Robert Smith's Guitar Secrets

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  • @5TR4N63R
    @5TR4N63R Рік тому +34

    I LOVE The Cure so so much. It's always been more about the sound of their guitars that does it for me. It's those hollow, dark and melancholic tones that define their sound and style. It's omnipresent, even in the more upbeat songs - there is always that amazing Cure sound. It's truly brilliant.

  • @BigShippy0
    @BigShippy0 Рік тому +32

    I've heard people go as far as to say he's bad at playing the guitar. In reality he just doesn't follow the conventional rules of guitar playing and I feel like this makes him even more special. God bless him, the sweetest man that ever lived

  • @rupertradar7424
    @rupertradar7424 Рік тому +19

    Thanks for this. I love The Cure. I sat with Robert’s parents at a gig once and went to the after show. They were all so very nice, sweet and humble. Forever grateful. ❤

    • @badv1b3s51
      @badv1b3s51 Рік тому

      That’s so awesome, I envy you heavily.

  • @cybertaiga9534
    @cybertaiga9534 Рік тому +38

    As a huge Cure fan, I loved your video. Great demo. I think Robert Smith is very much underrated as a guitarist. His style is unique- punkish but at the same time esoteric as well. Sometimes they are very Indian, sometimes Japanese and evokes sounds from music heard in Eastern cultures. Well, overall The Cure's music sounds like that- even in the bass playing, it is a very unusual style. Also sometimes, Robert would play guitar like a bassist (especially in more atmospheric songs).

  • @jacksonmiked
    @jacksonmiked Рік тому +96

    People criticised Robert Smith for his limited fret hand work, but on the early albums his right hand speed and accuracy was one of the best in the business, up there with Lindsay Buckingham.

    • @OzzyCorgiFox
      @OzzyCorgiFox 11 місяців тому +1

      Really ?

    • @Buckseed
      @Buckseed 9 місяців тому +1

      Dude wasn't a John McGeogh. ❤

    • @maxmar5479
      @maxmar5479 7 місяців тому +5

      Robert Smith, in my opinion, is a guitar hero...i started to play for him😂.

    • @guitarandstuff3513
      @guitarandstuff3513 7 місяців тому +8

      I'm currently the guitarist in a cure tribute band and trying to get my right hand up to his speed is a workout.

    • @Squidward_Tikiland
      @Squidward_Tikiland 6 місяців тому +3

      @@guitarandstuff3513that’s awesome! I’m working on a couple of cure covers and I definitely cheat the downstrokes. You can get up and down to sound like downstrokes in a forest, you just end up accenting two upstrokes. It’s counterintuitive but it grooves

  • @TheFairway8
    @TheFairway8 Рік тому +19

    I saw Robert Smith play but not with The Cure it was when he played with Siouxsie and the Banshees in the early 80s

    • @johneeeemarry34
      @johneeeemarry34 8 місяців тому +1

      Sound wise, The Ovation Breadwinner and the Boss flanger weren’t quite up to the job compared to the Yamaha SG, Yamaha delay and TWO Mxr flangers.That said, his guitar playing is as good and innovative as John Mcgeoch’s…

  • @hadeseye2297
    @hadeseye2297 Рік тому +3

    4:30 Well, here you're wrong. That was Porl Thompson's part back in the days. And up to these days someone else plays this part. Robert plays on acoustic in this song.

    • @HerveBoisde
      @HerveBoisde Місяць тому

      True but it’s very much in Robert’s style and Robert probably wrote that part and showed Porl how to play it

  • @Cl4rendon
    @Cl4rendon Рік тому +9

    Just discovered you channel - Thank you for explaining Rob`s techniques in a way a layman can also understand.
    I love Robert`s approach in keeping things quite simple yet transferring alot of emotion in his melodies.

