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Beautiful Girls
Van Halen
GuitarRiffDistortedrock1970s
Original Gear
GuitarKramer 5150 (custom-built, single humbucker, maple neck, Floyd Rose tremolo)
AmpMarshall Super Lead 1959 100-watt (modded, run with Variac at ~90V, EL34 tubes, 4x12 cabinet with Celestion G12M Greenbacks)
Amp Settings
mid7
bass6
gain7
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British crunchtight palm mutingaggressive bridge pickuparticulate chord voicingspunchy and articulateopen-string chugsclear note separationhigh-output humbuckerclassic 'Brown Sound'no audible reverb or delay
Difficulty
The riff requires tight palm muting, syncopated rhythm, and precise articulation of open-string and muted notes, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.
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