Stereophonics - Dakota

[Rich_Tone]

Hi Guys

My covers band want to do this tune. Do you know the FX used on it? The main guitar fx in the intro/verse.

And is it me..or was this covered in guitarist a while back??

Cheers for any advice

[Emperor Fabulous]

That sounds like a flanger set to a slow sweep to me.

[timmyo]

the intro part if some sort of choppy Flanger sound - I think some pedals have a 'stepped' setting that gets very close - but you can get close enough with just a nice deep quick flange (fnar!)

In the guitar part in the choruses (that 4 note motif that gets repeated a few times) it's simply a normal Flanger - I have mine after my OD pedal and it seems to get the sound pretty close.

We play it with keys for the intro part, then I play it on guitar in the choruses.

[guitarcookie1]

I've been playing it with a rotary speaker simulator (Boss RT-20) set to s low speed, not quite the same but make it your own!

[Jamieh]

This has been covered several times actually!

I covered this with a band years ago and used a Boos effect called "Slicer" with a touch of overdrive, it is, as previously mentioned a Flanger style effect.

I can't be bothered to drag my rack gear around now though so in the absence of a Flanger pedal I am using a Tremolo and overdrive... it's not the same but a cool effect anyway and works well, I guess that's the important thing, if you can get the right vibe going on I wouldn't worry about getting to picky about the precise effect.... I'm guessing this is much the same as Guitarcookie's approach with the Rotary simulator....

[basstomars]

Yeah i agree to that boost effect as heard on this track http://www.song-list.net/stereophonics/songs

[braddersthemod]

flanger on a slow sweep for verses, however for the 4 note riff in the chorus I always play each note with a full wah sweep, sounds nice.
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[GearAddict]

flanger on a slow sweep for verses, however for the 4 note riff in the chorus I always play each note with a full wah sweep, sounds nice.

I use Wah for this too - for the intro, tbh I think we sampled the original...our bass player plays it back using a looper pedal.

[saulhudson]

I use Wah for this too - for the intro, tbh I think we sampled the original...our bass player plays it back using a looper pedal.

Must admit I use a medium sweep flange on those four notes, but at the end of the day...if it sounds good....it IS good!

[kbears]

We play Dakota but without and flange etc, our version goes down rather well!