The Police
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.