  • @jason_scott_delotel
    @jason_scott_delotel Рік тому +41

    Robert Smith is one of the greatest singer songwriters that had ever lived. He is totally under-rated. So great. Emotional. And inspiring. Huge Cure fan. He wrote better sings than most people. Only one I can say who wrote better songs is Bob Dylan

    • @KepperKleen
      @KepperKleen Рік тому +3

      He's the greatest person that's ever lived!

    • @joemanning90
      @joemanning90 Рік тому

      Bob Dylan definitely didn't

    • @nowiamsane6561
      @nowiamsane6561 Рік тому

      Rob is a corporate. I don't get the under rated thing. He has sold over 100 mil records.

    • @jason_scott_delotel
      @jason_scott_delotel Рік тому +4

      What I'm saying is? Yes he may have sold a billion CDs? But when people talk about the best songwriters? They don't mention Robert Smith. That's what I meant by him being under rated as a recognized/brilliant songwriter.

  • @corporaterobotslave400
    @corporaterobotslave400 Рік тому +8

    Robert Smith appears to be a self-taught guitarist like myself because I have been using these techniques from back in the late 70s / early 80s even before I listened to The Cure and became a huge fan (I was late comer to The Cure b/c I was focused on more pure punk rock bands). I understand scales, but don't often use them as a trained guitarist would. The sliding up the string, or drop sliding on a string has a particular sound effect that can be most satisfying. I also like to mess about with altering the timing of the riff notes so they don't fall on straight lines, either hanging on them a moment too long, or coming in early, or what have you. Also using an open string or strings to constantly ring out while playing other strings is a hallmark of psychedelic rock and shoegaze styles; REM's Peter Buck did this a lot and I picked that up from seeing them a couple times on their first two tours. Smith does all this stuff, too. It gives the riffs a certain groove that just swings. I had no idea Smith used Boss pedals - if you look @ my pedal board it's probably close to 40% Boss all mounted on my old school 80s skateboard.

  • @KaiPonte
    @KaiPonte Рік тому +25

    Great video! Just saw them a week ago. Always been fascinated by Simon's bass playing but was super impressed with Robert's guitar work in concert. Love the Linux and web development books in the background.

    • @stephansong
      @stephansong Рік тому +3

      Simon is an extension of his guitar playing.

  • @riklionheart23
    @riklionheart23 Рік тому +12

    Thank you for this video. Robert Smith, and many of the other post-punk/new wave guitarists were super inventive with their approach to guitar playing and their use of effect pedals. It enabled young players to find easy approachable ways to playing the guitar without the need of virtuoso technique and theory knowledge.

    • @AndI0td763
      @AndI0td763 Рік тому +4

      Always thought Robert was a very underrated player. Usually he’s just seen as the songwriter or frontman but not enough focus is on his playing, people forget how good he is on guitar. Very melodic and influential, not typical what you’d find in more standard rock guitar players, he had a unique approach.

  • @JuggernautJOfficial
    @JuggernautJOfficial Рік тому +6

    Great video! I’m a 40 year fan of the band and just saw them recently here in the States. Absolute perfection.

  • @NeulichimKanal
    @NeulichimKanal Рік тому +1

    Like this vid. The Cure were the reason why I started to play guitar in the early 90ies.

  • @thomas79marshall
    @thomas79marshall Рік тому +1

    No mention of the Fender bass VI?

  • @brendanoneill1466
    @brendanoneill1466 Рік тому +7

    Robert's use of non traditional scales and his phrasing and not selection (see the solo in M) are amazing. Is he a guitar god, no. But he is very inventive and his playing is incredibly distinctive.. This is a great video and demonstration. Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @WillieDuitt1
    @WillieDuitt1 Рік тому +3

    I was never a Cure fan when they were doing their thing but I appreciate the music of Robert Smith now. Thank you for the video, it was enjoyable and I learned from it.

