse in their version.

 

[Jefe]

There's quite a bit of decay in there, too. The guitar doesn't have much sustain, so the tone goes almost clean at the end of the notes, and the guy playing uses it to great effect.

I can't watch the video ATM, so I'm just going from memory here.. but the tone I'm remembering, and the lack of sustain you're describing.. makes me think some kind of fuzz? Is that crazy?

 

[artdecade]

I figure its some type of fuzz... maybe compression from a board. I dunno. Its awesome though!

 

[brookdalebill]

I think the guitarist's last name was Rios.
He was/is a great player.
Totally memorable solo!

P.S.
It was founding Commodores member Thomas McClary who played the cool solo.

 

[soulgeezer]

I used to get exactly that effect by overdriving the inputs on a tape deck by plugging the guitar into it directly (using a Y-cable) and setting the levels too high so that it distorted.

 

[bigp7099]

now i have easy and jackie blue playing in my head at the same time - not the reason i come to the stomp box

 

[Piotr]

This solo to me is one of the best guitar solos ever.

 

[Frank B]

I say they plugged direct into the board.

As a kid, I would get the same type of tone plugging my guitar directly into the 1/4in microphone input of my dad's old stereo system.

Mom hated that tone... lol

 

[Gareth John]

If all else fails try a Kazoo.

 

[Doug 54]

I LOVE that solo, even though the tone is mosquito-fuzzy.

Elliot Randall's tone In "Reeling In the Years" is fuzzy-similar, yet he was playing thru a dime Ampeg SVT!!


go figure

 

[1300 E Valencia]

Default is a TS-9.

 

[telefunken]

If all else fails try a Kazoo.

Funny

 

[mercy]

a blue box?