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Riff Tone

Blinding Lights

The Weeknd

Guitarother2010s+

Original Gear

GuitarUnknown electric guitar (likely session musician, model not confirmed)
AmpUnknown (likely clean solid-state or digital amp, model not confirmed)

Amp Settings

gain0
bass5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

No official or credible source confirms the exact guitar or amp used for the studio riff section. The main riff is widely believed to be a synth part, but some covers and tutorials use electric guitar with clean, chorus-heavy tones. No evidence of a specific guitar or amp model used on the original studio recording. Year: 2019 (recorded for After Hours album).

Tone Character(10)
bright and shimmerychorus-heavyclean and articulate80s-inspiredtight and percussiveprocessed and polishedsustained notesdigital sheenno audible distortionstudio-produced clarity

Difficulty

The riff is rhythmically straightforward but requires tight timing and clean playing to match the polished, chorus-heavy 80s sound.

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