  • @gasparepellecchia
    @gasparepellecchia Рік тому +4

    Pedal chain: Mxr 117 Flanger + Boss Dm 2w (waza craft) Delay + Boss RV-6 Reverb;
    Amp: Roland Jazz Chorus 120;
    Rack: ASHLY CLX-52 2 Channel Compressor / Limiter Processor

  • @thomshrike
    @thomshrike Рік тому +1

    My favorite example of point #2 is the intro to “All I Want”: played on the G string with open D string.

  • @smithy280663
    @smithy280663 Рік тому +2

    wow! what a great tutorial.............I've been a The Cure fan since the 80s!

  • @johnbrady3236
    @johnbrady3236 Рік тому +1

    I am currently learning A Forest ...very helpful

  • @BobRemEde
    @BobRemEde Рік тому +2

    Hello, i use the Schecter Ultracure (buy dec. 2022), its a very good guitar. The sound is very versatile and of good quality with its Seymur Duncan pickups (humbeckers changeable to singles ). The only flaw is its potentiometers and low quality wiring. The neck takes a bit of time but then you realize that it is very well calibrated for Smith's game with a small radius. I love the matte black finish and the Bigsby!

  • @El...Presidente
    @El...Presidente Рік тому +10

    Love the tips and tricks on Robert Smith’s playing. Thank you so much for sharing! Really good content.

  • @Gnomesmusher
    @Gnomesmusher Рік тому +2

    Thanks for this video. I've been learning guitar for 3 years now and I've been listening to the Cure since the 80s. I'm old too :). I just saw the Cure at the Hollywood Bowl last week. Freaking amazing show.

    • @RyanField-vl5vi
      @RyanField-vl5vi Рік тому +1

      Was amazing! One of the best times ive seen them- ever. Still killing it!

    • @Gnomesmusher
      @Gnomesmusher Рік тому +1

      @@RyanField-vl5vi It really was one of the best times I've seen them! It was magical!

    • @Jeffbutcher1969
      @Jeffbutcher1969 Рік тому

      Maybe it’s just because I was young and so were they but my favorite shows were I think around 87-88. The Kiss Me Tour. Saw them 3 times throughout California. Amazing shows. Back when Robert would end A Forest with a 5 minute ending. That and 100 Years and 3 Imaginary Boys were tweaked, and twisted into long masterpieces. Porl/Pearl is the greatest

  • @johncecilia4517
    @johncecilia4517 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video abd playing
    What type pickups and settings can you do on that guitar? Looks like you have extra switches at the bottom

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks a lot. The Pickups are Seymour Duncan P Rails and can be switched to be either a P90, a humbucker or a single coil. That's also what the switches are for. I have a video on this:
      ua-cam.com/video/gdlE3K7mk-k/v-deo.htmlsi=0PWEN5hJYGtF1QJH

  • @sk8rtim709
    @sk8rtim709 Рік тому +1

    Thanks...I've always been a Cure fan since 85..the guitar is something i picked up over the pandemic. Thanks for the tips they helped a lot.

  • @OfficialTuxedoMask
    @OfficialTuxedoMask 9 місяців тому +1

    great video!

  • @satelliteRadar
    @satelliteRadar Рік тому +1

    Great stuff. I also started on the guitar at this point and grew up playing just like heaven in early bands.

  • @zoeherriot
    @zoeherriot Рік тому +14

    I want to know how he achieved the tone on Never Enough (particular the Big Mix). There's something about his playing on that that is so fluid.

    • @HeyBulldog-Beatles-Tribute
      @HeyBulldog-Beatles-Tribute Рік тому +2

      On Never enough, there is a big mix with many takes played by Porl. Porl was a great guitarist! really inspired sometimes! I love that song too (one of the best for me) . VIVE THE CURE (and The Beatles, of course, see our channel) :)

    • @zoeherriot
      @zoeherriot Рік тому +1

      @@HeyBulldog-Beatles-Tribute it’s actually hard to tell who recorded the guitars on the big mix because Robert suggested in a guitar magazine years ago that it may have been him.

