Tone Profile

A clean, slightly hazy electric guitar picking a slow, repeating figure with long decays and a little grit at the edges. Sparse, patient, and mixed close.

Gear

Electric guitarinstrument

ReverbSweetwater

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Signal Chain

Recording Notes

• Nothing is documented. Wedding Song No. 3 is on the Aerial M release M Is..., dated 17 November 1997 on the artist's Bandcamp page, and Aerial M was a solo moniker of David Pajo of Slint. No fetched source names a studio, an engineer or any gear.

Recreation Tips

• Use a single-coil or low-output humbucker guitar with the tone rolled back a little.
• Set a small amp just below breakup so the harder picks fray slightly and the soft ones stay clean.
• Play the figure with fingers or a soft pick, letting each note ring into the next; the sustain is the arrangement.
• Add a short room reverb or a slap of tape echo, nothing longer.
• Record one guitar, close, and resist doubling it; the space around it is the point.

Original Gear

• Electric guitar(guitar)

Substitutions & Recommendations

Frequently Asked Questions