You got good taste - Lesson (?)

[@yoorumi_]

Nice🖤

[@Mr.Steve-O]

Great cover, and dig that guitar. Gibson or a Japanese copy?

[@lespaultexasburst2847]

Sorry, missed your question. That's an old Gibson.

[@Mr.Steve-O]

@@lespaultexasburst2847 65' Melody Maker, sweet !!!

[@lespaultexasburst2847]

@@Mr.Steve-O 1964 even. Good eye !

[@yoorumi_]

Hello, beginner here! I'm trying to learn this song but I'm having trouble with the tone. May I ask how you achieved this?

[@lespaultexasburst2847]

Hello. That’s a tricky question :-) First, I’m not even sure I achieved this. Ideally, you need a tube Fender amp, with Fender reverb, and a quite powerful one (Twin Reverb or Super Reverb). I just used a simulator (GarageBand) and tried to get close but it’s almost impossible (she plays quite loud and on the verge of larsening). I used a P90s guitar with high level output but it’s unclear to me which guitar she used then. Maybe the Bill Lewis model she used on the first albums. Smell of female is a transition album to the one where she starts playing her 6120 Gretsch. Anyway, stay away from humbuckers or thinny single coils when it comes to play the Cramps. Use quite heavy gauge. She uses 11-48 at least. She doesn’t do any bluesy bends and heavy gauge gives you that firm sound on the chords. There’s a few tricky parts but it’s a really good song for a beginner (the whole Cramps repertoire can teach you a lot). Now there’s the fuzz solo. Ivy uses a Univox Superfuzz which are quite hard to find these days. I use a Tone Bender myself. But you can approximate that solo sound with any fuzz. As long as you don’t let it squeal too much and use it mainly to get that sustain on single notes. Every beginner should have a fuzz in my opinion. Anyway, I hope this helps :-)

[@yoorumi_]

@lespaultexasburst2847 First of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I wasn't expecting a super complete answer, I'll definitely write the name lespaultexasburst2847 on the list of the coolest people I've met in my entire life. I took notes on everything you said and I will definitely put it to good use, I promise 🫡. Even if I don't think I can make the perfect sound, I hope I can get close to it. I was pretty lost before and this clarified it a lot. thanks again