    • @thunder_heads
      @thunder_heads Рік тому

      ​@@HeyBulldog-Beatles-Tribute pearl

    • @HeyBulldog-Beatles-Tribute
      @HeyBulldog-Beatles-Tribute Рік тому +1

      @@thunder_heads He was Porl at this time. And still Porl for me.

    • @stephansong
      @stephansong Рік тому

      Porl is better than lol.

  • @jzazj
    @jzazj Рік тому

    Glad to have found your channel! Thanks for diving into a band that I discovered in my life, even before I discovered my love of guitar. Really enjoyable vid!

  • @blindianajones
    @blindianajones Рік тому +1

    Thank you for making this. So helpful. I never thought about the open string approach vs the scales. Way easier to those other harmonics with the open strings.

  • @guitarbo1
    @guitarbo1 Рік тому +1

    Even though I disagree with a lot of the playing, thank you for keeping the discussion and love for the Cure going

  • @vio8491
    @vio8491 Рік тому +9

    As a huge The Cure fan who's trying to replicate their sound, this video is amazing. Thank you?

  • @exitthelemming145
    @exitthelemming145 Рік тому +7

    I saw the Cure a load of times during the 80's and when I was close enough to the stage on one occasion noticed Robert was using a Morley flanger (big silver box, much larger than the Boss pedals. I think they were made in the US and can change hands now for around $400 2nd hand) One of my favourite guitarists of all time as he inspired me to learn to play because I could hear every note i.e. it wasn't buried beneath a sludge of distortion like most rock players. Ditto John McGeoch and Will Sergeant who also emerged from Post Punk

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому

      A lot of post punk players used the morley back in the day. Most probably Robert owns several flangers and chooses whatever suits the occasion. The pedalboard I was referring to in the video was the one mentioned here.
      mixdownmag.com.au/features/rig-rundown-robert-smith-of-the-cure/

    • @bepitan
      @bepitan Рік тому

      he been often used a mesa vtwin pedal live ...huge chrome box thing along with the regular boss flanger

  • @larseckardt_nl
    @larseckardt_nl Рік тому +1

    That was super informative. What a cop sound he has. I'm testing with the wrong flanger. I now have to find this boss one. Yes.

  • @wesmitchem825
    @wesmitchem825 Рік тому

    I heard he had a boss ce 2 chorus pedal taped to the top of his amp so he would always have that effect on

  • @brncrw
    @brncrw Рік тому +14

    Good stuff. However, Jazzmasters don't have P90s. They have Jazzmaster pickups. Completely different sound than P90s, though they do look similar when installed.

    • @freezetheatlantic
      @freezetheatlantic Рік тому +4

      There’s more to it than that, too. Robert Smith loved the pickups in his Teisco (the first guitar he ever had) that he installed one of them slap bang between the two JM Pickups and favoured playing with that pickup selected. Google any picture of his Jazzmaster and you’ll see the Teisco pickup right there in the middle

    • @jonathanwapner6262
      @jonathanwapner6262 Рік тому +1

      I was just thinking about the Jazzmaster vs P90 misunderstanding, also the Firebird vs Mini humbucker misunderstanding.

    • @capitaldharma
      @capitaldharma Рік тому

      I was looking for this comment about the pickups. Overall I enjoyed the video though.

    • @burnthisghost
      @burnthisghost Рік тому

      😂 ua-cam.com/video/fJWK7jrruzM/v-deo.html

  • @cerinicholls6143
    @cerinicholls6143 Рік тому +1

    Forest .. the octave is played 9th fret D string ..

