The BASIC ingredients of his sound are;
Telecaster-compressor-chorus-delay-Marshall stack set clean.
He DID use a Strat on some Police tracks but that Tele custom with the neck humbucker/preamp/phase switch.....you know, that double bound sunburst with the Maple neck, was his main guitar.
You can get close to his 80's tone with;
-MXR Dynacomp ( or other compressor, I use a VS Rt-66)
-Boss CE-2 chorus (I go between this and a VS H20 CH/delay)
-Boss DD-3 Delay ( again, I go between this and the VS H20)
( can you tell I like Visual Sound pedals???)
-any amp with a decent clean tone; Fender,Roland JC,Boogie,yada yada yada.
-Telecasters and or Strats (Message in a Bottle is ALL Tele bridge pup, while Every Breath You Take is cool with the br/n combo. Walking on the Moon sounds cool on a Strat with the br/mid pup combo.ect,ect,ect.)
-those cool "sus" chords that stretch five frets.
Andy Summers is one of the most underrated players of all time.His influence on guitar is often overlooked and that's a crime!!!!
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