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A Certain Shade of Green
Incubus
GuitarRiffDistortedmetal1990s
Original Gear
GuitarPRS CE24 (1990s, bolt-on maple neck, alder body, 24 frets, HFS/Vintage Bass pickups)
AmpMesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (early 2-channel version, 1990s)
Amp Settings
mid6
bass6
gain7
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tight and percussiveaggressive palm mutingchunky, saturated distortionarticulate attackfocused low endclear note separation under gainmodern funk-metal crunchdynamic pick attackslight top-end sizzlefast, syncopated rhythm
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, syncopated alternate picking with tight palm muting and precise rhythmic control, making it challenging for most intermediate players.
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