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Tone recipes·2026 · JUL
Shoegaze1991

01My Bloody Valentine

When You Sleep

The 'glide guitar' rhythm — Jazzmaster with constant trem-arm depression during every chord strum, layered through a Marshall with a Yamaha SPX90 doing reverse reverb. The verse chords waver in pitch on each strum. The 'lead' line is buried inside the chord texture, half-melody half-tone. Shields stacks multiple guitars in slightly different tunings to create the shimmer. Every chord has an ascending pitch wobble as the trem releases.

02Signal chain

Guitar to amp, 2 pedals between.

  1. In
    Guitar

    Fender Jazzmaster (specifically with trem-arm depression technique)

  2. 01
    Reverse reverb on the wall sound
    Yamaha SPX90 (reverse reverb)

    Reverse mode, decay ~1.5s, Mix: 40%

  3. 02
    Layer fuzz on some tracks
    Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz

    Mode 2, gain: maxed

  4. Out
    Amp

    Marshall JMP head into 4x12

03Field note

The secret sauce

The trem-arm depression happens AT strum, with the arm flowing back to neutral as the chord rings out. That's why every chord seems to 'lift' — it's not chorus or vibrato, it's a mechanical pitch glide from the bridge.