Guitar sound for intro of What You Know

urban_winter

I really struggle to replicate the guitar tones that I hear. I don't have enough experience with pedals to know what combination makes what kind of sound. I'm currently failing to work out the intro of What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club. I have a HX stomp, so I'm not short of virtual pedals, but I can't get anything like what the intro sounds like on the record. 

Any ideas? TIA

U.

musteatbrain

Well I’m not familiar with them but I can see the rhythm telecaster is with a capo high up.
The other guitar player is using what sounds like a short tape delay with the repeats breaking up. Sound like my Strymon El Capistan did when you set a high bias on the delay and the headroom dropped. 

https://www.boss.info/uk/products/dd-20/

There’s a picture of his pedal board on with the above delay. I’d start with a tape delay and some kind of AC30 ballpark tone

I’m sure someone from here who knows it better than me will be along to oblige with better details 

urban_winter

Thanks! It's the rhythm tone that I'm working on.

musteatbrain

Ah right. He uses a Mesa Lonestar, so you will want to pick Cali Texas Channel 1 on the stomp and use a guitar with a single coil and a capo on the 9th fret

urban_winter

Will try that. Thanks. It sounds compressed, distorted and all treble to me. 

HAL9000

 Don't overthink it. The punters certainly won't.