The Captain Meets Lee Harris - How To Get Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd Tone

[@thebreakfastmenu]

I think in the modern day world of seemingly infinite guitar effects, some people take for granted how inventive and revolutionary early Pink Floyd was, especially Syd.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

No idea how they get the delays in Emily.

[@juliezandrewz7508]

What an honor to be mentioned by the Great Lee Harris, Jed Tyler is our guitarist (Big Syd Barrett Fan) and he used the Selmer amp for all our music in the studio! Selmer is the guitar tone of Juliez Andrewz

[@CHlEFFIN]

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[@waynesilverman3048]

Juliez - where did he get the guitar I tried to get one but they stopped making them but that was 12 years ago

[@juliezandrewz7508]

@@waynesilverman3048 It was built for him, Jed Tyler uses the same guitar Syd Barrett Fender esquire

[@juliezandrewz7508]

@@CHlEFFIN kzbin.info/www/bejne/larHf6OKhqp5nas

[@valleywoodstudio7345]

Really cool - I've a 1969 Traynor Guitar Mate 3 installed into the carcass of a Thunderbird Twin Fifty with its original Goodmans Axioms still installed - the Goodmans are a major part of the Selmer sound. Great combo of classic Canadian and early 60's Brit!

[@Echoes1910]

Syd was the finest guitarist and influenced so many great players, including Marc Bolan, David Bowie, even Hendrix himself. Syd was off the charts talented and innovative, he was intergalactic , he really was.

[@oosqueezemylemon]

yes! I'm glad someone is here to say this - Syd was a genius

[@williamolsen20]

I think he equated music with colors, and he was just and example of pure artistic expression. It is sad that it could not have lasted longer.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

18:33 - i’m surprised there isn’t a KEMPER profile of a Selmer T&B somewhere out there…?🤷‍♂️

[@williamolsen20]

@@BeesWaxMinder There should be, because for one thing Syd had a unique sound, and you need that Selmer sound to get it.

[@starshineraiser6729]

100% yes. I remember listening to Piper at the Gates on a great stereo for the first time. Syd’s guitar tone shook my senses. I couldn’t believe someone could get such a complex tone, not even talking about echo, just when he strums chords. To this day, his tone and style are unmatched. It’s so explosive.

[@dubster82]

My first amp was a Selmer Treble 'n' Bass, still got it, currently sitting in the corner of my living room.

[@rgbplumbinghilton]

great amps. Wish I still had mine!!

[@PaulJonesy]

Yes, had one of those, long gone.

[@Tee-mq2zn]

Aargh! I literally put mine in a rubbish bin in 1980 I was so annoyed by it and couldn't get on with it. It probably needed a good service....

[@starshineraiser6729]

So lucky.

[@francescocagnacci]

I envy you

[@lobster4501]

Syd’s guitar on the song Apples and Oranges… Is completely mind-boggling… I listen to that all the time just to hear That guitar sound

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

he has his own style and thats what counts !

[@benjaminfowler4513]

It's so filthy

[@stephenhenderson5322]

Totally agreed. That wah and treble control/abuse is crazy. Then into those crystalline esquire/tele chords during the chorus- perfect. Syd era has way more cool and enigma in both songwriting and guitar playing than anything that came later.

[@bristlefist]

It's amazed me since I was about 16 years old. That quacky fuzz wah doesn't sound like anything else from that time or any since. There's a video on here of an italian guy that recreates all those sounds with the original selmer gear, a original binson and he uses a couple different fuzz pedals and a coloursound wah. He gets apples and oranges spot on. It's unbelievable, right down to the exact same feedback squeal at the end.

[@Nigel_Shortpants]

Saw nick mason’s saucerful tour live. I was completely blown away by how good and authentic the guitar tones were. Truly some of the best I’ve ever heard! Great to see Lee talk about gear!

[@jedlaboucane6388]

Thank you Lee Harris for the shout out! Your a top lad indeed.

[@starshineraiser6729]

Been wanting a Selmer in a can for years. I bought this pedal the second it was listed and can’t wait to get it. INCREDIBLE!!! Thank you Anderton’s Syd is my favorite guitarist ever for his tone and technique.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

Please post how you get on with it?

