How to go about getting this tone...

[elenore19]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qN1EGJ_TbU
The song is Aberinkula by The Mars Volta.
At about 3:25 is where you can hear it the most clearly.
Very crunchy type tone.
Have no idea how to achieve it. Just curious.
Thanks.


On a side note..anyone listen to that album at all by them? (The Bedlam In Goliath)

I love it. Much like older Mars Volta. Like De Loused.

Elliot

 

[Unsprung]

If I'm not mistaken, the part you're asking about is distortion (a.k.a. fuzz). Not sure what kind of a pedal they might've used, as I don't use much in the way of distortion/fuzz, but if it was a good enough tube amp there might not've been a pedal. I also heard a flanger and wah pedal used, and I really could be wrong, but toward the end I could swear I heard a reverse-delay pedal being used.

Matt

 

[elenore19]

If I'm not mistaken, the part you're asking about is distortion (a.k.a. fuzz). Not sure what kind of a pedal they might've used, as I don't use much in the way of distortion/fuzz, but if it was a good enough tube amp there might not've been a pedal. I also heard a flanger and wah pedal used, and I really could be wrong, but toward the end I could swear I heard a reverse-delay pedal being used.

Matt

Alright, yeah, distortion, I figured as much. But it definitely has a grit type distortion to it. Not smooth at all, very choppy. Haven't really heard it much place else. I think I might have heard something similar in a White Stripes song a while back. But yeah. Just curious.
Thanks for the reply!

 

[jab2980]

Doubled/panned/tone change

You'll also hear the same example around 5:18. They've taken the signal and split it to L and R. If you notice the signal sent to the left sounds a lot brighter, and the one on the right is a bit muddier. Both have some sort of fuzz/distortion that would be impossible to guess.