Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
One of my favorite Iconic guitar tones, Billy Duffy's work on The Cult's Electric album shaped a huge part of my chase for tone as a wee lad. Still to this day, the album and the songs on the album are quite inspirational to me.
In this video, I'm attempting to chase those tones, but only with a pedal and a clean amp.
Question of the day: What gear would or do YOU use to get this type of tone?
UPDATE from Billy Duffy of The Cult:
"Just to reaffirm that from memory the whole essence of the recording was purity ....24 track analogue only mixed on same board and same studio and the sounds were all as “honest” as could be...... much time was spent (by andy wallace) actually reducing the gain on the amps to allow the chords to “ring out and chime” ...purity and method were the keys to this recording..... so it all boiled down to the right amp and cab with correct mike(s) and the les paul... no pedals used at all on the session apart from a wah where obvious on certain tracks...."
One of my favorite Iconic guitar tones, Billy Duffy's work on The Cult's Electric album shaped a huge part of my chase for tone as a wee lad. Still to this day, the album and the songs on the album are quite inspirational to me.
In this video, I'm attempting to chase those tones, but only with a pedal and a clean amp.
Question of the day: What gear would or do YOU use to get this type of tone?
UPDATE from Billy Duffy of The Cult:
"Just to reaffirm that from memory the whole essence of the recording was purity ....24 track analogue only mixed on same board and same studio and the sounds were all as “honest” as could be...... much time was spent (by andy wallace) actually reducing the gain on the amps to allow the chords to “ring out and chime” ...purity and method were the keys to this recording..... so it all boiled down to the right amp and cab with correct mike(s) and the les paul... no pedals used at all on the session apart from a wah where obvious on certain tracks...."
