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Riff Tone
Do It for Me Now
Angels & Airwaves
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Tom DeLonge Signature ES-333
AmpVox AC30
Amp Settings
gain6
bass6
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Notes
Studio recording, 2005-2006 era. Gear confirmed for Angels & Airwaves debut album sessions. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section. No explicit studio notes for this song, but ES-333 and AC30 are confirmed as Tom's main studio rig for AVA.
Tone Character(10)
spacey and ambientcrunchy with clear note separationchimey high enddelayed repeats creating stereo widthopen and atmosphericmodest amp breakuptight, percussive attacknot overly saturatedbright but not harshsustained chords with echo
Difficulty
The riff requires tight timing to match the delay repeats and clean chord transitions, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or fast picking.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Tom DeLonge Signature ES-333
AmpVox AC30
Amp Settings
gain6
bass6
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2005-2006 era. Gear confirmed for Angels & Airwaves debut album sessions. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this riff section. No explicit studio notes for this song, but ES-333 and AC30 are confirmed as Tom's main studio rig for AVA.
Tone Character(10)
spacey and ambientcrunchy with clear note separationchimey high enddelayed repeats creating stereo widthopen and atmosphericmodest amp breakuptight, percussive attacknot overly saturatedbright but not harshsustained chords with echo
Difficulty
The riff requires tight timing to match the delay repeats and clean chord transitions, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or fast picking.