Regatta Flanger Chime — Electric Mistress Arpeggio
Andy Summers has said the shimmering modulation on the riff came from an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress rather than the chorus effect it is often mistaken for. Period rig references pair his Telecaster with compression, the Electric Mistress and a Marshall-style amplifier; exact recording controls were not published, so the settings below are representative. Source: Guitar Player’s Andy Summers “Message in a Bottle” feature (2026) and Line 6’s Summers tone template.
Signal Chain
Notes
Keep the flanger slow and shallow enough that the arpeggio remains articulate. Use strong compression to equalize the wide string skips without flattening the pick attack completely.
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