  • @HerveBoisde
    @HerveBoisde Рік тому +17

    His sound on the In Orange live album is legendary. Not sure if he used a different flanger sound for that but it’s amazing

    • @Case_
      @Case_ Рік тому +1

      Part of it is that Telecaster I think. Also he wasn't afraid of using more modulation pedals at the same time. And yeah, the In Orange sound is *the* Cure sound to strive for (well, one of them, anyway ;) )

    • @HerveBoisde
      @HerveBoisde Рік тому +1

      @@Case_ The tele is part of it for sure but I also heard somewhere that he used some rack type effects for that concert but I might be wrong about that

    • @SlopeRocker52
      @SlopeRocker52 3 дні тому

      Believe it’s a built in flanger on his Peavey amp…

  • @josequiero1118
    @josequiero1118 Рік тому +3

    Thanks Jakob. You have clarified for me stuff that I tried to figured out for years. If you decide to expand on the Cure sound, could yo someday talk about how the bass guitar,complements Robert Smiths playing, especially in the first incarnations of the band? Thanks again.

  • @efolson
    @efolson Рік тому +3

    I'd like to hear more about how Robert uses the Bass VI

  • @bushidotenshi
    @bushidotenshi Рік тому +12

    Nice video. Let me please notice just to add to your great performance that on Pictures Of You RS plays on a Fender VI, so it's more on what you mentioned as to use the same string. Also the topic of open strings also applies to chords a lot in Cure's songs, like the bridges of Play For Today with power chords and the rest of the strings sounding open. The 4th chord in Three Imaginary Boys is also different, it goes from 7 fret on E string, and then 6 on A, 5th on D, and the others open, you can see that on live versions. By the way, love to see your Dune book, best ever! Greetins from another long time fan of both Cure and Dune

    • @HerveBoisde
      @HerveBoisde Місяць тому

      Yeah that bothered me too. He went from saying that Robert was influenced by simple punk chords to playing a 7th chord on Three Imaginary Boys.

  • @pocojoyo
    @pocojoyo 5 місяців тому +1

    2:30 this part is wrong. First, he does not play that on a guitar but on a Bass VI. Second, the reason he stays on the B string is that he is droning the open E string at the same time.

  • @echoguitarist
    @echoguitarist Рік тому +2

    He had such a huge impact on how I play guitar.

  • @fukuoka-musician
    @fukuoka-musician Рік тому

    Would love to see more demonstrations of the points you make right after you make them, so that they are easier to understand.

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому

      Good point. I'll try to make that clearer in the next video.

  • @daibhidhglas
    @daibhidhglas Рік тому +4

    The cheap guitar was a Woolworth's Top Twenty, a rebranded Teisco from Japan. By sheer coincidence i had exactly the same one as my first electric too! they are not great players but there is definitely something special about the pickups, they have a particular tone that can't be found elsewhere. Nice vid, some good explanations of how he did stuff!

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому +2

      Thanks a lot. Now I get an idea why he kept the pickups.

  • @toddoliver168
    @toddoliver168 Рік тому +1

    love it! also, Java, linux, perl... I'm also a guitar player and software developer that loves the Cure, Dune and Star Trek too. It's not uncommon but still fun. Great video!

  • @michaelvecchiarelli7786
    @michaelvecchiarelli7786 Рік тому +1

    Thanks that's a great lesson I like robert Smith playing. He was the guitar player in susie and the bandshies

  • @djuengst2000
    @djuengst2000 Рік тому

    I liked it. I grew up in the 80s and I never got that into the Cure. I saw them play live in about 2015. I was totally blown away. I guess I didn’t realize Smith even played guitar😊

  • @josefelixortizgarcia2622
    @josefelixortizgarcia2622 Рік тому +2

    The Kiss and one hundred years its the BEST moments in guitar all the times

    • @zachary963
      @zachary963 4 місяці тому

      Gosh The Kiss is an absolutely mind blowing guitar song

  • @juliocezarandrade2768
    @juliocezarandrade2768 Рік тому +1

    Thanx for posting this video,it made more clear about little secrets of the unique robert smith guitar tone...Mr. Smith is really a great artist who create his own style in all aspects of his art...he inspired the gothics with the his dark wearing and also create a new sound with own identity

  • @simonkaye7268
    @simonkaye7268 Рік тому +1

    Early days in the studio he used the electric mistress more than the boss. The boss flanger was more used live. There are pics with the mistress and the producer said he tried lots of different old flangers

    • @HerveBoisde
      @HerveBoisde Місяць тому

      Cool. Do you know what he used for the Cure In Orange sound? That film sounds different to the live sound from the 1984 Concert recording and also different to everything that came afterwards. I heard somewhere that he might have used some rack digital effects for it.

