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Riff Tone

Black Hole Sun

Soundgarden

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarGuild S-100
AmpLate-Seventies Marshall Model 1987 JMP 50-watt Lead head + Marshall Model 1960 4x12 angled cabinet with Celestion G12H 30-watt Greenbacks

Amp Settings

gain0
bass5.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 1993-1994. Clean riff section. Guitar confirmed by Kim Thayil interview for the riff. Amp confirmed by Guitar World and Premier Guitar. Effects include Leslie rotary speaker emulation (Leslie Model 16 or Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere).

Tone Character(10)
bright and chimeydistinctive rotary/Leslie modulationclear note separationambient, swirling movementopen-string resonancedynamic and expressivenot compressed or fuzzyslightly glassy top endorganic, microphonic pickup responseno audible reverb

Difficulty

The riff requires intermediate technique due to open-string drones, precise picking, and playing cleanly through a heavy rotary modulation effect. Microphonic pickups add to the challenge of controlling dynamics and feedback.

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