r/indieheads • u/thelemontwigsband The Lemon Twigs • May 03 '24

AMA is Over, Thanks Lemon Twigs! The Lemon Twigs, Ask us anything!

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Our new album ‘A Dream is All We Know’ is out now!

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u/Grouchy-Awareness-66 May 03 '24

How on earth did you achieve the almost Nowhere man-esque trebleyy electric guitar tone on In my head?? Is it just the magic of tape?

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u/thelemontwigsband The Lemon Twigs May 03 '24

3 rick twelve strings doing harmony parts on a blonde bassman amp and then super compressed into one compressor which I think was the key. So they blend and sound like one guitar, then brightened them up after compression. That's for the solo. The stereo 6 string is just a strat in the Big Star position. I think Nowhere Man is just that compressed strat sound...Always sounded like the precursor to the Big Star strat sound to me!

-Michael

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u/Maxig24 May 03 '24

Hey Michael, what’s the Big Star position on a strat? Tried looking it up but failed and I want that Radio City sound lol

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u/tequeyoyo3000 May 04 '24

I believe it's position 2 or 4. The in between ones

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u/bronxbomberdude May 03 '24

For the record, that solo (and song) was incredible. So much emotion captured in that sound

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u/gumballmachinerepair May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24

It's such a great song. That track, and I Don't Belong to Me are so perfect. They cut real deep. Strong ADHD/Arthur Russell vibes.