[@whiterose7055]

I absolutely love Pipers, Saucer full of Secrets and Rarities albums. Later Floyd is great too, but Syd era was Pink Floyd in my humble opinion.

[@regularnimnule9715]

This is straight up one of the best ever gear related vids I've ever seen and I'm not even an obsessive Floyd fan (well, maybe a little). Excellent stuff fellas, thank you!

[@toms5951]

Always been my favorite band. In 2016 I finally got to see David Gilmour in concert, which happened to be during my wife and I's 3rd wedding anniversary that week, he announced his North American tour dates as we put in our vacation time off. It restarted a love of playing for me, I had stopped playing out of frustration and depression and thankfully haven't put it down since then. A few weeks after the concert and boasting all over Facebook about the show I was contacted by an author that was putting together personal recollections of Pink Floyd Concerts and had asked more my contribution. Jump to the winter of 2019 my wife then surprises me with tickets to see Roger Waters and of course Covid happened, but after waiting two years we're finally going this July. All I need now is a chance to see Nick Mason's group to complete the Pink Floyd circle as much as possible these days.

[@mwvm_music]

Excellent video. Tone has always been a mystery. Love Syd's guitar playing.

[@vocalion9519]

"I'm happy with people who say, 'For me, Pink Floyd was really Syd Barrett. After that it went downhill.'" - Nick Mason

[@kriddz]

did he really say that?

[@Steve-q6l4v]

I don't think over 100 mil in records sold, and one of the most popular and loved bands in the world could be considered downhill from anything.

[@markweaver8529]

I went to see nick masons saucerful of secrets last month,amazing live truly. And the guitar work from Lee and Gary kemp was brilliant. A great show and nick mason still a legend behind the drums. And that guitar aswell.❤️

[@wboyle9721]

Traveling by telephone syd was ahead of his time

[@verbbudders904]

there's almost nothing that hits as hard as that bombed-out A-G motif starting all of See Emily Play's verses... it's just absolute magic

[@robertmccourt1243]

Syd era Floyd will always be my favourite. Lucifer Sam is a song that brings me great joy and has been covered by MGMT and The Lightning Seeds in more recent years.

[@weaselsuit]

Love and Rockets also did Lucifer Sam as a b-Side in the eighties.

[@LooneyTune666]

I first heard Pipers when I was about 15, so around 19 years ago and thought it was the weirdest thing ever, but I loved it and have done ever since. As great as the interview was, I’m happier to hear that Nick Mason sounds like such a stand up guy.

[@dangitdan9938]

Syd Barret was too far ahead of his own mind. Remains my favorite of the pink Floyd eras.

[@bristlefist]

It's the only PF era I like. Hasn't been anything like it since.

[@Mxulin]

@@bristlefist Because it's objectively a lot better

[@stilllifewithguitar184]

Got mine a few days ago. It's really an amazing box. Definitely not a traditional overdrive, very amp-like. It does this great almost fuzzed out lofi-ish sound, but it's also very dynamic. But it also can get that bright cleanish yet relatively smoother 60s type sound, like Kinks Kontroversy era, some Who tones, brite bitey surf stuff. It's kind of brit 60s garage in a box. Really loving it, I can't think of anything else like it.

[@AllofJudea]

Nice, good review!

[@AndyH2O]

Saw these guys ('Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets') a few weeks ago at Sheffield City Hall, two years after the original date. They were bloomin' excellent, absolutely brilliant. I took pictures of all their pedal boards before the kick off, lots of lovely things.

[@MuckingAboutWith]

How funny.. was at the same gig, took the same photos.. :) we nerd.

[@AndyH2O]

@@MuckingAboutWith Excellent!

[@akwamarsunzal]

Big Syd fan! Tones easily achived with a couple of $25 Behringer pedal and super clean amp.

[@rorychapman-vasquezdelaveg4171]

Can't even imagine how long i've been waiting for a video like that on yt...

[@williamolsen20]

He wore a scarlet tunic, and blue green hood it looked quite good.

