How Soon Is Now?

- Artist: The Smiths
- Album: B-Side to 12" Single "William, It Was Really Nothing" then the compilation album
Hatful of Hollow - Label: Rough Trade
- Year: 1985
- Producer: John Porter
- Studio: Jam Studios, London
Notes: The rhythm guitar intro offers tremolo in sixteenth note time, and a sound that The Smiths’ fans spot from five miles away — an iconic sound.
Originally created using the tremolo channel in a Fender Twin Reverb guitar amp, it might more easily be created today using a gate or a compressor, and feeding a sixteenth note click track into the side chain.
Have a listen at Spotify.
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Here’s a nice tribute, with clues on how to do it yourself.
httpv://youtu.be/SeE4mjS1BKM