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Riff Tone
All By Myself
Green Day
Guitarpunk1990s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely MIJ or MIM, early 90s, stock single coils)
AmpMarshall 100-watt Super Lead 1959 SLP reissue (Dookie mod and SE Lead mod), through Marshall 1960B 4x12 with Celestion Vintage 30s
Amp Settings
gain5
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1993-1994 (Dookie sessions). No evidence of pedal use on this track; amp-only signal chain. Billie Joe Armstrong played the main riff. No evidence of live variation for this song.
Tone Character(10)
bright and articulatepunchy midrangeclean with slight edge-of-breakuppercussive attackdynamic and responsiveno audible reverb or delayslightly scooped lowstight and focusedsingle-coil claritydry, unprocessed studio tone
Difficulty
The riff uses simple open and barre chord shapes with a swung triplet feel, requiring clean picking and timing but no advanced techniques.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely MIJ or MIM, early 90s, stock single coils)
AmpMarshall 100-watt Super Lead 1959 SLP reissue (Dookie mod and SE Lead mod), through Marshall 1960B 4x12 with Celestion Vintage 30s
Amp Settings
gain5
bass5.5
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 1993-1994 (Dookie sessions). No evidence of pedal use on this track; amp-only signal chain. Billie Joe Armstrong played the main riff. No evidence of live variation for this song.
Tone Character(10)
bright and articulatepunchy midrangeclean with slight edge-of-breakuppercussive attackdynamic and responsiveno audible reverb or delayslightly scooped lowstight and focusedsingle-coil claritydry, unprocessed studio tone
Difficulty
The riff uses simple open and barre chord shapes with a swung triplet feel, requiring clean picking and timing but no advanced techniques.