[@setsailsparrow9063]

live in Pompeii is crazy!! the best love it so much

[@craigbuchan]

Im not the biggest fan of the early floyd stuff but there are definitely some gems in there. Also I heard that Gilmour would always throw in a few Syd songs to his set so that Syd would make some money off the live CD/DVD's sales

[@grumpyrocker]

Great interview, thanks both. For those that can't get to see the band live there's a great video version available on DVD/Streaming.

[@garethmurphy8235]

Syd was pure genius and was a completely true original. Piper at the Gates of Dawn is a definitive album in the history of rock music and his solo albums (Madcap Laughs; Barrett) are some of the most original and haunting works of music ever recorded. They make Nick Drake sound like The Backstreet Boys. Pure artistic genius of the highest degree that has ever been achieved by man. More akin to Bach & Beethoven then later Pink Floyd.

[@glenproctor1999]

Fantastic story and great to meet the power behind bringing early Floyd back live! Lee (Captain Lee!) you really must get UmmaGumma and listen to the live version of Saucerful of Secrets. Brings the hairs on the back of your neck up!

[@DrJeebles]

Great interview. Thank you! That pedal sounds amazing; very Syd.

[@effess8698]

That Interstellar Overdrive sound is phenomenal

[@antreb15]

I have a mint copy of Syd Barrett's album: The Madcap Laughs. Great solo album.

[@brianberthiaume7930]

Yep I have that on vinyl and also Opel.

[@christopher19894]

Syd's guitar solo on Lucy Leave is my favorite solo of all time.

[@iTaLenTZ027]

That one is actually Bob Klose

[@Frosenborg]

I have the 70th anniversary Fender Esquire, one reason why I bought it is Syd, might need to invest in that pedal, damn GAS.. I saw Saucerful of Secrets couple of weeks ago, amazing show! Great video, thank you!

[@rawzen8552]

I saw them at the usher hall in Edinburgh recently and they were amazing !! the tone that both lee and Gary have is epic..goosebumps

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Come on Fender give us The Syd Barrett signature Esquire !

[@Spuzzmacher]

Fender instead decided to give us an artists page saying Syd wasn’t a very good guitarist. Real nice, Fender. I had G&L build me a custom esquire instead.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

@@Spuzzmacher Syd not a good guitar player ! Thats just nuts. His gutar playing was at some other wordly level !

[@Spuzzmacher]

I guess i’m in that state of mind all the time, bc it’s still my favorite. I don’t hear beatles influence in floyd’s psychedelia, I hear the source of it in Syd’s own chromatic scales and pointillist, painterly approach to his playing work. The tone is another thing entirely, but Sydks playing dances all over the line between chaotic noise and musicality we’re still exploring today in various genres.

[@bristlefist]

Agreed

[@jonathanratcliffe5714]

Saw Lee with Saucerful of Secrets a few weeks ago at Sheffield City Hall, they were incredible. Worth going to see.

[@Krullmatic]

That's the tone! Wow!

[@seijunsejuki]

I'm not sure what this guy's smoking, but David Gilmour was knocking it out of the park, guitar-wise, from the opening track of Saucer Full of Secrets. He certainly wasn't "learning to play guitar."

[@leeharris1553]

25:33 learning how to play guitar like him… the way we know and love. Still developing his own style in other words. THAT is what I say in context.

[@psychicdriver4229]

Cool! Glad I stumbled on this... congratulations Lee, saucerful is fantastic! You guys breathe new life into that early Floyd. You're playing is superb and you guys have totally nailed Sid's sound! I was sure that had to be Nick's idea. Mind blown. Thank you... please come to Atlanta georgia!

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

LOVE Syd Barrett !!!!🙃👾

[@ashleywood1628]

me too !

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

@@ashleywood1628 It was he who made me a tele nut for years ! Even though he had an Esquire but close enough !

[@stephenhenderson5322]

Great video! I'm a massive Syd geek and for me is the essential era of PF. Captain, you gotta go back and listen again. There is a great compilation- An Introduction to Syd Barrett released in 2010. Give it a go 👍

[@BARTFUNKBASS]

Saw Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets in 2018. They sounded GOOD !!!

