Dead Star Verse Picking. Wtf.

[xtinction]

So ive recently decided to start going over all the songs i know on guitar and fill in the gaps - parts of the songs i left out before when learning them either because I was too lazy or inexperienced, one such part is the verse for Dead Star, I left it out before because when I started learning it I remembered how it sounded on the album and older live versions (before it was replaced with a synth part) and thought "screw that" as it sounded insanely fast, 99% of the tabs for it say It's a simple b, g, d, g, b picking pattern, but it's clear that each string is picked twice, even now as i try to learn it, I find it impossible. Is it really double picking each string, which is how it sounds to me, or something else? It can't be a studio effect, as this "double picking" or whatever it is was also done live when dead star was performed a lot, ive considered the possibility that it is delay, but it sounds like it is just picked notes, not picked notes and delays, if it is double picking each note then does anyone have any tips on becoming that fast besides practicing it for days on end? someone please help :s

[Dave.]

I find snap delay helps. I think in the studio it was a synth running through Matt's guitar rig. But that's just rumour.

[Dominic.]

It's fucking delay

[xtinction]

Ah, well that's a relief i guess, could you give me a rough idea of the delay settings? I have a line 6 spider IV if that helps

[kueller]

Just make the delay time really short until is plays a 16th note after the note you hit. Also low feedback so it only does it once.

[Cyndris]

And high delay volume/level I suppose.