In a new instructional video, Dead Weather guitarist Dean Fertita explains how the band created the track "Let Me Through," off their latest album, Dodge & Burn.
"The song was based around a bass riff that we just looped, and Alison [Mosshart] wrote the lyrics and vocal without guitar at all; just bass and drums," Fertita said in the video.
The guitarist is about to showcase how the Bit Commander pedal gave his instrument its crunching sound, but is interrupted by a phone call from a Japanese man - subtitles provided - who explains the riff's bended low E string at the 10th fret and other intricacies.
"This pedal kind of gives a lot of dimension to anywhere you play on it," Fertita adds. He highlights his Fulltone ETC-1 Analog Tape Delay and how it works on the "Let Me Through" guitar solo. The Japanese-speaking neighbor, later revealed to be Jack White, then calls back to complain about the decibel level of Fertita's guitar playing.
The instructional video wraps up with a full band performance of "Let Me Through."
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