[@travisguide4516]

Great too see syd is still inspiring new players some will credit syd as making new tones not seen before in music such as distorted tones

[@simoneric8183]

Yes Syd influence is still certainly greater and wider than we think. I'd give just one example among many others : Syd has bent other musicians minds more than he has on Gilmour's. Take just Wire's example : listening to them is aknowledging a much greater sense of creativity / strangeness exploration than the Floyd remainings Syd left behind him... kzbin.info/www/bejne/mau3hYtmobF3qqs

[@andreasdavour9973]

There are a lot of opinions on this one. The Captain meets series is not where you go for the playing, people, it's about talking to interesting artists! Also, I think it's fair and sensible that The Captain tells it like he feels it. He does not connect with the early Floyd, that's ok. I for one felt this was an interesting conversation. Lee had some interesting stories to contribute, we got to learn about some old tech and how it has been revived, and those who did not knew got to learn some tidbits about the legendary Syd. Thanks for sharing!

[@MrNeilltupman]

I wondered if any of the band would pop into Andertons when they passed through Guildford, so pleased to see this interview. I was at the G-Live gig and thought Lee or Pete might be in the audience, but didn't see them. Lee H comes across as a great guy, and the story of how the band came together was very interesting to hear.

[@teagenbinder948]

Can Pete and Lee do some blindfold challenge videos like they used to do with Lee and Chappers where they choose rigs for each other, or had to make a rig on a budget? It can be the same videos but a new updated one to showcase newer products and the new store

[@JohnWDGTandTele]

I agree!

[@clementolivier]

What a great guitar player, Lee Harris. I saw him playing early parts of Pink Floyd tracks at the KKL of Lucern: amazing ! Thanks for the thrill 😉🎸

[@PhiI93]

Really glad to here Syd was still with it in his later years.

[@ivorharden]

I'm not the biggest fan of floyd but the musicianship on every record is outstanding.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Nick Mason's drumming on early Floyd is just amazing

[@rotosound_uk]

Fab video! Nice to hear the Scarlet Tunic in isolation after hearing it the night before this video at the Saucerful of Secrets show in Croydon. In case anyone was wondering what strings are on the Esquire - Lee uses Rotosound Roto Yellows 10-46 😁

[@SydBarrettArchives]

On Saucerful, Syd played slide/guitar on Remember a Day, and supposedly played bass on Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun. Plus both Scream Thy Last Scream and Vegetable Man were recorded for that album (and/or a single for that album) but were not used.

[@CoreyW6292]

If they had included Vegetable Man and Scream Thy Last Scream.......holy smokes, their 2nd album would have just been too awesome......especially if they had left "One in a Million" the original instead of making it Corporal Klegg.

[@soarornor]

Scream and Vegetable Man are two of Syd’s most amazing songs.

[@Spuzzmacher]

As well as the Instrumentals known as “sunshine”, plus the unfinished “Beechwoods”, and all the random takes of “have you got it yet”s. When you add it all up, there was quite a bit of Syd material recorded for it & it’s obvious that at some point the decision was made to remove most of it. I wish they’d make a full-length “in the studio” release of Saucerful, to let us in to that explosively creative moment in time.

[@garethbayley5814]

Having seen Saucerful of Secrets recently in Plymouth, I was blown away by the musicianship and how some of the sounds are created. It was an amazing. I struggled to access some of the early albums but live it all came together to me.

[@lunarpollen]

I've been waiting for a Selmer TnB sim pedal for years now... This is on my shopping list....

[@Erickchicas]

Syd's era is top floyd in my book! the piper at the gates of dawn is easy top 3 floyd album.

[@brianbrowning9124]

I got to see a show in Chicago from the first tour, and I’ll be there for the rescheduled show this October👍 Fantastic stuff!!!

[@kjek1]

What a great interview, what a great guy, what a great guitar player.

[@MrPhilreilly]

I saw them in Liverpool. Brilliant!!

[@giuseppiallegro]

This was very cool to watch and learn some more of the history of Pink Floyd.

[@romankoschar9041]

Absolutely can see the greatness in Syds handling of the Binson. I treated myself to a T-Rex Replicator D'Luxe, which is a real tape echo using cassette tape. And even though it has Tap Tempo it never does the same stuff twice. That's the blessing and the curse with these things. It takes skill and practice to handle them in a way that people who have only used BBD and digital delays just would never expect. I fell into that trap as well but I'm happy I did.

