Out of curiosity... how was that sound accomplished? Simply MXR Flanger/Phaser and echoes? That's what my logic tells me but just curious... of course I assume it's a guitar....

That enveloped burbling thing? It was a synthesizer that Eddy played. The first time VH used synths on record.

Speaking of keyboards, they did use a Wurlitzer through Eddy's Marshall (modded by the late Joes Arredondo) on "Cradle Will Rock".

Thanks Jim S,

I was thinking it could have been a synth through guitar rig, but I wasn't sure it seems like something possible to do on guitar... at least in a studio situation.

I just listened to that song a fe wtimes in teh car since the week end and that burbling thing got to me... I liek records where you still find stuff and wonder about it few years down the road

Eddie's heads were stock - I just read an article/interview with him that said he liked Jose and told him to 'say you do my amps' so it would help his business. Been thinking of finding a Jose modded JCM800 if I can - and I did a Google search and found this article.
Others used REAL jose medded heads - Like Vai and John Sykes - Some of the greatest tones on tape -(Whitesnake 1987 and Eat Em and Smile)

Try a Marshall Jubilee amp or a Tonebone Hot British pedal for those kind of sounds. Both are REALLY great.

Uh.....guys, I seen him live on a video tape doing the U.S. Festival in '82 and when they played that song, he played it on guitar. It may have been a keyboard in the studio but, he damn sure didn't play one in that video. It sounded like a combination of certain effects. He got damn close to the studio sound.

Sounds like a maestro filter/sample&hold (oberheim VCF) or something similar. I heard it was done on keyboard, but it sure seems like it could be done on guitar too.

Cheez

It was done on guitar, check out a couple of bootlegs. You can hear the guitar, rhythmic dissimiliarites etc. Major delay and Delay levels were set high, volume knob swells-manually. Feeback, and his basic effects at the time contributed to those popping sounds.