Country slapback delay

[aaronmcoleman]

How would I set up a delay to get that old country slapback for guitar? Something like old Johnny Cash.

Thanks.

 

[DaleVO]

that old country slapback for guitar? Something like old Johnny Cash.
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Aaron- this doesn't answer your question about effects. However, there is an interesting story behind the sound.
Are you referring to the boom-chicka chicka- boom sound that was the vintage Cash signature?

I read that he wanted a snare sound in his song. But only had the Tennessee Two as back up (doghouse bass and hollow-body rhythm). He used to tear off a piece of bar coaster to place behind his strings to muffle them. [ "Cash tore off the edge of a drink coaster and used it as a pick. He damped the vibrations by sticking a piece of paper underneath his strings, creating a short, percussive sound that felt like the Morse code he listened to night after night." (while in the Air Force)]. When learning to play the guitar, he attempted to emulate his friend, Pete Barnhill's guitar playing style of playing the rhythm and lead with his thumb, and dragging a finger to accentuate the beat. Hence the chicka-chicka-boom. I have been scouring YouTube to find a clip that I watched that showed Cash's guitar with the card in place.
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[bouldersoundguy]

Start with a single repeat at about 100ms and adjust the time to taste. If you go too low it will lose its separateness and start to change the tone by phase interaction.

 

[aaronmcoleman]

cool thanks. i just got a record player and have been listening to a lot of my dad's old johnny cash records lately, and really liked the percussive delay sound.