Neil Young 1976 sound - where have I heard that before?

[StephenGiles]

I was listening to one of Dan Lampinski's recordings of Neil Young from 1976 (excellent quality by the way!)and he suddenly changed his guitar sound to what sounded like electronic vibrato. After a few seconds I thought where have I head this exact sound before - and I realised it was on Joe Meek produced records in the early 60s. So what was going on in the Meek studio I wonder? There would have been nothing effects wise at that time.

[fredmerts]

I know he uses a Magnatone amp, maybe that's what you're hearing.

[zombiwoof]

Are these live recordings or from the studio recordings?.  If it's the studio recordings, what song is it that has that sound?.  He often used either amp tremolo or as noted the vibrato on the Magnatone amp that is part of his stage setup (along with a tweed Deluxe and a solid state Baldwin amp).  He is not a big pedal user, his setup only has a couple of pedals, one is an octave pedal, along with one or two others I can't think of right now (I think there is a flanger that he uses with the octave for extreme sounds).  No distortion/overdrive pedals, all distortion is supplied by the tweed Deluxe in different settings.  The only other effect live is a Fender reverb unit, with the reverb pan separated and placed under the stage (they drill holes in the stage to run the line to the reverb pan).  I'd be interested in hearing more about these recordings.

Al