Possibly another dumb question

O.K. maybe it is, but... Lucky me that I am not shy. :)
Anyhow, I don"t know if this is supposed to go here, but i will post it here and then we shall see. Here is the thing. You know the sound on, say solo from rebel
yell by Billy Idol (Steve Stevens), when he gets that sound, uhm, how should I describe it?? Like a machine gun? It is somewhere in the middle of the solo. He uses that stuff quite often (heard it on one of his live recordings, awesome.) Similar sound is heard on Dirty Diana live from M.J., when he is performing with Slash. Right at the end. How do they do that? Is it a synth? Or a guitar with a great whammy? If so, how exactly is it played? :confused:

Good question and an amazing solo - i think it could be both a left hand and right hand palm mute combined with very fast up and down picking ?, not sure though.

I've been jamming along to rebel yell - I think it's a B5 power chord played on the ninth fret - the left hand notes are not fully pressed down ( muted ) with fast up and down strumming with heavy distortion.

Or in tab

......................
..............12....B
..............11....F#.....} B5
...............9....B
......................
.....................

How do they do that? Is it a synth? You got It, Steve uses it often. ;)

Originally Posted by: DAMAGED ONEHow do they do that? Is it a synth? You got It, Steve uses it often. ;)

Hahaha, very funny :p . No, there is this girl playing sinth, so I thought... Dunno. Wasn"t sure it was a guitar. If you are soooooo smart, how does he gets that sound, heh?? Tried the way Grambo saed, couldn"t get it. I think it is done with a whammy bar, but how?? Beats me. Come on smartie. Pray do enlight me. If you succeed, beers are on me. :) How does he get that? Or is it a synth?

Yeah, I've been thinkin' about it all day - but still not sure - come on guys - 'ow's he doing it ?

That"s nothing man. Check out Dirty diana with Slash, at the very end. Wicked.
Dunno. I think it is the whammy bar, combined with some kind of effect... Dunno, really. :confused:

Originally Posted by: KrunekHahaha, very funny :p . No, there is this girl playing sinth, so I thought... Dunno. Wasn"t sure it was a guitar. If you are soooooo smart, how does he gets that sound, heh?? Tried the way Grambo saed, couldn"t get it. I think it is done with a whammy bar, but how?? Beats me. Come on smartie. Pray do enlight me. If you succeed, beers are on me. :) How does he get that? Or is it a synth?

NO NO NO Steve Uses some kind of Guitar Sinth and or a prossesser with his rig. He used that kinda stuff with Vince Neil too. The chic in Billys Band plays more Keyboard type

Originally Posted by: DAMAGED ONENO NO NO Steve Uses some kind of Guitar Sinth and or a prossesser with his rig. He used that kinda stuff with Vince Neil too. The chic in Billys Band plays more Keyboard type

Oh, that. Sorry dude, I thought you was teasing me. ;) My bad. You think it is some kind of a processor? Hm.... Too bad this thread didn"t get that much attention. Maybe someone could help us out here. Does Stevens have a page of his own or something?? Maybe there we could find some explanations...

Yeah, I did a little research on him and found everything about him EXCEPT his rig (DAMN) :mad: But there was some mention of MIDI programs???????

There's some info in this interview...

Originally Posted by: DAMAGED ONEYeah, I did a little research on him and found everything about him EXCEPT his rig (DAMN) :mad: But there was some mention of MIDI programs???????

Yep, looking at the article, that would be it... So no flashy technique, just a load of effects... Ah... (Dissapointed) Not that he is not one of the best guitarists to em at least...