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Riff Tone

Black Flag

King's X

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Elite Stratocaster (early 1980s, CBS era)
AmpLab Series L5 solid-state combo amp

Amp Settings

gain0
bass5.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1989 (Gretchen Goes to Nebraska era). Ty Tabor used the Elite Stratocaster with all controls maxed for his core tone. The Lab Series L5 was the main amp for both clean and dirty sounds, with clean achieved by rolling down the guitar volume. No evidence of pedals for clean rhythm; chorus and delay were reserved for solos or select rhythm overdubs. Settings estimated based on genre, amp, and era due to lack of explicit numbers for clean tone.

Tone Character(10)
crisp and articulateglassy highsslightly compressed solid-state claritytight low end but not boomypresent upper midspercussive attackclean with a hint of edge when digging indynamic response to picking strengthclear note separationminimal ambient reverb

Difficulty

The clean riff requires intermediate-level control of dynamics and articulation, with syncopated picking and muting to maintain clarity and groove.

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