Harmony Settings for The Darkness

Parker

Hey guys

Does anyone know what key and steps/parts I need to pull of I believe in a Thing Called Love and Donr Let The Bells End live?

Cheers

joeyowen

They use 3rds I think

Voxman

Live IBIATCL is a little more straightforward. I do so love that track!  Here's them at Knebworth - just some good old straight rock n roll.  I always thought Justin Hawkins only used Marshall's but I recently found out that although he uses modded Marshall Plexi 59 reissues in the reformed Darkness, originally he was actually mainly using Mesa Boogie dual & triple rectifiers (and he also played a Cornford MK50H with Hot Leg).  Whatever, he and the band sounded great.

monquixote

I think in the early Darkness stuff Justin was using a JCM800, with a Mesa V-Twin in front of it. 

It's really easy to hear who is playing the solo as Justin always has that Mesa sound and uses a lot more gain than Dan. 

It also means their guitars blend quite nicely as they are quite different tones though they both use LPs. 

I used to play IBIATCL and I don't remember it having any harmonies. The first solo is all bluesey stuff and the second solo is a bit more bluesey stuff followed by a pulloff riff going up the neck.

TimmyO

Nick Botfield and I did I Believe... live at IGF on2 guitars - I have never been more stressed about nailing 8 notes in my life! lol

stickyfiddle

I bought the first album on launch day, having seen them open Glastonbury that year. Absolutely brilliant. I even made a little clay Les Paul and Marshall in the clay modelling tent.

And yet... I had never noticed that harmony on the guitar line in the 11.5 years since!!

As for amps, Dan used to run an AC30 for clean and a Marshall SLP via Mesa V-twin for the noisy stuff. Justin was Mesa Dual Recs the first time round, and is now a Marshall endorsee

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Good Guitarist mag "rig rundown" here:

Parker

Maybe its my Brian May training...!

joeyowen

I actually have the offical tab book for the album

Want me to photograph cetain lines for you and upload them?  (A lot of time sites get it wrong)

Let me know It's a great book!

Parker

Thats very kind - I actually bought it recently so will sit down with it. I reckon I can play 95% by ear - its just the settings needed on my TC Nova System to get the harmonies right. I was being lazy to be honest as having a 15 month old stops me plugging and playing on an evening.