▁were ▁placed ▁in ▁the ▁control ▁room . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁recording ▁of ▁" M oney ▁for ▁Nothing ", ▁the ▁signature ▁sound ▁of ▁Kn opf ler ' s ▁guitar ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁en hanced ▁by ▁a ▁" h appy ▁accident " ▁of ▁micro phone ▁pla cement . ▁Kn opf ler ▁was ▁using ▁his ▁Gib son ▁Les ▁Paul ▁going ▁through ▁a ▁Lan ey ▁ampl ifier . ▁While ▁setting ▁up ▁the ▁guitar ▁ampl ifier ▁micro ph ones ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁" Z Z ▁Top ▁sound " ▁that ▁Kn opf ler ▁sought , ▁guitar ▁te ch ▁Ron ▁E ve , ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁control ▁room , ▁heard ▁the ▁" am az ing " ▁sound ▁before ▁Dorf s man ▁was ▁finished ▁arr anging ▁the ▁m ics . ▁" One ▁mic ▁was ▁pointing ▁down ▁at ▁the ▁floor ," ▁Dorf s man ▁remembered , ▁" another ▁was ▁not ▁quite ▁on ▁the ▁speaker , ▁another ▁was ▁somewhere ▁else , ▁and ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁how ▁I ▁would ▁want ▁to ▁set ▁things ▁up — it ▁was ▁probably ▁just ▁left ▁from ▁the ▁night ▁before , ▁when ▁I ' d ▁been ▁prepar ing ▁things ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁day ▁and ▁had ▁not ▁really ▁finished ▁the ▁setup ." ▁What ▁they ▁heard ▁was ▁exactly ▁what ▁ended ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁record ; ▁no ▁additional ▁processing ▁or ▁effects ▁were ▁used ▁during ▁the ▁mix . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁Sound ▁on ▁Sound ▁magazine ▁interview ▁with ▁Neil ▁Dorf s man , ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁then - per man ent ▁drum mer ▁Terry ▁Williams ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁be