OK, so jeff beck mostly plays a strat these day,
. . . . but there was a time . . . when he wasn't . . .

So here is my question what is that scream effect . . . ???

jeff beck ambitious . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzAyo_WUffc

and what is that guitar ??????

cheers mick

Sounds like phase shifting of some sort to me, phaser, chorus, something like that. I'm not a big effects guy I'm sure someone else can help you out.

The guitar looks like a Charvel Contemporary Spectrum to me, but the pictures I found have a different orientation on the headstock, but given the custom nature of Charvels it could have been an option.

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The guitar is a Jackson Soloist that Beck really didn't think much of (he called it a "fairy guitar" in one interview but admitted playing the "Ambitious" solo on it). The effect I hear is an octave doubler.

No effects that i can hear except amp reverb and gain. The scream effect is just JB's technique. The guitar appears to be a jackson soloist maybe a stealth, based purely on the headstock shape and the fact that its neck through. Dinky's were all bolt on weren't they?

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Well, I stand corrected on the model, but given that Charvel/Jackson were really the same company, I guess that explains the similarity.I didn't think jackson, because I don't think I've ever personally seen a soloist with a pickguard before.

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many thanx . . .

while there is plenty in the mix ,
i will indeed try the octive doubler while
praticing my tremolo technique . . .

while I may never get there,
it is great fun tryin ' . . .

cheers mick