  • @nicholascaldwell6079
    @nicholascaldwell6079 Рік тому +1

    I wonder if the use of single-string runs is connected to the parts being played on a six string bass

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому

      It might be, but I think the sound that playing everything on a single string produces was very idiosyncratic to New Wave in general - maybe because it sounded different to the big rock groups.

  • @KepperKleen
    @KepperKleen Рік тому +1

    Excellent !

  • @AngryTaurus007
    @AngryTaurus007 Рік тому +6

    All I can do is thank you for taking the trouble to make these videos and providing us with all this information. This, along with Mcgeoch's video, are very helpful (at least to me). I would also like that you make a video about Will Sergeant, guitarist of Echo and the Bunnymen and one of the best of his generation (although I'm sure you already know him). psdt: sorry for my bad english. I'm still learning.

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому +3

      Making a video about Sergeant is a brilliant idea. I added him to the list! Thanks for the compliments!

    • @Mr.Steve-O
      @Mr.Steve-O Рік тому

      @@jakoblangenohl absolutely, please do one on Will Sergeant, massive genius !!

  • @HewittH
    @HewittH Рік тому +1

    Extremely enjoyable video! I share your love of The Cure, and have also been a fan since the 80s. Thank you for sharing your expertise!

  • @Nigredo1974
    @Nigredo1974 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for knowing Post-Punk. And great video. 👍

  • @fightforfreedom5193
    @fightforfreedom5193 Рік тому

    Huge cure fan. Started playing guitar to learn Prayers for Rain. Robert exemplifies pure genius.

  • @filipvanhuy531
    @filipvanhuy531 Рік тому +1

    It' correct that Robert uses a flanger in a lot of songs and most of his pedals are Boss. Never the less he creates very unique sounds who are sometimes very hard to reproduce. In fact, I'm struggling with the sound needed for the song "The Loudest Sound" of the "Bloodflowers" album. The guitar played as riff in the background is hard to reproduce. It has a chorus like very unique vibe. Do you know how to get this sound? I would be very thankful ! Thx

  • @GarnetDart
    @GarnetDart Рік тому

    Thank you for your video
    To top his playing skills off he has a great sense of finesse when it comes to his playing volumes.
    Oh and Play for today, chords are an Asus2, A7, Em/A, A7, Asus2.....not A, Asus4, A. Sorry I couldn't help myself

  • @annloken
    @annloken Рік тому +2

    Love this🎉

  • @jdkerrmusic
    @jdkerrmusic Рік тому +1

    Very good video, thank you for creating - I've always enjoyed the sound of Robert Smith and you taught me how to use his tones - Thank You!

  • @icem1677
    @icem1677 Рік тому

    Sir may i know what type of effects was used in primary and forest.?..thanks so much

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому

      Of course I don't have any primary sources, but from what I hear these should be Flangers and the Roland JC 120. Of course Reverb and Compression are always added when mixing and mastering, nbut the main attraction here is the modulation effect, wich I perceive to be a flanger.

  • @malcolmmcatee3752
    @malcolmmcatee3752 5 місяців тому

    Hey there thanks for making this video. Could you elaborate on the preset settings? I have a Katana and would like to make a preset. Thanks!

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  5 місяців тому

      The preset is done with the Helix, so it's hard to say how that translates to the katana as it has a vastly different underlying modeling concept. Use the clean amp with pedals. But that doesn't help you, does it?

