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weird_oh84
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Link Posted on Sep 11 2024 11:50 AM

Does the original recording of Pipeline utilize harmonic tremolo? You can plainly hear throbbing at the beginning before the music starts…

Was the effect used on the guitars or keyboard?

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Joelman
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Link Posted on Sep 11 2024 12:58 PM

I just listened. To tell the truth I’ve never heard that sound when listening in the past.
My guess is it it a reverb unit being shaken.

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Link Posted on Sep 11 2024 03:01 PM

I would guess not. I think that effect was only available on the pro line of Fender amps and I don't think those guys had high end equipment when they recorded this.

I think the tremolo is only on the Wurli and that was probably a 140, which has its own built-in tremolo. Maybe we're just hearing the latent noise of its amp and speaker at the start?

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Link Posted on Sep 11 2024 03:09 PM

Actually, here's a previous thread on the subject. Looks like it may have been a Wurliter 112.

https://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/30966/

So maybe they were running it to a separate amplifier and using the tremolo from that. Either way, it doesn't sound like harmonic tremolo to me.

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Link Posted on Sep 11 2024 11:09 PM

It was probably in the keyboard, and I doubt that they would want to have had two tremolos running at the same time. I would imagine that would be hard to synchronize.

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Dire
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Link Posted on Sep 14 2024 05:37 AM

To my ears it sounds like harmonic tremolo when I listen to the stereo version where everything is a bit clearer... Like they ran the Wurlitzer through a separate amp.

You can hear what sounds like harmonic tremolo on the lead guitar in "Wayward Nile" from their first album.

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