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Does anyone know what Johnny Marr used in the Smiths?
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but seriuosly Gilmore there are at least 10 threads on Johnny Marr already, have a butcher's at this



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The link appears not to work...

But I will use the search function!
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The link appears not to work...

But I will use the search function!
works for me: it just takes you to the results for a "johnny marr" search
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he played fenders. He doubled the rhythms on an acoustic or 3.

sounds like he played through cranked fender amps.

work on your Buddy Holly double-stops.
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he played fenders. He doubled the rhythms on an acoustic or 3.

sounds like he played through cranked fender amps.

work on your Buddy Holly double-stops.
Interesting...always keen on listening to Marr's "source material" - any particular Buddy Holly riffs he may have, ahem, "adapted"? I know the 50s rockabilly sound was a major influence.
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the scalar riffs around major & minor thirds if you compare, say, Buddy's leads on "Heartbeat" or "I'm Gonna Love You, Too" with the intro to "ask" off the top of my head ... I mean, the Smiths always struck me as having an underlying rockabilly/skiffle thing ...

Marr's a big George Harrison fan, too, and that shows in the way he's so great at putting a lead line 'behind' the song in the studio ... the sustained bends on "Bigmouth Strikes Again" seem very Harrisonian to me ...

I'd be willing to bet he's gotten into a bit of James Burton, too.
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Thanks for the insight. The 50s influence was definitely big. Guess you can hear the Buddy Holly-style riffs on "I want the one I can't have"
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Also, listen to the solo by James Honeyman-Scott on Pretenders' "Kid." Marr said he still uses that piece every day as a warmup exercise.
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