    • @malcolmmcatee3752
      @malcolmmcatee3752 5 місяців тому

      @@jakoblangenohl Just a whole lot of Flanger!

  • @augustusbetucius2931
    @augustusbetucius2931 Рік тому

    The BF-2? It's a great flanger. I had one back in 1984 or 1985. But I can't say I liked it more than my MXR (the 80s blue/grey one) or my original Electric Mistress. All three are very cool for different reasons. I'd love to have all three back. I loved how he took that pickup from that first guitar (Woolworth's guitar) and put it in his Jazz Master. Ha!

  • @Twirlyhead
    @Twirlyhead Рік тому

    Very good. I'm currently a fan of the TC Electronic Thunderstorm flanger; nice.

  • @gabrielcabral9480
    @gabrielcabral9480 Рік тому +1

    Robert Smith is my master on guitar 🌹

  • @user-zw1xf6jy9z
    @user-zw1xf6jy9z Рік тому

    And the solo in "bloodflowers" live....😮

  • @trianglerecords
    @trianglerecords Рік тому

    Thank you for all. Very cool you read books about Linux because I use Ardour on Debian most time I record.👍🙏

  • @timberwolvesxx7250
    @timberwolvesxx7250 2 місяці тому

    im still new to guitar, robert seems to play fast on Play for today, 'down-up-down' between chords very fast. i cant do it yet. any tips?

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  2 місяці тому

      Speed cones from many things. In said lick, you have to have good control over your right hand and be very relaxed at the same time. This is all very general, I would have to see your posture and motion to give you specific tips.

  • @TheNightdiver
    @TheNightdiver Рік тому

    Great video!
    Ill add thar during 1980/85 aprox he used a flanger called electric mistress by electroharmonics. Thats the sound you hear on A forest for example

  • @MaddieMoons
    @MaddieMoons Рік тому

    I would love to know which gear did you used?

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому +1

      Sure: I used my Godin icon convertible and my line6 Helix Floor. The helix patch is downloadable on customtone.

    • @MaddieMoons
      @MaddieMoons Рік тому

      @@jakoblangenohl thank youuu 🫶✨✨

  • @mjjames2442
    @mjjames2442 Рік тому +1

    Nice thanks!

  • @joanofarc708
    @joanofarc708 Рік тому +1

    Nice sounding guitar there pal

  • @jasonanderson1480
    @jasonanderson1480 Рік тому

    A couple of comments: The pickups in a Jazzmaster are Jazzmaster pickups, and are nothing like P-90s. P-90s are a different magnet, different wind, and much more powerful. You didn’t mention Robert’s use of the Fender Bass VI.

  • @seanbelltv
    @seanbelltv Рік тому

    Super fascinating thanks. I am a big fan but never paid attention to how he plays which is kinda how I play, and interestingly I began as a bassist and have been told I approach guitar like a bassist

  • @jcsweeney9728
    @jcsweeney9728 Рік тому +1

    THIS IS SO GOOD !

  • @AngelMartinez-qs3cf
    @AngelMartinez-qs3cf Рік тому +1

    Really Really nice cool lesson! The Cure is one of my favorite bands of the 1980s. Love it. Do you have that preset for the Line6 Pod GO? Thank you for posting this.

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому

      I'm sorry, but the Preset is for Helix Floor. Since I do not own any other Line6 Devices (besides an old M5 :-) I cannot provide Files which work with a POD Go.

  • @davecannon1523
    @davecannon1523 11 місяців тому +2

    Now that I hear his technique in isolation, I'm getting a lot of Persian music vibes. The untuned drone string, sliding up and down the neck, non-Western approach to scales

  • @lesjuly
    @lesjuly Рік тому +1

    Thanks for doing this video.

  • @llongdong
    @llongdong Рік тому

    Good, ole friend. Good.

