cliffs of dover sound

[rob3004]

hey guys i have a fender strat with a marshall 30dfx with a pod2.0 i am desperatley trying to recreate the sound used by eric johnson in cliffs of dover but cant get any where near the scream noise he gets on the string bends. at the moment it sounds like an ice-cream tub with elastic bands on it. someone please help

[light487]

http://www.ericjohnson.com/flash/amps.html

Try the above link, it shows his effects setup and layout. You'll also find a bunch of other stuff on that page about him and his stuff. I've never been too good at replicating sounds.. at least on purpose.. sometimes I just accidentally get the sound..

My guess is the Tube Driver plays a big part in the scream.. but I am not that good at effects..

[rob3004]

cheers buddy i check that out

[tmac4919]

I could be wrong, but didn't EJ use a Gibson SG on that song?

[CSchlegel]

I could be wrong, but didn't EJ use a Gibson SG on that song?
I recall reading it was a Gibson ES-335. And the same for another of his awesome, uptempo instrumental tunes "Zap" from the album Tones. Which sometimes misleads people, because he typically plays a Strat.

I saw him in a club on the Ah Via Musicom tour. He played both tunes on his Strat. It definitely sounded different than the album versions. But just as good if not better. :)

[JeffS65]

but cant get any where near the scream noise he gets on the string bends. at the moment it sounds like an ice-cream tub with elastic bands on it. someone please help

Your fingers are important to that. If it doesn't sing unamplified then it won't sing amplified. Just my thought.

[Randy Lee Jones]

hey guys i have a fender strat with a marshall 30dfx with a pod2.0 i am desperatley trying to recreate the sound used by eric johnson in cliffs of dover but cant get any where near the scream noise he gets on the string bends. at the moment it sounds like an ice-cream tub with elastic bands on it. someone please help


I have a strat with Dimarzios and a heavy blues pick-up in the bridge position-I can pull the tone lever out and mix this pick-up with any combination of pick-ups- so I use the neck pick-up then pull yhe tone lever out and the heavy blues pick-up mixes with the neck-it screams on the bends on the 15th fret-I've been working on cliffs of dover for a while there is a you tube
video with Eric playing a les paul with a 75 watt spider Line six-it's the best tutorial I've found so far-I've decided it's in your fingers- but my pick-up configuration helps alot-I'm only playing througfh a 20 watt Raven amp but
it works- it's not an easy song to learn- there is even a girl with a black les paul and a marshall who does a good job on it she's on the same you tube site as Eric-Randy Jones

[Randy Lee Jones]

hey guys i have a fender strat with a marshall 30dfx with a pod2.0 i am desperatley trying to recreate the sound used by eric johnson in cliffs of dover but cant get any where near the scream noise he gets on the string bends. at the moment it sounds like an ice-cream tub with elastic bands on it. someone please help


I have a strat with Dimarzios and a heavy blues pick-up in the bridge position-I can pull the tone lever out and mix this pick-up with any combination of pick-ups- so I use the neck pick-up then pull the tone lever out and the heavy blues pick-up mixes with the neck-it screams on the bends on the 15th fret-I've been working on cliffs of dover for a while there is a you tube
video with Eric playing a les paul with a 75 watt spider Line six-it's the best tutorial I've found so far-I've decided it's in your fingers- but my pick-up configuration helps alot-I'm only playing througfh a 20 watt Raven amp but
it works- it's not an easy song to learn- there is even a girl with a black les paul and a marshall who does a good job on it she's on the same you tube site as Eric-Randy Jones-I also use GHS medium ERIC JOHNSON strings 11-52