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Black Magic Woman
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Studio recording, 1970 (Abraxas album). The clean riff section is played on a late 1950s Gibson Les Paul Special with P-90 pickups into an early Mesa/Boogie Mark I combo. No evidence of PRS or Yamaha guitars on this recording. No pedal use confirmed for the clean riff; overdrive pedals are only mentioned for solos or later eras.
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Studio recording, 1970 (Abraxas album). The clean riff section is played on a late 1950s Gibson Les Paul Special with P-90 pickups into an early Mesa/Boogie Mark I combo. No evidence of PRS or Yamaha guitars on this recording. No pedal use confirmed for the clean riff; overdrive pedals are only mentioned for solos or later eras.