  • @msdee8721
    @msdee8721 2 місяці тому

    Loved your chat

  • @scoutstevenson4775
    @scoutstevenson4775 Рік тому

    So informative...LOVED it!

  • @GaylordBonnafous
    @GaylordBonnafous Рік тому

    Very interesting. Would like more tips about Robert's playing.

  • @jozefmucha4730
    @jozefmucha4730 Рік тому +2

    Late 80's to late 90's it was the best sounding The Cure in my opinion.

  • @sleevejobskmc
    @sleevejobskmc Рік тому

    On the intro, is that some sort of flanged reverb? Or just a flanger into reverb?

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому

      Flanger into reverb. Done with the line6 Helix, the flanger is the model of the mxr.

  • @miahconnell23
    @miahconnell23 Рік тому +1

    The Drowning Man { I’m pretty certain } is my favourite Cure song

  • @mfohr
    @mfohr Рік тому

    Are those Seymour Duncan P-Rails you have on that Godin? You like them?

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому

      Yes, I like them very much. Great pickups imho. I did a video about them if you like to know more about them: ua-cam.com/video/gdlE3K7mk-k/v-deo.html

  • @roumiaou
    @roumiaou Рік тому

    Many thanks !

  • @Case_
    @Case_ Рік тому

    Robert plays Three Imaginary Boys a bit differently though. As far as I can tell, he plays the normal Emi, then normal G, then B as a A barre on the second fret, and then he holds a simple G shape again, except on the 7th fret, and strums the open strings as well. No idea what that chord would actually be ;) (obviously B of some kind). And the part with the "Three...imaginary...boys..." where the chords "walk" down also involves some open strings and weird-ish chord shapes (especially the last one, which is like an Emi, except held on the 1st fret - yeah, I don't know my music theory at all, sorry ;) )
    Also speaking of open strings "droning", one of the best examples I'd say is the main riff of Push (though the open strings are partially muted most of the time). In fact his entire part in that song is rather interesting when it comes to using open strings and chord shapes for melody.

  • @gapont2
    @gapont2 Рік тому

    why didn't you show us the flanger use and how it sounds ?

    • @jakoblangenohl
      @jakoblangenohl  Рік тому

      I recorded everything via my Robert Smith preset for the line6 Helix floor. The patch is downloadable for free and I always use it for the entire video.

  • @mamul1968
    @mamul1968 3 місяці тому

    ❤nice video, thanks

  • @user-me7tr8uc2b
    @user-me7tr8uc2b Рік тому +1

    The Cure sound or that beautiful sound we here from Robert Smith playing is mostly achieved from him Playing THE SIX STRING BASS. This is what we usually hear.....Mostly heard starting with Disintegration......But that unique sound is from him playing the SIX STRING BASS

    • @toddhatfield5329
      @toddhatfield5329 Рік тому

      Close. It's a bass VI which is not a bass or baritone, but it's own thing.

    • @user-me7tr8uc2b
      @user-me7tr8uc2b Рік тому +1

      @@toddhatfield5329 yesss! Come on! You say Tomato 🍅 I say Tomato as they say I saw them when they were called Easy Cure

  • @ChrisLambrou00
    @ChrisLambrou00 Рік тому +1

    Agree, Boss flanger is the best. UAFX has flirted recently but the I'm still going with my old analog, made in Japan BF2

  • @freekmusbach8722
    @freekmusbach8722 Рік тому

    Nice guitar!

  • @jason_scott_delotel
    @jason_scott_delotel Рік тому

    And that says a lot. Robert was and is excellent

  • @static1812
    @static1812 Рік тому

    really nice video, thankyou

  • @modee5698
    @modee5698 Рік тому

    thanks a lot, R.S. moved the Earth with his musik and poetry.

  • @kurikokaleidoscope
    @kurikokaleidoscope Рік тому +1

    Fabulous ❤❤

  • @bassthing68
    @bassthing68 Рік тому

    Nice video Jakob, unpretentious and fun.