Harry Styles
Harry's House · 2022
Amp settings (as recorded)
The recording
The song was produced by Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson in a rented residence ('Mt. Molehill' in Nashville). The guitar parts were contributed by session musician Doug Showalter, who recorded multiple improvised takes—including an octave melody and rhythmic scratch tracks—through a G&L Legacy Stratocaster into a 1978 Fender Vibrochamp. The final sound was achieved by blending these miked amp signals with direct tracks passed through a Strymon BigSky reverb for increased depth and space.
Tuning
StandardRecording Signal Chain · 4 items
Legacy Stratocaster
G&L
Lead/Rhythmic guitar
Used for improvised guitar parts in the studio.
El Capistan
Strymon
Delay
Vintage tape delay used during the initial recording of the guitar parts.
Vibrochamp
Fender
Amplification
1978 model, recorded with an AEA N22 ribbon microphone.
BigSky
Strymon
Reverb
Applied to the direct signal of the recorded guitar tracks for atmospheric texture.
Tone Characteristics
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