[@gregwegmann9875]

Very cool pedal and guitar!

[@paulmckeown5672]

I enjoyed this vodeo immensly. The early Pink Floyd era has some of their best material, that I grew up with in the 60s. That pedal is simply awesome!

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

That pedal..those sounds !

[@Spuzzmacher]

Yep, I grew up in the 90s and was listening to a lot of the muddy mush that was being made then like everyone else. In ‘94 my mom gave me Piper and the sound of Syds guitar was so visceral it blew my mind. 30 years after that, I’ve got a pedalboard full of gear trying to get shimmering highs and fuzzy lows with a bit of ethereal delay and it dawns on me…. it’s Syd’s sound.

[@jimherleva4541]

I have this pedal and it is awesome! I’m not a huge Syd Barrett fan so that wasn’t the reason I bought it - but I love the sound of Selmers and it does not disappoint. If you can stretch to £260 I would recommend this pedal without hesitation if you want to have something that nails that old late60s early 70s British rock sound.

[@mr.timebombman2230]

He wore a scarlet tunic, a blue- green hood, it looked quite good, he had a big adventure, amidst the grass, fresh air at last

[@tommacdonald6295]

Andertons does some fantastic videos, this is one of them. 👏 ✌️

[@SelmervanAlten]

I am Selmer, I am watching and I'm dying for somebody to start remaking those amps. I keep almost buying old Selmer amps on Reverb where the only two things keeping me back are: 1. The price 2. The knowledge that they'd blow the doors out of my mancave. Whoever owns the Selmer amp brand, please bring out an affordable amp at attenuates and I'll be throwing my money at you :D

[@dubster82]

I just bought an attenuator to use mine.

[@vask8ers1]

@@dubster82 oh can you tell me what attenuater so I can use my selmer treble n bass in my apartment?

[@dubster82]

@@vask8ers1 I've got a Rivera Rockcrusher, but there's a massive choice these days

[@vask8ers1]

@@dubster82 is there any cheap ones that work well with the selmer treble n bass mk2?

[@dubster82]

@@vask8ers1 I'm sure there are. I only have experience with the Rockcrusher and the Motherload Elemental which I also really liked, my friend has a couple he got second hand. Unfortunately it's a fixed load and I only opted for the Rivera because its switchable between 8 & 16 Ohm

[@CapAnson12345]

I'm fascinated with that Orange amp in the background.

[@StephenMarkTurner]

Terrific. Thanks, Lee and Lee.

[@justynregini8532]

What an interesting video about the early days! I saw Pink Floyd at the Docklands Arena in 1989, what a show. This has inspired me to listen to the early albums with which I am not familiar.

[@soarornor]

The early albums are the best. Up through Meddle. Saucerful is great. More is excellent. Ummagumma is one of the top albums ever made. You’ve got some really extraordinary discoveries ahead of you.

[@brusselssprouts560]

Great Video. There is a lot of pre Meddle stuff that is really cool such as Cymbaline and Green Is The Colour along with Ibiza Bar (from More soundtrack) and Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, Careful With That Axe Eugene, Arnold Layne and much much more.

[@LunaPaul77]

Syd era is the best in my opinion. Raw and experimental

[@BeesWaxMinder]

saw Saucerful of Secrets in Liverpool recently… ACE!!

[@ro3784]

I've got a Peavey TNT Bass rig which puts out 80 watts of thump if needed, but also use two other separate amps to punch out 25 watts of high tone. Of course tone from 2 separate Blackstar Flys and 1 Blackstar Fly bass amp for tone compressor while the 2 Flys produce my third delay tones. Yes, got bass compression and delay but have all tied via an MXR and seven other pedals, mostly Boss for overall tone. I think it is cool to have a Selmar but instead: if I might say, use it to create your tones at home and use the power brutes for stage or rehearsal. I also have a 100 watt mosfet Marshall racket power amp that drives a 4-12 cab MX version for tighter lows which is and will be my stage and rehearsal rig.

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Great stuff! :)

[@wesmatron]

Syd was the crazy diamond

[@lorincowell6944]

Slide guitar on "Remember a Day"

[@michaelrodent]

Watched saucerfull of secrets in Glasgow a few years ago on their first tour. It was fantastic..

[@chesterludlowjr.9004]

Piper at the gates of dawn is an absolute masterpiece

[@robertprice5039]

My favorite amp is my 65 Amps Marquee, which TMB Channel is based on a Selmer Treble N Bass preamp, with a midrange control added, which is paired to a AC30 style power section. They say that the Selmer preamp is similar to the larger Brown Panel Fenders from the early '60s.

[@BeesWaxMinder]

18:33 - i’m surprised there isn’t a KEMPER profile of a Selmer T&B somewhere out there…?🤷‍♂️

[@petdoe8938]

Syds music was amazing ,

[@benjaminfowler4513]

The esquire replica is sick, I have a cv esquire and it gets me pretty good Syd sounds

[@Spuzzmacher]

After 25 years I finally got my dream guitar custom built by G&L. …an esquire to Syds spec. Trying to get my head around it, it’s so bright it’s hard to wrangle.

[@Jameskeith1972]

Crazy! I’ve actually been looking for this forever! Selmer in a box. Now if we can get some of those early Led Zep sounds. Not the RAH or Lemondrop. Got those.

[@dyangordon6151]

I would advise you really you put an lpb boost in front of the RAH to get it right for zepplein stuff..its basically a box of rock circuit mosfet thing thats sort of there ..I make a clone that has a swich which lifts a cap out of the circuit and I find it turns it from ok to really pagey..ive yet to test a univox ud50 in front of it in place of the lpb but the lpb works well because it doesnt colour your guitar going in..I'd say do that instead of buying a whole new pedal ,.the circuit is there it just needed a bit more signal..I'd also recommend the Catalinbread Belle Epoch deluxe...

[@BrindleBoy]

Honestly Syd Barrett's stuff is the only Pink Floyd stuff I love.

[@michaelroche5744]

Syd was an original genius artist not some minor pentatonic copyist.

[@lexiblackwood]

Dom Joly playing Syd Barrett tunes. Pigs can fly after all.

[@stoneysdead689]

I get the early albums kind o mixed up, can't remember which song is on what album- but Ilike some of it. Not the really out there stuff- some of it is just too far gone for me- but there are a few gems hidden here and there in their early work. Syd was an amazingly talented writer and performer- but if I'm honest, I'm glad Floyd turned into what they were-- I think it suited them far better- and just look at the unbelievable music it gave us. If Syd had stayed- there would beno Comfortably Numb, no "The Wall" album at all- Syd was a totally different kind of performer. His stuff was either way out there, psychedelic sound scape style music or- pop. He had several songs that sounded a lot like the Beatles in fact.

[@gazb2069]

Saw them at Oxford, effin phenomenal

[@thorpyfx2679]

me too, first time i got to hear my pedal design in the hands of Lee Live.

[@gazb2069]

@@thorpyfx2679 great job mate

[@RobinBassett]

The Blockheads were such a tight band. Wonderful.

[@jupiterjames-reynolds2260]

Selmer treble n bass amps are expensive if you want the mkII version which is what syd used however the later models can be baought for very cheap. I was lucky enough to find a mkII for a really good price with a cab. I saw Nick Masons saurcerful of secrets live and it was incredible.

[@steveburton9242]

I only listen to, and like, DSOTM and before. This pedal is a godsend.

[@Blackshoefilms]

Please add links to find these pedals.

[@garyshepherd9226]

I have a Selmer Twin Zodiac 30

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Jimmy Page put the same circular mirrors on his Tele, as he saw on Syd’s. Imitation

[@KozmykJ]

Fascinating stuff 👍 Haha I've got one of those MkII TnB50s. It's in my airing cupboard waiting for me to finish recapping it. 🙄

[@transparent6748]

I used to get my “Barrett” sound from an overdrive and wah wah pedal played stationary in the higher frequencies,,sounded pretty decent should say

[@pabcrane]

there was a Selmer amp I loved to use at Scar Studios in Camden Town

[@fossilmatic]

Lol. Given the click bait title it’s unlikely that most watchers will be entranced by A Bon Jovi fan boy’s perspective of the early Floyd. God, I’m glad I grew up in the 70s not the 80s!